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the sacrifice, in the most conspicuous and unfading<lb/> | the sacrifice, in the most conspicuous and unfading<lb/> | ||
colours.</p> | colours.</p> | ||
<add>So much as between Mexico and Columbia. How as between Mexico and all other Nations.</add> As, by refusal of this cession, would stand forth in the eyes of other Nations in the light of an enemy of their common welfare, so by consent to it, she would establish herself in the character- the conspicuous, the indisputable, the indelible character, not simply of a common friend, but of a benefactress: a common universal and unexampled benefactress. To her they would behold themselves indebted - not merely for a benefit, <gap/> but for such a benefit as unless it were undesignedly and on all parts unexpectedly without design or expectation on the part of the benefactor the Nations of the earth , taken in the aggregate, never yet received at the hands of any one. | <p><add>So much as between Mexico and Columbia. How, as between Mexico and all other Nations.</add> As, by refusal of this cession, Mexico would <lb/> | ||
stand forth in the eyes of other Nations in the light <lb/> | |||
of an enemy of their common welfare, so by consent <lb/> | |||
to it, she would establish herself in the character - the conspicuous, <lb/> | |||
the indisputable, the indelible character, - not <lb/> | |||
simply of a common friend, but of <add>a benefactress:</add> a common, <add>universal</add> and <lb/> | |||
unexampled benefactress. To her they would behold themselves <lb/> | |||
indebted <add>- not merely</add> for a benefit, <del><gap/></del> but for such a benefit as unless <lb/> | |||
it were <del>undesignedly and on all parts unexpectedly</del> <add>without design or expectation on the part of the benefactor</add> <lb/> | |||
the Nations of the earth , taken in the aggregate, never yet <lb/> | |||
received at the hands of any <hi rend="underline">one</hi>. Gratitude is therefore<lb/> | |||
an affection, of which, in so far as in minds so situated, <lb/> | |||
any such social affection can have place, she will be <lb/> | |||
an object in all eyes: in the eyes of the present generation <lb/> | |||
and of all future ones. By Spain and Spain alone, can any <lb/> | |||
exception <add>to this observation</add> be afforded. <del><gap/> <gap/></del> But, no longer than the <lb/> | |||
present delerium lasts, can this exception last: nations <lb/> | |||
are not, like individuals, exposed to any such lamentable <lb/> | |||
disease, as insanity <unclear>cooeval</unclear> with existence - insanity <lb/> | |||
beyond the reach of cure.</p> | |||
1822 June 21.
Junctiana Proposal {Pencil} S. Mexicos Inducements.
than a sacrifice of personal interest ill-understood , to
personal well understood: still so difficient to
human weakness is every such sacrified, so imperfectly
understood as yet is the connection between social
and personal interest - the characters of generosity would
not the less assuredly stamp themselves, upon the face of
the sacrifice, in the most conspicuous and unfading
colours.
So much as between Mexico and Columbia. How, as between Mexico and all other Nations. As, by refusal of this cession, Mexico would
stand forth in the eyes of other Nations in the light
of an enemy of their common welfare, so by consent
to it, she would establish herself in the character - the conspicuous,
the indisputable, the indelible character, - not
simply of a common friend, but of a benefactress: a common, universal and
unexampled benefactress. To her they would behold themselves
indebted - not merely for a benefit, but for such a benefit as unless
it were undesignedly and on all parts unexpectedly without design or expectation on the part of the benefactor
the Nations of the earth , taken in the aggregate, never yet
received at the hands of any one. Gratitude is therefore
an affection, of which, in so far as in minds so situated,
any such social affection can have place, she will be
an object in all eyes: in the eyes of the present generation
and of all future ones. By Spain and Spain alone, can any
exception to this observation be afforded. But, no longer than the
present delerium lasts, can this exception last: nations
are not, like individuals, exposed to any such lamentable
disease, as insanity cooeval with existence - insanity
beyond the reach of cure.
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