The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-07-31
From the Neso Bedford Nercury.
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The time was never known when political eth
les were at so low an ebb in this country as the
present. The dominant party appear to have
lost all sense of shame, and boldly avow them
selves in favor of wholesale land robbery. We
believe Mr. Buchanan or Chas. J. Ingersoll was
the first to declare that the United States must
absorb the whole of North America. sort of
divine right was thrown around the spoliation OF
Mexico, and the will of heaven was stolen to
cloak the villainy of men. The &C destny"-that
the word-the destiny of the Anglo
race was preached by every demagogue, and
Texas was stolen with sort of sublime resigna-
ton to the will of Cod The question of right and
title did not disturb the conscience or distract the
logic OF those prophets. They did not deign to
consider that the Spanish race had older and bet
ter rights than the Anglo-Saxons. Like the
Jews OF old they were in favor OF spelling the
Philistines and conquering by fraud or force on
all hands upon the plea that this land their
inheritance and that their mountaineering
the lawful oWners-had been delivered into their
hands Such indeed is the Anglo Saxon spirit
such is the Roman sprit-a spirit of conquest
and universal dominion. The descendants of
Hongust and Hersa, and of William the Conquer
or, are all by instinct land thieves The Gallo
and Anglican are alike infected with this
land distemper The whole history of France
and Britain has shown their disposition to an
nexaton." Both had great possessions upon this
continent. England drove France from the
Northern part Of it, and finally we bought out the
claim of France to the South. England annex
ed'' Scotland and conquered Ireland. Napoleon
mastered the continent of Europe and would
have ravaged Asia by land as England has done
by means OF her superior naval power. But while
England is subjugating Asia, France is seiz-
ing upon Africa and the Pacific Islands The
same spirit exists among us. We have driven the
Indians to the setting sun, and while our States
are not half populated we forcing our con-
quests to the Pacific. By purchase we have ac-
quired Florida and Louisiana-by fraud we have
obtained Texas. And now the question is, 'sWho
is the next customers" The New York Morn
ing News, rabid locofoco paper, recently put
this question with the additional query Canada
or California :" Being called to account for this
rascality by the Tribune, it fippantly argues our
right to the whole continent, and repeats the pre-
diction that the whole will and must be ours
Canada the locofocoes dare not touch at present
but we doubt not that California will soon become
our prey. Oregon they dare not seize but the
department of Mexico bordering upon Texas thew
will propably capture. Our southwestern ban
ditt will pour first into California, and without
provocaton throw off the imaginary yoke OF Mex
lean bondage. They will maintain their stand
against MeXico-their independence will be ac-
knowledged, and they will then ask, and not in
vain, 10 be " annexed" 1hus province by prov
ince will Mexico be despoiled until she is wholly
swallowed up. Then we shall want the volca-
of Central America, for volcanoes do not
abound in the United States. We shall also wish
to extend the area of freedom to the Isthmus and
open canal connecting the Gulf of Mexico with
the Pacific. Indeed good reasons will not be
wanting for pursuing claim to all that lies
south OF us to the boundary of South America
England may engage in some European war, and
then we shall be able to stir up rebellion in Cana
da and annex her also-so that in the end we
shall have all the continent, and once having
that terrible contest between the Slave states
and the Free States will create two " Anglo-Sax-
on % Republics. Thus do men talk, AMI shudder
not at the arocity of their thoughts. Public vir-
tue, the national honor which not only respects
our own country but the rights of others, is dying
out. Can nothing be done to arrest this flood of
immortality and prohigacy which threatens to
drown the land in one great ocean of crime