Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-11-10

country 10 TIC west duu the SOutD~-Wueu
we hear continually the Il ttering accounts
given OF it by those who live there and
those who have travelled there when we
see and know with what rapidly aud GER
tainty fortunes are honestly accumulated
in these sections of our country we say it
doth amaze us when we consider all these
things TO find thai our citizens will in viola
tion OF the laws of their country, in viola
ton of the laws Of God and their own con-
sciences, engage in priyateering and in
the slave trade, at the risk of their good
names, their fortunes and their lives, in
preference to seeking their fortunes in
these flourishiDg and rapidly increasing
portions Of onr own country. We see no
difficulty inthe way of an honest and an
industrious man accommodating money fast
enough even in Baltimore, but ii there be
those who think otherwise, we think their
object would be attained with far more
certainty and rapidly too, in the western
and southern parts of our country, than by
privateering or slave trading, leaving all
considerations oflegality morality and hon.
our out OF the question.
But man is strange animal, there is no
satisfying him. With his present nature
and disposition, if he was in paradise itself
he would probably be discontinued and
unsatisfied aBd want something beyond it.
There seems less excuse for Americans
engaging in these unholy and forbidden
pursuits, than for any other people. In
Europe, where the field Of enterprisesand
profitable industry is SO strained and
crowded-where SO many are starving for
bread, and SO destitute of employment,
these things might be plead in extenuation
Of having embarked in these forbidden en-
terprises; but in America, land flowing
with milk and honey, the very land of pro-
mise, where so great portion of the old
world are SO anxious TO get, there are no
extenuating circumstances every thing
seems rather to sggravate the offence.
The following historical facts, says the
Baltimore Federal Republican, which
have been handed to us by a friend, show
the rapid and unparalleled increase Of Bal
timore. We hear much about the West
ern Country, but we believe in rapidity Of
growth, that country affords no parallel
to Baltimore.
Z" In 1920, four commissioners purchas
ed the ground on which this city has been
erected, for the sum of 40 shillings per a
ere. One of these commissioners, Doctor
George Buchanan, remained in the office
of town commissioner till the time of his
death. Baltimore was then very incon.
siderable village. One of the sons of this
gentleman, lives to witness its rapid rise
TO wealth and Importance. Baltimore in
the year 1916 paid into the treasury Of the
United States, duties to the immense a
mount of S ,365,962 IA.
What wonderful country is ours
How like enchantment, do villages, towns
and cities spring up in it The tabled
stories we read in our childhood Of fairy
creations, have become reality. There are
people now living in this city, who were
born before the year 1929, when Balti
more was but barren heath or qusg-
mire, now it contains at least 10000 in
habitants. Other parts of the country
have increased, and are still increasing, in
almost as great ratio. Where but a
few years ago, the face Of the earth was
covered with bowling wilderness-where
nothing was to be seen but lofty forests, ro-
wing wild beasts, and the wandering saw
age-where civilized man had never pen
etrated, we now see towns and villages,
and the elegaucies and refinements Of civ
ilization.
The earth is made to yield her annual
increase, and the busy hum OF industry
animates the joyful scene. Why is it that
the like is to be found in no other country
on earth /? Other countries have unculti
waited wilderness, with an abundant popu-
Iation, and all the physical means Of SUBJ
DUNG the ruggedness OF nature, and com
pelling the earth TO yield her annual tri-
butte to the necessity and comforts Of the
human family.--Yet 10 these countries we
see no such rapid Improvements. Man is
surely the same animal in America, that
he is in Europe or Asis--as capable of la
bour, and stimulated to it by the same mo
tives. As there are no physical causes
which can produce this difference, We
must look for il among moral ones. These
moral causes consist principally, we APP
prehend, in the perfect liberty every man
has to pursue his own interests, and the
perfect security with which he enjoys the
fruit of his own industry.
From the Norfolk Herald.
Our correspondent writes from Glib
raltar, under date Of Sept. IL, that tn
news of the decision of our government