The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-01-21


Now, sir, it would lie folly for me TO
argue, and there is no ind of reas On for
supposing, that these yates expecs. to do
anything about colonizi ng Central Amer
lea. They cannot affe I'd to lose man.
They had better give alfay two tn ,usand
dollars than to lose 81 ,gle honestS ndus-
trious citizen. They ,nnot afford.it.
have left out Of this calculation to be
sure, the enumeration Of the sla res in
those States, for the ge ,tleman frot+ Ten
nessee Mr.. Maynard informed IS that
the question of Slavery did not con, e into
this argument properly and / agrsx with
him there. l think e may agree with
me, that by no possibil ty can Slavery ever
be established in Cent? Il America. That
is my belief Just FIX your ne itrality
laws, and we will fill W Central America
before 1860 sufficiently to be comfurtable.
Mr.. MAYNARD. w tn the permission
of the gentleman, I desire to ask him
whether he will pled e himself sor his
constituents, and for il those he repre-
sents, that when they S ct down the<e they
will not make slaves /, f the people they
find there?
Mr.. THAYER. Certai ply will do it. and
! will say more on that subject hereafter. l
will say to the gentlem en- upon thu other
side who have advocat d this right Of en-
igration, and have no ,iersonal int rest in
this matter, that thei can have 10 Pc
cuniary interest in it, for they have no
men to spare for this enterprise, And
especially do honor ,e gentlem, from
Mississippi, [Mr. Quitn an, who pr ,fessed
to be moved by argume ats of philas .thropy
in relation to this Question, an who
maintained that the ,eople of central
America were oppresse a, that they seeded
our assistance, and tn; it was CO. jerring
a benefit upon them tc send out q ,lonies
among them to aid iaem to ge; rid of
their oppressors. Thu is more Il IN pa
triotism. 1t approaches universal other
hood. am glad that, that gentleman is
defending the rights f emigratios- No
man prizes those right. more Highly than
do. l think that UNDERSTAND, their
power and their value and | am glad to
welcome among the st Of politi Gal re-
generators the gentlem IN from isrissippi
with such large, wide and noble views
upon this question. Il not here adorse
his whole speech. | did not h ar the
whole Of it. | do not snOw what ,e said
about Mr.. Walker, wJether he tefends
him, or whether he Dies not. F II my
self, | do not say that l defend J i'm, or
that | do not, at this tille. ] wait ;or the
report of our commit ee, to knot what
are the facts in this css !, and whel yer he
is fit 20 be defended or not.
Now, sir, | am rel Diced that have
found aid and comfort n a great P ,litical
movement from ,uarter |
where l least expected it. This argu-
ment of philanthropy is sufficien Iy po-
ent with the South ;. while l II not |
deny that it is always, more or le IS, po-
lent with the North, p ,rhaps not 20 po-
lent with the North as with the S uth-
very likely we are mor,t material ID less
spiritual-but still, | sa< it has SOM; pow
er at the North. We 20 not live, 0 near
The sun as do those &c atlemen vi bor-
der on the Gulf; but " live near dough
TO the sun to have soNe warmth n our
hearts, and the appea-s Of philal ;hropy
10 us are not made in vain.
But, in addition to that, Just loo at it.
sir! In addition to th:t great arr pment
Of philanthropy, we have not only he ar
yument of necessity, BIZ the argur ,ent of
making money; and when 20, take
hose three arguments, snd combin, them,
voh make great moti1e power, WITCH is
sufficient, in ordinary cases, to move
Northern men, though they are n i very
mobile nor very tickle. -
So much, Mr.. Chair pan, for tn. COM
oarison of interests bet yeen the Nxsthern
and Southern people sof these United
States in relation TO TIL Americani:ing of
Central America.
come now to di ,cuss, briek i, the
power and benefits of this new N ode Of
And, sir, what is its s.ower?
tell you its power il greater thsn tina.
which is welded by ar potentate or en-
pefor upon the face # Gods fosSastool.
Ii We can form com ,any, or a number
Of companies, which C, n control the emf
grafton of this countryside foreis3 emf
grafton and native emf ration-I TIL you,
ST that that company or those spmpa-
nlas, will have more power then any
pe4entate or emperor pom the facl, of the
ca tn; and that comp ny, or thos,.. COM
paaies, may laugh al politicians; they
m y laugh, sir, at the President I'D his |
Cabinet; at the Suprsme Court, and at
CT:ngress; for all tn Sc powers of the
government, great ar d mighty al they
arr, can do nothing, j J accordance with |
thu Constitution Of tbs land, which can |
in any way interfere W tn our PROCESS, or
pr fvent our making crjes and States and |
I L
Ten, sir, there can Re no doubs about |
tn, power of this az ,ncy, which / tell
Yen, is the right one f0 us TO max use of |
in, getting Central Am RIGA if we +, ant it,
OF in Americanizing Central Am< ica, as
W, are sure to do.
Now, Mr.. Chairman have said ,othing |
al out annexing Cent? Al America to the |
{ pited States. For m self, care tothing |
a. out it, and do not know whetaer the |
p ,ople of this countr, are ready tor that |
p opposition yet. | tn nix, however, they
v ould rather annex /. thousand square
leagues of territory tn IN to lose { single |
square foot. To be Sire, sir, we have a |
few men in the North who honestly hate
tlis Union. l will not criticise their |
' ews. l will not condemn them for
tleir views. They have right to cherish |
j st what views they pease in relation to |
r,ls question. Sir, there are still . larger
pmber of sour and disappointed poll
CLANS, who, though they do not profess
hatred to this Union, 60, to certsin ex-
tent profess Indifference as to its continu-
snce. But the great and overwl Ginning
majority of the people Of the North, sir, as
!; unit, are determined that no force. in