![]() ![]() Ronald Reagan, as the standard bearer of an ascendant New Right, effectively tapped into this radicalization, which helped lift him to victory in his 1980 presidential campaign. “Loss in Vietnam radicalized a generation of veterans, pushing many into the ranks of white-supremacist groups. The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America Also wanted to remove Spain from the Mississippi also wanted the capacities to pacify hostile native Americans and put down rebellions of poor people and all wanted Great Britain to get out of the way of their commerce.Īll wanted "room enough," as Thomas Jefferson would put it in his 1800 inaugural address, to be protected from Europe's "exterminating havoc."Įxpansion became the answer to every question, the solution to all problems, especially those two caused by expansion.” Whatever one's take on any of the debates of the day (especially the debate over slavery), and whatever one's philosophical understanding of the relationship of republicanism to land, commerce, finance, and labor, most agreed on practicalities. “Extend the sphere," Madison wrote, and, "you take in a greater variety of parties and interests," and you make it difficult for either a mob majority or a tyrannical minority to unite "to invade the rights of other citizens." ![]()
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