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If it is fatcd that the progress Of the ma
tons Of this world shall bssunequal and diff
fsrcnt n manneE $50 that Nhile ono portion
y hra.iyancsd n II school;ss. anes nearly
emancipatsd from tho bondage ofs ant;qus
and inhntiis siogmas, others re still hodn:.
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.
II wo would progress, We must do better
than those who have preceded us and not
quote their blund:rs in vindication Of our
wrongs. History is no. to b. repeated, but
to be 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 The result thereof may have been
good to the survivors or their posterity; but
is it therefore certain that bloodshed and
rapine, and all the other horrors Of war, are
equally righteous now? Is there no way
to avoid them? We are supposed to surpass
the people Of the 18th century in many Of
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the methods now employed 10 accomplish
our purposes can't We glorify and amplify
ourselves by some cheaper and better expo
dent than the rude, vulgar, cxtravagant re-
sort to throat-cutting, city burning, and
such like savagery Pah it is enough to
nauseatc the stomach Of a lialf.decent Daco-
tab, to hear the twaddle Of the William
Waldcr school. Talk about enlarging the
f" area Of freedom !" Let us first consccratc
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 fo,.
csts and prairies already within our honest
jurisdiction with monuments Of grand
civilization, worthy OF tile opportunity and
the ase. When the great epoch arrives,
however, We opine that it will not be ncces-
sary to urge the march Of empire" "a with
gunpowdcr and beat Of drum, and the cheap
motley Of disguised rowdyism. i The elo-
s'ous examples Of great manhood, and civic
hcroism, and scientific achievement, and so
cial brotherhood and happincss, which We
shall or should exhibit to the admiring ma ma
tons, will have innoculated even the imle
Gle people Of South America, and procure
for US an easy conquest, and bloodless en-
tree to their coveted territory: .fa To-
shades Of our revolutionary forcatbers
could sou have dreamed qoe the early and
easy lapse Of your sons into inniddle-acc
atrocities, how would your great hearts have
been pierced with shame The old story
Of aggression and conccit We arc tho
greatest and wiscst people on the face Of the
earth, and are therefore authorized to carry
on crusade against all other people in any
way wcakcr or inferior, to appropriate thcir
land ana propertidE ana teach MON m
great art Of being free, prosperous and hap:
py. tommy hawk and scalpins-knife in hand.
Who does not know that each nation has
its own peculiar life and unfolding, which.
though they may DO r,dely suppressed Of
violently thwarted, cannot suld cnly be forced
into now channels and strange conditions,
without imminent danger :? II it be the
order Of Providence that one race, and that
the strongest. fierccst, and most egotistical,
should engross the whole globe, why, 4hcn,
fillibustcrsrh may bs5logical and right but
il each and every race Of pcoplc have d.
vine right to lis own peculiar life and mode
Of development on its own appropriate plat .
form, then all violent invasions, thereof Is
wrong. For VIC take il, all peoples, and M
TONS and tongues, are equally dear to the
great Father, and their gradual education
and increasing welfare, the object Of Til,
earthly l'robasion. We may isAst and revo.
'utionizc the world BY example, " arxu,
mcnt, by moral suasion, Tor these methods
arc in accordance with the divine laws I out
We may not subjugatc or cxterminate M.
ton, because it is century OF 50 behind us
10 commerce, productions, or the science d
government. - ,.azs,s,g.,s ,.f4....sT.
But why mincc words or disguize the
truth? The fact is. the enterprises for the
pretended spread Of civilization and iexten.
sion of freedom, got up by Walker and other
mount Glands Of his kidney, are simply or
CARNATIONS for the qualification Of inorl;nate
se'hshness and devlish lust !; and the scoun.
drels who PROJECT and prosecute them, would
as soon direct their energies against the
& model republic as against the "eftste des-
potisms" to the south Of Us. if they, could but
fiatter themselves with the expectaaioas d
success. Let every honest citizen disown
and hiss Thorn to scorn. tay fifio Isofst asft
Races must be analogous IN constitution
and character, To amalgamate kindly and "a
vantasconsly In thu absence II such con
di,ions, one race must absorb and ex,inyuiish
the othcr-and which shall dominate Kill Be
determined By strength Of numbers. live
have not scope and verge enough for growth
and dcvclopment--if our enterprise IS eramp-
ed and our industry paral,zed by lack u