The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-29

with England, we acquired under
the administration OF Polk, /,
North Carolinian, a Tennesseeal
and a Southerner, our territory ol,s
the Pacific, north of California,
from which we have received the
States of Washington, Oregon and
and Idaho. In 1913 we acquired, ).
under the same Polk, that vast
territory of Mexico from which
we have the great Statas Of Cali
fornia, Nevada and Utah, part
Of Colorado and Wyoming and the
Territories of New Mexico and Ar
iona. In 1867 we acquired by
purchase from Russia, Alaska, un-
der the administration of Andrew.
Johnson, q North Carolinian,
Tennesseean and Southerner.
Thus we have accounted for every
State that has come into this In
ion, and all of the Territories since
the revolution except Vermont and
Maine. Vermont was in many re-
spects a State during the revolu-
ton, and her SONS fought gallantly
in that contest under the name of
the "Green Mountain Boys" 1t.
was a Northern Territory and came
into the Union in 1871, the first
State after the revolution. Maine
was a part of Massachusetts, North
ern territory, and was admitted in
1920. Thus we see that all the
States and all the territories that
have come into the Union since
the revolution, and the District of
Columbia, were either the gifts of
Southern States or
ACQUIRED UNDER SOUTHERN pREsI-
DENTS,
except the little States of Vermont
and Maine, which came from the
North. Under the gift of Vir-
ginia, the government acquired all
the land west OF the old thirteen
States to the Mississippi river,
under the purchase from France
of Louisiana; under the adminis-
tration Of Jefferson, Southerner,
the government acquired all the
land from the Mississippi to the
Rockies; under the purchase from
Spain, by Monroe, a Southerner,
! the government acquired Florida,
the only new acquired territory on
the Atlantic; under the purchase
from England by Polk, a Caro-.
linian, q Tennessean, q Southern.
er, the government acquired al
the land on the Pacific down te
North California; under the ad
ministration of Tyler, a South
erner, she acquired Texas, an EN-
pire within itself; under the same
Polk, she acquired New Mexico
and all her territory on the Pa
cifc south of Oregon, a territor.
larger than the United States a
the close of the revolution; unde
E Johnson, Tennessean and
Southerner, she acquired the Ter
: ritory of Alaska. Patrick Henry
a Southerner, set the ball of tn
revolution in motion by his elec
trio eloquence of "Give me lib
erty, or give me DEATH
jefferson, Southerner, wrot
. the immortal Declaration of Inde
pendence; Washington, a South
erner, enforced by the sword wha
:, Henry had declared in words. II
;, also commenced the birth of til
new government by writing le
ter to the Governor of each of til
States requesting them to mes
in convention to form a bett'
and stronger government for the
country. Madison, Southerne
was the father of the Constitution
and all the great amendments
>, the Constitution that special
= protect life, liberty and proper
were inserted under the infuen
. of the same Jefferson, Sout
:, erner. Marshall, q Southerne
construed the Constitution. O
flag which once floated on eve
- navigable lake, river and ocean
- the civilized world, the lovele
" flag that Gods sun e'er shone G
49, was designed by Reed, a Sout
!, erner, and the "Star Spangl
- Banner" was written by Fran
~ S. Key, another Southerner.
~ :, the war of 1872 all was gloom I
~ ~ til there appeared in the northe
!, skies rainbow on which "
:. . written: Winfield Scott, Sou
- erner, has whipped at the point
= the bayonet at London's Lane,
= very troops that conquered Ma,
- leon at Waterloo. Turning
=. 80 the South there appeared anot
49, rainbow f;joy, and upon it '
swritten: Andrew Jackson, No
- ECarolinian, a Tennessean AM
Southerner, has whipped with