The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-17
The Law or Growth.

Two terrible phrases neither OF which President Pierce
has used in his Inaugural shock the nerves OF the whg
organs this city whenever they refer that paper The
National IneAgenesr finds that Rochester journal,
the 1llh OF December last" said something abou,
manifest destiny and hereupon is "sar,led through
two columns which purport 10 be review Of the Inau.
gura Address. in which no such phrase occurs
The Republic has another bsie nore. the phrase "law
of growth which the President has not used but which
we believe occurred in some comments of ours upon the
policy OF the Inaugural On Monday las. the Republic
proclaimed that we "crowded the President when we
said bis policy recognised "the law of growth" in
country On Tuesday it repeated its complain, fol-
lows:
so far from finding nyhing in tho Presidents nau.
gural which con'empates any such e~aefr,ssis,
find that he pe axis respectfully tho Tribunal civil
lied WORLD and rtroeray of everything Providence"
And yesterday the Republic down upon Senator
Douglas having shared in SIM and also recognised
"a law Of growth element OF our political exist.
ence. 1t said
"The senator from Illinois believe in Law Of
growth which is higher law than the tes which
constitution makes the supreme law OF the land"
Now, unfortunately for the WING organs, il does hap.
pen that this alarming phrase law OF growth" has, at
least its recent origin in Mr. ex-Secretary Evere,rs Gu
ban letter. But this is not ALL Mr. Everett, in that
same letter which the Republic warmly approved and ap-
plauded, commits the very enormity with which the Re-
public charges Senator Douglas He speaks of that
"aw OF growth fact not to be permane nty by
treaties or conventional Here is Mr. Everefs Ian
guage, speaking for the whg administration, and certified
by the Republic weeks ago wise Just, and statesman
like:
Blu, whatever may be thou ght of these .ugg.so n
w seer ossible for M who reflects
the events glanced in this note, mistake the lar Of
dnnrear grotch and progress, think It be Witt
ofy arrested bya rtio~ like that proposed In the
Judgment OF the President IL would be easy - throw
dam from Cape Florida Cuba in the hope OF stopping
the flow OF the Gull stream, TO attempt BY compact
like this, fix the fortunes Of Cuba now and for hereai
expressed in the French Of the convention
for the for the future, tpour CONNIE
pour pavenir,) that is for all coming time
In another portion OF the letter, Mr.. Everett, in
behalf OF The wing administration. declared, to the great
qualification of the Republic, that the acquisitions OF
Texas and California were made by in pursuance OF
the undoub,ed operation of the law OF our political
isencep Still again. he referred to the principle OF
territorial expansion in its bearing upon the acquisition
of Cuba, as mighty current in the fortunes OF tn.
world which the Spanish possession Of that island can.
not "ress" and therefore cannot be expected to last
very long And all this the Republic uttered heart
felt amen
Will our contemporary, then, be good enough explain
what is the meaning oil its horror The phrase claw
Of growth, applied by in description Of 'hs Pres
dents foreign policy, foreshadowed in the inaugural
This done, will neigbbor do the father favor to
point out the passage of Senator Douglass speech
in which the supremacy Of this claw Of growth" ~
sgains, " conventions" is set forth with emphasis
marked than tina, Of The above.cted passage OF the
Cuban letter. which the Republic cordially endorsed
lie, us not be misunderstood. We make no charge
Of " 6ibusterism" against the Cuban letter OF Mr..