, 1859-03-29
BROWN AND BURR.

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BROWN AND BURR.
If recent facts and events in American
politics have not impressed oil patriotic men
with the belief that the country has reached
mint Of political degeneration. where either re-
form or destruction is inevitable, the speech OF
Senator Brown, Of Mississippi, in Tammany
uall, will leave no doubt on that point, unsolv-
I'd To refresh the recollection Of our readers
we quote passage:
Cuba must aud shall be ours {chccrs). Tho de-
cree las gone fartll. and there exists nowhere
on Garth power to remove it, The only fc1ha'u-
ing uurstiun far us to consider is this by What
means shall VIC make the acquisition! !1fcc
modes lluvc been proposed-trst, ny pufctiase;
that regard as the must honorable; second. y
conquest, and that regard as the must ccrfaih
tapulausel; third, from the agency vi tie 1,ys-
ferrous opera,ion Of that power known in 1ol't'-
cL nomenclature by tho mime u hllbusttFlsin,
and that regard rs the most probablc (4aueH,
trr,: hut wl.rtlM by one Or ths other, or by all
Of th,'sc agences combined, l say again that Ca-
ba ,,,s and sl.all bc ours tchecrs), and tue pow"
cr ,ors not exist OIL earth to prevent 1t. IL
.;ai, il disposed to sell the Island, !. Tor one,
stand prepared to pay for it, America i Young.
:.ciiyr, vigorous, prosperous, rich, and siauds
prepared to pay Spain one hundred m'llions'
aud, If that is not enough, 10 pay her TWO nun
tr.d millions Of dollars, and more; and II sue or
1u .lispusrd to sell, then my next propos'tion1 y
to propose IN investigation Of the present ana
mast difficulties. For the purpose OF having III
tlcIly fur the past and security for the tuture
If sp:ain lie indi,po$ed to SELL would sc.ze
Cuba ia,p1uuse), stizc it for indemnity ior 1i,e
,,:,st, and then negotiate for future security u
We can't nerve the government up IL that point;
iftl,r proyrrbial timidity Of old age, which pres
scs heavily On Mr.. buchanan and Genera! Cass.
cant b. brought to that point; II they VIII no1
.iir.c. ti,c extending spirit Of American freedom
! would repeal the lnws. and cry Speed 10 the
tillbuster and let >lilIt:v dogs III war; tchecrs.}
Far one, inv fellow ci1izcnS. have grown Wta-
~ Of this tflng Of having young, proud. glol1,
aus America knocking III the door ol Sla'n' ana
asking Tor admission.
Fifty, nay, twenty years ago, the avowal o'
sentiments like these, hy Senator in Congress-
would have been Tie prelude Of ali agitation
which wul,ld llayc driven lin from lis seat,
or covered him with such disgrace that it
wouM have been little less tl,an a plllory or Il
ma}elactor's cell But, so marked and rapid
llas lceu tic national dcgcneracy, that the
sneaker: will. sentiments like these on lis lips
declarations that arc on par With t1'e
tsstanl and dcliycr!" Of the lliglwayma1l, and
the morality which fills up pcnitcntlaries and
crowds the scaflold with those who practice II
is npplaulcI 10 tic echo by the crowd WHO
listened to Ills piratica threats and cut-throat
applauded i'll New York, the centre o'
intelligence rs it is the focus Of the commerce o
the entire continent Tic 1alc that overlook
Aarou Burr, who, compared with this ma1'
Brown, was a statesman Of profound sassaclty
anil philanthropist Of rare virtue, is not for
:nttcn. lie proposed atrocities Of less masnl
tutl,. than t!.osc wlic|s the Missssipplan avows
lie probably never contemplated that his coun
trv would t,e involved by Ills agency i'll tl't
piracy WHICH 1sc sci Oil foot, ill tlr odlllm
which lie was willing to take upon himself
Yct liz. was hunted down I,y tic men Of III:
day as If he wcrc Ill escaped tourict. He w:'<
compelled. hy tic G'rcc Of popular indignation
to !y the COUNTRY whose good rhlnc hc LAT
threatened by Ills private act. Tic died i'll OBJ
security aud poverty, aud was carried to dis
lnn.orul grave. But i'll all lis life lie ncvc
said Il thing sn h.sc rs that, WHICH, III TN
llny,,asc pf Brown, drew enthusiastic pludit
from 1l.at Ta'lnnany crowd.
What Browns fatc may lie, We Of co,lrs
will not presume to SAY. 1t is more 1lsan pre-
halle TINT he will reach the acme Of lis ;nb
tim, and end lis days in tile PRESIDENT:
c1,,ir Wlcn the lcgeneracy Of the mt'o
IlaS become 80 ln:,nifeSt that Mr.. Gucl'a'l'i
wiu,s,. idcas in ;hr Os'eml .M'aifsto, the sclG
tnr1crcly elaborated and explained III his drlst1t
en- Isarsucuc, is entrusted with the dcstincs I
the Rclas',}ie, there is no reason why Brow
soulI despair. But whatever is done 1or {
with linn. it il time that Burr's maine sholl
1'c redeemed from tllc disgrace by WHICH it
covered If. fi}}i|m,stcrisin is 10 lie the r"llt
c:,l idol Of party, it is due TO the first III
greatest Of tho fllilustcring crcw, that j1stlt
t'lon.! tarty, s}ould be 1nctcd mt to linn
4ast 4 monument Ia Burr, and tile rc~wTitl
If tho national history sllonld lie l,csnn ut Il
same time. His ghost would rise and EElnl
the men who would inscribe on the pedestal
the shaft, that sentence Which is the plth ar
marrow Of Browns infamous doctrine: q wa
Cuba for tic Extension Of Slaypry!' Bll
WAS traitor. hut his treason was for lis le
so.al aggr,ndscmcn1 not for tic cllslavenc
Of ulllcrs. Bad Us l,e was, Brown is worscl
MASSACHUSETTS AND THE MATT
REALIZATION LAHSS.
Everywhere the Republicans arc spcaki1
out 1,s:f,l'y and indignantly against the l
cent action Of the Massachusetts Lcgislatul
in submitting to !: vote Of the people Of tl
sstttc "a proposed amendment Of tho Constit
ton whereby foreigners are TO hc deprived
the right to vote for two years after tn
naturalization. There il no divided opini
upon tic s,lhjcc, in any Of the free States