Paraphrase this paragraph. We would not want to see this continent restored to the
condition in which our forefathers found it. What good man
would prefer a country covered with forests and occupied by
a few thousand savages to our great Republic, studded with
cities, towns, and prosperous farms, decorated with art and
industry, occupied by more than 12,000,000 happy people,
and filled with all the blessings of liberty, civilization, and
religion?