San Andreas independent., 1857-08-15
For the independently
Fillibusters and Fillibuster,sm


flllibustering, in unconditional terms not SO
fast, my friends-I wish in this article to en-
de1For to show up the origin and progress OF
this wonderful propensity of man, ana Its pro-
gressive results.
must. however plead the indulgence of
your readers for not being more minute in de-
tails but as that would fill an infinite number
of pages, and perhaps not pay for its reading,
considering the natural merits of the subject, |
will commence with the early Fillibusterng ex-
peditions in the old world as recorded in sacred
and profane history.
We will take up the Record where history
teaches US that the Children of Israel, when
they passed over the Red Sea and travcrsed a
wilderness of forty days journey, Joshua who
succeeded Moses in command of that immense
host, upon their arrival mt the shores of Jordan,
was commanded by the Most High to cross orer
the river and take possession Of the land of
Canaan, rich and fertile region. In the Fill
clustering of that delightful country, thousands
of the human family were destroyed although
they were the rightful owners of the soil. Yet
men better calculated to develop the mighty re-
sources of so favored country should take 1t
for a heritage. Even the walls of Jericho were
made to fall, by the Omnipotent arm of Power,
to admit the Fillibusters into that populous city
Here was laid the germ of Fillibustering princi-
pies Come on, then, down through ages after
ages, where the same system was carried out,
by Divine viii, according to the records OF the
Holy Bible, until we pause to observe the move
ments and conduct of ancient Greece and Rome.
The immense territories which they acquired
were not by purchase but, to ali intents and
purposes, by Fillibustering; still the Star of
Empire and enlightenment shone upon their
course. Alexander the Great the embod-
ment of Fillibusterism he purchased not Ter
ritories, but won them by the sword. But we
must descend rapidly-for our space is limited,
The Goths the Vandals and the other races of
northern Europe practiced this principle OF
FillibusteriSm to an alarming extent; in later
days the English French and Russians have
won bloody diplomas in this exciting school,
then let us see how they have used them. The
English nation has conquered the East Indies,-
not bought it, it is entirely through a Fillibus-
tering process that they have appropriated to
themselves that most available and fertile re-
gion of the globe. Their Fillibustering pro-
pensities and almost without exception, their
being carried into effect, has gained for them II
national name and fame second to none other!
Still the Star of Empire is with them.
At length Fillbustering expedition is start
ed on foot by the plymouth Rock Pilgrims. y
They reach Il land not their own-a country
inhabited and possessed by portion of the hu-
man family. They are strong and ambitious,
and take possession of that which is not their
own. Do you find on record where they paid
for the lands they occupied? 1t were too tedi-
Gus to follow up Fillibustering on this conti-
nent from this time almost every State has
been Fillibuster. The General Government
has been, and still is, necessarily, in favor of
this scheme and it cannot be otherwise. Mark
this expression The United States have be-
come a nation purely through Fillibusering.-
The great instrument justly celebrated for its
wisdom and correct sentiments (I mean the
Declaration of independence states, cmphati-
eally, that % all men are born free and equal#-
Becolleet 'all men," Now take it for granted
that an Indian is a man. lie Is endowed with
all the requisites constituting human being
He (the Indian) was, therefore, according to the
Declaration of Independence, a free and respon-
sble being; he was equap' to US all. lie had
possession of the lands of America-from time
immemorial he had held undisputed possession
of American territory.
Cortes. the great Spanish chicftain, Fillibus-
tered upon q magnificent scale in invading and
eonquering Mexico. All the Spanish posses
sions on the American continent were obtained
solely by and through this process. England
and France, as | remarked before, accumulated
wealth and power by exercising this great mon
strosty, as some call it. California was occu-
pied and possessed by men free and equal" !"
when Mexico or Spain sent forces here and dis
possessed them of their undisputed rights
The United States purchased the country-of
whom? Not of the original owners, but of the
uSurpers, the Fillibusters The law says, the
receiver of stolen goods is equally guilty with
him who stole them. William Penn purchased
the lands of Pennsylvania from the Indians
He acknowledged their right to the soil This
was an exception to the general rule and prac-
tice in robbing the natives and possessors OF
the soil. of their inalienabe rights" France
came on Fillibusterng expedition when she
sent her troops to fight on English soil. She
exercised Fillibustering propensities on a large
scale in Egypt, and Portugal possessed one OF
the finest portions of South America purely by
the operative power of the same system.
General Walker followed his illustrious pre-
eiecessors in his experiment on Nicaragua
Crabb did the same in Sonora, but he lost the
game.
Well, Mr. Editor, we have thus seen that
Fillibustering is no new invention From the
earliest ages of mans reign on this terrestrial
planet, it has been the associating instrument
or power through which nations have achieved
triumphs and victories; and thus civilization
and all the arts and sciences in its train-has
been enabled to make its onward progress, de-
veloping the abundant richness OF the soil, and
elevatng man to high sphere of physical and
intellectual power. The pathway OF nations is
marked out by Deity through all minor obsta-
cles, to the grand millenium-the objects and