The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-30
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
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read for years Mr.. Cusn'ns ,,,st returned TO
neral of the United States -. .hsepcc of four
his Newburyport home, ahe. .a. Genius, q great
ysars He b man Of ve'' ...,.es enc admins
lawyer splendid orator p.,s.hIns Of . soldier,
,r.,;v. c.n.c,,v. and 10 son'e,A ,,,,,.,,,op 70
uau'e csp". -. muck and dispos'.io"
mat ID, 81 N science and kno"'s
though In -. ,.urels a. An Atto'ney -
mas gA'neu ur,s.dier General. he " -
raj than high Ia considered in tneso "'n'
man OF "e -'.srior merit and not only M". :.
PROOF ~ whole souled hbera'i'y' "n''n
wss, can be said Of all the a'"ao
more 'n" NAV remark. that hberai"y "o
~H Pese v,r,ue In Massachusetts, There 10 Nv
~. :, the world who give more ao"e1
Ps,.,, and literary enterprises tnan .ae az
-. M, outstanding the prevalent ana is''e ~
-. n their parsimoniousness Bnt, "h"''
L,o~,ssoins Cushipg's spendid aoh"ie'' CIV
,,,r,,s the power, fervor and rhetorical s'.oo
,hIs Nsrburyport oratien. we must 'iAn.y
81, We cannot subscribe to the mAnhe
~ xhich looms through the who'o "''' 49,
9TH the gigantic proportions OF co'e' al. ~
.,., hersIds war, commissions, ana distress u a."
.oos Itis curious to see how the ru'i'~n 'e~''n
clssves to the blood through "ho'e seNe
that Caleb Cushing than whom no HAN ~ .~'''
,;h.r.,;,v and chvaIry Of spirit Is less Oh ruii
"a, exh;bi,s precisely the same fanaticai idea o.
DESTINY and the intense spiritual ano nA'onAi eem'
r,.,srcv which characterized the emigrants oy the
m,rs,-er and which dictated their famous de-
,,.r.,io, of which Mr. Cushings Newouryport
.,,..h Ia Int an echo-"Resolved that the Lord
81. oven the earth to the Saints. Resolved, that
We are the Saints "
We ara not inseusible Of Mr.. Cushing's fidelity
N the Constitution in the midst of sectional I'M
faithfuIress We applaud the enlarged and ma
tional spirit which advocates extension South. SIS
well as North but his idea of the mission Of Anne
RIGA, while it seems so sublime and beautiful,
eyinces a uarrowness and intolerance unworthy
large and liberal mind. 1t involves q national
bigotry, and Pharasaic self esteem and contempt
for other men with which we have no sort of SYM
patty to say nothing of certain cardinal principles
Of morality and common honesty which it seems, to
our minds, utterly to ignore. We are the salt Of
the earth re the saints therefore, let US 90
forth and season the land and possess it 1t is
precisely the principle which Eli Tbayer is en-
b,dyipg In his Virginia Emigration Company
We, Thayer & Co, are an intelligent, energetic
holy race the Vrginiaus are ignorant, slothful
effsminate, bringing fine heritage to ruin it is
law of nature that the weak shall give way before
bQ0 kSb tucictoko. ~ AZ Auu OCCupy buc
Old Dominion, abolishing their bondmen, and
taking their handmaids for our wives, and in
structng them in the use Of cooking stoves and
washing tubs. There was nothing which more
pleased US in the noble speech of that true English
gentleman, Lord Napier, at the st. Georges din
ner, than the cosmopolitan and catholic spirit in
which he referred to the common humanity, the
individual and social virtues, which, under every
government, distinguish races various in name but
made by God of one blood.
We are not opposed to territorial expansion, ex
cept as it may disturb the balance and harmony OF
our present government; we would like to sec
Cuba an American island, but not at the expense
of right, Justice and good faith We would like
Individually, to possess the wealth of Mr.. CALEB
Cushing, but that would scarcely justify us in
knocking him on the head aud taking possession
of his eff He pronounces 1t inevitable thai
men, nations, races, must perish before our re
morseless tramp Of Destiny. We are no believers
In, no worshippers Of, this Juggernaut of Fate; nc
advocates of national brisandage; and have no
the slish atom of faith in Mr.. Cushine's reye
,ation from heaven, that the foundation in Ameyi
ca of Republican empires. greater in numbers and
ssrrngM than the present States Of Europe, is Ii,
uork appointed Of God for US to do. Mr. GUSHING
exclains Il stick to the purpose which brough,
my forefather. John Gushing, from bingham, in
England, to bingham, in Massachusetts" Yea
verify, and to the spirit also But neither John
Cushing of bingham, nor Caleb Cushing of New
buryport, have been authorized by God to declare
his designs any subject; nor, above all, to an.
nounce that the great Monarch of the Universe
commands the United States to be Settled for the
purpose of propagating Republican Governments.
Better leave revelations to j. Brigham Young
Mrs. Hatch and Judge Edmondsl When we have
settled our own territory, which can support four
hundred more millions of people than now occupy
il, we may consider the propriety of elbowing out
and extermiuating neighboripg nations; and when
We have tested the strength and durability of our
own republican system 80 as to be certain that l.,
will withstand for fifty years longer the storms
of section and the corrupt ambition of dema.
gogues we may be sure that the moral effect 9
our example will not only republieanize Americ.
but the world.
We shalt not stop to discuss with Mr.. CUSHING
the erroneous ststemen Mt that free compact of self
government was first formed on Plymouth Rock
That honor belongs to jamestown, and, if denied,
can be established beyond the possibility Of GIN.
tradiction
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