The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-27

SPEECH OF Mr.. SEWARD.
TART REJOINDER OF GEN. CASS.
DEFEAT OF THE NEW YORK BRANCH
MINT BILL IN THE HOUSE,
&C., &c. &c.
TIIlRTY-sECOND CONGRESS-.
eEpOKD SESSION.

Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jsn. 70, 1883.
CLASSIFICATION or TREASURY crERxs
The Chair Aidbetore the Senate q communication from
the Treasury Department concerning the classification
Of clerks
OCEAN Po<TAGg-THs sIucxsrApr srHAaIss,
Mr.. SUMNER presented petitions from Boston, praying
the establishment Of uniform OF ocean postage Of
two cents per half ounce.
Mr. sEwARo, Gree ssn) of N Y. presented several Pc
titions from citizens Of Brooklyn, and German and swe
dsh and Norwegian adopted ci,i1ens in isver Of the
establishment Of mail steamers between Brooklyn and
Germany and st. Petersburg
DIETRICH CALEDONIA AND OREGON.
Mr.. BUTLER Estate rights of s c., from the Judiciary
Committee asked TO b. discharged from the
of the resolution directing inquiry into the proprety Of
appointing Judge Of the Supreme Court for the District
Of California and Oregon lie said the committee
very much disposed to give California judge, but
absolutely necessary TO revise the whole judicial sys
TEN to accommodate the wants Of the country and ~
the committee would have time that sys-
TEN at this session. they would have TO leave IL till the
next session.
THE wAREIioUsISc HII.
Mr. HUNTER, State rights Of Virginia. said Mobasy
he would move to take up the warehou sing bill.
Mr.. FRH, (whg) OF New York, introduced hill to
authorize the business OF banking and regulate the crc
lation of bank notes in the District OF Columbia.
The Homestead bill postponed till Thursday Of newt
week.
THF UNITED STATES COINAGE, rrc.
Mr. GwIN (dem..) of California, introduced bin 10
regulate the mint and preserve Inc coinage OF The Uuted
States at its standard value
THr SEIZURE RoSD--owvfns RE REIMBURSED
Mr.. DAVIS, (whg,) of Massachusetts,, reported Joint
resolution referring to the Secretary OF State and Attor
ney General the claims Of the Of the Kate Boyd
of New York which seized BY order Q. the govern
ment, and directing the payment to the Of the
amount of damage them by the Secretary
Attorney General Passed
THE MONROE DocTRINE--nR sEwARDs SPEECH.
The Senate took up Mr.. Cass's joint resolutions
latiye TO Cuba and the Monroe doctrine, upon which
Mr.. SEWARD, Gree soiD Of N. Y, spoke as follows;--
Mr. PresidentOn the twenty third day Of February,
ls4S, John Quincy Adams, Of Massachusetts, who
had completed circle OF public service filing fifty
years, beginning with an inferior diplomatic func-
ton, passing through the Chief Magstracy and clos
ing with the trust Of representative in Congress,
departed from the GARTH certainly respected by man
kind, and IL all posthumous honors are not nsincere
and false, deplored by his countrymen.
On a fair and cloudless day in the month Of June,
1850, when the loud and deep voice Of wailmg had
just died away in the land, the Senator from Mchi-
gan, OF New England born, and by New England
reared, the leader Of great party not only here,
but in the whole country, rose in the Senate cham
49, ~ a.
mily Of that great statesman of the East instead OF
going backwards with garment to cover HE mfr
mites, had revealed them by publishing portions Of
his private diary himself proceeded To read the OBJ
noxious extracts. They showed the authors strong
opinions that by the federal compact the sIayehod
ing class had obtained and that they had exercised
q controlling influence in the government Of the
country.
Placing these extracts by the side OF passages
taken from the Farewell Address OF Washington,
the Senator from Michigan, said:--
''He Is unworthy the of Amer can who does not
feel at his hearts the difference between the lofty
ments, and -; but will not say what the occasion
would Justify. viii only say, and that enough, the
it. escape the censure Of an age like this" Better that
II had been en.ombed like the ancient Egyptian records
till its language lost than thus TO have been exposed
to the light oil day.
The Senator then proceeded to set forth, by con-
trast his own greater justice and generosity to the
Southern States, and his own higher fidelity to the
Union This was in the Senate Of the United States
And yet no one rose to vindicate the memory Of
John Quincy Adams, or 10 express an emotion, even
Of surprise or OF regret that it had been thought
necessary thus to invade the sanctity Of the honorcd
grave where the illustrous statesman who had 20
recently passed the gates of death was sleeping.
was not Of New England by residence, education, or
descent and there were reasons enough why should
then endure in silence pain that shared with SO
many Of my cOuntrymen. But then determined that
when the tempest OF popular passion that was
then raging in the country should have passed by,
] would claim hearing her-not to defend or vim
dictate the sentiments which the Senator from Mchi-
Uau had not for
self had referred them, together with all his actions
and opinions concerning slaverynot to this tribunal
to the present time, but TO that after age
which gathers and records the impartial and uhi-
nmtc Judgment OF mankind-but to show how Just
and generous he had been in his public career
towards all the members Of this confederacy,
and how devoted to the Union OF the States and TO
the aggTandisemeM Oh this republic. am thankful
that the necessity for performing that duty has
passed by, and that the statesman of Quincy has,
earlier than hoped, received his vindicaton, aud
has received It, too, at the hands of him from whom
it was Justly due--the accuser himself. I regret
only this, that the vindication was not as gener-
ously as it was efectually made.
There arc Two propositions ariing out Of oW in
terests in and around the Gulf OF Mexico which are
admitted by all our statesmen. One of them liz,
that the safety Of the southern States requires q
watchfu jealousy of the presence OF European powers
in the southern portions VI the North American con.
tinent and the other is, that the tendency of com
meyca and political events invites the United States
10 sumo anu cxelClTc r"!4,.VA! Lu'uVhNV ~ NN
affairs Of the nations situated in this hemisphere:
that is. TO become and remain great Western
tnental power, balancing itself against the possible
combinations Of Europe. The advance OF the coun-
ivy towards that position constitutes what in the lam
gioge Of many is called progress and the posi-
ton Itself is what by the same class is called mani
fest destiny" 1t is held by all who approve that
progress and expect that destiny TO be necessary to
prevent the rccolonizaton of this continent by the
European States, and to save the island of Cuba
from passing out Of the possession Of decayed Spain.
into that Of any one Of the more vigorous maritime
powers of the Old World.
In December, 1923, James Monroe. President
OF tue United States, in his annual message TO Con
gress proclaimed the first OF these two policies sub
stantiaily as follows:-" The American continents,
by the free and independent condition which they
have assumed and maintain, arc henceiorth not TO
be considered subjects for future colonization by
any European power; and while existing nights
should be respected the safety and interest Of the
United States require them to announce that no