Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-02-12
WHOLE NO 1856.


think as we do, WE may ut lcnsi, il we cun.
not with caud1r, with charity believe that
although they do not sre ns we do, They are
yet none the less friends of their country,
true, Just aud patr oic.
have one single word more 10 s1y-and
WHEN use the term word" use il in the
Pickwirkirn sense llnughicrl IN the sense
in which il is used in tic Senate. giving il
the meaning which believe distinguished
triend of ours-uow no longer in this body
III senator from Mississippi ilr. FOofel-
gave To the word. have word to say nhout
the drsiinyof the country, about wiiirh so
much has been snitl. The hon. Senator from
Mwhignu qualities II, md says he will not
speak at mnniiCst drstiuy, hut Ie saws
he don't want 10 circunscribe il. We
want room; there is lurdly room enough
Tor Us tie country IL too narrow. With tlt,
Atlantic ON one side, aud the Pnriic on tho
ui1icr. aud The Gulf of Mexico for n wash
basin, the dumain is rather circumscribrd foo
such a progressive people ns we are.-
S'r, disscu, from that sentiment. do not
ih'nk ilini our progress should he in getting
more territory. until we have improved whnt
we hive got. do not think tiat our desires
should he TO get more people, until we edit
cate, refine and improve our own nye, Sir,
uniil we give To those of them who are home
less, homes from the vast and immense ter
riiory which we now possess. Andwe don't
want any more Territory. Oar business and
oar mission are at home # is to improve
upon our own advantages it is 10 ndvauce:
II Is 10 elevate aud ameioraie the condition
OF niHnhind; it is to show the ,espois ortlre
old world, 10y the practical results which ARE
To follow from the experiment which we nre
making, that tie institutions under which we
live are those ihli are most ruinrniy ralcu.
lated 10 advance the highest interest of mau,
ontl siihServc tie great PURPOSES of sncial
aud civilized society. That is il. II is hy
the arts oi peace, 10y the multiplication of
means oi oiinternnl communication liy railroads
ANA canals 10y commnrce, 10y educniOu, hy
by the general diffusion of Information. aud
hy all the means Wlirh our abundant wealth
ana power give ~, that we nra doing whnt
we can 10 demonstrate To The world thai, SO
far as the great purposes of the Creator may
he Understood in the creation OF man aud
placing him on this globe to work out tho
great experiment of human probation, here
ARE emhnded aul hero are concentrated the
most favorable circumstances for that eXpcr-
inienl which The world has ever seen.
We nre moi 10 he The knight errants OF tho
world, To 20 abroad over the continents of
the earth aud the Islands of the sea, pro-
claiming The Gnsprl of onr ihJrly, aud fiii-
minaIing the peiliy OF our sword against
those vino will not bu bapiisCd into our faith.
No. SIR that Is not our destiny. Our desti
ny Is at home. Our dcS,iuy is upon our own
Conilnrnl-upOn our oWn shores II is to
improve, 10 elevate, 10 advance. In whit?
In territory? No, Sir; we have got enough
OF thai. ~ there any man, or woman, or
child within the hearing of my voice, dis
iuibcd hy singe fear TINT we cannot sue
crssiully maintain every Thing which is our
right against any and all the powers of tho
catlh? 'lcliove not, Sir.
Before leave Ihis subject, | want TO call
the attention of the Senate to nnol!cr fnci.
II is one which was alluded to hy the Sen,-
tor from Florida Mr.. Mallory the OTHER day.
why do you want 10 repeat THIS declaration? 4?
II you really mean what you sny-if you
mean tilat no power of Europe slull colon
lzp ANY part OF the American Continent, or
the islands adncent to-tlerc is hct-a
fixed inct-0f which we are notified by tho
Proclamation Of tllc British au,horiiies,whch
viii just exactly put you 10 the test. There
is no nccd OF any inquiry about it. Grent
Briinin has established the cnlouy of The
Bay Islands. lffhc declarations of Presidcn,
Monroe has the hrond meaning which the
Senator from Michigan puts upon il, there
~ no occasion for repeating il over nEain.-
The time has come. Great Britain is here on
the continent. She has coloni2ed the Bay
Islands. She has instituted government
there. She has not only done that in viola
iiou of the Monroe doctrine, bul, If under
stand the Honorable Senator from Michigan.
IN violation of her solemn treaty obligations.
Here, then, Sir, is Il case for your acIion.--
ou need not make ANY profession of what
is right for free and independent nation to
do, bccause tie resolution snys it will leave
us " free 10 adopt snch measures as nm indo-
pendent nation Inny justly adopt in deftnse
oi iIs rights aud lI5 honor" IL the resoln-
ton has that meaning, the case is before YOU.
The time has come. II you mean whit you
have said, this is not the time for resolutions,
but for action. Ynu should satisfy yourselves
with no vague declaration that YOU will do
what an Independent nation is free TO do,
when if that means- when if that Monroe
doctrine means what il has been contendsd
HAT II means, 1t has been violated and tram
pied under inoi. The faith of treaties is vi.
olatcd, and Great Britain, ia the face of all
this, has her colony upon this continent.
For tins reason ! am opposed TO passing
this resolution, unless YOU can add Canada
to II. II you will pat that in, will not OBJ
Ject, II anybody else should put in an amend
mcnt notifying all the other Governments Of
the earth that own any islands about our
contineut--l don't pretend 10 be as good
geograplltr as some other gentlenen--but 1
should be willing 10 have The resolution
amended Ia read MS broadly as that, TO serve
a general notice to all the Kings and po;en-
tates Of the earth, that we have money
enough 10 hey them out upon this continent,
aud will not p0rmiI them 20 sell TO ANYBODY
else. am willing, it patriotism requires so
wide margin as that, TO agree to il. But l
am not willing TO pick on Spun in this way.
What has Spnin done that she should be
talked to in this manner? Is il because she
has got a rich island, aud will not defend il
with Ile GnInn Znnl and nhliliiu thnt Croaa