New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-30


svo~ bndly 10 the guidance of those who interpret 70
what they pleased 10 cali manifst d. siny" AM
yet Sir confess that sometimes WHOM take an outside
position and review the bicly recnring chang thrsa
which We have passed il 20 thst our course u
hsn shaped not much by any self-guidng wisdom Of
by law of progress ard development
Won 10y nature hersclE When we consider the
rsistless impulses 10 expansion which have acted
or the people OF the United States during the half
CENTURY, together with The broad and tempting field which
d the beginning Of that period stretched out from beneath
th,ir feet; and when consider in connection with
tlese circumstances how the Creole population who as-
sred eaims 10 posses that which they had become ply
Gsally aud intellectually unable 10 defend. and how
France Consumed by anarchy and yet engaged in death
Struggle with despotism unable to hold Louisiana
while Spain, enervaed by sef-nducence sustained her
si only 10y means If foreign aid and was therefore
obliged TO renqush Florida and Mexico. Il is difficult
CONCEIVE how We could have much longer avoided tho
extension which has given broad region Whose surplus
productions must have way through many channels
western az well eastern foreign maketsan extension
nat has not only brought the Antilles under
urNolience, but has also brought 10 compass the s
snds and the coas, of Asia and obliged open pas
cages 20 them the territories Of friendly power
While preparing to make the direct aud inportan.
over broad but vet impeifecily explored
dosnan. To what end has this expansion tended from
the btginung1 Whittier does it now tend If not
20 and to influence the islands and continents
which lie between us and the setting sun Beyond all
Doubt tins IL Its tendency we have sufficient resources
and adequate vieor and energy 10 justify in engaging in
competition for that Great Britain LARGELY
nsnopolzes it, and yet while her territory scarcely equals
that of one Of our largest Sates her native are
inferior to those OF Virginia. of Pennsy vania or of Mis-
souri, Of Texas Of California alone To speak of no
eAeIS Pennsylvon excavaes coal from her mines at
rate of annual increase which promises slsO for
the production of the year 1870. When refer to
IN driving all competitors from the whaling fields
rpdr either POLE and when we find that aggrcate un
rage employed in il already 900 600 uns and
tIeeods that of Great Britain proper is il not manifest
Tia an energy and vgo have been proved beyond DOUBT
emo dispute. The tendency marks the political
events which occurring the other side of the Pa
efc Within ten years China before closed against u.s.
has opened to five principal ports on va ious parallels Of
occg t re- doubtless the result of her departure from
her - ioDt policy of exclusion. whot likely give
% ss free every port of the Empire. Even while
vehtv. been engaged here IN our annual abOrs, the
news to OF the opening OF three ports with the
s1dion o convenient stations for repairs and reng in
Jspsn and that messenger is his way, who brings
ue voluntary and Unrestricted cesson of the III lwaan
Islands The conclusion which follows the consideration of
ese events is that the policy which the Atlantic nations
have pursued long, although 80 unsteady, IA on the
eve Of iis communicable the thousand years are to
beratoraly reunited There IL no power but ourselves
6kfy Ia cooperate compete with Great Britain
Atcng that Ii is the proper work not of
one ONLY but of both Of the branches of that great family
which spreading everywhere freedom and free religion
with the Capacous and comprehensive language OF the
British Islands. If abstain from such cooperation and
competition although then the trade and intercourse OF
The two beuspheres will pass around leaving to us
only Incidental benefits common TO all other nations Ii,
the contrary adopt The policy which has dictated
this measure, and if we carry 1t out by extending
our railroad, postal and telegraph system through
territories TO The Pacific coast, then we
sln not only open to all our citizens ana
terna but shall draw through our own ports
