Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-02-12

Great Britain Vancouvcr's Island. which
commands the mouth OF the Oregon River.
That Is tho history of the negotiations of
this country, so far MS the North is concern
ed, IN reference to territory and say now
to the people Of the North aud representa-
! tivcs of the North, that your commerce lies
I infinitely more at the mercy of Great Bri.
tain to-day than it would if Great Britain
owned every one Of the West lndn Islands.
| and was without her possessions in the
/ North. And wonder why these gentlemen
who are so fond of looking at our interest
so"lhvard do not look to the Bihnnas.
understand FROM these gentlemen who or,
conversaut with the matter that those islands
/ are situated in such position rs more
ellectually to command tho commerce OF
the Caribbean Sen mud tic Gulf of Mexico
! than even Cuba ITSELF aud that the course uf
navigation is such as To bring the commerce
Tint goes into these sens through them moro
! dircctly-.lliat is, within the reach of the
| Bahama i-unds-thun tie Island Of Cnha.
Why don't we notify Great Britain that she
shall not sell the Blhumos?
| A SENAToR.-Aud jamaica.
/ Mr.. Husband Jamaica. Imagination
/ can hardly conceive what this country would
| be what an era of internal improvements,
of progress, and Of prosperity would opcu
{ upon this contincnt-ii the Cauadis. border
ing the lakes upon the north, were united to
! this country. Why, Sir it would lessen The
necessities of your preparations for war one
half IL those likes aud that country belonged
tn ~ instead of belonging to Great Britain.
| And why not make some tiuclv effort p
Why not utter some timely warning? Why
not give some notice in regard to that coun-
| try,whcre we have real aud vital interest,
and where the danger is not remote aud
aud coingeni, but where it is close ~ hand,
and where we linvc felt it Oncc in war with
Great Britain? We have felt something Of
| the evils Of the cotguily OF Canada to the
/ United States.
II is IN this view that ! want to call the
attention of the Senate aud the country aud
/ the peopln to our relations with Canada as
well MS Cuba. Why nre we going off the
I conIinent-why are we going nhr0ad-why
are we going To the islands OF the sen, when
/ right here at our own doors IN our orr very
/ midst, there is country ihti possesses the
means oi annoying you ifuhry more than
Cuba ever can? /. Sir, will moi put myself
ia a position 10y which niny be subjected
! 10 tho suspicion of inmuling HAT il j. he
cause Great Britain has more means and
| ability To deicn her possessions than Spain
has. 1t must be something else. We are
not so much of The bully and braggart that
| we may presume upon the weakness of n
nation 10 tell them that ihey shall not do n
llIing, when we dare not tell another nation
| stronger Than that, that she shall not do II
| like thing which would injure us infinitely
more.
! Mr.. President the Honorable Senator from
| Michigan, says we have reached nn epoch
in our history. Well, Sir | have heard Of
| epoch before. Let me tell him an anccdnic
| ! happened once to be present Mt n small
| party OF gentlemen IN Boston. II twas about
| the time of the removal of the deposits by
| Gen. Jackson; and n young man who was
| present Mt the party was fill of Indignation
al the deed and denounced il as nt war with
every pinciple of oui Government, aud one
| thai would he likely 10 overthrow il. A si-
! guciOus old gcutirmHn who was there threw
cold water ON the subject. The young man
| said, " Sir, consider thus the very crisis o
our experiment." The old man replied +"
! have been living in crises all my liir." Well,
! Sir, that is JUST the way with this country.
We have been living in an epoch from the
beginning OF the Government, and ! think
we may bc dcnonlinatcd as people of
! epochs. Laughter. They come upon us
every day aud every hour Why, Sir, the
| epoch Of to-day will he succeeded 10y the
| epoch of tomorrow, and one will make
/ about as much impression as the Other.
The Honorable Senator from Michigan
! has found food for his remarks IN some com
ments which he has seen in n Builllo news
paper. ! don't read newspapers, Sir, and
| that is the reason why don't mike so many
of these visionary speeches as great many
people do. Laugliter That is the rea-
son, too, why my remarks are always so
practical. Laughter
! But there was one remark which fell from
| him that panied me. All the rest | was
gratifed at. lie says there is no people on
/ the globe that evinces such a want of patri-
o,ism as this people.
Mr.. CAss.--l beg pardon said there
was no country where there were so many
persons, unfortunately, who eyinced a want
of patriotism.
Mr.. llALE.-There wns no country on the
face OF the globe where there was so many
people that evinced want Of patriotism as
this country. ! confess do not see the diff
| ference bat the honorable senator docs,and
! therefore ! will give him the fall credit of IL.
| But think, that in cooler moments, when
the impulses of warm blood have subsidized,
and the reflection of maturity comes to that
senator, he will regret that remark, laugh
teri because it is Gn imputation upon the
! motives of our iellow-ciizens which think
J he will not indulge.
/ This is a country where freedom of opin-
| ion is tolerated to very grent, aud, us some
gentlemen think, TO an alarming extent. II
/ is a country where freedom of opinion finds
vent in freedom of words TO a very remark
hle extent, as we have had illustrated to-day;
and il would not be astonishing il, in a coun-
try of free thought and free speech, there
should at times be sentiments uttered not At
all in accordance with the opinions of tho
minority as to what patriotism may require.
But thiuk that discreet degree of candOr
and charity will induce us all to do credit TO
those who differ from us and if they do not