CHAPTER XXIV.
TREATMENT OF THE INDIANS BY THE UNITED STATES.
"We were born on this spot; our fathers lie buried in it. Shall we say to the bones of our fathers—'Arise and come with us into a foreign land?' "—Speech of a Canadian Indian to the French invaders.
It was to be hoped that that great republic, the United States of North America, having given so splendid an example of resistance to the injustice of despotism, and of the achievement of freedom in a struggle against a mighty nation, calculated to call forth all the generous enthusiasm of brave men, would have given a practical demonstration of true liberty to the whole world: that they would have shewn that it was possible for a republic to exist, which was wise and noble enough to be entirely free: that the sarcasm of Milton should not at least be thrown at them—
License they mean when they cry liberty!
