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The work offers a speculative projection in which the United States expands political authority across the Western Hemisphere, presenting continental unification as a destiny protected by the national flag. Combining a prefatory manifesto, maps, and successive chapters, the author uses patriotic rhetoric, historical analogy, and geopolitical argument to advocate annexation of neighboring republics and strict enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine as a civic obligation. The text frames expansion as a peaceful mission to bring stability, liberty, and civilization under a single constitutional union, mixing practical claims about strategy and governance with exhortations to national pride.

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Title: Looking forward

a dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999

Author: Arthur Bird

Release date: October 6, 2015 [eBook #50148]
Most recently updated: October 22, 2024

Language: English

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MAP OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE AMERICAS. 1999.

LOOKING FORWARD
—A Dream of the—
United States of the Americas
in 1999

PREFACE.

The author respectfully submits it as his firm and immovable conviction, that the United States of America, in years to come, will govern the entire Western Hemisphere.

The Stars and Stripes which never knew, nor ever will know defeat, will, in years to come, gather under its protecting folds, every nation and every island in this hemisphere.

It is a duty we Americans owe to the republics of Central and South America to give them the benefits of our pacific government, the rule of the People, by and for the People, exemplified in the great Constitution of the United States of America.

America has to-day an inviolable Monroe Doctrine. Any attempt on the part of Europe to violate the spirit or letter of that wise doctrine, would be promptly resented by America.

Our American flag already protects and defends every republic in the Americas. How many years will it require to convince the Central and South American Republics that their security and path of safety is to come under the flag that already protects them?

The purpose of this book is to clearly establish this important fact in the mind of every patriotic American. Our glorious, starry banner will rule the entire Western Hemisphere. It will be the emblem of Peace, Liberty and Civilization, floating over a united America from Alaska to Patagonia. This is America’s Destiny.

In setting forth this great truth the author has avoided the well beaten paths and dusty roads travelled by writers from the days of the Deluge up to the hour of going to press, and it is to be hoped that the reader, now and then, may find some refreshing scenery along his pathway.

If this book serves to stimulate patriotic pride and strengthen respect for our liberty-loving flag, it then will not have been written in vain.

Most respectfully submitted,
The Author.