New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-24

and tia, too BY powerful oas-s OF nen which oui1
for moment consider IL vaf This That ve veI. -
ead, too powerful and that Il for the interest and
safety q Other Governments ioa We should bt foaeh
al INTO several ihaspeadent dTiyai powcrs ih- We
heard EXPRESSED most frsggsGJy ard ernpEasoaly by
the SUBJECTS Of power, which 10 use tbe words ~ cur
great American OIs;or, has dotted the sqriace Of IRE
whole earth with its possessOns ard military posts
vhose morning drum boot folio wing the t1n, Be -
company alta the kours, and daily circles TIE earn
with the unbrcken str6n Of ~ martial aiEs.'
| what we woald ASK - there ~ The iest AEtry o.
our GoYerLHsn. the Character u Cur peop.e 10
load most unfieDdly critic 10 fear Te shall ioieet
orr duty q. Christian people and assume an aGgres-
siyo attitude toward the world untl letl ne nave
kept foot than tbs IUeiegs U. an army
nor founded l. considerable navy. All our territorial
acquisitions have been by iIst purchase OF BY Ceiies
Of etSson az tie close Of hoOnrae val OuT coA4usst
have been TIE Iet iIIae eCn ler1s II cvN-e1Se anu
civilization
ne national hospitaI;y has been extended to TIE
people Of every fand anu Of every iflce. lucy Fave
been invited 20 tie ifeest competition WIN our Own
oit2ene ia the siraggle or Ee-being ior SOCIAL and
political cons derGtion. The hungry Of Europe nave
como to our sraHaries aud been fed. Tier iandess
have gone ~ millions to ouf pEa1ies ana e. 10" cfus
Of ,he roil .aey til.
! With no marrow porcy o. non-ilterooprse. We have
porrcG wealth into i.e lapse Of tae manufactures
Of eyeTy article II utility, 81 g1ace and Gxlf! undef
the su. during tie period Of o necessary economy
while prosecuting oar var, Europe Fedh@ed cfisls
which her lcor, lea ne say, met ~ manner riat 70
fleets tie highest honor gp1n human nature VAN t"e
close Of the var, trade has Tesumoi ~ normal Te'a
LGus aud II yea please 20 normal eX.fayaganee aL
the ICONS OF Lancashire and Lyons and tie iorges oi
Sheffield ocugd 80 TIE morning, and there e hc
an Grsan in Europe VINO does not now greet wife aLd
children With -hter Eesrt 5s he meet. them on bs !e
from lie daily oJ. lie true We lave Te9/ed the
prophecy Of III Old poet tAat TIE stJT 81 empire
SHOULD westward take is way, but our advance nis
been lcL by the pioneer and rot Oy tie soldier We
have taken 20 tie wilderness the arts Of civilization
and not tie enrlntry Of war. Inere not setl.mrh'
made by our people b.tgeen the Mississippi aHd the
Pacific whether Of sgJicClturists In Oregon ~ o.
niuers 81 Arizona and California where the school,
| largr arN IINfNlf1
comforts abO1es Ci tue settlers themselves. Nbat
r. there j. GuCh history that should lead 70 20 IN
friendly aPpIchensioEsi The srosser civilization o.
Rome, fOstefed D. me .plTt OF q m.AlA4y are NH."
made deity o. f9sce, might vel inspire virgil 10
otter Dis seni.OarhaIlgn Rhapsody" ny WOf., y
Romaa TO rule the nations, 10 impose tie terms Of
the worlds peace 10 SNOW mercy 20 me Nathl-eJ anu
/ 20 crush the proud
practice than such al office. NoniHter. eniioh ID
European questions was tie corner stone OF Ha'nlhh
tons foreign policy, AID has never been departed nom
Within Cur own time We have seen the Dl.ionai
ENTHUSIASM kndled into fame nnder tie iDsr liion Of
a.. elOQuCncc 80 enchanting as ever interpreted tue
wall OF an expiring nationality. The MISSION OF mat
eloquence was to overthrow the settled poley c' u.
country and 10 persuade The Government To lne1 out
! upon the sea Of RepBbhcdn pfopegdholrh. h"u it'
member the few COO, wise words with when our boF'
! eminent announced is policy-ad3erenee - ire
national iradtonsand now perfectly 1t vas sustained
/ by the Judgment Of the country.
