Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-03-29
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our Country wish | could persuade IN T
that thus glorious future IF America i. not l.
consistent With al equally anspicions fuIni c
En- the friendly Powers of Europe I wish
could persuade him that that part Of the woI ID
u not exclusively tho region Of tombs ard
monuments that he So graphically described;
bp, that in every country In Europe, more IN
some than in others. but visible in all. there
Is progress; that liberal ideas are at work; that
popular institutions and Influences arc steadily
| forming themselves that The moderation Of the
lsborng glasses is going on; that education nd
social comforts are making their way there =
II is irur beg the genrlcnan 10 believe rne,
II is true; and nothing will promote this favor.
able state Of things more than kindly gym
PATTY and salutary example on the part of
this country And | will also say that there
Is no c"umry IN Europe thai | have ever Isl.
ted, whether temporary causes OF irritation
may have existed with this government or that
government. there 10 no country OF EUROPE
where the name and character of an Amer an
citizen Is not direct passport 10 every good
Office that stranger can desire. and nowhere
more than in England.
Sr, ia our views OF the glorious future that
aw ats he Union, we are apt TO regard geo.
graphlcHl eAienlon rs the measure and the IN
DIX 81 our country = pfoPo s.. | do NOT denv
the general correctness oi that impression. II
is necessary for the formation OF the higheat
type Of national Character that 1t should / 9
formed and exhibited upon grand and eh-
tensive scale. IL cannot be developed within
the bounds of a petty State Nor do | admit
that this idea of geographical extension neceD-
sarily carries with it-thongh il does perhaps
by national association-that of collision With
other powers. But, sir. think there is no 10 ar
so far as geographical extention is necessary,
but that we shall, in the natural progress of
things have as much Of 1t, and rs rapidly rs The
best interests ofihe country. admit or require. In
Ihc meantime. if We wish rcal. solid sub
siantial growth-a growth which will not IN ing
Is in collision with foreign Powcrs-wc snail
have il in twenty five years to our hearts con.
enr; not by the geographical accrrtion OF
dead acres; not by the purchase Of Cuba, or
by the partition of Mexico; but by the simple,
peaceful increase oi our pouu alton
Sir have you we'll considered that that mys
terious law which was promulgated on the
skill day of the Crea,on.-''Bc fruitful and
multiply and rep'enish tie eerth"-wiIl, IN
twenty FIVE years of peace aud uuion--fhr il is
all wrapped up in thai aided by he 70 egn
~
ing men rs large as that which We now pos
sess Yes, sir, as far as living m. are con
cerned' besides replacing the millions vii h
Will nave passed of The stage, it win give Us
all that the arm ofOmnipot"nce could give us
If it should call up from the depths OF the Pa
cifc, and Join to the Union another America as
populous as ours. lfby any stroke of power
or policy you could tomorro" extend vour
jurisdiction from Hudson Bay 10 Cape Horn
and take in every State and every Government
and al their population, it would not give to
you a greater smount Of population, including
your own than you will have at the end OF
twenty five years by the simple law oflncrcase
aided by immigration from abroad.
shall no, 1--we t, see il. My children pro
badly will. The Senator fromllnos, IN al
human probability. will live 10 it, and there
Is. perhaps no one more likely than he TO Inn
press his views OF public policy upon The mind
OF those growing millions, and 10 receive from
thom in turn all the honors and trusts " hch
a grateful people can beslow upon those they
respect and love. Let me ad lure him, then, 10
Follow the generous impulses of his nature
and after giving, like Il true patriot, bis frs
affections 10 his oAn country, to- he " ilng Il
comp rrhcnd al the other friendly counties I'll
the earth within The scope OF liberal consd
Grafton, and above all To cultivate the spiri
and arts Of peace-of p. ace.
Sir, it is the opposite spirit of military az
srandizement. the spirit OF conquest thai has
forged those chains in Europe which the Sen
ator so eloqnenrly depIores. It was this thai
brought down Asia to the dust in the morning
of the ord, and has kept her seated in sack
cloth end ashes ever since. This blasted
Greece tins destroyed Rome. 1t was not a
fore IN enemy tll1t laid the axe 10 the root ol
Rome's freedom II was her own proconsuls
coming home ivooi tho esstul VARS Of Asia.
gorged with the gold OF conquered provinces
The spirit OF military ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and con
quest has donc the same for Europe. VIII
they not DO it here if We indulge them Do
not lie, he Senator think that | suspect he
wishes 10 indulge them; but will they not do it,
Will they not give us vast standing armies,
overshadowing navies, colossal military es
Establishments, frighrful expenditures. contracts,