The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-03-25

other; but that il Is not 10 our power effect CONNER
cal intercourse wl and must Of necessity osge. pou
cal enanglements The question is not how you may
avoid ihem-they will defy your prudence, and put in
default all your dpomacybui the question is how Will
you meet them with the least possible danger TO your
peace and your prosperity You could not. you would
disconnec yourselves al this day from Spain, England
or Russia There they stand nailed your sides Sup
pose for moment that Spain chooses transfer Cuba 10
any government except would stand still
Suppose England 10 exercise somewha, osien
ss on ns p ss Ge
Russia should reissue her nkase OF 1921. and extend
the circle OF prohibition, which she had then the bolness
to draw around herself, TO exclude entirely from
the northern waters OF the Pacific would stand still
No sir; we would not--we could not Again, sir sup
pose England were to be induced to join European
can you realize what advantages Europe could tender
her that would not be runous 10 our nterestsl Might
not perchance. a new Pozzo de Borgo inslil into the
brains Of ravng auiocrat the thought by him sug
gested IN 1917 OF subjugatng these States in order 10
protect The world against the poisonous effects Of their
rrepeat again. you have no power either 10 susrsndsr
your rights TO dsown your Obligations Assert your
rights and fulfil you, obligations But some will
even then should abstain from what is good and just
in itself Know you not sir. that moral power. in time
OF war as well as in time OF peace, acts the first part
and often coerces the powers OF numbers to uncondi-
ional surrender Let me read you from Heller few
lines, which define accurately than anything have
yet read the origin the sanction. and the imposing COM
mands OF The law OF nations:
The law Of nations has neither iawgiver supreme
Judge since independent States acknowledge superior
human authority I,s organ and regulator Is public opn-
the rampant OF justice and the Nemesis by which injustice
Avenged IL anson @ % Or the Obligation % of 1a all men
which will not suffer nations and individuals TO be Isolated
from each other but constantly tends unite the whole
family OF mankind in one great harmonious society"
What! speak you Of isolaiion' Have you not markets
TO retain ior your present excess OF production, and
markets to secure for the surplus of your future wealth
Can you rely on the sympathes OF Princes, Kings,
Cars for continuance Of those relations which alone
can enable you to retain the advantages which you
joy on The old coniinent' Dscwn not yourself Be not
unmindful that you are member OF the great family OF
nations. Do not repudate the relations which taat
bership implies. The law that binds nations to each
other is your law as we'll as as theirs Let i not
dictates OF public opinion, Will you give up your
share in forming IL In vain seek you to re-
| main isolated. The tendencies OF your political
ganization your commercial as well as your social in
erests, that thirst after the unknown, which you can
neither compress nor satisfy will throw you iociby into
contact with foreign powers What their policy may IN
ducs them TO attempt against your will not
cease 10 be political aggression, though should affect
only your mecaaiIle interest With the progressive ratio
OF your production compared with your population you
may have in 1900 an excess OF seven hundred millions
in your produce Where will you find market for il 7
In The East lin the East! There you must look for
customersthher $50 100000 Of consumers invite your
commodities and your OF wealth. The de-
pendence OF England on your great staple for the
supply OF her growing manufactures may counsel her to
take you into partnership in the enjoyment OF the gor
geous boon But should Russia gain the ascendency
there what would your prospects be Her policy is
senialy exclusive antagonisc 10 your interest Sup.
pose she lays hands Turkey and shuts you out oil the
Mediterranean might not this great basin become
again the great reservoir and entrepo OF eastern
merce You see sir that interest alone presses you
all sides not TO remain isolated ln self-deence you
bound to watch every movement OF European policy See
how strangely have fallen those Balkans which its old
statesmen raised in the combined strength OF Hungary
and Austria against the devourng ambition of the Co.'S
sack Austria, Russian province is but a relay
to the Gar his Turkey He
proach Consannope by Vienna well as by Bucharest.
Hmay be too late for US to nlepose protest against
an accomplished wrong it is never TOO late to provide
against its DO not late speak loud OF the
fulurel See you England herself saccumbng to the
continental coalition How anxious she seems not 10
give offence 10 European despots Mark her conde-
scensions to their bddngs On the very day that Lord
Pamersion surrendering his SEALS Vienna was rev.
eing Joy and exutaion at the triumph which the an
tcipated fall of that minister prepared to Austria Lord
Mamesbnry bends in humble compliance 10 the remon
strances OF France and Austria, and naows the circle
Of the Liberties conceded to European exiies and Lord
Derby inauguraes his advent to power by withdrawing
the bill which extended the electoral franchises OF the Brit
sh subjects and thus England beyng her past as she
longer Tecoected those proud days OF her glory when
her minister could exclam in the House OF Commons
l"We go TO plant the standard of England on the we'll
known heights OF Lisbon where that standard rs
hnrng defiance France, then in possession OF Spain
/ the minister boasingy avowed his resolution,
l'thai If France had Spain, IL should not be Spain with
the Indies; that he had called the New World into
sence redress the balance OF the Old But, sir, while
she shows herself submissive 10 European despotism
see how menacingly she rides waters aud how
arroyanty she deals out her protecofate TO Nicaragua
Costa Rica, and the kingdom OF Mosquito Even this
waverng and irresoute administration OF ours could not
bat speak high words OF compaintndeed, sir, the
very words OF the amendment introduced BY the senator
from Michigan, 10 demonstrate against the untoward
assumption. But, the complaint was soon siilled by
empty and IN the other by the reas
seron OF the very right and power denied and protested
against The Senate will recolect what occurred upon
the appearance OF the French and British squadrons IN
| the Gull OF Mexico A conference took place on that
occasion between the acting Secretary OF State and Mr.
Champion, then British charge dafaires TO hs govern
meBt and correspondence was bad between the same
acting Secretary and the French minister, IN both OF
which our government asserted its deep concern at the
unooke for interference, and insisted upon obtaining
satisfactory explanations The French minister, with
frankness and in tone which do great credit to his
character and yet with that dignihed reserve that be-
booved the representative OF great nation, met The ques-
ton IN perfect fairness, and declared "st that the IN
srucons issued by the Of the republic were
spontaneous and isolated secondly. that those nstue.
lions exclusive for exclusive case, and applica-
BILE only the class and not to the nationality, OF any
pirate or that should aemp, to land in arms
on the shores friendly na,on'
4 The answer was conclusive, and this government
deemed il satisfactory. But how II with The British
charge d'afaresl The memorandum OF the conference
i informs ps that hr Champion, at an interview
with MT Cruenden at the Department OF State on The
9th of September 1861, stated mat ne hnd oeen dretisd
by her Maissgs gouernnsat u say 10 ne UHued Stdif
Sersf,rp Of STATE that her M5Iestys goutrnmsnf had
learned wIrH DrEP that expeditions have again
besn prepared in the ports OF the United States for an at
tack upon territory belonging to sovereign at peace
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