! We would suppose that our critics would have
learned by this time that while the peope OF the 1.d
States viii not stihe their sensibies when moved =!
any OF the great events which are uanspl-t IA NY
part Of the world. the mission OF IT'S GoyefnhoIt =
peace nom which il VIII never be diverted except 20
the defense OF its rights, ITS honor, or us ne:
! War sometimes demOraizes nation, ana II success
fnl inspires love OF conquest and thirst FOR revenge
We would ask If has generated IN TIE hauohal
spirit the lust of empire and common. "hat nsLel
proof could be offered that orr conservatism c!io, oc
generate into popular lceDtiousnets than We nave
given from the moment the success oil our a1u' MAD Sc
cured and maintained the object Of orr one SIeat oVe
hill nf
and national Development bonnd up in that U.Dsht
| The world Triumphant army OF more tnai one
million men, long led by tired and lOVod
almost day dissolve, and without tumuli or dlsoruf
melt away and resume thor place IN the ordinary eH'
ployments Of peace. Ii has seen those military leaueS
when flushed With victory and eveTyWhofe Lalei -
saviors Of their country. yielding as readily as mo
humbest soldier in the ranks TO tie authority o. te
civil power. Obedience everywhere InOrdlnate AUDI
ton nowhere More than this, 1t bas seen oTsan.cu
assassination holding its ascendant hour IL me hsoh
capital and Chief Magistrate whom The country
loved friend and reyered rs father stricken doEn
10 death BY the successful conspiracy II saw me
had upheld the dignity and honor OF Lis country through
all her foreign perls and during tie most drleuii ana
delicate period of international relations Tict n
OF the same conspiracy yet saved to his country by
Providence hardly less than miraculous and this. too
at q moment Of national triumph 6nd rejoielng' ana
with every attendant circumstance mat could ssgrG-
vate popular passion. Was not here the occasion oE
revolution and anarchy. ard for wide, impdcso!e.
unreasoning and unreasonable revengei
'NN
political The ship Of State, under the guidance Of an
able hand trained IN the practical school 81 ne re
public, and brought TO it by constitutions proysion
moved calmly with conscious strength yet not IN
pride or in presumption ~ II still moves:
Stil another spectacle has been afforded to he world
of the temper of the nation After four ysars' civil
war that counts lis dead by hurdreds Of thousand.
generous and almost universal amnesty has been ex
tended to political offenders, and not drop Of blood
has been shed for the crime Of treason. while STATES
which shot msdy from their spheres rapidly fesu.
ing their normal relation in our political system.
II is in vengorlous spirit that adopt this stf.n
eoury we love prominently before ile bal Of Tie opn.
ion OF mankind. We cannot be wholly iDsensiDt 20
that opinion; and when II 10 candid opinion anu not
preiudee or passion Shat distrusts viii canvass,
aud if allowed. We will eDIghten II. When we truce
the history Of country from its humble beginning 10
s present moral and material Development when we
think Of il as the land Of promise 10 the poor 81 the
oyercrowded States Of Europe who ask only acre. aud
the right 10 labor and the protection Of equal lave;
when we consider Its physical CONFORMATION IT'S sk
piercing mountains and rs noble rivers reversing the
law which has elsewhere sometimes obtained, inter
! posing to make enemies o! States,
"who hsd.~
Like kindred d!ops been mingled Into ole
with Us becovsne elements OF commercial Srity and
political fraternity can but feel that our nation La;
Providentsl mission. and that mission Of good AID
| be Incidence TO mankind.
i There il noble cvii,at In Europ. the result OF
4 centuries OF development sometimes BY tie arts vi
peace and sometimes through the sterner discipline Of
war.
which it Las impressed upon its literature its laws.
! and its institutions.
] They have al marched 20 their opportunity Not
less faithful trust accept the oLnen' Of ou'
present and euter with hope upon the fuller develop
inent Of our American civilization.
Let Us consider for moment the higher advantages
we possess for that development since the only dis
tlrbng force which has 50 FAR appeared TO menace
us is thingSpf the past. For With the exception
OF the slave question. there has been IL our
national politics Any heat or bitterness than are
Incident TO every State free enough admit the strGs