Republican Imperialism Is Not American Liberty (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Republican Imperialism Is Not American Liberty The momentous events that have transpired in our own land, the knowledge of which has burst upon me with such terrific suddenness and certainty; and the horrid echoes of fraternal strife that roll across the continent, to stir here the deep emotions of the soul and agitate the mind with the convulsive throes of dismay; banish from thought surrounding attractions that would, under any other circumstances, hold the traveler with their flowery chain, and transport the whole moral being back to its native country. Country! Have we any longer a country? I do not mean land and a formulary of government, with its executive patronage, army, navy and varied instrumentalities of power which may become converted into agencies of tyranny. But have we the country bequeathed to us by our fathers? An inheritance of freedom and constitutional rights? Inalienable liberty guarded by law? A government around which the confidence and the affections of all the people cluster? The secession of States, the assumption of ungranted powers, and the adoption of a coercive administrative policy at Washington, give sad answer to the question. And resulting as these have in a civil war of more terrible proportions and disastrous results than any hitherto known to man, it becomes every heir of American freedom, wherever he may be, to discard all partialities and prejudices, resulting from merely sectional attachments and interests, and all considerations of past party affiliations; and to examine the great political principles of government underlying and endangered by this contest, with reference to the determination of the duties devolved on him by varied responsibilities. I cannot disregard the imperiousness of this decision. Born in freedom, nurtured in freedom, and enjoying its boundless blessings through manhood, I know no other but the lesson it inculcates of cherishing it unimpared for future generations. I have no heart for further narrative or for reflections on incidental topics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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