The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-08

In the Senate, Jan. "a, upon the introduce
tiop Of Mr.. Slidelps Cuba bill, Mr.. Hale
among other things, said:
"Mr. President, do not intend TO o0cup,
! the attention OF the Senate great while; bu
| II / do nothing else before cit down, iAops
TO be relieved from the censure which the
| honorable Senator from Georgia has made
or the Senator from New York; and that is
that he has not expressed plainly his view.
on the main proposition. | am opposed to
it utterly, totally, and entirely. remember
sir, for il 10 some years since this mstter oil
acquisition had been talked Of in this coun-
| try, that it WAS first inaugurstsd under the
genius Of what was called 1manifest destiny;
but see that manifest destiny has been rid.
den TO death; We have got rid u II, and nov
succeeds TO manifest destiny spolisicsl ne
cessity.' Iwant to examine that little.
do not know but what it 10 necessary that
this should come under the auspices OF spo-
litical necessity; because ] believe the doc
tore who taught in the school OF manifest des-
tiny only contend that manifest destiny ex-
tended over the whole continent; and now we
are to leave the continent, and 20 to sea We
must hnve q new era, and we are TO take spo-
litical necessity and | suppose that 10 the
reason Of the change. am opposed to them
both. was opposed to manifest destiny,
and am opposed to political necessity
am opposed to them for this reason: miami
fest destiny always travelled South Laugh
teri Although it was the mission Of sman.'.
fest destiny TO take in the whole continent,
he never seemed to remember that there was
a north side Of it. He was always travelling
South [Laughter.] We could not get him
to turn his eyes North. So wanting in fdel
ity TO his mission was manifest destiny
that was to overrun this whole continent, so
engrossed was he in looking South, that
whilst his mission had been proclaimed, and
he was attending to Southern interests, the
Administration actually sold out a part Of
one of the Northern States-the State OF
Maine. Manifest destiny was 30 taken with
the Southern aspect, that be actually let the
Administration trade of a part of one OF our
own States. Well, sir, for that never for
gave manifest destiny
"Rut, again, We had another case. The
Senator from Georgia has magnificent i'm
agination, to say nothing else; but, sir, we
had an empire big enough to crafty tho AM
btion OF tho most ambitious man, lying on the
Pacific coast, running from the Rocky Moan
tains to the Pacihc--Lne that We required
neither purchase to obtain, nor war to keep
our own, sour own indisputable soils a soil
so clearly ours, that this very man now Mt the
head Of your national affains, the present
President Of the United Stats, no Secretary
Of State, would not consent TO enter into a
negotiation with Great Britain about tina,
splendid Western empire Of ours, because il
he consented to 60 into arbitration, or to dis
cuss an arbitration, il would admit that there
was doubt about it, while there was not any
doubt, and the Administration would not ad
nit that there was any doubt al to our right
IT was clear and indisputable.' However
manifest destiny that was to overrun til,
whole continent, was looking so constantly
southernward that the Administration die
| not sell out at that time, but gave away
gave away with mere dash Of the pen--tha
magnificent empire from the Rocky Noun.
tains to the Pacific ocean, and from ~ deg.
to 81 deg. north lat.
tsMr. Durkee, and others. Fifty four for
ty.'
sMr. Hale. Yes, sir; we were to have up
to '54 deg. 40 min., or fight and we CAV,
every inch OF that away. 1t Was done with
mere dash Of the pen. Then, there lay OF
the Pacific coast another splendid island, 90
cupying not far from the same relative posi-
ton to the Columbia river that Cuba does &c
the Mississippi - Vancouver's island--ant
that was down below 40 deg; but, with ,
mere dash OF the pen, we threw in this 81
gantie empire for nothing, and gave then
vancouver's island to induce them to tax
| it.
"This is tho history Of manifest destiss
north latitude. Ihave said this, and wan
to say il again and again, and it ought TO b,
repeated, and | call Senators to notice tn
fact, that whenever We have had to deal wit
manifest destiny or political necessity il
any treaty relating TO our northern bounda
ry, il has been to cut of; and, ii We coul
not sell out, we gave away, whilst We hav
been continually travelling south for acqui
sitions. This may be all accidental; proba
bly, it is but, II you ever read Piekwick, sir
you remember that, AS Sam Weller says,
was most astonishing coincidence Laugh
ter.