Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-04-02

1t is true beg the gentleman TO believe me- IL Is true
and nothing will promote this fayorabe state OF things
more than the kindly sympathy and sautaTy example
the part Of this country And viii also say that there
is country in Europe that have ever visited Whatever
temporary causes of irritation may have existed Win lls
Government that Government there IS not country
Of Europe where the and character OF an american
citizen is direct passport to every good once tha
stranger desire, and nowhere more tnan IN
Sir in our views of the glorious future that awaits the
Union we are apt to regard geographical extension as
the measure and the index OF cur countrys progress
do deny the general correctness OF ta impression
IL Il for the formation Of the highest type of
national character that it should be formed and exhibited
upon grand and extensive SCALE 1t cannot be develop
ed within the bounds OF petty State Nor DO admit
that this idea of geographical extension necessarily
ries with Though it does perhaps by natural assoca
tion-that Of collision with other Powers. But, sir,
think there fear so far geographical extension is
necessary that shall in the natural progress of things
have much of it, and rapidly, the best interests of
the country admit require. In the time, if we
wish real solid substantial growh-a growth which will
not bring US in collision with foreign Powers-we shall
have 1t IN twenty years to hearts content by
the geographical accession Of dead not by the pur
chase of Cuba or by the partition of Mexico but by the
simple peaceful increase of our population
Sir have you we'll considered that that mysterious law
which promulgated the sixth day Of the Creation
BE fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth will
in twenty-five years of peace and unionfor it is all
wrapped up in thataided by foreign immigration, give
us another America Of living men large that which
possess Yes sir, as far as living
cerned besides replacing the millions which win have
passed off the stage it will give all that the of
Omnipotencc could give us, il it should call up from the
depths OF the Pacific and join to the Union another Ame
RIGA populous ours. If by any stroke of power
policy you could tomorrow extend your jurisdiction from
Hudsons Bay Cape Horn, and take in every State and
every Government on this continent and all their popu
laon it would not give to you greater amount Of popu
laton including your own, than you will have at the end
of twenty five years by the simple law of increase aided
by immigration from abroad
shall not live to see it. My children probably will.
The Senator from illinois, in all human probability, will
live to see it, and there is, perhaps, no one more likely
than he to impress his views of public policy upon the
mind of those growing millions and to receive from them
in return all the honors and trusts which grateful peo
pie bestow upon those they respect and love- Let me
adjure him. then, to follow the generous impulses of his
nature and after giving like true patriot his first af
fections to his country, to be willing comprehend
all the other friendly countries of the earth within the
scope of liberal consideration and above all to cultivate
the spirit and arts of peace-of peace
Sir it is the opposite spirit of military aggrandzement
the spirit Of conquest that has forged those chains Eu
rope which the Senator 50 eloquenty deplores. 1t
this that brought down Asia to the dust in the morning
the world and has kept her seated in sackct and ashes
ever since This blasted Greece this destroyed Rome.
1t not foreign enemy that laid the to the root of
Kome's freedom it was her proconsus coming home
from the successful wars of ASIA gorged with the gold of
conquered provinces The spirit of military aggrandize-
and conquest have done the for Europe Will
they do it here if indulge them Do not let the
Senator think that suspect he wishes to indulge them
but will they not do it. win they not give stand
ing armies overshadowng naves colossal military esab
lshments, fr1ghtful contracts jobs
ruption which sickens the heart contemplate? And
how simple republican institutions, elective
magistrates annual biennial choice of those who
to rule unsupported by hereditary claims
pretoranguards, be carried under such influences
Do not mistake me- however, sir. l counsel no pusil-
luminous doctrine of non-resistance. Heaven forbid
Providence has placed between the two great world
oceans, and shall always be maritime Power Of the
first order Our already visits every sea- and
wherever it floats it must protected Our immense in
land frontier win always require considerable army
and it should be kept in the highest state of discipline
The schools at Annapolis and West Point ought be the
foster children Of Republic Our arsenas and our
armories ought to be kept filled with every weapon and
munition Of war; and every vulnerable point the coast
ought to be fortified But while act on the maxim
Gin peace prepare for war" let also remember that
the best preparation for war is peace This swes your
numbers this augments your this knits the snews
of your strengths this you all over with panoply
of might; and them if must come, in Just cause
Power earthno sir, not all combind--can send forth
an adversary from whose encounter you need shrink
But give these twenty-five years Of peace. DO be-
ieve that the coming quarter of century is to be the
most important in whole history and do beseech
you let have the tuentyf years. least peace
Let fertile wastes be filed up with swarmng millions
let the tide Of immigration continue flow in from Eu
rope let the steamer let the canal let the railway
pecially the great Pacific railway subdue these mighty
distances and bring this vast extension into span let
us pay back the ngots of California gold with bars Of
Atlantic iron let agriculture cothe vast wastes with
waving plenty let the industrial and mechanic arts erect
their peaceful forresses Mt the waterfalls of rivers
anu then, III tHe vi lnis growing
printing Office the lecture the school roem and the
village church be scattered the country and sir in
these twenty-five years shall exhibit spectacle of
national prosperity such the world has
large SCALE and yet within the reach Of SOBER prac
teal contemplation.
Mr. DOUGLAS said: do not intend to proong this
discussion but think it due to myself to make word
of comment upon remark which fell from the eminent
Senator from Massachusetts, understand him TO agree
with the Senator from Delaware that his letter in relation
to Cuba in whichhe laid down the policy Of making
pledgen regard to its future condition, not sppca
BILE Central America and that therefore those two Sc
majors agree to stand a platform upon that
point. Sir, am not willing by the Of those
two Senator's TO be put in the position Of having made
misapplicaton Of that letter The main point to which
referred in the letter Of the Senator from Massachusetts, to
the Compile de Sartges this In it the Senator said
thatt not within the competent authority Of this Co
vernment under the Constitution to give any pledge that
in all coming time would any territory
which, in the of events might become desirable to
this Union. Ii IL not competent under the Constitu
ton give that pledge in reference the Island Of Cuba
where does he find the constitutional authority give
in the Clayton Bulwer treaty with reference Costa RIGA
and Nicaragua, and other Central American States IL
there be absence of constitutional power in the
it ought to be binding upon the consciences of
in all other Therefore, until they explain away
that constitutional barrier cannot permit those two Sc
to put themselves in and Of hav
ing made misappcaton of the letter That is ALL de-
sire to say upon that point
SO far the Senator'S remarks relate to the preserva
ton Of peace, fully and cordially agree with him. II
there is any line of policy dear to my heart
than all Others IL is that which shall avoid any just
of and preserve peace in all time TO If there
be difference Of opinion between it is upon the point