The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-17
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Oushhnuss Newark speech.
Ihs government srsan Il ths Mexican AdnM .tratisn-
FL 0nscosdl-has article In it, number Of the 18th q
August concerning tAs famous allbuserns speech de-
lvsrsd By the Hon. Caleb Cushing, 1T Newark, on the
occasion OF the Presidential tour b New York We trans
Ats 1t literally for the instruction Of our readers and
the edifcation of our Attorney Gensral:-
On the day before yesterday Ell al
tsDeencs to the speech delivered By NJ Gushing xttor
ney General Of he United States banq net given BIZ
the city Of Newark to President Pierce journey
from New York, whore It Ii known, he had been At
tending the Inauguration Of the Crystal Palace (rhs
Universal commits slight snsshronism In this The oc-
HERALD We alluded q that discourse. and svsn insert
portions of It, which republican day adding other
editors Of the New York Cromoa who do not hsss.s 10
qualyiI the oratorca piece Of the Mirabeau
contemplate rhapsody, worthy only Of being req
sprung from the patriotic ardot Of our democratic
neshbors
fine Universal here inserts portions Of the speech ia
1t appears most unnecessary to that this Speech
frequently interrupted by noisy appausea, sas pro-
ced subsequent thS banquet its s Ia
obscure slovsnly and OF kind eatirsy ne s-reveAls
that fact clearly so true Is this thai The Washing
ton linton attempted to obviste the alarm whoa sht
be caused naturally by the turn gveo by Mr Cush
pg to bis ciscourse commenting on 1t in ITS own way
and explaining mir uely the mode in whc tho phrases
be understood Perhaps, il patriotic ardor had kept
pace IN the brain of Mr. Cushing with the ardoe
stoned by the champagne of the dinner, 1t might have
been more candid Tor the Union to say, wit reference
to the Attorney Generals speech, what drunken man
ounging in corner Of tne streets Of Mexico said to
certain vceroy to whom he offered twenty dsllars for
the horse be riding Having besn subse
quenty summoned to the palace and ssksd by the
10y he would stain his Offer he replied II was oncs
the person who raid 500
Iased. any enc might say that the wine wh,h D.,
Ricardo offers to extract from his Florida plantations
bad already circulated in the Newark banquet and that
Dir. Cur hing ranked among the disciples Of the illus
Iious doctor But laying aside the ocsse ideas to which
s this gives rice, abstain from making other
reflections Of graver character, which aow from the
oIatoscsl piece OF the emtneat attorney. r-.,
As there exists In the common mind OF enc intel
States marked tendency to the usurpati0n o iorogn
territory, could be Astoni he'd that oemocratc
Orator from among those whose sy'em consists 10 nv
teliDg the vulgar mind for their vic OF eeVaton
fbonId have drawn ,srisons between the ancteat
ard the modern Rome Of that prsdestinaton to con
dence but when such expressions emsnste from the
mouth of one of the members of the cabinet
the subject charges its aspect Remember the opinions
those Of Mr. Gushing and Il will BE- dedacsd from both
that the governing policy Of the present administration
OF the United States Is policy Of usurpation, which
should not only to the nations which border
it. ard ito which it is written that they must
eunb but in general to all civilized nations, who
not zee with indifferent eye modern Rome enter on
road of aggression and OF rapine without giving any
her reason for 1t than believing herself predssned
to It,
When the wing party had influence In the administra-
ton Of the neighbong republic its most eminent men,
Of the tendency to which have alluded and
which exists in the Of the North American popu
laon, endsavored to it much possible
but notwithstanding that tendency has rise acts
less grave, which have provoked universal ndig
patton and alarm What viii ensue, that the very
Penons governing are eDdeavorng to attain distinction
dIecdg the ignorant the road which they
Themselves desired to follow What opinion will the
civilized world form respecting such governors?