The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-08
THE GREAT INDIA RUBBER CASE, ETC.
FROM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
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THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.


THIRTY-sECOND CONGRESS-.
SECOND SESSION.
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 1853.
Numerous petitions reports and resolutions were pre-
sented.
PREEMPUON RIGHTS TO SETTLERS on UNsURvEYED LANDS.
The bill extending the preempton rights to settlers
upon lands not surveyed TO variety Of cases. taken
up, and passed, after debate.
THE DEFICIENCY
Mr.. HUNTER, (dem.) of va reported additional amend
ments to the Deficiency BILL
THE COST OF FoRTIFYING sANFRANcTsco, ETC.
Mr. GwN, (dem.) Of Cal, offered resolution calling
San Francisco in good condition of defence Also the
time and money required to fabricate transport and
place in depots and magazines the necessary
maments and munitions Agreed to.
IMPORTATION WANTED RELATIVE TO TREATIES WITH GEN.
TRIAL AMERICAN STATES ETC.
Mr. DOUGLAS (dem.) of ILL.,, submitted resolution
which was agreed to- requesting the President to
municate copies conventions which have been
entered into by Mr. Hse with the State of Nicaragua
either Of the FIVE States comprising the late republic of
Central America; together with all Correspondence the
subject
THE COLLECTION DUTIES ON IMPORTS, ETC
Mr. FISK: (whig) of N. r., introduced bill to amend
the Act Of 1895 to regulate the collection of duties on i'm
ports and tonnage. Referred.
COLLECTION DISTRICTS IN VERMONT.
The bill to create additional collection districts in Yer
PROTECTION PArENTEEs.
On motion Of Mr. MILLER, (whis) Of N. j., the Senate
ua by up ,ne %
Mr.. NoRs, (dem OF N H., objected to its third read
ing to-day.
Mr.. PEARCE (whg) of Mich, introduced various amend
ments, which he intends to offer to the Texas debt BILL
THE MONROE DoCTRINE-CoL- CLEMENS sfTEcH
Mr. Casss joint resolution, affirming the Monroe doc
Mr. CLEMENS, (dem) of Ala, said that during the de-
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He did not deny the right Of the Senator's from Virginia
and Michigan in Ordinary SSes no speak sher ssm
case and whatsoever should fall from the who
Chairman Of the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the other who wes dter endt,ts would be looked
upon as an indication of the policy Of the democratic
agree He thought the resolution calling information
respecting Cuba impolitic. The debate upon it
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we'll as those who belonged to the Democrat
ie 'ariy might have first : been zee. ascertaned He
of individuals when false must be followed
BY years of suffering One neglect improper of
the right moment the right OCCASION infuses poison
into the body polite which remedy reach We
are approaching such period If is not already upon
us, From h, the line Of conduct now to be adopted
sure to follow: To render all have to say per-
fectly Ineligible, IT will be necessary to enter
of Washington has been respected and have succeeded
in steering clear of the tangled web Of European politics
rapid to defy the calculations of European statesman
ship. The merchant, when he found rival taking
away his most profitable trafic-the manufac-
productions diminished-the fisherman, when he
saw Yankee sails invade the haunts Of the, great
monsters of the deeply these understood that
power had sprung into ester and felt they were
engaged in rivalry in which European energy and Euro
pean intelligence were destined 10 be oyersbadowed
But kings and cabinet ministers could comprehend
that few scattered colonies, but short time since
feeble dependency Of Great Britain. had indeed be
f,.l Tl,n I.ol-
ed back upon line of hundred sires, could
comprehend stable form of government, save that
cation, or prejudice. If, in his imperial Dreams the
vision of America before his eyes, it only
a. people whose unbrdled passions would drive them
into anarchy whose turbulence and dissensons would
furnish only another reason to the world for committing
all government to sccptred hands. In the meantime
steadily and rapidly along the road to wealth,
to power and to honorbut its strength unmarked
its vgor unknown abroad The war with Mexico followed
and little handful Of citizen soldiers nation Of
seven millions of inhabitants and dictated the terms of
peace from the national capital Here lesson which
teral scryity mnterprct Certainly the whole tone Of
the public journals of Europe changed Prior to that
III tune M they had derided our progrsss and laughed
was assumed to be impossible for government
like ours to carry Of foreign conquest Foolish
editors, writing at the dictaon of sl foolish
ters argued themselves into the conviction that the first
summons OF the drum to aggressive would be the
signal of ruin to the Union. That summons came--a
powerful nation was yanquished-ard yet so little
were the energies of our people taxed that II
would have been scarcely known that war was
going on, except by the reports of battles and vic
tories. Thus vanished one deuson and with it
the old system Of political tactics. II longer
our weakness but strength which became the sub
ject Of comment. The aggressive spirit, the graspng
ambition of America portrayed in the darkes coios
and Europe called upon to interpose check to
the territorial aggrandzement of the great republic.
Wrong apathy they rodsed only to involve them
selves still more deeply in error by their action From
newspaper articles they progressed to diplomatic notes.
and now England and France have made formal PROPOSE
ton to the United States that the three powers should
unite in assuring to Spain undsurbed possession of Cuba
for all coming time am willing ogo with the Senator
from Michigan, and say that the proposition
thing am willing to go further, and say that IL does
mean what 1t imports on its face that IL known II
would be rejected that the idle form Of making the offer
would have been dispensed with but for ultero consd
erations Let IL be conceded that It intended to in
timidate the United States, and to give us notice
that France and England watching Cuba,
and determined to prevent any % efforts upon our
this, do not agree with that Senator, to how IL
should be met do not think IL ia the part of wisdom,
sound policy to permit ourselves to be hurried into
made foolish parade Of their future policy 10 redeem
threat from contempt 1t Is necessary that the party
making 1t should possess the power to carry II
into effect. As long as English statesmen keep
them to declare war against the United States With
hold the exports of country year and the starv
ing millions will be In open rebellion We have heard in
. time Of profound peace, Of banners borne by the
peasantry with the fearful inscription, blood-brcad
Who doubts that cry would be reawakened, and
who doubts that that blood would furnish the first,
second, and third course Of the banquet to which
she would be invited at home; Add to this, the
gtterng in the sunlight Of Canada, and q thousand
American vessels cutting OF her commerce. and you have
an amount Of suffering which no nation will willingly
approach II had been declared in the Senate that Eng
had OixQn hnud nd fv n o.