The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-01-19
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SPEECH OF MIR. THAHER

The following condensed report of the Speech
Of Mr.. Thayer, Of Mass, upon the expansive pow.
er Of the american people, rather took doxn
the Fillibusters Il will bear reading: lssf
Mr.. Thayef then addressed the committee.
He did not propose to consider whether Mr.. or
Gen. Walker vas rightfnlly or wrongfully arrest.
ed, nor whether Commodore Paulding was wor.
thy to be censured or praised. He would not
discuss the President's position, nor enter the
lists with those who regarded az hero the man
who, claiming to be she President Of Nicaragua,
surrendered without . protest or u blow to an
invading force. He would thrust aside for the
present the construction Of the neutrality laws,
end al those topics upon which, for the last
three days, everybody had been talking aud 70.
body caring, and would come TO the paramount,
transcendans question upon which everybody
was caring and nobody had yet spoken-How
shall We Americani1e Central American The
preliminary quessi0ns-Do We wish to Atneri-
canize Central America can we Americanize
Central America and shalt we Americanizc Gen.
trail America had already been settled BY the
American people in the affirmative. But, In re-
lation to the manner and the agency, how sho'd
they do il? Should they do il legally and fair
ly or illegally and unfairly? BY comforting ben
etits upon the people Of Central America or BY
private conquest, by robbery and violence
Should they do it without furnishing the nation.
al honor, with sacred Observance Of their trea-
ty stipulations, in accordance with the laws Of
nations and the laws Of the United States, or BY
means of blood and frey They ought to do it
legally in accordance with the highest laws, liu-
man and divine.
He agreed with the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Haskin) when he said he was opposed to
petty larceny, but not when he said he was IN
favor of grand larceny. Larceny was larceny,
and the meanest thing they could say about il
was to call it by its name. It was in any form
absolutely and utterly contemplate. He would
not acquire Territory nor Amercanize territory
by larceny Of any kind whatever, but fairly.
openly, and honorably. They might thus Amer-
canixe Central America through the agency of
organized emigration. That agency was abnn.
dainty able to give them Central America as
soon a. they wanted it. 1t could have Ameri.
canized Central America half dozen times ia
the last three years If there had been no neu.
trality laws and no meddesome and vexatious
Interference. To use that mighty agency they
needed different kind Of neutrality laws, aud
he hoped the committee which should take
charge of the sui ject would recommend that
they be so modified as not to be liable to mis-
construction SO that every emigrant would
know whether he was in the right or in the
wrong. Their new fashioned organized emigra-
ton went into colonies, resembling, to some ex.
tent, military organizations, SO that there was
great danger that President with dimmed in
tellect might mistake them for such, and subject
them to harrassing, vexations, and expensive
delays. To i'll istrate, they would remember
that in 1856, when 1t was bad travelling in Mis-.
souri,, they sent one of those organized COLONIES
to Kansas through Iowa and Nebraska, which
was arrested just as it was passing the southern
boundary of Nebraska and turned back. They
were peaceful. quiet col0nists, from various
Northern States, going with their wagons all in
a row, withtheir women and children, their sub
soil ploughs, and coultcrs a yard long, their
packages, crow bars and garden seeds, but they
were arrested by the subordinate Of the Presi-
dent, by some mistake, no doubt !; perhaps be
mistook their turnip seed tor powder, and he
doubted whether, if the President had been
there himself it would hare been any better.
These quiet cOlonsts were arrested on the
way TO one of our own Territories, not to a for
sign country, where there night have been dan.
ger Of q violation ofthe neutrality laws, because
their emigrant wagons went in row, and some
OF them carried guns to shoot game and keep
off the Indians. He wanted neutrality laws that
could be understood. n it had not been that
they believed any colony they might fit ont TO-
Central America would have been arrested with
colonized that c0bntry years ago, and by this
time il would have been admitted into the
Union. sae'a iii
The interests of the Northern portion of the
Union in Central America was much greater than
that Of the Southern portion. He was astonish-
ed to hear all the argumen,s in favor Of Ameri-
canizing the Isthmus coming from those States
which border on the Gulf Of Mexico. The Nor
them States, like the Northern part Of Europe
in past history, 10 . Ipanufaotory Of nations
They could make one State yenr and still hold
their own. During the last three years they had
colouixed Kanszs and furnished settlers lOr Mia
nes0ta, Nebraska, California, aud TIE Lord
knows where, aud had not exhausted half their
natural increase. In that time theY had receiy-
ed accessions Of more than 4 million from for
eien countries. and we're worse of than when
they began 10 organise cOlOniesal They must
have an outlet somewhere ior their surplus pop
ulation. He had been carrying in bis pocket
some days resolution locking 70 the opening
for settlemens OF the Indian territories. He
came reluctantly 20 the eoRclusion that they
must have these territories; but necessity knows
no law. and something mus. be done for the .e-
scendants Of the Pilgrims, who we're cr4named
in between the Atlantic ocean and the Rocky
Mountains. The tambline pillows Of their Yves
tern emigration were now dsshing turiGnsly
against the bases OF the Rocky Mountains. They
had come TO the great barrier, and now the tide
rupt Gov back IL would not Gov towards Can.
ada, but soushvard. II had already gone into
Virginia, and Missouri was almost flooded. The
tide could not be checked. As well attempt 70
shut out the aurora boreAli0 BY . curtain across
the heavens. There twas no doubt that they
must have territory, and this proposition to
Americanixe Central America seemed most OPP
perfume. ass s iis ''si .Hat n eaie7a
In addition TO the present immense population
Of the Northern States, the financial pressure 10
Europe would send TO our shores il 1858 not
less than half Z million, and I quarter Of mil
hon Of the native-born would change localities
in that time. Here, then, were 75O, 900 men 70
be provided for some where-men enough -
make eight States il they were used economi-
.caily.s II Central America couidobs opened for
organized ea.issasion fsirIy and houorsbly.
without Executive or other. avexatious iutAr-
ference, he would posapone his resolution shout
opening the IndlAn territories, e lease TN The
next session. But bssidsssshe sseafgument
Of necessity. the iAtsnsst 0f oUmmefCos which
unfOfsdnSlely sW&e & saCtiOaal and enthusiastically
Z Northern ioteress, alsoi deasaAdeA m Amsft-
canjxatiOn Of Central Amssica The whale
fisheries III No Nesthesn occau he'd alaaie ub
kreat' ciiies % de sGotesiOf Mes England, but
besides that they had the growing ttads a
Oregon, Caiilbrnia, 1hS &Andniuh jasndA, thp
vsstesa c6Ass Of DsusA America, aaasshs enr
taree 81 OhlhA snd JsAn, ahtdh uas tds.iasd
70 Be tmsAenss. 1hcy must hess certain facsess
etd eomInetehta genss inths lsthmns, nhe uish I
tASEt yzMllts da1 ltwsno Mis- uoula aioss uuaks
. dense pop6lasioa tkesUlSlD ~ yesra Hhlse-
lSss. - 6yeossneeu -, ~ ads;ccissd tAe knet- 1
lcshaeite9o u Ceneo&e 1nessea sAbsoe1iagos I
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