The daily union., 1854-02-16

something's delayed IN ,he passage BY the action Of hs
higher branch e the legislature he reader OF Enxsh
history needs hardly 10 be reminded that ~ lis encroack
menis upon The privileges OF Parliament and upon the
tights oi The subject, The throne generally upheld
| hy he House OF lords i was iAe B~sh House Of
Lords which, al the revolution OF 1855, hesated az sns
the clearly expressed will OF the nation the bill OF
rights and he act Of settlement by which civil and
sous liberty accurately defined and iorever guar
aned and The descent OF the directed in accord
| ance with The national Will Ii The same body
which, for fifty years waged relentless hostility 10 The
passage OF The emancipation oh to The reform bill 10
1882 and TO the repeal OF the laws in 1916 II is
true that in each oi those cases the lords yielded, but
only when they perceived resistance would be unava-
ng aud, perhaps, prove hef o@n oI,uea destruction
Well IN origin character, IN responsibilities and
sympalhies is The American Senate. Though represent,
ing in The federal Congress The States in their sovereign
capacity they yet elected at short intervals by dele
gates Immediately from he peoples while their responsi.
biliy Tor the OF power therefore, is The peo-
pie, their sympaihts are ever with them, As co-oTd-
nate branch ol the national legislature il is h pride
and with pleasure that acknowledge iis fespec,abily
and dignity, lis conservative character and importance.
Sir, believe the interests OF the people sale in
hands ani HAT on question oi such great Importance
as this-o such unquesonabie policy, aud which the
popular voice has so uuequyocaly approved--it will
never be iound 10 continue vain aud truitless oppo
| slion
Mr. Chairman, the friends OF Ibis measure must per-
severe il u great question, affecting The happiness
| OF thousands who are now living. and OF millions yet
10 come They should remember that most Of ihe
gIea, reforms which have been made in legislation
have been effected slowly and against grea, opposi-
/ uon. Unier conservative professions. and limid din.
trust OF the popular capacity Tor se-goveTament, what
struggle was maintained against tie enlargement oil
popular suffrage and representation in Eogiand within
The recent memory oil the present, genearion-a srugge
which lasted tor period oil forty years What sirug-
gle against the Catholic emancipation bill, and still more
recently against the removal OF The restrictions imposed
by the corn laws and by whch the people furnished
with cheap Tread By the energy and liberay Of Peel
Golden. and Macaulay, this reform effected and
whilst the fruits OF their bold and humane policy are no
i lei nafups
stand out in bold relief and will shed nppfishahie ase
i upon The records Of ihe Eoglish Parliament. WHAT a
struggle was maintained IN this cuunlty 10 defeat he
incorporation OF federal doctrines the organization OF
the government and subsequently, against The schemes
OF Inc money nleess, IN their efforts TO uphold great
financial institution 10 control the currency and interfere
with The legislation ol The county hal predictions Of
ruin, bgh and deso!aon TO all the vafed interests OF
our people 70 follow upon the destruction OF that insltu
ton What struggle have we not all witnessed against
The union oi capitalists 10 procure the prevalence class
legislation IN the form OF high protective iah. What
RESISTANCE TO the acquisition OF territory since the orna
lion OF the Union and The adoption OF The federal cons
| luton III 1870 the purchase OF Louissna--of the
4 Fioridas annexation oil Texas--lbe conquest OF
New Mexico and California, which completed our march
across the continent IRON one great 10 the other,
and established the western line IN the survey OF an
! ocea bound republic
la every OF these instances has been seen that
the popular mind has had sagacy enough perceive The
tuhluy OF the objections 10 the reforms proposed that
tue spirit 0! the age, like the bounding spirit of YOUTH
has laughed al all the mid apprehensIoGs OF the honest
though uisudgng advocates OF The interests OF capital
10 the exclusion OF labor, OF The tmid
The acquisition OF territory, at The fears OF the weak. and
lhe schemes OF The interested and every instance
which be change has been how genial and saluta
rs have been The fruits Of that change How happy the
results OF the English reform BILL and the repeal OF
com laws-he change from the United States Bank 10
the independent tfeasuryle adoption of the resenne
tariff and last, but not leas, how fruitful IN great
ana glorious results the passage OF bill which places
| upon tue foundation oil law an additional miion OF
| homesleads
Whsl spectacle do we present at this lime Aie-
public sprung IRON aggregation OF separate aud SOW
eegn connunltes IRON colonies into States, and from
States into mighty nation, oyershadowng continent
The State which in peculiar and lofty sense has es.
tabisbed the liberty and equality OF The individual and
exalted the dignlty o human mature, II would that
lhsle remains alone ibis cTownBg act OF magnificent
philanthropy 20 complete The Of her glory
i Once more, then, Mr. ChairDs0 lei leave Ibe il-
ages IN our caves Let ioh into The open air.
Lei moi oe afraid TO lose sight OF the headaHds and
beacon-ilghls OF our native lands. Let 10 the
siars and he magnet fathers did when they LETT
the shores OF old England and yentured upon The bill.
lows OF broad yet doubtful first casting their
anchor within The hospable waters Of The Chesapeake
and then again landing perchsDce upon The bleak and
weather beaten rock oil Plymouth. Let initiate in
measure Their example Let US muster their couTage
let us mnse philanthropy with national interest and give
Liberty additional loohod upon American SOIL and my
woid Tor il, we shall yet make discoveries politics
and legislation DOT unworthy oI the which claims
ancestral memories the Magma Cnarta the Bill OF Rshls
the Declaration oil independence, and the Federal Com
pact.
Mr.. Chairman, in another quarter OF a century, within
easy teac OF VISION from hls capitol that noble work
now rearing ITS shaft upon the banks OF the Potomac will
have been completed which Will do honor alike to the
matcbless character which Il is Commemorate, and the
patriotism OF the present genetaton That marble obe-
isk will have climbed The skies It's destined height
marvel alike and monument Every morning sun will
see It's shadow stretching far into the Stale oil Virginia
and m his evening glow IT wIll al towards The Chesa
peake To latest time that monument will stand as an
index upon The great dal-pate OF The globe while its
shadow revolving with tue annual march ol the sun
through The heavens, will mark the stages through which
oas and noble. 10 ihe uneqnalled condition OF things
upon which from us proud elevation, that shall
thea look dowA, am deeply persuaded that agency
WI have been found more operative producing that
state OF affairs. cause general and effective OF the
universal prosperity OF the country, Than the disposition
oil the public lands now proposed by THIS bill.
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