Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-06-27

been created which claims an interest in the
of the East beyond all measurement
Across the waters of the Pacific ocean, in the extreme
northeast is growing commerce of vast amount orhe
beginning of with the Russian ports and great rivers
and in the SOUTH from Australia and China come to us
the familiar sounds of the English language
may always hope, of peace and friendness and good
will-to meet the echo from our shores of the same
friendly voices mingled with respectful and decisive
warning that this continent it is better for all parties
there should be intrusion interference that our
progress here is the progress Of free principles of trade
and security of commerce under law every where and
enlightened nation need be afraid of it. Gentlemen
there has always seemed to something sublime in the
last centurys growth of this language of ours; and
that the circle is nearly complete all who speak it may
proudly and gratefully think of it. Just enc hundred
and two years ago hostile army hung upon western
frontier, routed within twenty hours ride of this
spot with fearful carnage, the only Anglo merican
force between the Ohio and the seaboar and
this city of Philadelphia with desoation or conquest
The English language and with it constitutional liberty
in danger here In the East in India the struggle
was equally doubtful, and yet in both hemspheres it
prevailed and now have said the century triumph
is complete. Victoria and San Francisco I'll wish both
had Anglo-Sax names) within hailing distance,
and the of the Pacific to be increased to our
benefit immeasurably by freedom Of intercourse with
China is mainly in the hands of those who speak
mother tongue If my mission shall succeed in enarging
and berazng the free of the world of which
Americans always manage get full SHARE if we
have fair chance; if something than mere super
fetal intercourse with China be created if the free
navigation, in some FORM of her great rivers be
secured without dscolorng their by the blood of
her peoples if the scourge Of piracy be wrested
the outlaw hands that WELD it, if the just claims of our
citizens be adjusted if this any thing like this
can be accomplished, shall feel, and hope you my
friends and neighbours will feel with me, that the ambi
ton to whose temptation have now yielded has not
been unworthy one. f
try look this new function of mine from al Ne
waited point of view and though diplomatic ex 10
late cts
too, with intense impulse of selfish patriotism.
met in New York. the other day, some most accomplish
ed and intelligent gentlemen, professors of peculiar
geographical faith, who sought convince that the
real centre of the worlds the Mediter-
ranean and particularly that of it known the
Levant; that, by proper application of the energies of
man--and America to contribute full share-Tyre
and Sdon rise from their graves in the and
Carthage be restored and Venice become again
commercial queen and the great route of the worlds
traffic to be from China and India Persia and
Asiatic Turkey; and that all this far better than
Pacific railroads dreary continent and long
ages in the Western 1t all very plausible and
very captivating but element wanting to
psh my conversion. 1t wanted nationality 1t measured
lines of distance from New York and Boston the Lee
want and the Persian Gulf, and it showed how much
shorter would be this line of commences butt ignored
the great inland West Of country. II excluded
that wonderful community of enterprise the Pacific
coast 1t shut its eyes to the great bands Of railway
through this continent and turned from it. kindly and
ectfuly to its projectors the homeEke theory
that the of the worlds commerce from the
East must be the Pacific narrowing every day by
the power of steam and territory-safer,
surer and peaceful than the fragmenary barbar
Gus Powers of Asia be- and protected by the
great charter, the Constitution and the Union
These are my visions, gentlemen. 1t is, repeat a
high ambition to try to them realized If my err
rand fall | am sure you will judge kindly If Il
succeed, how proudly and gratefully shall bring my no.
nors back and lay them the feet Of the loving mother
that has nurured me and now sends me forth with her
kind wishes for my welfare
Again thank you, and now bid you farewell.
Responses were madeto oasts by MORTON Nc MICHAEL,
Esq.,, Commodore STEWART WILLIAM D. LEWIS, ESQ.,, T.
FRAIEr, Esq, CHARLES J. BIDDLE, Esq., Judge ELLIS
LEWIS and others and the company separated at late
hour well pleased with the incidents of the evening
Letters read from President BUCHANAN Governor
Pollock, Secretaries FLOYD, ToucEY, and THOMPSON,
and also from Attorney General BLACK and Postmaster
General BRowN.