American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-03-24
EfrY OF LANCASTER:
rhn1sdny Morning, Mar.24,Is59.
Calirornia EIOQuence.

Siskiyou has the hon9r ofsupplying, ID
in the person Of w. F. Watkins, the wit OF
the present Legislature. This gentleman
has made one or two speeches that must
hand his name down to antiquity On
Monday last, he made another effort "h'cb
was highly Characteristic, The debate
was upon the following resolution
Resolvsd, That the interest of our whole
country demand that the Government ot
The United States should. if possible ac'
uuirs by negotiation or other fair MEANS
such portion Of the Territory OF Nicaragua
as is necessary to secure for all time TO
come. a free transit Of the lsthmus OF Mic
Several members had left of bunconnbs
speeohes on this fruitful theme, when Mr..
Watkins took the word,' and as reported
in the Sacramento Union. said:
am opposed to the discussion on this
Question If IT is in order, move that al
these questions be referred to, every mar
who is sspirant for Congress. Laughter ,
lam opposed to the discussion OF any such
ouestiens. THERE'S an old maxim, 'Whtr
in Rome do as Romans do and, as patrl
otism, fllibustering, ect, seem 10 DC n'
order Of the day, am going to count my
self in. TL,ughter.1 The gentleman
from San Joaquin (Mr. LssPepre) . wansee
to know if we've the American PeoP't
must lie supinsly on our backsT..
would like to know in what other position
we are agoing to lie? [Laughter1 ID
o,so sars. .Wbat are the French feet do
ing in the Atlantic OCeanY It's my o
pinion that they are laying oil for
chance to shoot into our ships AMI re
spectfully say to the French or any othe
nation, that if they only shoot into ou
ships two or three times. we don't care
but when they come to and 3, let ,en
LOOK out for earthquakes. Laughter :
Sir, the car of progression is travelling ias
Already It has scaled the peaks OF the All
eghenies fearlessly crossed the Noc
Mountains and the snow clad oierraS
and is hustning on to leave its burnln
axle in the waters of the calm Pacific
That once dwipdling institution known
the American flag, is now know as "a
greatest institution Of the world; ana tns
same little band that so brayely fought
Bunker Hill. Saratoga and Yorktow
have. (Remainder Of the sentent
was inaudible..) Fellow citizens (Laugi
ter.l II is no wonder that we are so p'
gilistic in our duty, when we take I'M
Consideration that we're able to lick IL
ballance Of creation, singly, because VeN
got more money. A man that has hui
dred thousand dollars in his pocket lee
that he could whip most anything. and
nation with swelling resources is bouna
throw over any nation not SO rlch as tnf
are. 1t is on this principal that we lick'
the Iniuus in the days Of yore; and we Il
tend to keep on licking them till we ha'
finished them or exLerminated ourseive
(Laughter.) We may, perhaps, save
few for specimens. Before l 60 any III
ther l would suggest that we pass bill
declare war. Well, tie people may ask
the car Of progress cannot be stopped
[ say, most emphatically, that it can
You can'tstop it, all you can do is to st
aside and give it "a chance. Our desti
IS 10 rule the sea, aud go careering ov
space: we're bound to annex creati
sometime. Taking, perhaps, the sal
lien that the Quaker gave his son: &C
t,,orey, honestly if you can; but anyho
sci mclley"-if wo cant get Nicaragua
Sraceable means, we'll knock her DO
and drag her out. Laughter, It's
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