Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-02-01

there is potency in an argument Of 81.
character, then, we have sunk indeed. 8 j
1ne lowest depth Of degradation; adj
Egradatlon which has but one parallel s
history. It is to be found in achautey e
Llyys wherein he recouuts the eaf,;t,ifs, b
ton OF the Romans to the Ganis 81
when the former even dared Is .ran,T.,, :. &
ssrate against the false weights Of thss
GauIs. being thus made to pay agrester
price tnan the treaty called iSr, Brennns. $
the Gallo chieftain5 threw his sword INT, I
the scales, with the exclamation. !. l1as
Pc theyQaqaisksd."
Sir. hard as this treaty was % basssrs "a
have berne it. Dear as was the pri;c, "a 3
Were to pay, as the consideration On .n,r
part, We have paid it, The price az al.
nlln i.sf lsfiushce the price Of curtaiIsd
emPiressnd dominion; the price Of hum
oisa pride. And now, sir. when we OBJ.
lect g the false measures Of construction
that England would apply to this lreaty.s
and which would make our iburd a. ma -
i greater than we could besf. we are t,,Id
that war viii be the consequence. s..
De assured that such .contnmely win IA
resented 10 this case as in the parallel
have oited, not. indeed ID the person ofs .
Camlllns, but IN the proud and irds.
pendent spirit Of q free people Th6
American people win never submit Il, d.
SIR not though Englahd,s armies were
IS many IS her acts of aggression. 6od
ner uaYles more numerous than the trea.
ties she has ruthlessly violated.
There is, sir, bnt one further ouest;on
Tor attention. Can we abpogate this trsa-
y without VIOLATION Of good faith p
For myself sir, I do net doubt Il. Il nEa-s
surneno man doubts it seriously Il have
not even heard it mootsd. There can be
no umptres between soyereigntfes. Each
must judge for itself--mast- be its own
umpire. And, sir. as our own umpire.
aud trying this case 10 Joro conscisnto.
! We could not do otherwise than iustify
eals proceeding on our part. Aboye ali,
ST, let US act in this matter at once
Every days delay rebounds to our dis
advantage. Central America would have
been AmericGnized ere this had L not
been for this, treaty. Under its opera.
ton, and in order to carry it out. our vas.
sells have besn boarded and attached b. !
the officers of our Government. altar their
decks were noisy wish the tread 81 imnp,i-s
GRANTS their canvas already filling Mith
1.-THE breeze, and their prows turned to-.
wards the narrow land Of the tropics.
Let US then at once abrogatG this treaty.
plantourselYes upon the Monroe doctrine,
and trret to arighteous cause aud the In
vincibis spirit Of our people for de con-
sequences. q. - 49,
+ Sir, word more, and ] shall have done.
The State Of Virginia is about to erect,
N Hollywood cemetery, . monument to
the memory of James Monroe. Under
the supervision Of her present Distinguish.
ed Chief Magistrate, we may EXPECT ia
be worthy Of the object it socks TO COM
memorate. !. s.. =
Let, US. as The representative Of ths
whole Union, initiate her example. :. Le<
Us DO i, sir, not by building temple 81
iron Or bronze not BY developing IN tha
ma marble ita latent foffAsEDf grandenk and
beauty nor yet BY psopeling these wafls.s
through the genias Of the pencil, With
images almost starting.into Iifa. But Ia,
US do it:by Incorporating into our foreign
policy, rs fundamental pFincipIe. ths
doctrine already concentrated by his name.
Sir, let this ADMINISTRATION commit -itseIk
at once and unreservedly 10 The Monroe
doctrine. And, sir. let It infdree it. Let
do this and it may praeiaim 10 the world.
not IN the spiritof classic fancy. and poet
ic license, but 10 the language af snber-
ness and truth J. !" Ezeg; Instrumentation
are psfsaaiun: I" I'll have buiit 3 mon.
i me 4 n more enduring than brass. "a
monument whose majestic outlines will ka
visible through the rsdecting.ts lescope 81
history. long after Hollywood cemetery
apds{ts Gotbics temple shall have been for.
gotten, and the very spot which Is. now
the receptacle Of the illustrious dead shall
have perhaps become the habitation Of TIA