The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-23
Fsm he Bihlis.l Rssenier.
SENATOR CLEMENS. or Ar..


Mn. EDnoR: II Is with very great
plrasare that l have read in one Of the
Political journals. lately. the speech Of
the aboye-named gentleman m the Cni-
ted States Senate on the 9Th inst. lt
contains sentiments - conservative. 50
just. 50 Christian. and so worthy Of
Christian nation. thar beg your inser-
ton nfan Extract. tShoaId the senti-
ments of this Senator govern the coun-
sells Of 0nr nation. we shall have the cha
racter Of 4 people fearing God aud low
ing righteousness" and We shall not
be IN danger Of plunging ourselves into
war to gratiiy that lust for rapine and
foreign territory. Of which We have
been suspected and accused BY foreign
powers, on account of the late attempts
Of some of-our citizens on Cuba. how
ever disowned and promptly suppress
ed by our own government. ! haif
this nohle stand taken by the Senator
from Alabama on ihe floor Of Congress,
with the more pleasure, because he Is
a leading member Of the Democratic
Party, which,. since the Mexican War,
has been thought more obnoxious to
the charge of acquiring territory, than
their opponents. w. Ill.
Newbein, N. q.
Extract from Lrte speech IN the Seeais IF fle
Uaiied Staies By NJ. Clemens cf ALitaMa.
! have no sympathy with those who
are SO impatient 10 grasp the territory
Of our neighbors; nor do my opinions
at all accord with those who tell US,
with such a.confdent and self satisfied
air. that it is time this government had
a foreign policy. | believe We have
always had foreign policy; nay, more,
the very best thatitwas possible to adopt
the pnlicy.of attending to our busi-
ness, without attempting to assume q
sort Of general guardianship over all
mankind.
"I said, Mr.. President, in the outset,
that We were approaching a period Of
trial and Of danger; but that danger
does not threaten US from abroad. In
that quarter the skies are clear and
bright. Ii is athome that the symp.
toms Of an approaching hurricane are
manifest. These symptoms are every
where about us and around us. They
may be found in the restless and dis
, turbed state Of the public mind, in thu
speeches of dinner orators, dignifyin,
, war with the name Of progress, ans
, clothing wholesale robbery with tn
mantle Of patriotism. They migh
; have been seen in the phrenzied en-
!, thasiasm which followed the footstep
: Of that sturdy beggar, Louis kossutf
; in the wild and reckless attempts I
American citizens to take posessio
. OF the Island Of Cuba. Sir, deplor
! their fate as much as any man can
and | condemn as strongly the crue
and barbarous conduct Of the Spanis
a Governor. | but refer to them as e,i
! dence Of a state of things to which al
f ewes ought to be directed. And last
. sir. though not least, the signs of thi
!. danger may be found in the ill-regula
ted but fierce and strenuous efforts {
j I" Young America to bring about
i war with any body or upon any PR
. text.
J Alsthese things indicate that spir
s. of change is abroad in the land. ma
/, be told that word is written on ever
- earthly thing. Perhaps il may be 81
:. but justice. honor, mercy, are the chi
4 dren of God, and know no chang,
: In the sublime morality Of the Chris
!, = tian's creed we may find guide tc
+. our footstep which cannot lead to el
= ror: "Do unto others as We would the
= = should do unto you." 1t is not in Il
:. book Of revelation that we are tausI
! to covet the goods of our neighbor
n 1t is not there we are encouraged
! indulge Iawless spirit Of war an
n conquest. We do not learn fro
- thence the duty OF progressing bach
4. ward from a peacefhl age TO a peric
n of barbarism. when the strong han
= was the only law, and the steel bla,
the only arbiter of dispated question
"Sr, | have heard much Of tn
thing called progress. In the eyes
pc some gentlemen, it covers all defec
ns and makes atonement for every eTc
am not its enemy, but | wish to kno
it. exactly what it means, and m what d
IS rection am to progress. Ii it mea
in that glorious spirit which sweeps abro
to upon the wings Of peace, shedding ii
ty and light, and happiness on the lal
H. and on the sea which sends the mi
1T sionary among the heather, and gat
ng ers the infidel and the unbeliever b
b. meath the gospels ample shield; viii
IS, doubles the productions Of earth, al
en- laws bare the treasures of ocean; whI
lis. plants the church of God in the wild,
Of ness of the West, and substitutes I
ut, Sabbath bell for the howl of the pa
| ther; which carries literature and 81
le- ience to the log cabin Of the pionet
j a and connects every part OF this WI
iv- Republic by links 50 strong. SO clio
is that the traveller feels every spot
ed treads il home, and every hand
grasps brothers hand--if this be I