It was delivered into the hands of the barbarians, without, as I can find, any public reclamation on our part, not only in contravention to one of the fundamental treaties that compose the public law of Europe, but in defiance of the fundamental colonial policy of Spain herself.
Burke condemns the lack of protest against the transfer of territory to barbaric powers.
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It was not made to entice the smell of a mole, nuzzling and burying himself in his mother earth, as yours is.
In some people I see great liberty, indeed; in many, if not in the most, an oppressive, degrading servitude.
This is the result of all the delusions held out to engage a miserable people in rebellion, murder, and sacrilege, and to make them prompt and zealous instruments in the ruin of their country!
Let us imitate their caution, if we wish to deserve their fortune or to retain their bequests.
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