The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-08

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and to ptosfsss without interruption to that do.
gree OF strength and constsncy which 10 neces-
sary to give il, humanity speaking, the command
Of it's own fortune"
VIII not venture on such q question ~
whether humanity and Justice NAV not in anna
contingencies, require that We should afford snb.
stanlal aid to nations rs weak al We were n
our revolutionary contest when we shall have
matured our strength. Nor will / innuirs
whether time enough has not been already
gained to give us, speaking always with dns
sense OF independence on an a-graci0us Proyi-
dence, the command of our own fortune.
1t is clear enough, however, that we distrust
our strength seldom, except when such diff
dence will serve as a plea for the non perform.
ance of some obligation of justice or of human.
ity. But it is not necessary to press such in
quiries What is demanded here il not anv
part of our fifty millions of annual revenue, nor
any use OF our credit, nor any employment OF
our army or ofour navy, but simply the exercise
OF our free right of speech. If we are not
| strong enough now to speak, when shall we be
! stronger Ii we are never to speak out. for
what were national lungs given US {?
Senators and Representatives of America. If
may borrow the tone Of that sturdy Republican
John Milton, would have you consider what
nation it Is OF which you are governors "a ma.
ton quick and vigorous of thought, free and
bold in speech, prompt and resolute in action.
and just and generous in purpose-a nation or.
listing for something, and designed for something
more than indifference and inortness in times Of
universal speculation and activity. Wbv else
was this nation chosen that "out of her. an ont
OF Sinai, should be proclaimed and sounded
forth the first tidings and trumpet" of political
reformation to all nations. would I'VE Won
remember that the love of liberty is a public
affection, which this nation has deeply mbbed
and has eflectually diffused throughout the
world; and that she cannot now suppress il.
nor smother her desires to promote that olori.
Gus cause, for it is her own cause.
Mr. President: thought that after answer.
ing The objections against this protest, would
show afilrmatively why it ought to be adopted.
But with the disappearance of opposing argu.
ments' The reasons in favor Off have risen with
sufflclent dlstlnctness into view. will only add
lha' 1t Is time to protest. The now outworks
OF our system Of politics in Europe have ali
been carried away RepubIicanism has now M
abiding place there except on the rock of San
Marlno and in the mountain home of William
IelI France and Austria are said to be con.
spring to expel it even there. In my inmost
heart, could almost bid them dare to trv nm
experiment which would arouse the nations of
Europe to resist the commission of crime so
fragrant and so bold.
have heard frequently here, and elsewhere
That we can promote the cause of freedom and
humanity only by our example, and it is most
true. But what should that example be
but that OF performing not one national dutv
only, but a'l national duties not those begin.
ning and ending with ourselves only, but those
also which we owe to other nations and to all
mankind. No dim eclipse will suffice to ilIumin-
ate benighted world.
! have the common pride of every American
IN the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of my country. No effort
of mine to promote it, by just and lawful means
ever wac, or ever will be, withheld. Our fac
when 1t rises to the topmast or the turret Of an
enemy's ship or fortress, excite in me a pleasure
as sincere IA in any other man. And vet have
seen that flag on two occasions when it
awakened even more intense qualification. One
was when it entered the city of Cork covering
supplies for chivalrous and generous bpt fam
ishing people. The other was when It recently
protected in his emigration mn exile of whom
continental Europe was unworthy, and to whom
she denied refuge. Sir, it raised no surprise
and excited no regret in me to see that exile and
that flag alike saluted and honored by the
people, and alike feared and hated by the kings
of Europe
llgaments to bind these States together Thew
shall have nv respect for their patriotism and
their zeal For myself, am content with the
old ones just as find them believe that the
Union is founded in physical, moral, and politi.
Cal necessities, which demand one government
and would endure no divided States: that Il 10
mpregnabe, therefore, equally to force or to
faction; that secession is feverish dream. and
dsunlon an unreal and passing chmera ; and
that, for veal or woe, for liberty or servitude.
this great country is one and inseparable. |
believe, also, that it is righteousness, not great.
ness, that exateth nation, and that it is liberty.
not repose, that renders national existence worth
possessing. Let me, then, perform my humble
part in the service of the republic, by cultivat-
ing the sense of justice and the love of liberty
which are the elements of its being, and by de-
veloping their saving influences, not only in our
domestic conduct but in our foreign conduct
also, and in our social intercourse with all other
States and nations.
1t has already come to this, that whenever in
any country an advocate of freedom, by the
changes of fortune, is driven into exile, he has.
tens to seek an asylum here; that whenever a
hero falls in the cause of freedom on any of her
battle, fields, his eyes Involuntary turn towards
us, and he commits that cause with confidinp
trust to our sympathy and our care. Never, sir.
as we value the security of our own freedom,
or the welfare and happiness of mankind or the
favor of Heaven, that has enabled us to protect
both, let that exile be inhosptably repulsed.
Never let the prayer Of that dying hero fall on
ears unused to hear or spend itself on hearts
that refuse to be moved
INTERESTING MEDICAL ExPERImENTs-An
experiment was made in New Or
leans, few days ago. by druggist, with one
of the narcotics so mnch used in the East, Wis
Indian hemp or Canabris Indica, in order to
test lis application to medicinal purposes He
TOOK Six gains, "a very large dose) which pro-
duced great weight about the head, followed by
irresistible bursts of laughter, during which,
however, he was perfectly concious of all that