Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-26

the door, where he was received with addition
alchcers A. G. Haley, Esq, of Mississip
pi, then approached, and, on the pant of the
asscmblage, addressed the new Minister to
Spain as follows:
| ! Honored Sir:--In behalf. of the national
Democracy and of those Of another great
| party, who, with ourselves, combine in scnti-
ment Progress With Stability, ''-despitc the
States, and Ct the Metropolitan District, come
to bid you aleu-. Not the cold adicu of form.
nor yet the low ceremony Of fawling desire,
but the hearty "Good Bye of mingled all
miration and d'teem. In paying this small
| yet earnest tribute of respect 20 your intrinsic
| worth, our feelings partake alike of pleasure
and regret Heqret,-that in your going
hence, our national councils lose an able ad
wiser; our citizens persuasive teacher; and
society tho gladdening presencc-thc instruc-
tive cOnversc--of both yourself aud yorr es-
| tImable wife. Fbeasnre.-that what, on the
one hand we lose, on the other We gain--gain-
| ing, sir, as we do, in you, diplomat at on
important post, in whose hands from his we'll
known antecedents, we confidently trust our
| 1ndl' dual interests and national necessities,
You go forth. sir, to your appointed labor,
guided and supported by the usual instruc-
tions from the Department of State and hon.
ored with marginal freedom of action. 70
the ministerial agents of other nations, this
would be so all-suflicient that the tender of
popular support would be but a constructive
insult. But in America. where the People are
the great creative and directive power behind.
the seats of their Executive agents, it Is du-
ty, due alike to themselves and their Repre-
centatives, that the fundamental fright of
instruction be-, on appropriate occasions,
vindicated
Then, sir, as the prevailing sentiment of the
popular mind, permit us to seize this occasion,
with due Difference, to assure you that you
may confidently. though unoffcialIy it is true.
say to those before whom you W IL soon repre-
sent US, that while, as Republicans, We feel
and acknowledge the behests of progression,
we as clearly understand and entertain, upon
| the other hand, Il due sense of national pros
perity, albeit VIC may not be prepared to
concur with the advocates of 'sDivine Right
in their definition Of the term. IChecrs
| You may say for us, that while as advocates
OF States and peoples rights we claim for
our ncighbors the same colonial rights
in the yindication of which, We as well as
Texas and tie Hispanio- American colonies,
achieved our freedom, We yet, with a charac-
| teristic scope Of thought, are ever willing to
listen attcntivcly, and give due credit to what
other nations may honestly deem their in
heront rights. That while as individuals we
are ever free to admit the convictions of ma
| tional necessity, and fearlessly to speak our
| desire, We yet acknowledge that the traditions
and customs of much of the past and present
| point ont other means for the attainment of
| destiny than those which, as practical and
| honest men, we feel to be the most natural and
| eficaciOus. Cheers. That while shrouled
| thoughts lay burning on our memories, and
| ghostiy shadows f't ever before us in mourn
| full depreciation; Il spirit Of magnanimitv, the
treasured memory of the good that CASTLE, in
| the by-Sone days Of her Cavaliers has done
and an entertain d hope for a returning sense
| of policy and good. all combine to unclasp the
| lip of dctermi nation, and to bring from its
| position the impulsvCly appraised arm of retri-
! button, to be extended, opcn-palmcd. in cor
dial am;ty. That the popular sentiment of our
| much beloved Chief Mag istrate, so beautifully
| expressed in his late inaugural, touching the
| rights OF American nationality and citizen
ship, is not The mere dogma of d man, but the
| official expression Of the mighty pulsatons of
the great American heart; a sentiment stand
ing in bold relief upon the battlcment of our
| institutions re: ly, upon the cx' ,cncy Of any
moment, to be defended by the snewy arm of
| a spirit that acknowledges no such word as
"acirut." IChcers.
And to the dow .l-troddcn plcbian- born
| though noble soucd children of the East. tell
| of a Western land IA political Canaan where
|
surod are those manifest laws Of nature, --in-
! trinsic worth, industry. energy, intellect and
| virtue. [Chcerdi Tell tacm that it is 4 land
| broaI enough for many yet, land inhabited
| by men ana prot cted by laws that ever stand
with open arms, to welcome the industrious
| and ,irtuous to It's shores. Cheers And
| for proof pre- cnt that merit is here appre-
ciated according to Its need, without reference
| to the accidency of birth. in orr Name since
1t were perhaps an c:;ntism to do SO in your
| Own, bid them but lock upon yourself Cheers
| for Sorle.I ..
But enough. In closing, however, permit
| us, ere again pronouncins adieu. to say tina.
| you so hence most cordially invested with our
| entire confidence for the futrro and approval
| of the past.
Worthy exile of the Py.inccs-in the name
of human freedom, before whom we stand in
reverential devotion, do We bid you God
| sped and to you and the fair partner of
| your bosom s,y--nut farewell. with It's I'M
! qualified duration--!'ut fcrvI adicu, antici-
| pating, as it does, a happy reunion. and VIC
wish you happy days AID honorcd years
i Cheering. sd ..,
The sentiments Of this spc, h were frequent
ly applaudcd, and at its conclusion Mr. Soulc
responded, i'll substance, saying:
Fellow Citizens: | viii not, I hone. he
uSSiHCo tOo IL L SHOULD lnank YOU
for this so ilattering and SO entirely unlocked
for manifestation of your kind feelings to-
wards me. That there be but little, if any,
thing, III the obscure labors which it NAV
have been my lot to perform while in the
public service, to deserve and attrast your
Communications, is no reason why l should
not readily acknowledge the fond partialty
which prompted their utieTance and elected
the cheering sratuations by which You were
| NIL Il =, .lo,,, NJ.
ifei ut having head the continents SO nobly
expressed by the eloquent and feryid speaker
who has just addressed me in your behalf -
They are .cntiments peculiarly characteristic
Of that once much revived. and now triumph
ant, school to which he, you, and belong
a school most considerate in its progressive
and elevated tendencies, whatever may have