The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-25
rillibustering.

II h most eaifyiag to read thu occasional awini
homilses Of some English journals upon ths h"'
bnsterinx and practices oil tue peoP's
cf the United States. We have no little respee'
ana regard for our Eagiish cousins, and ike them
mona the lees that they are the greatest fllousers
on che face Of the earth. They are, par sTc<aenee
the fllbuster nation. They are not 50 much An-
sto-SAxon a. filibuster. England became England
prrely By ailibustsring. II is mixed race, Danes
eaxons, Normops, all nilbusters, blended WITH an
Gent Britons But for the admixtnre OF hliibns-
log blood and 6llibusterlDg races with the ancient
Brisops, Il fs highly probable that country would
ssli Be- settled by savages and the pruas s'iii 10
performing their sacrifices under the oass. Eng
Land. having been successfully invaded and popu
lated by the principal land robbers Of the world,
a b.e.me alros, a. inevitable as any physical law
shat the children should Inherit the propensites Of
their parents Consequently, Great Britain has
for ages been the great fountain Of universal ili
busteriny sending forth descendants OF the old
Danes, Saxons aud Normans, to make oonquests
and scqu.sstious all over the face of creation, un-
iii, according to Daniel Webster, 'ber morning
drum beat, beginning with the sun, and keeping
ect.sxsy With the hours travels round the world"
Thus, she fiibustered America from the Indian
races by whom il was Inhabited, sending her
Rourdhead hllibusters 70 the North and her Cav
aitsr filihusters to the South, cheating and fight
ing the miserable savages ont of all they were
worth In the world, out Of land and out of gold,
when they had 1t, till the poor wretches could
chow "nary redp on the face of the earth, excep
their own red physiogu omies. The people Of the
Unitsd States sre the descendants of the fllibus-
ssring Englishmen who settled this 90 ntIuent, and
they cannot better prove their legitimacy than 10y
pluudsrins every feeble nation they can lay their
haudso on.
What are the enormous British dominions In IT.
dia bat the acquisitions of British hiibusterng p
Far be 1t from us to condemn her for annexing
this immense portion of the esrth's surface, and
subjecting hundred and fty millions of strangers
70 her rule. No doubt she was aetaated by the
best motives, by tie same benevolent and polite
dssigps which induced her to appropriate az much
Of the American continent ss she could obtain in
the general fllibustering scramble by all Europe,
which followed the great discovery by Columbus
She saw India lying In the midnight darkness Of
barbarian and heathenisuu, and she sought 10 res
cue her as brand from the burning. No doubt
she has accomplished her work, scorching her fin
gers little In the operation 1t cannot be doubt
ed that if India has been of benefit to England,
English rule has been of greater benefit to India.
1t has elevated II In civilization and happiness
and, however stern Its government, its harshest
exercise Of power has been benignant and merci-
full In comparison with Mahometan tyranny. A
century hence, the civilizng Influences of English
tilibustsring In India will be more manifest than
at present Future Indian administrations will
have the wisdom and the courage to set their faces
boldly against the crimes and superstitiops OF
heathsnism, and, with the present fierce eruption
u barbarous passions the volcano Of Indian fanat
ieism and savsgery will become exhaused exhaust
I'd and extinct
Strange that this most eminent and successful
Of flibusters cannot allow Its darling progeny Ia
the United States to try its hand at the paternal
vocation, without the most furious objurgation -
One would think fubustering were a violation Of
justice and right, stppendous crime, when 1t is in
truth act of lial piety For what greater respect
can children show for their parents than to initiate
their examrles The British newspapers ought to
call Gen. Walker good boy, and vote him gold
medal Our only delinquency is in falling so far
behind the world+eneompassing footstep Of the
venerable Bull. If were to annex all the West
India Isiands, and overrun the whole of South
America. we should reflect some credit upon our
snssrprising and exemplary sire.