Note 954 — Chapter VII

For instance, Joshua Cushman of Massachusetts was sure that, instead of disunion, "the Canadas, with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, allured by the wisdom and beneficence of our institutions, will stretch out their hands for an admission into this Union. The Floridas will become a willing victim. Mexico will mingle her lustre with the federal constellation. South America ... will burn incense on our ... altar. The Republic of the United States shall have dominion from sea to sea, ... from the river Columbia to the ends of the earth. The American Eagle ... will soar aloft to the stars of Heaven." (Ib. 1309.)