The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-01-22

OF carrying on the great work OF civiliza-
ton. Eli goes in for legal, humane,
reputable and proftablcfll ibustering, and
assuming that the crowding Of the peo-
pie of the North will crowd some Of them
into other parts necessarily, he is for
crowding them into Central America
Some people argue that Thayer, in speak
ing as he did, was not in earnest, only
wishing by kind Of logic, the force Of
which the Southerners are beginning to
appreciate, to show the absurdity Of such
poor fillibustering as has had heretofore
their sympathies. Whether this be true
or not Mr.. Thaycr is cntitlcd to the thanks
Of the country for showing how fillibuster-
ing may be carried on humanely and
made an honorable business. Mr.. Thay-
or, it is well known, is one Of the early
friends Of emigration to Kansas, and hav-
ing done pretty good business in the
emigration line in that section, now natur-
ally, somewhat to the confusion of the
Southern fllibusters, who fillibuster to
make slave territory, and do not believe
in doing it, to plant free institutions,
turns to Central America as an inviting
field Of labor. To give our readers some
idea of his plan Of fillibustering we APP
pend few extracts from his speech.
"And now, Mr.. Chairman, in relation to
the manner and agency. Hop can we
Americanize Central America? Shall we
do 1t legally and fairly, or illegally and un.
fairly? Shall we do II by comforting BEN
eft on the people Of Central America, or
shall we do 1t by conquest, by robbery and
violence? Shall VIC do It without abandon.
ing national laws, and without violating
our treaty stipulations? Shall we do 1t in
accordance with the law Of nations and the
laws of the United States, or shall we do 1t
by force, blood and FIRE?
Now, Mr.. Chairman, my position is this
Tint we will do 1t legally; that We will do
it in accordance with the highest laws, hu.
man and Divine. BY what agency shall
this be accomplished?
BY the way, sir, did agree with the gen.
tleman from New York, (Mr. Haskin,) who
told us yesterday that he was not in favor
of petty larceny but did not agree with
HIM when he said that he was in favor OF
grand larceny. regret that representa-
tive of the people of the United States, in
the council hall OF the nation, should say
to his constituents, to the nation ind tho
world, that he and tho Democratic party
were s'rather in favor Of grand larceny. -
Larceny is larceny. and you cannot say q
maner thing about it than to call 1t by Its
own name an panied that this report
has gone forth that any party, or that any
individual in this House or connected with
this government, is in favor Of grand lar
ceny or petty laceny. Larceny, grand or
petty, is not only disgraceiul, but is abso.
lutely and utterly contemplate. We do
not 90 Tor the acquisition or the American
ization Of territory by larceny of any kind
whatever, but fairly, openly and honOrably.
Then, sir, by what agency may we thus
Americanize Central America? / reply to
the question, by tho power Of organized EN-
igration. That is abundantly able to give
us Central America rs soon as We want 1t.
We could have Americanizcd Central Amer.
lea half dozen times by this power with
in the last three years, If there had been no
danger or apprehension Of meddlesome or
yexatious executive interference. But If
we are to use this mighty power Of organ.
lied emigration, we want different kind of
neutrality laws from those which we now
have and, therefore, ! am DESTROYS that
this committee shall recommend something
which shall not subject us to the miscOn-
structions Of the President of the United
States, or to his construction ut oil. want
Shees neutrality laus 70 plain that every man
may know whether he is in the right or in
the wrong, whether he is violating those
laws or is not violating them. For, Mr..
Chairman. with our new fashioned kind Of
emigration, with our organized emigration,
which goes in colonies, and, therefore, must
of necessity to some extent resemble mill
tary organization, there is great danger that
President with dim intellect may make
mistake, and subject to harrassing and
vexatious delays, and sometimes to loss and
injury, peaceful. quiet colony, going out
to settle in neighboring state.
Mr.. Chairman, | can illustrate this posi-
ton. You, sir, remember that in tho year
1856, when it was bad travelling across the
State Of Missouri, on the way to Kansas,
that our colonies went through the State of
Iowa, and through the territory Of Nebras-
ka. These were peaceful, quiet colonies,
going to settle the territory Of Kansas, by
that long and wcarisomo journey, because
1t was bad travelling through the State OF
Missouri. You remember that one Of these
colonies of organized emigrants, which went
from Maine and Massachusetts,, and from va.
rious other Northern States, was arrested
just as 1t was passing over the southern
boundary Of the Territory Of Nebraska, on
its way to its future homo in Kansas. 1t
was peaceful, quiet colony, going out with
its emigrant wagons all in u row, and there
fore looked something like o military Or
out with their women
and their children, with sub.soil ploughs and
coulters yard long, (laughter) with pick
axes, with crowbars, with shoyels and with
garden seeds. This beautiful colony was
arrested by the officials Of the present Ex-
ecutiye's predecessor. 1t was by some mis-
take, no doubt Perhaps he took the tur-
nip seed for powder; and doubt whether
tho case would have been better IL tho Pres
had been there himself. This colony was
arrested within our own dominion. Ii was
not an emigmtion to q foreign country, and
there was no danger Of interference with
the neutrality laws.
These quiet, peaceful colonsts, because
their wagons went in row, Tor mutual de-
fence, through the wild, uncultvated Terri.
tory Of Nebraska, where there were lndi.
aus, were ARRESTED as military organixa-
ton. We do not want, hereafter, either
within the limits of tho United States or
without them, any such mcddlesome Or vex.
atious interference by the executive powers
,f this Gnvcrnfnenk Thercfore / saw lat |.