The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-30

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fees Of lieutenant governor Of New Jersey, Of
governor Of Massachusetts, and Of governor of
South Carolina, and who 10 those three capaci
ties must be presumed to have been afforded
every opportunity that could enable him to an :
preciate in the people that surrounded him that
peculiar forwardness and energy Of pueoose
which have since realized 70 wonde,fnIlv what
that great and wise man had contemplated in
vision, through the telescope of his far sseinD
mind. Sir, feel assured that the Senate viii
thank me for trespassing yet moment upon il.
patience, while shall read to you some of His
most striking revelations's -
" North America has advanced, and il eyerv
day advancing, to growth Of State, with SHADY
and continually accelerating motion, of which
. there has never yet been any example in Eu-
1t is young and strong" aHs
strength will grow with its years, and il will es.
tabsh its constitution and perfect adultness in
growth OF State. 10 this greatness Of empire
it will certainly arise" *aAmeric,
will become the arbitress of the commercial
world, and perhaps the mediatrix of pence. and
Of The political business If the soorld."
"Whoever knows these people will consider
them as animated in this new world, If NAV 10
express it, ,oith the spi, Of the ne,o philosoph,.
Here one sees the inhabitants laboring afer
the plough, or wit the spade 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 ia fixed AZ fate.
She Is mistress OF her own fortune, knows that
she Is 80, and will actuate that power which she
feels, both so as to establish her own system.
and 10 change The system Of Europe"
Those sovereigns Of Europe who have been
led by the oftce-system and worldly v isdom Of
their ministers-who, seeing things in those
lights, have despised the unfashioned, awkward
youth OF America-when they shall find the
system OF this new empire moi only obstructing
but superseding the old systems Of Europe, and
crossing upon the effects of all their settled
maxims and accustomed measures, they will call
upon these their ministers and wise men, Ccms.
curse me This people, for they are TOO mighty for
me- their statesmen will he dumb; but The
spirit OF truth will answer, Ho,o shall / curse
,ohom God hath mol cursedr"
America will come to market in its own
shipping, and will claim the ocean as common
VIII claim navigation restrained by no laws
but the law OF nations, reformed as the risiup
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 homeIy notions Of Flu.
ropean manufactures or peasant shall be thus
worn out, u thousand repeated repulsive feelings
respecting their pre- sent home, thousand at.
tractve motives respecting the settlement which
they VIII look to in America, will raise spirit
or adventure, and become the irresistible cause
OF an almost general emigration 10 that ne,D
worLd."
Whether the islands in those parts called
the West Indies are naturally parts Of this North
American communion is question, in the detail
OF it, OF curious speculation, but of no doubt
as to the fact"
Them 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: n
power whom all powers of Europe will court
to civil and commercial alliances people to
whom the remnants of all ruined people will
fly; whom the oppressed and injured of eyery
nation will seek for refuge" he excaims, "AcrU-
ATE YOUR SOVEREIGNTY, EXERCISE THE POWERS
AND DUTIES OF YOUR THRONE"
Arise ! ascend thy lofty seat,
Be clothed with thy strength
Lift up on high standard to the nations -!
Mr.. CASS. He was an old fogy after my
own heart
Mr. SoULE. And rejoice that your heart
ls as stout and comprehensive az 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 externally
bound up in the swaddles of infancy. AS tho
infant grows it will require a more substantial
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 fleecy cloud that heralds
us advent on the horizon, or to shroud itself
IN gloom and darkness rs it ascends the meri-
dian