The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-24

govern a.. We deprsss none. We make peopl
ss, Ieso n sAlsct subnisson to rs bit we extend
snem np (Applsuse) This h what we have don
N the past, and this l. the glorious tssk in whiO
q universal charity, and with the oonvsOtaou inds
my Impressed upon our minds, that o. republic
". ne most conducive Of all iorms Of governusn
lnsss Of the people living under it. When fatsr
founded this ours what did they do and
n what spirit they sct they oose the doors Of
republic against the people OF other countries who might
oeSlre 70 seeka hsme and refuge hsrer Did they ike
political Pharsees stand before the altar of their
y ano puned up with sense of their superiority,
say to the down tlodden Of other eimes Stand back
We ars boiler than you" No; they invited OF sll
shrine Of freedom Ths Are lighted on that altar was
made to burn 80 that 1t was seen Of all men, from
there n"s yss in 'hs sn9 ss sn' %sn
whose hope for the political regeneration o,
20 ns Sst sS ,SS ISSS1y that turn. bis
o sia s =; chosen sss sssps sss
whch our country IN Its original presented We now
exhibit the spectacle Of people inhAbitiug land Of
to human guardanship American enterprise and Ams.
rican energy In it, more than Roman march tosempre
over continent have step BY step crossng thu
great barriers which nature to have put In our
Atlantic over The Mssssppi and the giant ROCKY Noun
pIrs In the rnsjssc waves Of the Pacific Applause
Thus far we have gone In that direction Southward Wa
have taken from Mexico, but fair and honorably An
phe almost equal in extent to original inheritance
What have We donef What is enacted What do we
see going on before eyesf What do we exhibit to
What does the world seer Why nation is dffusiDg
more intelligence and more virtue than any tnat
existed Cheers Issy this for the purpose OF giving
you an idea Of what strikes mind the great lead
ing itea-in short the whole philosophy Of American
politics. We come to the idea that advancei We
doors to Of all cimes-to the lovers of liberty
every nation under heaven and we ask them to
IN m and as, 90 wnas % TO unite with us to build up
could have accom- pished In the short space Of
time what We have with our strength alone with
strong arms ana high hearts Of men Of all cimes to help
u.s. Now, this increased territory became necessary for
other, and it Is signal fact worthy to be noticed BY
every student Of history that have made room
the men have come. They were sent as By mission
BY oe Now the despots Of the Old Wori say here
is your You are getting in all sorts Of disoord
ssrn uns. and %
under different system of government and re-
ligion, viii be 1t war with one another; dis,ord
VIII reign each man thinks himself right each man
insists upon bis own superiority and his judg-
msnt Of the right, and It must follow that you
us to the hst.ry Of the old empires Which have asn
and say your republic stands because 1t Is small but
the great empire u the world Rome the mistress OF the
The great Persian empire which had domnions ovsr the
then known world together with the Assyrian empire
fell that na the the territory the weaker tn.
greater must be the power at the centre to keep that
government t1sether Now, We are to dsmonsrAte that
plauss) Let me tell You how There il no analogy Be
tween the two cases. In the great empires of the oden
world, Rome and Assyria. the fountain Of al power
and all right while in the CENTRE radiated to the crcum
ference 1t Was the small compact energy Of the centre
that held them all together; and when wealth folio we'd
when ss sapped the Ro%sn virtue s';a then '1s L
was that the central power became diminished
and enervsed and lost control and thus the empire fell
Our central government gives right, centra
power gives power to no extreme The case is the
Of tie unicn-is deposit Of power power which goss
ren each one sf according to the constitution and
the laws Of the Land It is deposited in the centra
government In trust for yoa and each msn-each Anne
can citizen in this broad land stands NO: dependsn
upon but in this great temple of freedom
it is that we stand ust I'd before the natoos before al
the ear,h snd beore eli postery in extsndig the area
OF our territory. The more territory the more
frmer Stands the temple loud chssrr.) The orator
here dives,ed himself of his coat exhibiting
snI r %es Ic effort was
men in the crowd, who were in a like condition,
apparently rather from necessity than from choice
that Of those who are called mani est destiny
men. ! am . manifest destiny man. (Cheers.) That
doctrine which Is 50 Lnsered at, that doctrine
upon with such contempt. Let look ct this doc.
time of manifest destiny, and SEQ what 1t is Now
American mob, who talk of manifest destiny-I ask
these fegiss in petticoats-I the old women In
nrseches, and We have great many Of them-I ask
Of religion, and it is doctrine by ali human reason
that 'not sparrow fails to the ground without the will
doctrine Of religion and 1t is the doctrine OF philosophy
that no human being comes into this living, breathing
but r. Who has task ~p1ssd upon him By
spoDsbility, and Of your station, and what do we
meanS When God invested you with Life and reason
50 You IN
sgss and among all classes and creeds Of men,
men have believed IN what some call Providence" and
there 1t is rooted in the heart OF man. woven by the
finger of God in every lamen Of his heart and bran
that hs the man made m in ths Image Of his God here
duty That God puts him in the very place ought to
be- and that He means that be shall do tha, duty In the
hs sss YesD Can You s'sss yeu
friends believe that the God who IS the God Of nations
as wen IS Of individuals has permitted the rise and
Of every nation upon the globe aggregaons of
men with less responsibility ata.hipg to their magnA
cence, TO their power, beyo.d ali calculation com
upon an inferior and single manS No; gentlemen,
There 10 Providence which shapes the ends of nations
There is destiny for all people. God has imposed upon
every psps certain business to do This solemn truth
and hence say believe In manifest destiny (Cheers
We have gone on step By step psrfectDs this race
vsrnmsnt cut Of many and we have done whst % undsr
Heaven We have done, because Providsncs has made
what We archie very people for the very land.
(Cheers) Anglo Americans for the contlnent OF Ae-
Ica (Chesrs What do in all this, but that, by
the instinct Of the American people, have gone on
and acquired this territory opened this door of
all nations making not only government out Of many
governments but one people out Of many, whose past
hiatory dicatea clearly that this continent Is s inherit
ance Now, we have out and acquired the territory
q the West. We have acquired portion OF the territory
Of the South, and the question up, what shall We
dor The eyes OF ths American people now turn to
the South and every is turned TO hear the Nngs
that may be brought back TO tell another march In
the giant race OF empire the continent Walker
representative man, working out In his sphere the
great destiny OF this couatrv and OF the human We
find him there taking the broken down relics
and remnants Of the old Spanish colonizaton
that colonization which they have been unable
to preserve, and iofnsIng American principles and
American energy; and we cannot but feol sympathy
the dopgs OF this who represents people and
our destiny We are told that inspired with the
luss OF conquest because seek hs freedom Of Central
America and Mexico. grant II, we do. whys Be-
wish to carry out still further the treat problem
Of which have spoken and because not only the acqu
sstion Of Central Amenca ana Mexico H,w becomes
necessary for us in order 70 defend the
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