Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1858-01-30
For the Sentinel.
rILlIDUSTERINC.

rILLIDUSTERING.
IF it is fatcd that the progress Of the ma
tions Of this world shall b unequal and dit.
fsrcnt in manner. 80 that while one portion
Is far advanced in its schooling, and nearly
emancipated from the bondage Of antique
and iniantiles logmas, others IRE still Aoun.
dering in the fables and crudities Of bib and
tucker. Hence all sorts Of absurd doctrines
in relation to the rights Of civilized and saw
age nations, one Of which is Fillibusterism.
If wc would progress We must do better
than those who have preceded u, and not
quote their blundcrs in vindication Of our
wrongs. History is no. to be. repeated, but
to lie improved upon. What our ances-
tors dia in ignorance and hot blood is no
proper example for our sober imitation; it
was stupid in them, meyhap, and would lie
both stupid and criminal in us. Wars Of
aggression and conquest may have been
natural and necessary enough at an early
period, and he result thereof may have been
good to the survivors or their posterity; but
is it therefore certain that bloodshed and
rapne, and all the other horrors of war, arc
equally righteous now? Is there no way
to avoid them? We are supposed to surpass
the people Of the 18th century in many Of
the methods now employed TO accomplish
our purposes can't VIC glorify and a,nplify
ourselves by some cheaper and better expo
dent than the rude, vulgar, cxtravagant re-
sort to throat-cutting, city burning, and
such like savagery? Pal it is enough to
nauscatc the stomach Of a lialf-decent Daco-
tab, to hear the twaddle Of the William
Valdez school. Talk about enlargins the
" area Of freedom y Let us first consccrate
to freedom the territory VIC have, and see to
it that the title deed be strongly drawn and
we'll certified. Let us first fill the vast fol.
csts and prairics already within our honest
jurisdiction with monuments Of grand
civilization, worthy OF the opportunity and
the age. When the great epoch arrives
however, We opine that it will not be ncces.
sary to urge the march of empire" viii
gunpowdcr and beat Of drum, and the cl,ca1
motley Of disguised rowdyism. The glo
:'ous examples Of great manhood, and civil,
hcroism, and scientific achievement, and So
cial brotherhood and happiness, which VI
shall or should exhibit TO the admiring ma
tons, will have innoculated even the imle
cilc people Of South America, and proc,r,
for US an easy conquest, and bloodlcss en-
tree to their coveted territory. sa.
shades Of our revolutionary forctathers
could you have dreamed OF the early ant
easy lapse Of your sons into middle az,
atrocities, how would your great hearts hav,
been pierced with shame The old stor,
of aggression and conccit! We arc tn,
greatest and wiscst people on the face Of thu
earth, and arc therefore authorized to carr,
on crusade against all other people in an,
way weaker or inferior, to appropriate thci
land and properties, and teach t,1ctn III,
great art Of being free, prosperous and hap
py, tommy hawk and scalpins- knife in hand
Who does not know that each nation ha.
its own peculiar life and unfolding, which,
though they may bc r,dely suppressed o.
violently thwarted, cannot suddenly be forcct
into now channels and strange conditions
without imminent danger If it be tn,
order Of Providence that ono race, and tl,a
the strongest. fierccst, and most esotistical
should engross the whole globe, why, then
tillibustcrism may he logical and right bu
If each and every race Of people have di
vine right to its own peculiar life and mod,
Of development on its own appropriate Plat
form, then all violent invasions thereof is ,
wrong. For we take il, all peoples, and IA
tions, and tongues, arc equally dear to tn
great Father, and their gradual education
and increasing welfare, the object Of thi.
earthly probation. We may intest and reyo
'"tionizc the world by example, by argu
mcnt, by moral suasion, for these method,
arc in accordance with the divine laws pu
We may not subjugatc or cxterminate ma
ton, because it is a century OF SO behind u
in commerce, productions, or tho science o
government. ....ts..& .. - ofs..t.
But Why mincc words or disguizc thu
truth The fact is, the enterprises for tn,
pretended spread Of civilization and exten.
sion Of freedom, got up by Walker and othc,
mo I'M: Glands Of his kidney, are simply or
CARNATIONS for the qualification Of inordinat,
seFfshncss and devlish lust and the scoun.
drels who PROJECT and prosecute them, would
as soon direct their energies against the
''model republic" Jas against the "effete dcs.
poti>ms'' to the south Of US, if they could but
flatter themselves with the expectations o.
success. Let every honest citizen disown
and hiss Thorn to scorn. tfi3 fsaa' a.Es
Races must be analogous in constitution
and character, to a,nalgamate kindly and I'd.
vantageously. In the absence Of such con.
di,ions, one race Must absorb and extinyuish
the othcr-and which shall dominate will be
determined BY strength Of numbers. If We
have not scope and verge enough for growth
and devciopment-if our enterprise is cra.np.
Ell and our industry paral,zed by lack 81
'anl-;f we are starved and dwartetl and
'suiEocated BY excess of num,ers-why tits