San Andreas independent., 1857-06-06

AMERICAN FuIBUsTERIsN.-The inclination
of the American people to colonize, as they
would call it, or to flibuster, as itmay perhaps
more appropriately be denominated, is begin
ming to attract the attention and excite the in
dignation Of the world. 1t is thought to be in
excusable in rs to covet that which is our
neighbor's, when we have so many millions of
acres fland still lying wild and unoccupied-
lhere is no giving as an excuse territory too
small and straitened for our population. There
Is no surplus multitude unable to find EMPLOY
/ meht and starving for lack of soil whereon to
/ ralse the.r bread. 1t is perhaps still more won
oerful that thing so manifestlv wrong should
can 1orth no heartier rebuke or meet more en-
phauc condemnation from amoral and religious
people. What explanation is to be given of this?
mere Is even suspicion that there is among
/ the people at large a secret sympathy with these
proceedings. The true answer. we presume Is
this, 1t corresponds but too well with the con-
Ventional morality ofthe world. Mankind have
always had the moral infrmity to endeavor to
persuade themselves that they might innocentlv
do evil that good might come provided the
good largely and manifestly preponderated over
the evil. The Americans fatter themselves that
they have the best government and the most
perfect civilization in the world, and it is such
an immeasurable boon to bestow it on any coun
or even bad government of any kind, that it
is perfectly allowable to convert it to democracy
or republicanism by the sword. They have not
improved their patrimony as they might, and
therefore it is justifable in another nation to
take it away.
This is no new doctrine, but rather seems to
be old history itself. Plato taught, as a
self-evdent and incontroyertible proposition,
that all barbarians were intended by divine
Providence to be slaves and they were made
slaves by civilized nations without any COM
junction, and kept SO, till the advent of chris
tanity, which taught new doctrine as to our
duties to our neighbors set them free. 1t may
be said, therefore, if we are condemned to exc
cution by the verdict of the world, we are still
safe; for there is no nation, ancient or modern,
! to cast the first stone. The hands of England
are tied by her enormous conquests in the east,
which She holds on the same old plea of better
civilization, but really by the right of the strong
est. France can send no fleet to the rescue of
the Nicaraguans until she withdraws her armies
from the coast of Africa. The Spanish cannot
be very Jealous in stoning until they repent
of their wrongs to South America. The Dutch
felt no scruple, as soon they doubled the
Cape of Good Hope, in taking possession of as
many OF the East India islands as they could Law
their hands upon. The moral sentiment of the
world, until very lately, has nowhere risen above
the Justification at least the tolerance, of fill
ibusterism. Even the pious Puritan ancestors
of New England regarded their occupation of
the lands OF the Aborigines as perfectly allow
able, on the ground that they were savages and
outlaws, and we have heard one of their de-
scendants publicly thank God, in the pulpit
that lie had driven out before his forefathers
the savage nations of the Wilderness" evi-
IDENTIFY lustlfying the proceeding by the example
of Moses and the Israclites driving out the
seven nations of Canaan from the land of
promise.
There is a marvellous coincidence between the
history of ancient and modern nations in the
particular which we are considering Civiliza-
ton first carried from Asia to Europe by
filibusterism. The Aborigines were considered
as having no just titles to their lands, and COL
onists took possession of just as much as they
chose. The founders of the City of the Seven
Hills were hlibusterS of the most undoubted
stamp, and their empire beginning in this way
continued to spread by the same means until
the world became wearied out with its en-
croachments. Colonization everywhere was
equal to conquest, and was followed by the same
result-anneXation without end, until there was
nothing left to annex.
There was one reason which would have rec
| onciled these ancient nations to these frequent
encroachments upon the territories of their
neighbors which would have gone far to excuse
to themselves any moral impropriety in their
conduct, if they had felt any, which they did not
hesitate to avow. 1t was relief to their over
grown population and safety-yalve for those
idle and restless spirits with which every COM
munity is infested transportation to a new
country almost invariably mended their morals,
and men who had been reckless and diserderly
at home, became useful and valuable citizens
abroad So young country as ours ought not
to have such class of citizens when employ
ment is so abundant and the means of living so
cheap. But we hope that our government will
never be induced by any such consideration to
violate the principles of natural justice by per-
mitting the organization and emigration of any
such adventures to any foreign state. Navy
and army ought to be put into requisition if
necessary to put a stop as far as possible to all
such flibustering proceedings. This is but in
accordance with the general principles of the
government and its policy and practice as laid
down in the late inaugural of the new admins
/ Observation-Disclosures Sun.
SAD PICTURE OF DEsTITUTIoN IN New York
An inquest was held in New York on Monday
on the body of woman 40 years ofage, who was
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