Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-26
Our Foreign GkeInGions,


were shortly to occur in Europe. certain pei
i,icians of the fast school have been besei
with the idea that our government and people
are on the eve of some great occurrence,
whose coming should he Anticipated and pro-
pdcd for, as the mariner watches the rising
cloud and trims his sails for the storm. =
the eye whose vision has MOI been brigh .ened
by the rays of this new illumination no por.
tent of the coming crisis has appeared To
such the sun has risen and SET As before, and
the seasons have revolyed With the order they
have pursued. "sipce the world was No
sign has been hung ou IN the lea, eps no N.Y.
terio0s hand has craven woods OF warning IN
The aall; the shallow has nade is regular
circles on the dial plate Of time, and Destiny
has teen mute and moiionless a. mummy
But to the voafies OF the new faith-lhr creed
Of propagandism aud intervention and manifest
destiny-otaeles have spoken, UNDECIDED By the
common ear Something is about to happen-
they know moi whit but something momeutous
colossal terrible. Something 10 mcet Which
in the opinion e Mr. Marshall. reqlir,s the
immediate APPROPRIATION of $4,000 ono. and.
In the judgment nf Nj. Cass. renders a re- pro.
cama,ion Of the Monroe doctrine imperative civ
necessary It's the province Of prophecy 10
deal IN vague an1 6guralivc speech aud i, is the
doom Of ihoseto whom it relates to doubt
We clam not 10 be exempf from the common
lot and we avow our disboiief TIL the ,gos
become more apparent, we shall not PIT
our trust in these Cassandras. The M uties-
tatiops may Eo clenr cnoush IN The "m,Jium'
from CaIiiornia-thc prophecies mas be Iunia
ously egibe 10 The Pafson Miller from Mich
gar, but II cannot he expected 81 n unlliuniua.
ted that they will trust ten miliossof money IN
n man WHO has never been ttied, to be used for
purposes Of which they know nothing; nor tbat
they will 20 10 va with the mouarehiea nf
Europe. tosuslein policy mol called for by
present exigencie4 and having no application
10 the tunes and circumstances IL which ve
live. The money may 60 when it ia needed,
and the policy will be fought for when it Is
proper, but sufficient unto the day he tho evil
thereof"
On the Foreign Policy Of the country, past
and prospective Mr. Brooks spoke as follows
in the House on the 9TH INST, IN conclusion of
his speech in reply to Mr.. Polk Of Tenuc,se
The foreign policy of this administration
will speak for ITSELF III letters OF gold, In the II
nversal peace and prosperity all about Us; aud
IT will speak more and more and louder and
louder, in painful contrast tear, hcreairer-
You who are coming into power, if you re
verse the policy of this Administration, if YOU
turn the wheels OF toe Goeernmen, backwards,
if you overthrow what has been done, and
institute any new schemes propagandism and
plumber, II will be only preparing the way for
our rapid return to power, by inspiring the
people with the confidence of our consel yotive
spirit, the better to administer the foreign affairs
of the country.
will not believe, no" ever TINT the gentle.
man from Tennessee (Mr. Polk or the gcntle-
man from Mississippi Mr. Brown) speak the
policy of the great party to which they belong.
| will cling to the better belief, that there is n
large and controlling secuo OF that party who.
like the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr.
VenabIe) think that the policy Of this country
is peace. order, conservatism. and TIE EATEN.
sion of our principles OF government by our
example, and not by the terror OF our arms
There are those among us who have ever
maintained that If we areto be good and great
people and to stand high on the records of the
world. it must be by the magnifcence of our
growth In TIE art of peaco-in agriculture and
manufactures and not by our achievements
upon the bloody fields of war Why. sir. we
may be missionaries, we may be propagana-
lists. but We must not be missionaries or
propagandsts OF war. The sword, the
bayonet, the cannon ball are not the mis-.
soraries that are exating our people n.
mong the nations oil the earth. Every
gged dirty letter from an lrishman or Ger.
man. sent to the banks of The Shannon, the LIT.
fey, the Rhine the Danube, the Ebe, or the
Weser, setting forth the rates of wages, the de-
mand for employment the abundance ofbread,
the happiness ofhimself his wife, his children,
or the general glory, peace and prosperity of
this, our GREAT couniry.is more of a progandist.
more of missionary for converting the other
nations IF the world, than an army of five hun.
dred thousand men, with great parks of orriIle
ry.
1t we are TO convert other nations and lead
fhqrn T. the adopti,n &c III