Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-04-20

tf,ofs "A the fdsstsr, 10 govern and direct. t..
AIR. that this IL the only copdition-that OF nsea3HS
the proper subordinstion of the inferior TO \"
rior races-upon which the white man can mi
continent. Are We to suppose that when the 4
can people shall perceive this necessity, thew = ~
blind to II, especially If urged by those view, W
bition, of progress, and Of absorption which ~ J
nator from New York would seem to s,tr;s' /
thsnl
Mr.. President, the mind of Young America
haps, this day bordering upon things Of I'll
neither the Senator from New York nor rnyss; !
be said to be properly conscious. ltmsy be Enc, !
in tracing out the shadows of those coming .,sI
which as yet are but vaguely defined, and in NM
aspirations for other and newer forms of d.r.
ment. 70 give a proper direction to this emo.
excitement. and to open up just and Legitimate !
nues for the movement of the power Of this ps,.I
energy, should be the highest objects of the cav
the provision Of American Statesmen.
The other great nations of the earth are nov !
ploring the land and the sea 10 open up new avs
to power and to wealth; but to Us. If the wall. Of Il
MERGE come, they must be brought TO us as h,I
and Jstsam by the impulse OF the wind aud ,hs r..
The three chief nations Of Europe are playing n. !.
mighty stakes of fortune and the prizes of EN-.
but We are engaged in an earnest scrutiny i'm, !
ballot box at the Delaware Crossing or M Sha,. ]
town, or busily employed in studying the canp,
Of Gen. Jim Lane. whose spoi'a Optmd consist. d
lieve. in the capture. perhaps. of women and y
dren. II empires were 10 go 10 piece, va shor. |
incapable IF extending an arm to catch Snut A II
ment of thu wreck that might be floating o. J
stream Of time beside or before us.
In the Eastern world, spOils vi empire tina, ID
been accumulating since the earliest records Of y
| begin now TO attract the regards and the cupitj,1
the great Powers of Europe. Their fleets are sl,.I
c~ossting along that slender barrier which sepsJ
them from the mighty prize, hut which they sr]
TERED from grasping more from the fear OF each ID
than from the dread of any opposition which ther|
TO encounter there.
The eagles have indeed gathered to the baneu.
But one alone is absent from the fesst and she b
J Youngest mother Of them all. She is AT home, q.
ing her nest, because she is afraid that if che La
them her young will not dwell together in pesca.
snch n state Of things cannot long endure. Til.
srinc.s of power and nt empire mus: Of ihem..,
prevent il. This kanaas question has been red.
10 proportions quite too small further To impede
progress, or 10 msnacls our march. II the Ser,
from New York will allow me to nae his tripod a
moment, and 10 venture a prediction for the fu.
[ would say that the American people will pye.s
their Constitution, and the Union which is four
upon il; they will maintain their courts they
continue to cherish respect for the judicial err
and for the majesty of the law; and they will Ct
vate hereafter, as | trust. a spirit OF peace and irs
ship at home. For one I hope for the day when
the beautiful language Of Mr.. Jefferson, I'VE Q
unite with one heart and with one hand TO !es,or.
social intercourse that harmony and affection wth
which liberty, and even life itself. are but drs
things Yea. air | will venture still to hope.
For have seen
The thorn frown rudely Nil the winter long,
And after bear the rose upon its top
But. sir, if the American people would secure II
blessings. they Inust cast far from them the coaf
of the Senator from New York; they must beSan
the asp which lies concealed under there fpwen
rhetoric with which he sought 70 carefully TO GO
it. One drop OF that venom may corrupt the b.
which has a,wn through royal veins for cen'u'
and distemper the brain, on whose proper bsls
the nnXnr and the pesca of an empire may dep: