To: Crocodile who wrote (1044 ) 1/10/2004 12:27:47 PM From: marcos Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1293 ' This people must cease to hold slaves, and to make war on Mexico ... .... There are thousands who are in opinion opposed to slavery and to the war, who yet in effect do nothing to put an end to them; who, esteeming themselves children of Washington and Franklin, sit down with their hands in their pockets, and say that they know not what to do, and do nothing; who even postpone the question of freedom to the question of free-trade, and quietly read the prices-current along with the latest advices from Mexico, after dinner, and, it may be, fall asleep over them both. What is the price-current of an honest man and patriot to-day? They hesitate, and they regret, and sometimes they petition; but they do nothing in earnest and with effect. They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy the evil, that they may no longer have it to regret. At most, they give only a cheap vote, and a feeble countenance and Godspeed, to the right, as it goes by them.'eserver.org That 'Commerce' Department proposal was just more opportunistic sleaze, trying to take advantage of the change of prime ministre .... Campbell and de Jong shame british columbians in their failure to state the plain truth of the matter - we are far from beaten, we've taken many casualties and we'll take more, still we remain independent and firmly in the right .... no considerable effort has been made to present our case to the US public, this is gross negligence as we obviously have a majority of weak and uninformed allies down there ... granted it is difficult to awaken them, as Thoreau points out, however you have to at least try, because as long as the mafiosos are left to free reign in Washington, it will continue to be John L O'Sullivan versus Johnny Canuck