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Originally Posted by Boreas
That's not what Manifest Destiny was about. It was really only about our westward expansion and our "destiny" to "civilize" the continent, subjugate the Indians and displace the Mexicans. We couldn't really justify the rape and pillage we were engaded in on conventional religious grounds so we invented a new deity for the purpose , the Goddess of "American Progress", guiding us ever westward for the good of mankind.
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And in the process allowed that carpetbagger Richard King to steal the ranch from Florence's ancestor Jose Narciso Cavazos and most of our western states at the point of a gun. The Texas courts are still resolving land claims.
Meanwhile Stephen Austin brought ten cut throats down from up north to steal more land - oh yeah he called them the Texas Rangers.