The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-19

United States IN their proposed a1angements TAIs
own principles, are free to regulate the whole sub
ject 80 far they can agree in their policy. Kthey
cannot do that each Of them will probably await the
the other may be in the ascendant; provided, how
ever, that We sit still and phiianthropcay cry
.. Peace, peace, when there il no peace"
Now, SIR, have cndeayored to show why these reso
lutions should pass have endeavored TT show both
our right and our duty to adopt them and also that
their adoption would have powerful operation in
checking projects Of aggrandizemenk which, without
interference, will go on to their contamination.
do not presume say that this solemn alone
will under all circumstances, secure our community
from these dangers. But do say. it viii be heard
and not unheeded, and projects which, without it,
would be, and perhaps promptly carried into erect,
will be, II not abandoned, ut least delayed fM a
more convenieat oPpoRTuNITY, which viii come
when pusillanimity guides the councils of our coun-
.nS do a. ae We say re
this course, while they ayow their ndispOsiton TO
act, acknowledge, also, that our policy must be en-
forced by war II necessary should the effort bcmade
highly estimable member Of the House Of Represen-
tatives, for whom ] have much regard, has recently
remarked that He not willing tosustain there
sOluti0n1Ahc was opposed to serving John Doe
and Richard Roe notice to the world though he
avowed his determination toact by force ii European
colonization should be attempted or If there should
be danger Of auy maritime nation taking Cuba. Then,
why not say soy The declaration may do good, and
can do NO harm. No American, MFR. President,
has the right TO undervalue bis country by spying
that the avowal Of firm resolution on her paro re-
sist an !, unjust policy deeply sascng as WI ne re-
ed No, it is not 50; and withcut the fear Of any
imputation Of selfexataton we may estimate our in
fuencc BY = higher standard thsn that; II, indeed,
sions to cast suspicion upon or ultimate course,
leading the politicians Of Europe to believe that
when the trial comes the record containing our
words will never be inscribed WITH our deeds Far
repeat sir why not say in good faith what in good
faith We mean? These aDnunciatons to the world Of
fixed course of policy in certain contingencies, 10
be foreseen or apprchended are common occurrences
in the intercourse OF nations ana therefore to be de-
cided on, under existing circumstances. Why not
serve John Doe and Richard Roe notice to the
worldY
Passing by the sneer in which join, upon the
clumsy contrivances of the common law by pucrile
ictions to do indirectly what should be done direct
ly, and looking to the object and not TO any form OF
expression, even though rendered unpalatabIe BY its
associations the serving Of that notice is precisely
what we may do rs a just nation, what we ought to
do wise nation, and what II becomes MS to do as
frank and republican nation Did not our fathers
issue John Doe and Richard Roe notice to the world
on the Fourth of July, E76. when we assumed a
place among its independent communities and did
they not then announce certain great principles as
fundamental articles of political faith And did
also his John Doe and Richard Roe notice. in the
form OF Musc0vite decree, promulgated to Christen
DOM that nations should not he Independent contra
ny to his pleasure for that is the meaning Of that
memorable state paper when Invested Of its diploma
tic redundancy. And is not modern history full Of
these declarations, less just unjust well
mere or iess grave, down to the blockading OF
a port even, which is made knowa by the same pro-
cess?
So much for these two old pillars of the common
law, thus converted into pillars OF the public law OF
the world. And take this occasion to add, that !
with disay that these two rcyerenced persOnages
had been recently put to death by the British
Parliament, the most prominent event IN human
progress that has occurred in my day. The old dry
bones are really beginning to shake. ] have no
doubt but that this rreparable loss has been sincerely
deplOred as well in England az in this country, by
many devout believer in the doctrine that all
changes are changes for the worse, aud that unless
q head is covered with horselair wig, whatever
may he inside, the outside renders the man utterly
unfit for judicial station 'O6 the virtue Of horse
hair y said the waggish progre,vists Of tho Edia-
6urgh Reccc. But sir, these resolutions, or equiva
lent ones, embOdying the same principles, will pass
the legislature of the United States. Their passage
is but question OF time. They may fail to-day, and
they may fail again. Timidfty or immobity may
override that firm sagacity which BELTS our cond
ton II is just MS certain that these principles them
selves will be permanently engr1ted into the Ameri
can policy, and in the most imposing form, AZ it is
that they are now cngrafted "A the hearts OF the
American people.
The honorable senator from New Hampshire (Mr.
lIale) said the other day, with that cr-cGthedra
manner which distinguishes his vaccinations, not
always remarkable for their iument, that we should
back out OF this declaration, ii made, we always
do. The sentiment is not very patriotic, nor is the
assertion correct indeed u It redeemed by the
charm Of novelty. heard the taunt in 1872,
though in different terms. The phrase then was,
and it was daily heard from political opponents,
that the country could not be Kicked into
Well sir, we went to war Notwithstanding and came
out of it without backing And - NC shall Go again
Ilnpar. he hall
and urges that reason for submission TO national
degradation knows little OF the resolution OF his
c0untrymcn when the hour OF trial comes.
There is one rcdecmng and ginS feature Of
our public character, in all thcec contests between
standing still and going on. ana that is, that the
national feeling, in all grave coDjuncturcs. has always
gone ahead of the congressional feeling. know OF no
exception. The latter pants after the former-but
not entirely in vaa-and it is best il should be So
The public instincts and judgments right and are
animated with an ever active love OF country, which
feels its way and follows it, turning neither to the
| right hand nor 10 the left.
Mr.. President. am not going ever the old ground
| OF our manifest destiny, aud the mission we have
to fulfill, and other similar phrase-eypletves, if
yOn leaseadopted into onr political vocabulary,
and which have provoked more criticism than
they merit, aud been assigned more importance than
they are entitled to. take it they are all merely
indicative Of strong impression If the mighty ca
feer that Is before us and OF the different views that
prevail OF the duties and responsibilities it brings
with it, as well towards ourselves as the world.
However these may be magnihed ~ depressed, they
cannot be avocd and that the past which alone fore
shadows the future is filled with the most startling
proofs 81 national progress which have ever arrested
the attention OF mankind. The generation has not
yet wholly passed away since we were O peaceful
dependency of England; and he. who, by the kind
ness of Providence and the favor OF his felIow-cti
zeIs, Is now permitted o address YOU was born be.
fore the final Acknowledgement Of our independence
by the parent country. 4 narrow strip OF seq
coast, and scattered population short OF three mil.
lions, who were hardly permitted as 1t has been said
horseshoe nail for Themselves. divided into separate
colonies, and almost unknown, with some profitable
rather than potrotic antcipat;ons at home as Eng
land was then called, the-c possessions might be
Useful Tor The purposes OF taxIsion. Such was our
condition about the commencement OF our Revolution.
airy struggle and at its close we found ourselves OK
haSted by the exertions we had made and yvithont