The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-02-09
Gov. Stewards Speech an the Clayton.
RulNcr Trenfy.

speech on the C!ayton-Bulwcr treaty, sus-
tanning the views of the President on that
question, and taking, generally, high Ame-
rcan ground. The following are the closing
paragraphs of the speech:
Mr.. Seward reviewed at length the history .
Of the Central American question, including .
the proceedings of Great Britain in the Is .
land of Ruatan, and combatted with great
power the argument of Lord Clarendon Oh /.
the points at issue between the two Govern
mentS, and he arrives at the conclusion that /.
the American positions are just, and the
American demands right. He then proceed
ed TO the conclusion Of his speech as follows
can now only glance at some of the cir
crmstanccs which affect the question. | re.
greet that in any ease 1t involves the pOs,ib-
lily Of war, although It was sometimes JUS
tiiiaLlc. regard il always, nevertheless, rs
a great calamity and evil. | do not agree
with those who suppose IT contributes to IA
tional prosperity, or those who regard it as
salu,ary discipline Of state. should there
fore deeply deplorc any war with any ma.
ton, and more than any other with Great
Britain That power no longer arms alone
its wealth and influence easily secures Al.
lies, and in such a contest the adjacent
American states at least would 60 operate
with Us it would therefore be dcmoraz.
ing war, more than any other, IN which we
should be engaged 1t would moreover,
renew, and practically pcrpctuats an alicna-
ton Of fraternal regard. deprecated war
because it can lac avoided, unless there shall
be fault on both sides, and therefore in one
sense it would hc an unnecessary conflict,
Notwithstanding the occasional occurrence Of
misapprchcnsionS and complications. The
world is yet wide enough for both IA ions
and for all nations. We are the centre OF
one systcm-an American onc-Grcat Bri-
tain anothcr-an European one Almost in
spite OF ourselves, we are extending and in
crcaSing our control over this continent,
Notwithstanding her trnacty, she is con
stan,ly losing her dominion here; this is
within the order Of nature II was for 800
years the business of European nations -
colonizc, discipline and educate American
natycS-it is now the business Of thcS' ma
tons to govern themselves The decline Of
European power ha, practically begun with
the fall Of Canada out Of the control Of
France in 1868 yet il has steadily continued
until now. Only some relics possessing liz
tic vitality remain. Without any war on
our part Great Britain will wisely withdraw
and disappear from this hemisphere within F..
three quarters Of century. War might
hasten and might also delay it, | regret /
that a war, if it must come, must probably T.
concur with the great conflict which now
convulscs Europe. The British AImnistra- I.
ton has been long uuhithful to the cause Of
free institutions IN Europe, and the French
Empire is in my eyes hateful usurpatiou;
nevertheless both Of these Administrations
are temporarily practical and ephcmcral,
while the Russian Empire is an obstinate and .
pertnacOus reality. | accept the oracular
expression Of the first Napoleon, and bc!iey. F.
ing that Europe must soon be Republican or
CosSack, recognize beneath the monastcaI .
mask of the Allies, the Western nations
contcniing against an advancing dcspotsm.
Although no duty and no proprety require, .
us to intervene on this side, ! should be very
unwilling to engage my country ia 4 combI- F.
nation against them, nevertheless war th
Great Britain is among the possible solutions
Of the present Embarrassment We can .
ccrtainl, look for no mediation on her part F.
hereafter, if we look over her persistent re- .
fuSal 10 fulfil this, the most solemn aud I'M
poItant uf all our international engage
mcn,s 1t will be an idle dream 10 suppose
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