The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-04-09

AS the senator from Delaware il fond pi the authority
of great names, not only furnish him with the name OF
the late Secretary of State aud that OF The late President
of the Uai,ed States upon the points to which have
referred but have the authority OF these gentlemen ior
saying that his doctrine with regard TO Central America
is in violation OF The solemn warnings oil The faiher OF
his Country and in derogatlon OF the protests OF hr
ful life find that the late Secretary Of State has again
in another passage summed up the objections whch !
entertained this Clayton and Bulwer treaty. and will
call the attention OF the Senate TO At, It's this
But the President has gayer objsction TO entering
into the proposed convention lie has wish 10 disguise
the feeling that The compact although equal In - terms
by entering IL, would disable themselves from OBJ
tanning possession of island remote from their seats
of government, belonging TO another European power.
whose natural right possess must always be as good as
their owns ds1an. sano IA ano,ne, hem.spnsie m,a
could belong to either Of them The present balance
become pD unable ' % maiaaa the island in possession
and France and England should be engaged IN deaih
struggle with each other, Cuba might then become the
przs OF the victor Till these all take place, the
President does how Cuba can belong to any Euro
hand, would by the proposed convention, disable them
selves from making acquisition which might take place
without any disturbances OF existing ofegn reiauons' ana
| in tne natural order OF things
| II the proposed guarantee never TO annex Cuba was
mot reciprocal between The United States and England
how is that it be said that similar guarantee re-
spec,ing Central America was reciprocal Every argu-
urged by the late Secretary oil Stale against rec
prociy one applies with equal force to the other
may be said that Cuba stands al the entrance OF the Gull
of Mexico but be said with equal truth that Cen
ira America is upon the public highway TO our Pacific
Both stand gates 10 this public highway.
and every argument urged in relation 10 the one is
equally applicable to the other.
| Now have quote the late Secretary Of State and
President Fillmore against the senator from Delaware on
another pont When remarked that the history of this
connry showed that our growth and expansion could
not be resisted. and would inevitably break through
whatever barriers might be erected by the present gem
GRAFTON 10 restrain our future progress the senator from
Delaware assumed The right 10 rebuke Tor u,ering
sentiments implying perfdy and moral turpilude. He
IN knnyy i pPra n he
tolerated in the American Senate Let him hear his
friend from Massachusetts lha, point in the same doc
umen:
I" Tha, convention such US is proposed would be
transory arrangement, be swept away by the
ssble iide Of affairs In country, IS, o the appre
hension Of the President too obvious 10 require abored
atsament The project rests on principles applicable, a.
ALL to Europe where International relations are in their
basis OF great antiquity slowly modified for the most
part in the progress OF time and eventsj and not aP
plcabie TO America, which, but lately waste !, filling
up with intense rapidity, and adjusting on natural pm
cple those territorial relations which the first dis
oovey OF The conunent were in good degree fonn.
Bn, whatever may thought ofthese last suggestions it
events glanced mistake the law oil
giowih and progress. think II can be ultimately
of the President, would be easy throw from
lCape Florida Cuba in the hope of stopping tie dow Of
fix the fortunes Of Caba nov and for hereafter or as rn
snt CONNIE pour favrnir-hat Is, for all coming time
There The sena or is told that sach stipulation might
be applicable 10 European politics, but would be insult
ed and unhed TO American atafs that he has mistaken
entirely The s, stem OF policy which should be applied TO
our couniry that he has preJca,ed bis action upon
those old, anQuated notions which belong to the sta
tonary and relrog rade OF the Old World and
find sympathy the youthful, uprising aspirations OF
The American heart endorse fully the sentiment.
insist there is difference wide difference, between
the system OF policy which should be pursued IN Amer
ca and that which would be applicable 10 Europe Eu
rope is anquaied, decrepId toiiering the verge OF
dissolution. When You visit her, the objects which
list your highest admir alton the relics OF past great
ness-the broken columns ersced 10 departed power. II
IL gravey ard, where you lind here tomb lndl
eating the burial Of the arts; there marking
The spot where Liberty expired another 10 the memory
OF great whose place has never been hlled The
choicest products OF her classic coil consist in relics
which remain sad memorials OF depalled glory and
fallen greatness They bring up the memories Of the
dead. bul inspire hope for lhe living Here every
thing is fresh, blooming, expanding and advancing
We wish wise, practical policy adapted 10 our condi-
ton and positios. SIR, the statesman who would shape
the policy oil America by European models has failed 10
perceive the anlagonism which exists The relative po
son, history, insiilut,ons-n everything pertaining 10
! the Old and the New World.
The senator from Delaware seems always to have had
his back turned upoa his country, and his eye in
leny fixed upon Europe as the polar star OF all his OBJ
seryauons II il would be deemed ndelicate
lerposton between the senator from Delaware and hiI
friend from Alas.achuseus, Mr. EVERETT should be
incRed say that the criticism OF The late Secretary OF
STATE, although not intended for the senator from Della
ware, is strictly applicable TO bis diplomacy, and fully
deserved shall nogo into the discussion of that ques-
on however deny the right OF the senator from Del
aware 10 come back al me on that point | shalt
hIashacnneettR,
tMf EysRsTr,l because he will not dare to him
OF political peIudces and partisan feelings He has said
severer things OF the senator's diplomacy than houg
The rules OF the Senate would authorize TO indulge in
The ex-Pfesident OF the United States has sanctioned
them, and now think at liberty to refer them,
Tor II II not within the rules oil courtesy and Dip
lomacy, they would not be sent here But, sr be
permitted add that the nation has sanctioned them too
for am not aware that State paper issued in
America that received hearer response in OF its
principles than the letter OF the late Secretary OF State to
the Comte de Saruges 10 which have referred. Sir,
he had done nothing else TO render his OF
the State Department ustrous, hi, name would live IN
all coming time in that diplomatic letter, one who
could appreciate the spirit OF the age and perceive the
destiny OF the nation. No document has ever received
such universal sanction OF the American people as the
one which have referred, eondemnng and repud ating
the diplomacy OF the from Delaware in relation
\ to the American continent
| MIR. President. | have not much more to add The
senator has arraisned also for having attempted to
arouse unkind feelings between The United States and
Eng land deny that the arrsignment is Just I have
atem pted no such thing have never attempted 10 foster
jealouses or unkind feelings between own country
any other have attempted 10 plant relations OF
alcabe terms, by speaking the truth plainly and
they know ii 10 exist. Ihe remarks that have made
about rendy relations between The two countries were
drawn out BY hts statement that England known 10
be so ''trlendyn us. said TO blm did think the
friendly relations oi England constituted any claim upon
our gratitude have no evidence oi that fdend-
ship | said frankly that did think that England
loved u.s. and il useless for TO pretend that
loved her. The history OF the two counties proves u.
The daily action of the two countries pfovest England
spending her millions manlan her Notifications all
along coastal the Bsrmudas, the Bahamas, and al
jamaica and on every rock and barren along The