Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1853-03-02

necessities of your preparations for war one half if
those lakes aud that Country belonged 10 us instead of
pe'on9ing 10 Grent BritHin And 'hy MT ralSe some
timely effort = Why not utter some timely varnine7
why not give some notice in regard to that country
where we have a real and vital interest. and where
the danger is not and contingent, but where it
Is close at hand, and where we have felt it once in
war with Great Britanl We have felt something of
the evils Of the contiguity of Canada to the United
States.
II is In this view that | want to call the attention
of the Senate and the country and the people 10 orr
relations with Canada IS well as Cuba WHY are we
going off the continent-why are we going abroad
why are we going 10 the islands Of tho sea, when
right here at our own doors, in very midst there
is country that possesses the means Of annoying
you infinitely more than Cuba ever canl I, Sir will
not put myself in position by which NAV be sub
jec'ed 10 the suspicion of ntimatng that it is because
Great Britain has means and ability TO defends
her possessions than Spain has. 1t must be some
thing else. We are not so much of the bully and
brageart that we may presume upon the weakness of
nation to tell them that they shall not do thing
when dare not tell another nation stronger than
that, that she shall not do like thing which would
injprc MS infinitely more.
Mr. President, the Honorable Senator from Mich
gan says we have reached an epoch in our history:
Well, Sir, have heard Of epoch before Let me
EEL Aig an aReedsfe 4ncn~nr osror,
bout the time of the removal of the deposits by Gen.
jackson and young man who was present at the
party full Of indignation at the deed, and de-
noGnced it at war with every principle OF our Gov
ernm2nt, and that would be likely to overthrow it.
A sagacious old gentleman who was there threw cold
water on the subject The voting said, ''Sr, I
consider this the very crisis of experiment.
The old man replied, 81 have been living in crises
all my life" Well, Sir, that is just the way with
this. country. We have been living in an epoch from
the Beginning cf the Government, and ] think we
may be denominated people Of epuohs laugh
ter. They come upon US every day and every hour.
Why, Sir, the epoch Of to-day will be succeeded by
the epoch of tomorrow, and will make about
much impression the other.
! The Honorable Senator from Michigan has found
food for lis remarks in comments which he has
seen in Buffalo newspaper. | don't read newspa-
pers, Sir, and that is the why don make 50
many of these visionary speeches as a great many
people do. Laughter.l That is the reason, too,
why my remarks are always so practical. Laugh
ter
But there was one remark which fell from him
that panied me. All the rest | was gratifed at He
says there is no people the globe that eynces such
a want of patriotism this people.
Mr. CAss'-l peg pardon-l said r,icrC
country where there many persons uniortu-
natey, who eviuced want of patriotism.
4 Mr.. HALE,--Therc was no country on the face of
the globe where there were so many people that e.
WINGED wast of patriotism this country. con
fess ] do not the difference /; but the honorable
Senator does, and therefore will give him the fall
credit of it, But think that, ~ cooler moments
when the impulses of warm blood have subsidized and
the reflection of maturity to that Senator, he
will regret that remark laughter, because it is an
imputation upon the motives o. our fellow-ctzens
which think he will not indulge
This is a country where freedom of opinion is toll
Grated to a very great, and gentlemen think
to an alarming extent. 1t is country where free
dom of opinion finds vent in freedom Of words 10 a
very remarkable extent, as have had illustrated
to-day and it would not be astonishing it, in coun-
try of free thought and free speech, there should
times be sentiments uttered not at all in accordance
with the opinions of the majority as to what patriot
ism may require But | think that discreet degree
Of candor and charity will induce all to do credit
to those who differ from ard if they 90 not think
as do, we may least, if we cannot with candor,
with charity believe that although they do not
we do, they yet the less friends Of their
country, true just and patriotic.
/ have one word more TO say-and when / use the
term ''word, | use it in the Pickwckian sense
laughter in the sense in which it is used in the Sen
ate, giving it the meaning which believe distin-
guished friend of ours-now no longer in this body
Senator from Mississippi dMr. Footel gave to the
word. have a word say about the destiny of the
country, about which much has been said. The
honorable Senator from Michigan qualities it, and
SAYS he will not speak of manifest destiny but he
saws he don't want to circumscribe it. We want
room there is hardly enough for US the coun-
try is too narrow. With the Atlantic side,
and the Pacific on the other, and the Gulf Of Mexico
for wash-basin, the domain is rather circumscrbed
for such progressive people as we are.-Sir dis
sent from that sentiment / do not think that our
progress should be in getting more Territory, until
we have improved what we have got, do not think
that our desires should be to get people, until
we educate, improve and refine our own--dyo, Sir,
until we give TO those Of them who homeless
homes from the vast and immense territory which we
now possess And we don't want any more terrific
ry Our business and our mission are at home. It
is to improve upon our own advantages; 1t is TO ad-
vance it is to elevate and amelorae the condition OF
mankind it is TO show the despots Of the old world
,v tho practical resuts which follow from the
experiment which we are making, that the nsttu-
ons under which live are those that are most en-
ineny calculated TO advance the highest interests of
man, and subserve the great purposes of social and
civilized society. That is it. 1t is by the arts of
peace, by the multiplication Of means of internal
communication by railroads and canals by commences
by education by the general diffusion Of information,
and bv all the means which abundant wealth and
power give us, that we are doing what we can 10
demonstrate TO the world that, so far the great
purposes of the Creator may be understood in the
alton Of man and placing him this globe to work
out the great experiment Of human probation, here
are embodied and here are concentrated the most ia