The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-01-09

10 awe The OF patr0usm--hai
powerful genius which, like the angels OF Scripture
guards with flaming sword the Paradise OF national lib.
erly and independence Happy the land where the his
@sys a a,a 9 pasI 'he history q ,ne people and MOI
the rewards OF the past frightened by present glory
present happinessand where the noble deeds OF the
dead Instead OF being mournful OF vanished
greatness which but satdens the heart though il emo
bles the mind, lasting of national welfare 10
the age and 10 posteny. But where, in this your
happy land national history is constituted 10 be The ee
Ineniary basis OF educaton-where the very schoobov
is better acquainted with the history Of his country than
in monarches scarcely the professors are-in such
vanity for a stranger 10 dwell upon facts which every
child is better acquainted with than he can be- Allow
me- therefore, gentlemen. rather briefly to expound what
is the practical philosophy OF that great victory which
YOU are assembled to celebne-what is the moral of hs
strain as il presents itself TO the scruatoPs mind
Just as man has to pass through several periods Of
age each OF them marked with its Wn pecuartes before
he TO settled position IN life, even nation
nation first be born, then TO grow then has ia
prove its passive vitality BY undergoing trial OF life
Afterwards il has 10 prove its active force gaining as
tendency in its immediate horizon. AT last il must
take lis competent seat amongst the nations OF The world
as power earth. Every OF these periods OF ma
tional life must be gone through. There is no helm
against it. II is n necessary process OF life And every
one of these lifeperiods has its natural condition.
not be pleased with it, As there is no jumping in Ma.
ture, equally there is no stop to ii. man must be
child before he becomes YOUTH and be must have been
a youth before he becomes man. But, them il il be
ridiculous TO desire from the child TO act as youth or
from the youth TO be man, is indeed impossible for
the youth to be still child, TO the not to become
He must, because he Isl and il, being man, he
does not act il becomes to act well. them he
loses the position OF man. II Is quite the same with
nations
Gentlemen, having passed through the ordeal OF an
life with the view before my eyes to have yet to
through stormy gales is natural that while grasp
with steady hand the helm of my tempest tossed bark,
look with calm attention to the compass OF History to
guide by Its philosophy through the foaming waves
And there is history more instructive than yours, be-
you have concentrated within the narrow scope
few years that natural process OF national lie which
elsewhere was achieved but through centuries; and
while other nations, starting from false point oil false
principle, wavered in their progress like the magnetic
needle surrounded by iron BARS you, starting from true
point conscious OF your aim, advanced IN straight d.
recon to that AIM and there you are, arrived In shon
time. where other nations failed to- arrive IN centuries
consuming the strength of manhood in making therway
and growing old before they got TO the settled position
the man.
to believe that your nation is still in its youth because
has lived but seventy-fve years. The natural condition
of nations is not measured by years but by those periods
Of the process Of life which had the honor TO mention
already And there nation earth in whose his,o.
ry those periods distinctly marked as in yours
First. you had TO be born There is the period OF your
glorious struggle for independence Eternal glory those
who conducted it Yon baptized with blood, as
TO be the destiny OF nations but il was the genius
OF Freedom which stood godfather at your baptism, and
name OF "repubiic" Then you had 10 grow. and, in,
Decd you have grown with the uxuriant rapidly OF The
virgin nature of The American soil. Washington knew
the OF this SOIL ieriilized by the blood Of your
martyrs and warmed by the Of your liberty He
knew il when he told your fathers thst you
wanted but twenty years OF peaceful growth to
defy whatever power in a Just cause. You have
grown through those twenty years. and wisely avoided
TO endanger your growth by undertaking toll NOT beom-
ing TO your growing age and there you stood aso9
another twenty years, looking resoutey but unpreend
ngly around if there be anybody oqueson that you
were really nation on earth. The question was put in
1912, and decided BY that glorious victory the annva
oF abrafa ala Thufw haaa
deeper meaning in your history than only that oil re.
pulsed invasion. II marks a period ia your national
lile-the period of acknowledged. unshakeable security
of your national existence. 1t is the consummaton Of
your declaration OF independence. You have proved BY
II that the United States possess nconiestable vital
i!y having the power 10 conserve that independent "a
the declaration OF independence. In reality, 1t was the
4 victory of New Orleans by which you took your seat
amongst the independent nations OF the world neverto
be contested through all posteriiy. nation is really
independent only when II proves by fact TO make good
the word OF the poet
"Come the three corners THE world in arms.
i And we will shock them"
The victory OF New Orleans proof OF Twas be
period OF demonsiratve passive vitality. And the pro.
cess Of life went on. The next natural period was TO
demonstrate your vitality That was demonstrated BY
the war against Mexico.
II the history OF New Orleans was the period demon
siratng the security OF your national existence the vic
orous war against Mexico The period demonstrating
not only that nobody dare to attack your existence
but that also your national interests must be respected
and nobody can dare 10 oppose them
i The period OF active vitality is accomplished Now
one period then remains yet 10 achieveha TO take your
seat, not amongst the nations OF the EARTH because laf
you have since the day OF New Orleans, but amongst
the poDers earth What is the meaning OF that word
" power earth ," The meaning OF il il TO have not
only the power 10 guard your particular Interests
but also 10 have vote in the regulation OF the common
interests OF humanity OF which you independent
member-n word, 10 become tribunal controlling the
maintenance OF the law OF nations, precisely as your
Supreme Court controls the maintenance OF your own
constitution and laws And indeed, all logic OF states
manship, all philosophy Of history. would be van,h
were mistaken that nation IL arry ed al this
unavoidable period oil The natural process OF your nalu
lite.
The sympathy which meet with in your glorious
land the very toast you pleased to honor me with,
demonstration oil the truth OF this statement OF mine
Indeed, gentlemen, what is the explanatory key OF tbs
rapid progress OF the manifestation OF public opinion
respect TO those principles OF international law which
plead, awkwardy perhaps, but certainly with sincerity
Is IT my bad English siammering, which | am indeed
ashamed for and must feel happy II am not laughed
Tor II Is II this miserable frame, marked with the sad
stamp OF misfortune and toll Is il The justice and
the misfortune OF my native landthe deserving The
sympathy OF generous hearts il is in intimate relation
with the future destnes Of Europe Oh no. gen,lemen
all this can have contributed as an opportunity to ihs
manifestation OF an existing iact but II neither has ere
ated the ac nor rs II the explanatory key Of It's existence
The key OF II is that circumstances that when naton
arrives, in the process of national fe to the period
power on earth then the question OF foreign relations
regulated by international law, becomes the pre- eminenl
the necessity of the situation-a necessary peculiayd
that period IN the national process OF life when naica
is about TO become power on earth.
And IN this respect gentlemen, the instinct OF the PEG