The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-10-19


posed to Try his strength with his neighbos So strong
this disposition thal upon several recent occasions, The
shrewd common sense OF our people was barely sumcen
TO restrain II from mlschievous why's all this
ss II must proceed from something deeper than the
surace--irom some OF steady and permanent ac-
uon Our people feel their strength and power and know
that in whatever scale their weight may be thrown II
must have an immense influence. They begin TO ask
themselves If they do not 10 the great interests OF
humanity, and to Him who gave them this strength 10
WELD It Tor other than selfish purposes, They ask them
selves what part are they TO play in public affairs. which
may be worthy Of their aspirations, and commensurate
with their strength. When look to the stirring
around us OF change. Of movement and progress
is not surprising that they too should feel its Influences
The Improvement in The arts, the discovery OF vast suIf
erous deposes and the comparatively long peace N Eu-
rope. have Infused spirit OF movement INTO the whole
civilized portion OF the human race Civilized man him
sell, compaed with what he fy years ago, may be
almost said 10 be and recreaed being Ia point OF
physical capacity he is ten times. perhaps twenty iimes
the that he once was. The Emperor Charlse " is
said 10 have affirmed that man was as many times
man as he knew different language. With more
truth perhaps, il might be said that he was as many
times man as he understood useful art Meas
ured by this test the civilized OF to-day is many
times the being that he was half century ago. He
communicates with his fellow in hours and days, when
formerly it required weeks and months; he exchanges
IDEAS in seconds and minutes. where twenty years ago
even weeks and months would scarcely have suiiced.
He spins and weaves he digs and piles he ctches and
crics with ten or twenty times the facility that he once
did, and his power over material Nature have
commenced an increase in almost compound ratio. His
moral progress has been nearly great as his physical
The men who lead society now are perhaps not the
equals OF those who led it fifty years ago. but how i'm
measuraby s the superior since the great store of
accessible Social development has kept pace with the
Individual and in no country has its progress been more
rapid than Within three or four years, the
Anglo American system OF civilization has traversed this
continent as by bound. and planted itself upon the
shores Of the Pacific Within that PERIOD the American
pioneer, emerging from the forest, cleared the noun.
tains, and descending TO the posted himself upon
the utmost western verge OF human footsteps Whist
he yet stood leaning upon his r'he, and medl!i,anK
NAMED 10 be unfolded beyond that mighty Deep his
is startled with the familiar sounds OF the and
The hammer, the steam whistle and the forge, which
come reverberatng across the sea- 10 give him notice
that another branch OF the great Anglo Saxon stem s
taking root In that other world to dispute, Perhaps
at some future day. the supremacy OF the seas. and the
bmpire OF commerce, with both mother and daughter II
is said that Charlemagne wep when he saw the Norman
corsars off the coast of France | know not whether
il Is thai the Ang Sason t and them hs most 81 restless @ member
OF that family the Anglo American, is upon him. He
cones now upon no temporary foayfor no passing pur
pose of tribute punder, but brings Laes and Penates,
his household gods and his household troops 10 occupy,
upon the shores of the Pacific and within the slands of
that ocean, the most eligible positions for commanding
the of ASIA That old land which so long ago
seemed to have been sealed and stamped and laid by
for some great and indefinite future use, begins TO stir
meath The finger OF change and start from its imno
bIily The spirit of European and American adventure
is everywhere trying the approaches to it. throughout all
its borders and the intense gaze not only Of conmerca
but OF scientific curiosity, upon IT, Another Daniel has
arisen read the handwriting the walls of Pesepo
lis, the buried sculptures of Nneveh and the secret
symbol OF the Hierophan, must now tell forth their
tale and reveal their mysteries. Things which itwould
almost seem Heaven and Earth had united to conceal,
laid bate to the eager gaze of scientific cu0s
y ana ne ,ana OF Old upon which lime naa cas-; .s .ns
OF traditions and mysteries coeval perhaps with the
grading OF the human race itself Amidst this change
in the old and the new-amdst this scene OF universal
movement, OF progress and expectation. when great
events precpiiae themselves upon with rapdlty
that starles-s il surprising that the American people
uh.,, ybafp k...h ha
worthy OF their mission and suitable TO their strength
The question which the American heart has asked
the American head must answer The desire Tor glory is
native to the national the heart and il
proper place is made for in your scheme of politics.
will find It's way to an improper place. believe
that there is appropriate part for it in the affairs OF the
world, which is only worthy of their aspirations, hut
consistent with their domestic system and traditions.
The old neutrality policy OF Washington n REGARD tn
European affairs was not only wise in his day. but ~
so With the tangled thread of European politics
have but little do and the talk which have
heard OF Intervention 10 enforce intervention
seems 10 scarcely respectabe for il argues want
subjects with which 1t deals. To call upon European
nations TO give up Intervention in the Affairs OF Europe
IS TO demand them TO give up their system OF the balance
oil power which rests upon Intervention Tor its support,
and TO MAINTAIN which so much blood has been shed
aud so much money expended They must give up, too,
their system OF public law, which is enforced by inter-
venton under the solemn guarantee oil treaties. Since the
treaty OF Weslphala, European nations have been bound
together in sort OF loose iederatve system founded upon
rope closed by treaties Those bonds drawn
closer and closer until the treaty of Vienna, which in
cluded all the European nations and settled the questions
oi disputed boundary and dynasty which were then
yending These treaties constitute the natural poF
lion OF he law OF Europe, and il happened that in
all OF them siipuations of guarantee which look
10 the intervention OF the large powers to enforce
certain provisions OF the treaty, should force become
necessary. The whole European system rests, there
fore, upon intervention. IN shape other. Tor
the force TO maintain IT, Now, srs. think. and you
think IL would be better if their system OF public
law provided that each nation should have the right
of selgovernment and self-deveopment; but what IL
those nations determine differently What concern is it
OF oursi How claim a right to meddle with
their federal system and deny them similar right in
atIon to But when nearer home. to those
nations which may belong TO system, the case il
different They have the deepest possible interest in
maintaining the right Of sefgovernmcnt and self-devc
opment without bndrance from others Upon this right
mus, depend heir valuable Of progress and
happiness and to this capacity 10 nations,
pecally to those which young and whose systems
new, after OF great importance the general in
teresis of humanity Where. then, international pub
lie law s in progress OF formation, remains to be
formed, 1t is object OF the first magnitude to mould
and frame that law 10 preserve and guard thus capacity
Those nations which belong TO the new system, who
are strong enough 10 act conservaors of the pnbc
peace, to their glory. the interests of the
weaker members of the family, and 10 their inter-
ests which consist in the general welfare of all, To
throw the safeguards OF public law around this right
OF self government in nations Such the inten-
ton OF the celebrated declaration of Monroe He did
not say, as has been often affirmed that no Euro
pean nation should plant colonies this continent; he