The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-02-03

sending him back TO Nicaragua. Having thus
vindcated the Administration and the gallant
Paulding from the assaults made upon their con-
dnct, might leave this question in the hands
OF the committee; but, sir, there have boon. dn-
ring the progress Of this discussion, grave aud
serious reflections made upon the character Of
The Navy Of our country, which lcannOt permit
10 pass without q reply The prOudest and
brightest chapter in The hissoryo the past iS the
record Of the elorous deeds of that same gallant
little Navy. Who can recall, without a thrill
Of national pride. the memory Of Paul Jones,
deiianuy sailing through the English seas, under
the very shadow Of grim oil / lortresses gray with
time and bristling with cannon? When shall we
cease 10 remember the dying wOnls Of the Ia
menied Lawrence, who, with but a plank be-
tween hm and the depths ofthc ocean, and =
moment between time and eternity, turned 10
his comrades, and said, while tho hattie Sged
around him. "Don't give up the ship" We have
bal our Perry on the lakes, and our Decatur,
Stewart, Rogers. and a host Of Others on the
main. the record ofwhoSe gallant deeds is the
proaieSt inheritance OF brilliant past.
We have had reyerSes ard defeats on the land;
traitors have attempted 10 betray us; incompc-
tent generals have sacrificed our armies; but
never has a commander of our Navy proved re-
creant or false, and never has the flag ofour coun
try gone dowR in an equal conflict on the sea.
In the darkest hours of the past, when the ma
tional heart was sinking with the accumulated
miSortuneS ofdefeat and dl>honor, the winds
and the WAVES never failei to bring us the glo
riouS victories won by our gallant little Navy
on the distant ocean.
Ii there is ANYTHING Of which the American
people arc justly proud, and to which they cling
with The !ondcst affection and highest hopes, it
is the Navy; and ], as one of thoes people, will
not stand here an listen to reflections sganst it.
hurled them back upon the authors with proud
diSdain. | love the manly tone Of Commodore
Pauldin9'S letter, and the independence OF his
conduct 1t is Of 'such stuff that heroes are
made;" and my word for it i ever the time shall
come when this nation shall demand his services
in battle, his flag win float in victory or sink
with hlm to watery grave. The American
| Navy will never have occasion to blush for her
Paulding.
A few words more, and have done. We
are charged with desire to limit and restrict
the progress and advancement Of American pow
er and influence. am as proud as any other
man orthe indomitabc and unconquerabc bra
very ofour people; nor will permit any man
to accuse me deposition to anything that will
extend our national power or greatness. The
recorded history of tie past demonstrates that
there has been in every ago ruling and superb
or people. Those ages have produced in their
turn the Persans tine Mede- PersianS, the Greeks
and the RonaTs One after the other they at
tanned an almost universal empire, and ruled the
world for a time; but one after another their
! glory departed, and their resistalle bravery
and unyieldng energy which gave them power
and grea ness died out AMI the proud conquer
ors of the world became slaves instead Of mas
tiers. The star Of glory of La Bell France sank
/ in the grave Of her first Napoleon. The battle
fields Of the Crimea demonstrate the deep decay
Of English skill and bravery Ours Is the ruling
people OF the present age; and to be an Ameri-
can citizen, is proudcr inheritance than ever
belonged to the sons Of the greatest empires Of
the past.
the title monarchs of the Old World feel their
thrones crmbling under the progressive princi-
pies of the great American Republic. Nations
living under the iron rule of dcspotism l.ttgtheir
manacled hands to Heaven and call us blessed.
Japan opens her ports and China sets free her
commerce at the command ofonr Navy. States
men of the Old World read our future with
wonder and dread, and jealous princes plot in
secret our ruin as their only safety against the
all c9nquerng march of American greatness.
The hand Of Providence is shifting the nations
which surrounds us;decay and dIscord are upon
and amongst them; revolution follows revelation;
one tyrant master succeeds another; weakness,
confusion, and mbeejlity, mark all their coun-
ellis; poor, degraded, inscrebe population turn
already with longing eyes to the protecting arms
OF our country and seek repose in annexation.
Who SO dull that he cannot read in the ex-
traordinaay events now being enacted in Mexico,
tho mysterious agency Of that overriding Prov
idence that has already given US, piece by piece,
onr own glorious land? Slowly but surely, the
work is being done by an agency far more pow
erful than mau. We nced no breach ofthe laws
ofnatioDs, no violence to our statutes, no mer-
cilesS conquerors, to drive away the weak, en-
ervatcd and degraded sons Of the beauteous land
that slumber in the southern seas. necessity
and the love Of peace will bring them to us
Our destiny will be worked out' in the fulncss
Of time, anil the whole boundless continent will
he ours. flour people must 60 to Centrl Amer
! lea, let it be as peaceful em;grants, conveying
with them the blessings Of civilization and re.
lieions liberty; not as General Walker goes, tt
plumber and cnslave, but 10 bless, to elevate
and make free.