The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-04-23

that this great law in twenty-five years of peace
and union-for it is oil wrapped up in that
will give u.s. aided by forei On emigration. ano-
Their America of living men equal to that which
we now possess? Yes, Sir, so far as living men
are concerned. it will give US all that the arm
of Omnipotence could give us, if it should call
up from the depths Of the Pacific and join to
our western border another America as popu-
lous as ours And if, by any stroke of power
or policy, You could tomorrow extend your ju-
risdiction from Hudson's Bay to Cape Horn,
and take into the Union every State, every
Government, and all their population, it would
not give you a greater amount of population,
including your own, than you will have at the
end of twenty-five years. by the simple law of
increase, aided by immigration from Europe.
Sir, | shall not live to see it. My children
may. The Senator from Illinois, (Mr. Douglas)
in all human probability will live to see it, and
perhaps no one is more likely than he, to i'm
press his views Of public policy upon its grow
ing millions, and to receive from them in return
all the honors and trusts which a grateful peo-
pie can bestow upon those whom they respect
and love. Let me adJjure him. then sir, to fol-
low the generous impulses of his nature: and
after giving, like true patriot his first aiiec-
tons to his own country, let him be willing to
comprehend all the other friendly countries of
the earth within the scope of his generous con-
sideration and above all, to cultivate the spir-
it and the arts Of peace.
st is the opposite spirit the spirit of military
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and conquest, that has forged
those chains of Europe which he has SO elo-
quently deplored. 1t is this that brought down
Asia to the dust in the morning of the world.
and that has kept her seated there in sack-cloth
and ashes ever since. This blasted Greece
This destroyed the liberties of Rome 1t was
not the foreign enemy that laid the axe at
the root of her freedom. 1t was her procon-
suls coming home from the successful wars of
Asia, gorged with the gold of conquered prov
inces. This spirit of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and mill
tary conquest has done the same in Europe.
and will they not do it if we indulge them >
Let not the Senator think that ! suspect he
wishes to indulge thenl-will they not do it for
US? VIII they not give us vast standing ar
mics, overshadowing navies, colossal military
establishments, trightful expenditures. con-
tracts, jobs, corruption. which it makes the
heart OF patriot sick to contemplate? How
can our simple republican institutions. our
popular elections our annual or biennial
choice OF those who are to rule over us instead
of a rule OF hereditary succession. SUPPORTED
by pretOran guards how can they subsist un-
der influences like these?
do not mistake. sir; ! counsel no pusilani-
nous doctrine Of non-resistancc. Heaven for
b!d. providence has placed us between the
WV SA>"' WI III OStuuS, anu we snail alWaNS
DE maratimc power of the first order. Our
commerce already visits every sea, and where
ever 1t floats 1t must be protected Our i'm
mense inland frontier will always require a
considerable army: and it should be kept in the
highest state OF discipline. The naval school
at Annapolis and the military school at West
Point ought to be the foster children of the Re-
public. Our arscnals and our armories OUGHT
to be kept filled with every weapon and NUM-
ton ct war. Every vulnerable point upon the
coast ought to be fortified. But while we act
upon the maxim. In peace prepare for war;, let
US also remember that the best preparation for
u'dr as Peace This swells your numbers. This
augmentsyour means. This knls the sinews of
your strength. This covers YOU all over with
the panoply ofmight. And then if war must
come in just cause, no foreign State-no sir,
not all combined can send forth an adversary
that you need fear to encounter
his Is the finest piece Of massive, polished
e!o4uencc we have seen for IL long time 1t re-
wives our recollection of old fashioned states
men; but-bctter than all-it is the coup de
grace OF war-mongers.