The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-07-11
JEFFERSON DAVIS AT SEA.
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The fine ship Joseph Whitney, from Baltimore, Cap
tain s. Howes, making for this port on the dayof
the celebration Of the nations BIRTH and among UNI
usually brilliant array OF passengers from different parts
of the country the distinguished senator Jefferson
Davis Of Mississippi The patriotic suggestion of the
captain, to celebrate the day in BETTING the
great anniversary, met with hearty response from the
company, among whom were jealous republicans, demo-
Gratis and Americans. A committee appointed to In
wife the senator to make address, and lie consented
First, the Declaration of Independence read by So
basttan L. Streeter esq, Of Baltimore when senator
Davis made address of singular felicity of dction and
impassioned eloquepce and Of such character
ma the admiration Of those who listened to it, He
menccd by happy illusions to the array of beauty and in
elgenoc that stood before him from oil parts of our
common country he then passed in review the condition
of the feeble and separate colonies of 1916 and conras
ted with it the country nowthc only proper republic
EARTH 1t stood before the world in its wonderful
progress in art, and agriculture and commerce. and all
the elements that constitute great nation When thus
sailing the Atlantic looking the coast of the Uni
ted States he reminded of those bold refugees from
British and French oppression who crossed THESE waters
to found home in what then wilderness The
ory too of the Sorrowng hearts and oppess
ed spirits since borne these TO that refuge from
political oppression which fathers founded the
home of liberty and the asylum Of mankind. Her ter
rory, which now stretches from ocean to ocean,
ans vast interior yet unpcopled and with destiny Of
still further end continued expansion ofarea why should
the gate of the temple be shut upon Borrowing
kind Rather let it BIO that the gate should BIO forever
open and an emblematic Hag hereafter heretofore
welcome to all to to the modern Abdellar-
fugitives from political oppression
Senator Davis dwet at some length on the right-of
search questionon the insulting claim which Great
Britain made to peace-right to visit ships. Under
the prctence of stopping the slave tadea trade against
which the United States the first nation TO raise its
voice she had interrupted and destroyed lucrative
commerce we had enjoyed in ivorY aud other products
the coast of Africa The late outrages in the Gulf
found US, people, with domestic qusvrels on
hands but If this power counted existing divisions
and making them WIDER the result showed how great
was her error The insult resented by united peo
pie the Senate, one man. eaped up against British
pretcnsions while England, suddenly astonished
withdrew her pretensiona The claim she so long pre-
ierrcd Is given upentrely abandoned. The spirit
that resented insult in the past will resent II ia the flu
tnre stand, said the senator, substantially tho
deck of an American vessel it is American SOIL the
American flag floats over IL its right to course the
ocean pathway Is perfect When the blue armament re-
fected It's own color in the sea- it the unapprop
ated property Of mankind and IL arrogant and idle