The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-27

grow; they are not made with hands Texas
and California were conquered by Sam Houston;
Scott and Taylor merely ratified the occupation.
These things are not done by naa5ns at large
with malice prepsnse. Do you suppose the Brit
ish nation foresaw in that little sally OF Olive
from Fort st. David, at the head Of 200 men. q
conquest which should end in tho British East
Indian Empire OF to-day Hardly, you say.
Well, !,o Of the manifest destiny Of this CONT
ilent. State departments and laws OF neutrality
may Il hpede progress, but cannot stop 1t. There
is outS ndia; full OF silver end god, and cofTaes
and sfsces, and the incense OF the tropics; where
gloritIAs women invite the invader, and where
stheret1re gely miserable apologies for men 10
repel Aim. DO You know Whist makes country
fitto tss conquered and Whist makes ID Tho duty
Of the cossansror 10 walk inf When the women
OF any ao{Afy turn their backs upon Its men.
and give to ths ssalwart invader the weiooms of
their smiles affb their bJspms, thst country must
be conquered Bueh is Mexico psoplsd with q
miserable, paltry race OF men, who hsve dsgenss
rated unsil their women despiss Them"
In this manber Thomas will rattls away for an
hour in q vein Of part romsnos, part philosophy,
| and part anecdote-the most magnetic tslker [
| ever listened to.
| But there ID logic in his rofnsnoe, o en- eustion
| in his poetry and msthoi In his madness gsn
orally, which cannot fail to be observed. oven in
his Ipftiess flights Of imagefy. Bnt when he gels
to details he pours forth 8 volume of military
knowledge, OF The science OF strategy Ct tho
art OF governing, Of political eoonomy-in short,
of oil the combined lore OF warfare and State
oraft--wbich sets you in mszsment as to how or
when in his busy devimay-cars career he has
| found time to study and learn all these things.
| Pm him down at Guayma3 to-day with force
enough to seize the capital OF the Ststs, and by
tomorrow morpiog he would have ready plan
of provisional government, q system Of police
and scheme OF revenue.
| But have devoted mns space TO Thomas
than intended when bsgan. At present he il
quietly working out The praotich prsliminsriss ol
bis plan. The outory In The newspapers does mol
disturb him. repor; or went to him and askef
him 10 give an authoriz ID version OF ths story o.
his sehems.
iLet The story stand as ID H., he replied.
"But," persisted the reporter, 81 am told tina
you have been misrepresentod.'
i "Quits likely" sid Thomas. " But those per
tions OF the story which are trno will help tb
eause, and / don't see how those portions wboi
! are not true can ipjuro it lot ii go as il ia
Take glass OF brandy"
The chief obstacle 10 tho movement is Tho dif
fculy Of procuring fun1s. Men enough, and b
spare. are rosdy aud anxious, but there is NJ
transportation for them TO the scene Of action
snd, moreover, Thomas 10 too good soldier =
i move without supplies at hand. HsRotistions 10
funds are therefore in progress. But yoi, kDos
IL Ia not easy 10 raise million dollars In minute
even on g. oi commercial paper. How muc
more diff cult it II TO got men TO stake that vas
, sum upon the desperate fortunes OF an enterpfis
, which will not only hsve TO fight an onemyin IL
:, front, but which must first run gauntlet Q
: neutrality laws and red tape before 1t can ev5
, get at Its enemy, il is not necessary 10 explain
9 This, as you know. is not Vaughn Thomas frs
Y movement in the path OF manifest destiny.
will not be his last either; for he will never on
4 till no finds success or destb and tho dream c
d his 1fs ~ that both may come together in
o blaze Of gloTy mi ramparts scaled.
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