The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-01-11

Lndb sue Is l0IorlOT Citner II pOpuit-
ton OF IN wealth. So far as the thir-
teen original States are concerned,
~tharefore, / have no complaint to
make, net the least in the world, that
the population of some of them is
very small as compared with the pop
ulation of others but when it Comes
to admitting new States into the Union,
then l Gs say it 10 of most evil exam
pie to give forty or City thousand pee
pie IN one portion OF the Union that
coequal. ri sht viii b is possessed by
four millioc people in New York and
therefore, if there were no other Iea-
son Than this-I an not prepared now,
and would not be prepared in the case
l have supposed, to admit Dominica
as a State.
But, sir, passing from that, I am
| opposed to It for another reason. This
scheme contemplates the acquisition
east OTTO n~inica; secondly it couton.
ph9tes the acquisition of the remainder
of the island, the republic of IIayti,
by force or by n rigue. 1t ccnten =
plates that, per fos aut Ssfas. Hayti
is to be annexed. That is the mean
ing of it. Nobody can believe that il
the United States get Dominica they
will stop there. Nobody entertains
any such opinion. "Ts:o WHOLE" if
not bouudless continent" boundless
island, ia to be eurs if we eyer set q
loot of ownership upon n single
inch of Il.
The next objection / have to the
scheme /, that tho inevitable result O:
it must be an. increase of the Army
and Nary. In my Judgment they
are both too great already. In my
Judgment a republican country needs
no such great standing army, and the
experience of the last war proves that
We need no great navy in time of
peace. But annex dominica and
forthwith you will be compelled to in
crease your Army and to increase your
Navy, and thereby increase the cx-
penses OF the Government.
Again. sir, I am opposed to this
scheme because it. is another one OF
the mighty strides that have been tax.
en- toward c~entralizing oil power in
the General Government, overthrow
ing everything ike the Reserved right:
of the States and thc people. Once
begfm The policy OF having o Sc: nj
Outlying States, Of having ! ser Of
States peopiedewith natives of q differ
ent languagsAfr0m :onrs, with .difer-
ent customs from oure, q different civ
ilizatior from ours, AID the rule OF the
bayonet will become almost a necessity,
and every instance OF bayonet rule
that takes place in the country is 8
precedent set up in favor of despoism
Every instance of bayonet rule, o.
bayonet interference wirh elections, o
bayonet interference with the reservrc
!. rights of the people, of bay onets useo
To overthrow OF control State govern
ments or the people of States-every
such instance that goes unrebuked is ,
fortress built by despotism in the very
heart of the country 10 destroy thu
liberties Of the people.
Sir, you will extend this and mag
nity il. ~thousaudfold if sou once be
gin On this great scheme OF outlayins
States. / do not say that there nigh
not be territory beyond the limits o
the Republic that We ought to acquire
5territoryI think the inie
est of the country would require US
to annex If it could be done with tn,
free. voluntary, cheerful consent of it
people; but this Is not such q schem,
rs that. This is the Inauguration o
a scheme OF conquest. 1t is the III
auguradon-of' ascheme by which W
are ios have n great colonial system
like Great Britain, by which we are t,
conquer territory as England has con
tquered Hlndostan. 1t is a scheme b,
which the aggregation of territory i
to be marked, every mile, by +. otstept
in blood and by tyranny. That i.
what this scheme comtemplates. L
comes before u.s., like the first deduc-
ton, with all the beauties that can b,
thrownHaround it by the grace of rite
ORIG OF the beauties that can lie shown
Flo The, eye or excited in the imagina
ton. But that is tine way the temper
always comes. No temper ever came
vi h a forbidding aspect. lie Away,
comes c.othedin beauty and utterins
words that are music Itself. BuI j
becomes Senators, men who ought moi
TO be seated here NJ all. to look thro
all this rose color that is thrown
around-;he subject and see what is t.
be the fatal end OF this scheme ii 1t b.
pursued Of tie end. ~
1t is,-Mr. President, for these rea
sons. because Lam opposed TO the an
nexation OF the republic OF Dominica
40 a State because / am opro- Ell to
acquiring Hayti by force or byFfraud /;
because ] am Opposed u an increa: e
of the Army and Navy; because ] am
oppoa ed to Increasing The expenses OF
1.-THE Government, and because I sm
infposed 20 taking any further step, in
lBhatI think, with all defence 10 9th
efs, is the downward road we are
treading toward a consoiidsted despo-
;ism in this land. that l must give my
vote at every stage OF the case, FROM
FIRST to list, against all propositions
that look to the annexation of Dom n.
ira.
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