and own territories as ii it were fertilizing
nver the exchanges Of the world. The measure before
"a is lees costly than have heretofore adopted
for similar object. IL calls for smaller outlay than
that by which we acquired Louisiana or California II
the whole expense to fell the treasury A would
but two millions i've hundred thousand dollars
in FIVE years but the freig passage money and postage
would in the bee inning yield two hundred thousand dol
ar and ultimately the mails would become a means of
revenue. We might, perhaps, wisely consent 10 de-
IN tI Dasit Il and M
canse is there, have already found 1t neces-
sary to send naval squadron TO secure It's
protection. National mails are everywhere equivalent to
On armed force for the purposes OF protection SHOW me
place in the United States where the mails arrive and de-
part regularly and f' queniy and vii I'VE you place
where soldier duty is never seem snow me- on the
other hand secluded region where the pos. master seldom
never benetrates and Twill show you the Inited States
barracks ana garrnons Ii just 20 at seayou had no
mai intercourse with Japanthereore yousent asquedron
there TO prevent the oTs from being driven on shore in
distress from being exhibited IN cages throughout the
empire. You had postal connection with Africa and
therefore YOU maintain squadron there 10 protect your
own seamen and prevent the slave trade. conclude
with practical illustration Here is letter and hore
newsrap.r the written and the other printed at Hong
Kong in China. They brought us the first intelligence
Of Commodore Perry's great treaty with Japan Jhsy
bear the potmark OF Hong Kong and but for the want
of n native mail they would have reached us, not
BY conveyance across the Pac'hc and III our OWE
mails across PaDema, but b. taking their curcutous
way TIN ough India and the lhuus OF Suez ad over the
Mediterranean Sea- and then after being stamped in the
Post. Office London. they come 10 over the Atlantic
Ocean; California and Oregon nearer by TWO thousand
miles Hong Kong and very deeply interesting got the
zane news nearly month eier reached us. indebted
for il to the mail between New York and San
Francisco Birth statesne souctmes break the seals OF
letters the plea of poli'ic"! necessity
When Mr.. Seward got tar ugh, Mr. HUNTER asked
the Senote o take up the Ten Million bin.
Mr. GWIN said that the bill could bs disposed of after
awhile the Steamer bill could be aCJo1 on now. The
Senator frem Illinois would ask for executive Session
on the Ten Million bill.
The Steamer bill was then laid aside.
NJ yedt 10 tai q I'M ~
Mr. BRIGHT said with the exception OF the Ten Million
bin he would resist taking up any hl until the veto and
the Homestead bill had been DISPOSED Of.
ur. SUMNER, by consent, was allowed to present a
meno ia from tho of Peppere Massachusetts,, the
ion repeal of the odious inhuman Fugitive Slave Act.
He said il sent to him by gentleman who declared
himself to be a Hunker Democrat OF the olden time He
moved il be referred
Mr. ADAMS-I move to lay it on the table.
Mr.. SUMNER-I ask he Yeas and Nays on that mo-
ton lSeveral Senators exclaimed: "Let il got" "With
draw the motion ~
Mr.. ADAMS withdrew his motion, and the petition was
referred
Mr.. SHIELDS demanded an exclusive session the
notion 10 take up the Ten Million bill.
Mr.. CLAYTON offered the following resolution, which
va adopted:
olsored the requested If compatible with the
Irkbc comnunce 10 the pcndepce
Department tho British Ministers residing
this Government the 8f3 1890 relative 10 the
trccs uchsnse of the productions Of The United Sta and the
Rth North possessions fisheries the sav
pssn 81 Lawrence and the Weard and Rdou Canals
The Ten Million bill again taken up, and by
psnt il was read three times on it's passage.
Mr. SEWARD asked for the yeas and nays, which were
ordered and taken.
Tbe hin was passed by the following vote:
yFAsNssrs Adams Allen. Achison Badger Bayad, Bright,
Brobssd Brown. Cas- Clay, Clayton Dodge uowal DOUGLAS
Emps Fish Fr airiek GeeI Gwn, Houson, hqp.sr James
JoIrson Jone. Qowa Jones tTepn danoiy Mason Noas'
Peri, Ru,k Sebastian. Shdell, Toueey, Weller Wliams-5A