Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-04-22

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20 our protection necessarily implies that the nation
which attempts make such ronqucsts, and hold such
colonies, must always have large standing army and
large ami powerful fleet. England may hold colonies Ut
any distance from home She has a fleet 20 hold inter
course with them 20 send % them 90 protect them against
invasion She has an army which She can transport by
her cet, and put 10 position hold and 20 defend any
colony Of which they may choose take possession.-
ihat is all contrary to our Institutions. We have no
large army and we expect nOnc and we desire TO AVOID
M that policy which shall require In the next
place, whe have great and extensive and powerful
navy We expect none, and we are opposed TO any poll
ley Whch shall require US 90 nave one h"tn 'n''.
things will be necessary, however, when thus pohcy oi
foreign acquisition Is once entered upon
Mr. President think that it cannot Dc disguised that
the undertaking 20 entertain policy Of This kind seems
% be based upon the notion that our people have ccr-
tain voracitv for obtaining land and country which
utterly irresistible and uncomfortable. This has been
designated by highsoundng napes it is said 20 be an
ndrmi,y of the Anglosaxon family, donot know that
IL Is peculiar 70 them. am sensible that our people
have desire for land, bat they want 1t % be pretty
good soil and such they use themselves. have
thought that one OF the most powerful rnoaches of mat
sort Of feeling was found 10 an incident related Stone
Lfc Of Brandt. Our people would go beyond the Ohio
against the Indians. The Indians thought after
treaty with England that we had no right beyond thc
Ohio, without a treaty with them Our people would go
there They went there from a quarter, uf the c0uu-
trv and got into controversy with thc Indians They
had severe Indian war. and they penetrated at one
Time under General ST. Clair. pretty far into tho Indian
country They encountered the Indians there and were
most fatally defeated They lcd from the field, and cit
large numbers on the ground when few DAYS amer
wards they returned 10 bury their dead the, found the
mouths Of all those dead people stuffed ul OF earth,
saying, IN the symbolic language Of the Indians 'you
would have earth take your hl 1f H. It's supposed
hnt this great desire f1f obtaining land D. SO uncouol-
liable and voracous, that You have nothing 90 do hut
present project 20 obtain land. and is totally inmate
rial with what u Is cncumbcrcd 10 is totally immnicrn
where u is situated, the blind aydiiy Of This people
such that they be made % swallow without dscrm-
uaton and the proposition is presented 90 thcm much
as they were like the ostrich, OF like the shark follow
ing ship, 20 which YOU can throw even hot stone no
matter whether 70 dgesthc not they will swallow
IT, do not believe that this presumption upon The vo.
rncy Of our people in relation 90 land, ON account OF
their supposed determination and blind proceeding, is
Wen founded believe the people NJ this country, not-
whsandng all their desire for land capable Of un-
dersmndng whether what is now presented 10 them Us
adapted 20 their wants, and 90 reject D. If is not,
II we search the history ~ our country for maniiesa
tons ot the disposition OF THIS nation upon that topic
mink snail be fully borne out M my presumiun mat
her proceedings have been conducted WIN great lls-
rmnation and they have obtained only such hcquisi-
Inns as were adapted 10 thcir wants Wha nave they
oocn me hfst was me obtaining OF Lotis'na' MhAl
"As ti Almost miIlion OF square mites oi country
a'eui e-thfd of aii We own nov" almost utterly wih-
haMie' "iin only French 'Hiement down al tne
noah oi the Mississippi ana hero ana there ti'fed
lnaAn post IL was territory adjoining 90 our.eN.s'
i Was an 'Afehs'e region 70 country, ni great i1puitt
exactly adapted io c wants oi oor people omen to ihcr
s.Nemcgt Dc small frenc1 ,'lcmrut Af thr mouth
oi iho Mississippi, though 10 might bc regarded as
thgnt mcumhrancc being composed OF people who were
Foreigners 90 u.s. was so slight ts 90 De matter of very
little 0r no consideration r. was clearly that when
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