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will unfurl in their place, the benign Banners of peace, freedom, safety and prosperity. - Such are the designs of Providence - the labors of its love- its, great, universal law of Good; and no matter how much the weak and the unreflecting may deplore its operations, it is never- theless a law which neither you, nor I, nor any human power can annul or resist. - Civilization is the spirit of the age - the order of nature - the mandate of heaven; and the nation that wars against its principles - that opposes itself to its progress, and seeks to em- balm and eternize the degradation of humanity is an enemy to the best interest of the world-a traitor to the dignity of our species - a foe to all that is beautiful and lovely and excellent; and virtually assumes the attitude of daring defiance to Deity himself. - Central America has long been the theatre of a foreign influence, prejudicial to my country and not directed to the good of that. - That balefulinfluence is still felt in Nicaragua; and is now in active operation against the ratification of the Treaty. Under its evil-dominion, Nicaragua sees every thing in a false and perverted light. She doubts her own senses - discards her own understand- ing - distrusts every thing; and seemingly believes in nothing except that the United States is the Pandimonium of all that is wicked and ferocious. Friendship to the United States is treason to Nicaragua. This seems to be her motto. She has been taught to regar~ the gov- ernment at Washington City as her pretended friend and insidious foe; and that Nicaragua, has indeed no friends-no protectors- except France and Great Britain. Such are the inculcations of her anti- republican, and ante-American advisers. "Do you not remember" - say these Foreign interlopers - "Do you not remember that it was rumored some time since that the three great powers of the earth - France, England and the United States - were about to send their Plenipotentiaries to unite in the celebration of a common convention with the government of Nicaragua? - And what was to be the object of that triple or quadruple treaty? - Do you not know that it was, on the part of the European powers- to secure this country against American inovation and aggression- to save this country from the filibustering rapacity of the United States? Had that diplomatic con- vocatory taken place, it would have crowned Nicaragua with immortal honor; and her sovereignty would have been founded upon the most solid and durable basis. And what has prevented it! The Cass and Irizarri Treaty. Your Minister at Washington City has thwarted those powers in the good they intended. He has, by his treaty with that Government, invited the very evils which they had designed to avert;- for that Treaty opens the door to the enemies of your race; and bids them enter and take possession of the country. We advise you, therefore, to reject the convention at all hazzard, and to throw yourselves upon the magnanimity and chivalry of those two powerful nations."- Such is the leprous distillment which foreigners have poured into the ears of a credulous people; and it is to be lamented that it should have had the poisonous effects intended; for it has.not only perverted and misguided the better judgment of this country; but it is now engendering pas,;ions which are more likely to conduct to evil than to good. - It is painful to think that a civilized nation
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