The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-18

gress may interfere with the foreign policy Of the admins
uaon. This House Is not invested with the ratfyng
power bestowed from wise considerations the Senate
It merely coopeae with the other branches Of the gov
ernment in the execution OF treaties which it has power
70 originate II is necessary, for the preservation of our
Institutions that the vested In the different branches
Of should be kept separate and distinct
and that neither branch should the duties and
sPonsbiliues Of the other That Is the only way which
they N harmony with each other and yet
preserve that mutual independence of each other which
of the Of republican government and nures e
greatest amount Of efficiency.
But Il Is said, Mr.. Chairman that impelled 70
these things by manifest destiny" and more than hall
believe IT believe there Who watching the cur
rent OF popular opinion, willing be borne along by
It's waves aud called eads y while there Others who
have not the courage 70 resist it. even If the current We're
10 carry them over precpce These men, whoever they
may be- and whatever station they may occupy can lay no
claims TO craftsmanship they are mere obbes and Jour
neymen politicians Men Of great mind and character inn
press their thoughts the age in which they live but
our political jobber bear the Imprint Of the popular pas
sion of the hour and follow the age in whatever folly may
be uppermos at the time Sir destiny nothing but the
final result Of all the tendencies OF moral and physical
system il the effect Of the laws Of Nature whose opera
TONS whenever they most benehcen1 are silent and Sc
cret not boiserous and noisy, by fits and starts ~
Sir have, doubt proud mission 10 fulfil but it
does merely consist in the acquisition OF territory and
in the extension of power Our calling is far nober one
We cultivate teze regenerate the regions which
e subject to rule 1T is not merely power, but our
IA lions and laws, and our higher civilization, which
we bound in the course of time to carry to the most
part Of this continent and to its neighborng islands
Unless we regenerate and Americanize what ac
qure annex shall not improve on former conqueror
but only add another page to the long catalogue Of national
crime in the worlds history. Now, il appears TO that
federal institutions are admirably calculated to pro-
the gradual of assimilation and to render that
homogeneous for all practical purposes of government
which, its foreign origin and other local causes would
forever remain separate and distinct and that account
incapable of producing great results Our true expansive
power consists in this power Of assimilation We do not
conquer and coerce attract asmate reorganize The
former is accomplished without consuming power
and thereby producing waste the latter is natural pro-
rpcg rpm
and adding to the strength OF all by giving them unity OF
direction.
There are three great nations in the history of the world
Who thus far haye had the greatest influence the destiny
of mankind They the Romans, the English and the
Americans The genius OF Greece was only permitted to
theoize and speculate the Romans who came after theI
were TIL. first to cultivate practical craftsmanship and es-
abh real power But the expansion of Rome was based
her military proves and acknowledged no reciprocal
duties of humanity between the conquerors and the
auered The deenceesness of the vanquished and the
us ntaris Of the Roman citizen constituted oil her claims
to dominion and government Rome ruled the world, but
her sway extended further than The march Of her eagled
egions Rome plundered the world and devastated en-
pire to enrich her people, yet after all enriched but few
families Rome ruled by the sword alone the greatest Ro-
man public writer Cicero acknowledged binding obi
cations between nations, in the form Of public law With
such people at the head of the progressive movement the
world could only be divided between masters and slaves.
England added vast industrial influence to her march
of martial power She conquered and coonzed both and
planted wherever homogeneous population admitted of
it. the seed of se-government through representative
FORMS RENE had the power TO constran England added
to it the faculty TO reconstruct In this consists indeed
rs Edmund Burke justly remarked the undying glory of
England Wheresoeyer people speaking the English
tongue have gone settle constitutional forms OF govern
have sprung up which, Y due course OF time must
rpen into repubi;canisn. Our oYn developments,
own republic is the proud paragon OF all Of Them and our
destiny may yet be unite them all or most 81 hem into
one common brotherhood of nations England MAJ have
established these colonies for selfish purpose but the
genius Of The coonists has turned their creation TO good
account They now accomplish mission OF their own,
and ever-eoquent example set TO their virtue in
the oorious achievement of national ndepend-
II it has not been followed this because England
relaxed in her preensons 1t is not that these colonies
have not yet made sufficient progress but that the British
government receded from its absolute supremacy
their domestic and foreign affairs II has allowed them
as far as Il be done without detiment to England to
manage their business; but IL cannot IN any event
allow the coloniss 10 participate in the direction of pub
lie affairs of the mother country and without this boom
all the colonies Of England great and SMALL naught
but satellites controlled in their motion by the prepon-
deratng influence Of the rnag planet They may regu
late matters which Immediately concern themselves, but
they have no influence and voice in the British Par
lament, which governs England, With whose destiny
their own is still linked az with chain Of iron,
The British colonist being not represented in the British
Parliament have voice for peace or war; and no share
in any measure which involve the honor and welfare Of
man holding seat in the Britb Parliament may, the
other band have voice in the management of the affairs
Of thewod but he is poseess in his own country, and
procure for il that species OF sefgovernmen
which Is enjoyed by the people Of Canada Nova Scotia
simply because they further removed from England
The various degrees OF political power conceded ny ue
English Grown 10 lis subjects in Europe America, Asia
Africa and New Holland aim at nothing but the wealth
power and grandeur Of Great Britain far compa
IDLE with Of the colonies and though the
policy IS wiser and in many respects more humane con-
scqueny more enduring than that pursued by Rome to-
ward the people subject to her military sway yet 1t leads
10 the same result and struggles for the obeche
increased wealth and power Of single nation at the
pense Of all rest and the endowment Of few ancestral
families home with fortunes and honors bought with
the misery and domestic slavery Of the masses.
The third power which appeared this globe marking
distinct progress and filing the minds Of men from its in
fancy with anxious hopes and expectations Is the UNITED
STATES AMERcA Born NJ advanced stage IN the his
tory Of the world and conceived OF strong and healthy pa
rents our conederacy Of States gave its birth
surance Of its future greatness Like Hercules killed
two serpens in cradle placed there by the ignorance
Of the world not by the malice Of jealous goddess We
destroyed The worldly power Of the established church. BY
banishng il from the political arena and reared in It's place
the temple OF religious tolerance and we expelled royalty
as n useless and expensive political institution But IN
suming the supreme direction Of our own affairs
mted no Injustice 10 others We did infringe on the
rights Of the church the clergy in religious matters and
in suppressng royalty applied merely TO what
already
With The Declaration Of Independence of the United
States new great historical ushered into the
world not only for individual freedom, but Of liberal po
lca assocatfo lnsurng and gnarantyng that freedom
IL the peculiar mode Of nssocstng men for the exercise
Of power which constitutes American freedom and signal
Ives ts superiority oil other governments and the
distribution Of power under this association formed
by ancestors the rubbish of the old association Of
Church and State marks distinct progress in the art
Of government the revolution itself manifested in mems
ideas True the doctrine Of the revolution that all gov
oumen derive their just power from the Of the
a.