The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-02-18
TERRITORIAL ACQUISITION.

SuSS UdCk idI ueyoHu tne mere 0Xclllnp
Interests of the day-t goes back 10 the
time when that great principle was. firs,
enunciated that Governments were in.
sl,uled among men by their consent and
for their good. That is the epoch in
which we live, that is The experiment
which we are trying. Sir, the history
OF she world, up TO The time Of this
experiment. shows that the efforts that
man had made heretofore for tie amelior.
alion Of his condition and the elevation
of his character had failed, and senaIy
faiIedi these were not wanting destroy.
ing revolutions; there were not wanting
times when The people, borne down bv
Impressions too inlolerable to be endured,
had risnn up in despai. and thrown off
the yoke with which the tyrant had
oppressed them; but, sir, it was only
th,t another tyrant mi ghi cone and take
his place. That was the history Of :he
world up 10 the time Of our experiment;
and if it would not seem 10 be irrevetcnt
to undertake to scan the couase!s Of
Omnipotcnce, when The Almighty had
ecome tired with the success We attempts
mn had made to govern themsalvns--to
submit themselves to tie sway Of popular
institutions, deriving their support from
their own consent--we may imagine the
g Mus Of Liberty Pleading before the
throne Of Omni potence, and asking that
one more experiment might be tried.
Then, when the fullness Of time bad
come, in the solitudes of ocean, there
was revealed TO the eye Of science the
new continent, and the pilgrims, in pa.
trioIism an peIy, came over here tn
they nigh, lay anew the foundation Of
tie great Temple Of Lib !rty, and build
upon this foundation snpersirOcture
vide enough for the oppressed + all
nations 10 enter in end DO at res,. Sir,
that is tho experiment, which we arc
TO try, and that is the experiment,
which We are to perfect.
Our fathers weIe aware Of the great
irus, that was committed TO their hands,
and when they cut loose from The couh,ry
which had sent them here--senl them
here not by their fostering care, but by
their oppres ions they proclaimed Ger.
tain great fundamental aud eternal rrin.
ciples as The basis Of their government in
all time 10 come; aud these, Sir, are
eloqunhy and forcibly cmboied in tie
Declaration of Iudepe ndence. Our
fathers pledged every thing they had
pledged their lives, their fort mes, and
their honor--fnr The main'enance Of The
principles which they then avowed ard
pn, forth, Sir, tina, pledge is binding
upon us. We are in the possession and
enjoyment Of the privileges which ,ley
obtained, and the part tIa, we have to
perfrrm is TO see that these principles
characterize our government and our
policy, and that they are carried out to
rhsr full development and perfection.
That, sir, look upon aS the mission of
this country, and thai look upon as the
destiny of this country. We are TO see
lhs, il is true 10 its principles, and true
10 the purposes of a bencicient Prov.
dence iD planting Us here. IF we frget
this: It we are led away and dazz,ed by
the halo Of military renown; if our ludg.
men's are warped by the graspings of
coveiousness which will never be satisfied
so long as anybody else owns land con.
tgu.us TO us;-lhen, sir-I have been
accused of matchmaking, Of prophesying,
but it needs no prophetic needs no
other prophecy than lhat which the light
OF experience gives us--,o foreiell to US
that we shall fail, utterly fail, and that
we shall 60 The way Of the republics that
have preceded us.-Ssnator Hale.