The New Hampshire Gazette

Congress at Panama—At the installation of the Congress at Panama, Don Manuel Lorenzo de Vidaurre, President of the Congress, delivered a long address, from which the following extracts are made;—

"The union of the Swiss, the perseverance of the Dutch, the prudence of the North-Americans, the horrid scenes of the French Revolution, the dissention of the Belgic provinces, and indeed our own, are models laid before us, that we may imitate the good and avoid the bad. This day the Great American Congress, which is to be a tribunal for conflicting interests, a trusty interpreter of treaties, a mediator in domestic quarrels, the institution of these new countries in the rights of nations,—this day it is invested with all those powers, necessary for the fulfilment of its noble and peculiar duties. All the precious materials for its deliberations are in advance prepared. The whole earth will be an attentive spectator of our labors.—From the lowest peasant of the eastern world, no one is indifferent to our acts. This, indeed, will be the last experiment of happiness for mankind.

Fellow-laborers, the field of glory opened by Bolivar, San Martin, O'Higgins, Guadalupe, and many other heroes superior to Hercules and Theseus, is plain before us. Our names must be inscribed, either to our immortal honor or immortal shame.

The fundamental principles of our confederation are few but solid. Peace with the whole world, and respect to the established forms of European governments, though theirs be diametrically the reverse of ours. Unshackled commerce with all nations, and a reduction of duties in favor of those that have acknowledged our independence. Toleration to all religious opinions different from those received among us. Alas the thirty-three millions of victims of Fanaticism, from the times of the Jews down to the beginning of the present age admonish us to be humane and gentle and compassionate, even to those that walk in different paths from us. If the stranger come among us, whatever be his faith, he will be received, respected and protected, provided his morals (which are the true religion,) be not opposed to those that Christ has taught. Let them become teachers in agriculture and the arts; and let the sight of African Slavery disappear from our fertile fields. Let the black man behold, laboring at his side, one of that color which he was wont to regard as a sign of superiority; and he will become a rational creature when he perceives that in nothing is he distinct from the rest of his species. Immortal Pitt and Fox of impassioned eloquence, awaken for a moment from your slumbers, raise your heads above the tomb, and see with delight and wonder that those regions which you left in servitude are now the most zealous votaries of your philanthropic maxims!"