Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-03-26
PRENCH MANIFEST DESTINY.

III hulDCEOI VI Il ah rs NpNh'A'b ClNNNh "
The present Legislature Of that country, says;
"The Cabinet Of Vienna and that of France, on
the contrary, l speak it with regret, have disagreed
upon important questions, and it required q most
eonciliatory spirit to succeed in arranging them
For instance, the reconstruction Of the Danubian
Principalities has not been completed without ma
ny difficulties, which diminished the full ~satisfac.
ton OF their most legitimate desires and il | we're
asked what interest France has in those distant
countries watered by the Danube, | should reply,
that the interest Of France is eceryichere ,ohere there
Is a first cause. and ,rhere civilization ought to be
made TO preUait."
This is leaving the Yankee nation out Of sight
80 far as The doctrine of poke-your-nose-into-
Soar-neighbor's business is concerned. Because
we have a pretty good slice Of North America, we
feel as though We were q manifest destiny protec'
torate for the entire continent, and give notice that
any interference in the affairs of nations in either
North or South America, we shal! consider as q
national insult forgetting, By the way. that if our
possession gives us the right thus to talk, England,
who owns about half of North America, may pos
sibly, as we'll as ourselves, have a little interest in
the matter, and o little right to talk and act in the
premises.
Although we are generally considered a fast peo-
pie, "the nephew Of my Uncle" is much faster, for
he claims THAT the interest of France is every
where where there is q first cause, and where civ
"ilization ought to be made to prevail" Upon this
principle we may some day expect France to inter-
fere in the settlement of our affairs, for it can nc
more be denied that there is "a first cause" in
this country, than that Civilization ought to be
made to prevail here" And this, says Napolean
the Little, is precisely the state Of things in the
x..,l..;oo ~ ub;ob Eronca faala IN infareat and
holds that she has a right to interfere.
REFRESHING CooLNEss.-On the first day Of the
extra session of the Senate, Mr.. Doolittle submit
ted the following for consideration
Resolved, "That tho President Of the United
States be advised to open negotiations with Spain
and with the nations south of us upon the conti-
nent for the removal of all illi5eral and onerous
restrictions upon trade and commerce between
them and their dependencies and theUnited States;
and also for acquiring in Iucatan and Central
and South America the rights and privileges OF
citizenship for the benefit OF such free persons OF
color of African descent as may voluntarily
desire to ~emigrate from the United States
and form themselves into a colony orcol
onies under the law of the United States.
in consideration Of the commercial advantages OF
trade with such colony or colonies. making and
securing the necessary and proper engagements
to maintain them in the enjoyment of the rights
and privileges acquired by such treaty or trea
ties"
If that isn't as coollJ i~mpudent as anything car
we'll be, we are no judge Of impudenco. This
government has never permitted a colored man
no matter how wealthy, how intelligent, or how
moral-to officially carry a bag of newspapers
Its latest development of negrophobie has been
70 deny by its Supreme Court that coored men
are not, and cannot be citizens Of the United
States, and this too with q full knowledge of what
4he country owes them for their services in the
war of the Revolution, and that of 1912.
Having thus robbed the colored nan Of citizen
ship. declaring he has no rights o white man il
bound to respect, Mr.. Dolittlo now proposes tina
We open negotiations with Yucatan &c for tht
purpose stated in the foregoing resolution. Sucf
a movement would be undoubtedly crowned with
emminent success. tor if any Of the government;
referred t., should hesitate about giving citizen
ship to the colored Ewigrants from heUnitCdS!ates
our Envoy Extraordinary would certainly be able tC
convince them that they ought to do the very op
posite of what we had done, and give tho citizen
ship we denied. A slight hint that u refusal SO tc
do would be considered II justifable cause for wal
would doubtless have a tendency to quicken theil
perception, and e~nlightcn them as to the reason
ableress Of our demand.