The southern press., 1852-03-30

fices OF Acknowledgements of New Jersey, OF
governor of Massachusetts, and of governor OF
South Carolina, and who in those three capaci.
ties must be presumed to have been afforded
every opportunity that could enable him to ap.
preciate in the people that surrounded him that
peculiar forwardness and energy of purpose
which have since realized so wonderfully what
that great and wise man had contemplated in
vision, through the telescope of his far seeing
mind Sir, feel assured that the Senate will
thank me for trespassng yet moment upon its
patience, while shall read to you some of his
most striking revelations
North America has advanced, and is every
day advancing, to growth of State, with steady
and continually accelerating motion, of which
r rnere has never yet been any example in Eu-
| :" 1t is young and strong" cts
strength will grow with its years, and Il will es.
tablish its constitution and perfect adultness in
growth of State TO this greatness of empire
it will certainly arise" y aAmarica
will become the arbitress of the commercial
world, and perhaps the mediatrix of peace. and
Of the political business of The toorld."
whoever knows these people will consider
them as animated in this new world, If NAV so
express it, 10Th The sp,rh of The nep ptilosoph,
+" Here one sees the inhabitants laborng after
the plougi ?, or wit thespade and hoe, as though
they had not an idea beyond the ground they
dwell upon; yet is their mind all the while en-
larging all its powers, and their spirit rises as
their improvements ADVANCE
:" the independence of America is fixed as fate
She is mistress of her own fortune, knows that
she is SO, and will actuate that power which she
feels, both so rs to establish her own system.
and 10 change The system Of Europe"
Those sovereigns Of Europe who have been
led by the office-system and worldly isdom of
their Misunderstanding, seeing things in those
lights, have despised the unfashioned, awk ward
youth OF America-when they shall find the
system of this new empire mol 0nly obstrucfing
bm superseding the old systems Of Europe, and
crossing upon the effects Of all their settled
maxlms and accustomed measures, they will call
upon these their ministers and wise men, Come,
curse me hia people, for they are loo mighty for
me; their statesmen will be dumb but the
spirit Of truth will answer, Ho,o shall / curse
Whom God hath not cursedP"
America will come to market in its own
shpping, and VIII claim the ocean as common
will claim navigation restrained by no laws
but the law of nations, reformed as the rising
crisis requires"
"America will seem every day to approach
nearer and nearer to Europe. When the alarm
which the idea of going to strange and distant
country gives to the homely notions of Eu.
ropean manufacturer or peasant shall be thus
worn ont, thousand repeated repulsive feelings
respecting their present home, thousand at
tractlve motives respecting the settlement which
they will look to in America, will raise spirit
OF adventure, and become the irresistible cause
OF an almost general emigration 10 that new
,oorld"
Whether the islands in those parts called
the West Indies are naturally parts of this North
American communion is question: in the detail
OF 1t, OF curious speculation, but of no doubt
as to the fact"
Then, giving way to the enthusiasm of his
prophetic spirit he addresses himself in direct
language to America
A nation to whom all nations will come
power whom all powers of Europe will court
10 evil ana commercial alliances n people to
whom the remnants of all ruined people will
ty; whom the oppressed and injured of eyery
nation will seek for refuge" he exclaims, .AcTU.
ATE YOUR SOVEREIGNTY, EXERCISE THE POWERS
AND DUTIES OF YOUR THRONE"
Arise ascend thy lofty seat,
BE clothed with. thy strength
Lit up on high standard to the nations y,
MIR. CASS He was an old fogy after my
own heart
Mr. SOULE. And rejoice that your heart
Is as stout and comprehensive as his own.
The idea, therefore, OF restraining the energies
OF this nation to the narrow sphere of action
assigned to its government upon its inception
is preposterous We cannot remain eternallv
bound up in the swaddles of infancy. As the
infant,grows it will require more substantial
nourlshment more active exercise. The lusty
appetltes Of its manhood would not fare well
with the soberer exigencies Of younger age.
Attempt not, therefore, to arrest her in her on
ward career. You might as well command the
sun not to break the feecy cloud that heralds
It's advent on the horizon, or to shroud itself
10 70 gloom and darkness as il ascends the meri-
dian.