| Show the present revolution foretold sixty five years ago one ono of the english field officers who served against the united states during the revolutionary war after his return to england englard wrote an account of his hla life and adventures adventure which was published in london ili in 1801 E in many respects he was a remarkable mani man but most remarkable in the prophecies he uttered at philadelphia about the year 1793 which were published in Ns ils lis autobiography in 1801 these prophecies now coming to pass constituted portions of a conversation held at the dinner table of genf general ral rai dickenson lic ilc kenson brother to the famous dickenson Dick enson euson better known to many at that day by his non de plume of the pennsylvania farmer I 1 upon a certain occasion only a few weeks after peace had been definitely concluded between the thirteen colonies become independent states and grgat great britain gene general ral rai dickenson requested the English mahs mans opinion of our government and its stability alls ails ire lre reply R y wab was as as follows sir r as long ong as general washington and t the he pr pi ro pal pai military characters and leading men in in congress who hae hare b brought ht about this revolution are alive the government government will remain as it is united but when all of you are in lia your graves there will be wars and rumors of war in this country there are too many different interests in it for them to be united under g one government just as this war commenced you were going to feht among yourselves and would haye have f aught had rad the british not interfered you then one and all ali united against us as your common enemy but one of these days the northern arld arid southern powers will fig fight t as vigorously vigorous units against each gach other as aa the they both have united to do against the brifil british this country when its population shall be completed is large arge enough for three great empires look gentlemen at the map of it view bow irregular lar the provinces are laid out running into each other look particularly at the sate spate of new york it extends one hundred and fifty i miles in length due north and in no place in breadth aboe fifteen or twenty miles mile no country can be said ti t have a boun loun boundary auntry dary or frontier roh reh ren tier unless its exterior limits are marked by an river niver or chain of mountains not to be passed but in particular places the great finger of nature has distinctly pointed out three extensive boundaries in your country the north river the first tha th great potomac which runs three hundred miles from rom alexander to the geay beas gea sea the second and the mississippi the third and last when the country of kentucky is completely settled and the back country further on the banks anks of the 1511 mississippi p i hall shail be become ome ous and powerful do To you you think thy they ever er will be subjected to a government seated at philadelphia or new york at the distance of so BO manc hundred miles but such a defee lon tion ion will not happen for a long period of time until antii the inhabitants of that country become numero numerous usand and powerful the northern and southern powers will first divide and contend in arms I 1 will risk a further opinion relative to america should I 1 live to a good old age I 1 am confident that I 1 shall hear bear a of the ele northern and southern powers in america waging war with each other when one party will wil solicit assistance from france the other from great britain it will then depend on the judgment of those men who at that period may be at the head ot of the british and french councils whether or not they will interfere in american disputes in opinion it it would be better belter fsr for both countries to let them settle the matter among themselves 1 I will be so bold as to offer another opinion ve should give up canada and nova kova scottin to the americans provided we could mak make this sacrifice the fouR foundation dation of an alliance offensive and defensive with the united states then we never should be obliged to send the prime erime rne of the british army to die like rotten sheep h ep in the west india islands in america we could recruit forces for the wet west indies with men inured to the hot climate who would not suffer buffer by death and sickness in any degree equal to the new levies sent from england with the additional advantage of keeping our army entire and in full vigor at home I 1 anxiously hope and ancl trust I 1 shail live to seb geb the da dax day when an alliance offensive and defensive wi will r ibe be formed between the two countries as great britain and america may defy the united powers of all europe surely such an aliance between the two cau countries atries would be more advantageous and natural for both than with france I 1 remember nober perfectly ly well general acken sos sob so is betly reply to my ti pinion opinion god forbid rot roy bid that I 1 should shout ever live to see that day or that such a dire diro should ever evier befall my rny country after moy nay deatel yet I 1 afraid that there may mily bi be kome iome beme aeme jut jutt y ground of sus BUS piet on for the foundation of jour your you opinions ioui loui i agin again in another place the english officer 1 arfin arks tha tha americans americana at that timp time aced irn the tle tuest t aest of lib arty a d hone bone ty L tte did they suspect that so eo J cuip uy g as thy th y now aie are as ais arl an indea lider rider t nation tur for fur their independency has excised only about twenty odd oid years dating from 1776 I 1 vei ves allty and cor tor corruption 6 phoud be ud have dished its ascendant y with such rapid strides of which A e have at th 3 day such convincing convince in 0 pro proofs fg for al although trough the star staf st s of 0 amed amelica ica re not thirty ye rs old i fantast fant buey sUey tf ey may ha ba cal cai called led as a power yet veterans vete rais raib rats are they in I 1 corruption and state intrigue lut iut rigie I 1 clam no great greata r merit for my opinions opinion relative to america than is du due e to mother shipton who j prop london would go to hamp stad atad st at ad and we all know that its it s abrady ar riv d within a few hundred yards of it on further observation I 1 r collect I 1 made at general dickensons Dicken sons sona table in process of time when buur W stern territories are arc perfectly settled from the ohio to t e mississippi which in t me cannot fail to be herff perfected c and wh n your west vest western rn and southern colonies become in population ai numerous I 1 as the sands of the s a then ni will ill lii the riches of po os 03 atra atrach ct the attention of the ameri arneri cans to the conquest of mexico an I 1 peru this is an object which from the magnitude of its wealth is certain in time to take place pirce but as th it t cannot happen for at least afif y or an hundred years the mexican anwar war occurred frev I 1 fi give five years atter aher these words were print I 1 j 1 ed and nd about fifty after they were wr nten iten teri terl I 1 think gentlemen we should not rost postpone pone takina a part of the wealth of that country imme latey lates there therefore fore fote I 1 freely offer my services to the congress on such an tion tons and on my honor I 1 will serve them as faithfully as I 1 have my kinland king and coun country tryl fr I 1 am a soldier of fortune so 0 taking the bottle I 1 filled a glass and antl drank to an expedit on against the goi got golen colen en spaniard my toast was productive of much laughter mirth and gool butnor burnor hurn burn or together with many observations on the situ situate si atit n and wealth t t f the spanish coo nies so go contiguous to them and I 1 am inclined to believe that at that time even the company did not think hat that the p baes saes sion slon of the wealth rf cf mexico alexic was wag quite as difficult or orre re quiren so many years application and study as aa to arrive at the knowl knowledge elge of the philosophers stane |
