The People's vindicator., 1874-06-27
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A'ns' anu = proud and grateful that
WHY WE SHOULD ANNEX.
Now, let us annex the is|and,.
ln'ok now we co,ld build up that
whaling trade [Th,ugh under our
courts and judges it mslt soon he AZ
impossible for whaleshils t, rcnacz-
vous there without being ,.,ced and
"pa''ed" by sailors and pcsjfoygers
as it now is in San Francisco, 1 nI,cr
the shippers shup as they wouldGrks
and shoals.] Let US annex. v,
could make sugar enough there ),
supply all America, perhaps, and the
prices would be very easy with the
duties removed. And then We would
have such a fine halfway house for
our Participating ships and such a
convenient supply depot and such a
commanding sentry-box for an armed
squadron; and we could raise cotton
and coffee there and make it pay
pretty well, with the duties off and
capital easier to get at. And then We
would own the mightiest volcano on
earth.-Kilauea! Baruum could run
it-he understands fires now. Let US
annex, by all means. We could paci-
fy Prince Bill and other mobiles easily
enough---put them on a reservation.
where he has his annual hoes, and
Bibles and blankets to trade for pow.
der and whisky-a sweet Arcadian
retreat fenced in with soldiers. BY
annexing, We would get all those 50,
900 natives cheap as dirt, with their
morals and other diseases thrown il.
No expense for education-they are
,already educated no need to convert
them they are already converted;
no expense to clothe them-tOr OBJ
vlOuS reasons.
We must annex those people. We
can attlict them with our wise and
benehcent government. We can in
troduce the novelty ofthieves, all the
way up from street.car pickpokets to
J municipal robbers and Government
! defaulters, and show them how anus
! ing it is to arrest them and try them
and then turn them loose-some for
: cash and some for political influence
! We eau make them ashamed of their
! simple and primitive justice. We
can do away with their occasional
. hanglngs for murder, and let them
: have Judge Pratt to teach them how
to save imperled Avery-assassins tt
society. We can give them some Bar.
uards to keep their money corpora.
4 tions out Of difficulties. Wecan give
them juries composed entirely of the
most simple aud charming leather
heads. We can give them railway
corporations who will buy their Leg
4 islatures like old clothes, and rul
over their best citizens and complain
, of the corpses for smearing their un
!. 81 pleasant juices on the track. In place
u ofharmless and vaporing Harris. vi
i can give them Tweed. We can le
J. them have, Connolly ; we can loa'
= them Sweny; we can furnish then
J. some Jay Goulds who will do ava.
y with their old.time notions that steal
Il l, ing is not respectable. We can con
u u fer Woodruff and Clatliu on them
9 Aud George Francis Train. We ca
), ), give them lecturers | will 90 my
!. self.
y We can make that little bunch Il
u sleepy islands tie hottest corner o
y. earth, and array it in the moral splen
- dor of our high and holy civilization
10 10 Annexation is what the poor islander
10 10 need. "Shall We to mon benlghted
- - the lamp Of life deny :" .
)" MARK TWAIN.