Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-01-29


money, ofHcialism, army and navy-and the .
Yankees will come oui ahead! But read the
Speech of Hon. ELI LITHAVER, Of Mass.
In the Ho. Of Rep, jan. :, 1883
Mr.. Chairman, it is my purpose to offer
an amendment to the resolution which Is
now before the Committee. for the purpose
of widening the proposed investigation
I do no. intend to discuss the topics
which the Committee has been consider
ing during the past three days. am not
here to consider whether Mr.. Walker was
legally or illegally arrested, or whether
Com. Paulding is to be eensured or ap.
plauded for his action. l shall express
no sympathy with the course pursued by
the President in relation to this matter;
neither is it my purpose to enter the lists
with the gentleman from Tennessee, Ar.
M.y..-a, ,1-L. .~ioeiIrd the heroisn OF
Walke,-a man, who, claiming to be the
President of Nicaragua, and to represent
in his own person the sovereignty of
that State; surrendered without 4 protest,
and without blow, to a power upon his
own soil, which he claimed to be au iuva-
ding force. Whether this be heroisHl, l
shall not now inquire.
thrust aside, for the present, all ques-
tons of legal techhicality in this matter;
all the mysteries of the construction Of
:he neutrality laws; all these questions
concerning which everybody has been
speaking, and nobody caring and come
to that great, paramount, transcendent
question, about which everybody is caring
ard nobody is speaking: "Ho~ shall re
Anericanize Central America %
1t may be a matter Of surprise that l
pass over two or three questions which in
tL.i, natural ordsr SOON to he antecedent
to this one. And these questions are ::
First, Do VIC ,oish to Americauize Central
America? Secondly, Can We American
ize Central America? Thirdly, Shall We
Americanise Central America
Now, Mr.. Chairman, say that whoev-
er has studied the history of this country,
and whoever knows the character of this
people, and whoever can infer their "des-
tiny" from their character and their his
tory, knows that these three preliminary
questions are already answered By the
American people-that We do ,cisi to
Americanize Central America that we
can Americanize Central America and
that We shall Americanize Central America.
And now, Mr.. Chairman, in relation to
the manner and agency. Ho0 can We
Americanize Central America? Shall We
do it legally and fairly, or illegally and
unfairly? Shall We do it by comforting
benefit on the people of Central America,
or shall We do it by conquest, by robbery,
and violence? Shall We do it without
abandoning national laws, and without
violating our treaty stipulations' Shall
We do it in accordance with the law of
nations and the laws of the United States,
or shall We do it by force, blood, and fire ?
Sir, did agree with the gentleman
from New York, [Mr. Haskin,l when he
told us,yesterday, that be was not in favor
of petit larceny; but did rot agree with
him when be said ,ba. he was "iu favor Of
grand larceny" i regre. that Repre-
sentative of the people Of the United States,
in the Council Hall of the Nation, should
say to his constituents, to the nation, and
to the world, tina. he and the Democratic
party we're "ratber in favor of grand lar
ceDy." Larceny is iarcency; and you can
not say meaner thing about it, than 70
call it by its own name. am palned that
this report has gone forth that any party,
or any individual in this House, or con-
nected with this Government, is il favor
of grand larceny or petit larceny. Lar
ceny, grand OF petit, is not only disgrace
full, but is absolutely and utterly contempt
ible. We do not 60 for the acquisition or
Amerieanization Of territory by larceny Of
any kind whatever, but fairly, openly, and
honorably.
Then, sir, BY what agency may VIC thus
Americauize Central America? | reply
to the question, by the power of orJaHi-ed
emigration. That is abundantly able to
give us Central America as coon as We
want it. We could have Americanized
Central America half dozen times By
this power within the last three years, 1t