The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-09-10

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nome gathering into her hands tbe con-
mefGe OF the globe. She prospered on III
no ovs 81 Europe, and she has lost by it
Paolnoailon' for the continental powers hay
osn qpie 70 turn their attention to mann
i'ctulfs and agriculture. 1t is her interes
nUa0 'laI general commotion should TAX,
pace with all her embarrassment she car
ali1rI 70 take part in the struggle. and sbf
WIZ y, oe a gamer by it.
ne ADoe justly considers the most adj.
lhifapi: feature in the finances of Fnolan
10 CONSIST IN this" that they do not depend
upon 'iiheS of gold and silver. bat upon tbo
INDUSTRY OF her people," The history of
the world offers ample proof that trne. solid
hauon;l wealth, does not consist in the nos.
Sesslqi OF diamonds, gems, and the precious
Of afel lar During the pi9tt47Euntedv l8asiqd
EnsIaaa1i' rsnaained steady lat mean ratio,
same advantages in extent and population
with France, her annual income would have
ben fl50,000,000.
Austria, with t,oice the population Of Eng
land, and with three times her number of
aces, can only raise an average revenue of
EB,0O0,000; while Spain, with her richer
sol, with a population nearly equal, could
no when In possession of the land of silver
AMI gold, raise more than G7,000,000 per
amum. So much for moral causes. In
England the impostS on the soil amount to
on-eleventh Of the government expenses
lnt'rance they form one third, and in other
European states the proportion is yet great
el The produce of the English Custom
tbuse is greater than that of all the other
Cstom Houses in Europe
Look again at the chain of insular and
military posts with which England has
grded the earth. In her North American
CLONES, the port of Halifax is both naval
and military station. Amongst the Bahia
mas she has strong post at New Provi-
lence, and by her possession of Trinidad
ihe commands the entrance of Oronoko. In
act she possesses all the means of defence
and attack in the American Archipelago.
In the South Atlantic is st. Helena, which
England has selected and occupied, says
M. De Pradt, Gas a sort of stepping-stone
between America and Africa, between Eu-
rope and Asia" place of anchorage and
refreshment for vessels returning from India
and for all traders in the Southern seas.
She has possession of the Cape of Good
HOPE, of New Holland, and of other stations
in tie vast Southern Archipelago. In Eu-
rope, she watches every sea. Gibraltar the
key of the Mediterranean, is hers; by the
possession of Malta, she checks Italy, Afri-
ca, and the Levant. From Corfu she can
open or close the Adriatic, and blockade
when she pleases the only three ports in the
pos ffSslon of Austria, viz. Venice, Trieste,
From the Isle Of Jersey she can intercept
the navigation of France; from Heligoland
she commands the mouths Of the Elbe and
the Neser, and holds Sweden, Denmark,
and Russia, in check. In fact she has her
stations of observation every where on the
globe and the communication between them
is easy and safe.
CAMP MEETING IN THE WEST.
From Mr.. Timothy Fiint'S ,oork on the Geogrd-
PLY and History Of the Western States, just
published.
This country opens boundless theatre
for strong, earnest and unlettered elo-
quence and the preacher seldom has ex-
tensive influence, or usefulness, who does
not possess some touch of this character.
These excitements have been prevalent
within the two past years, in the middle and
western states chiefly in Tennessee, and
for the most part under the ministry of the
Cumberland Presbyterians. Sometimes it
influences a settlement, or town: and
sometimes, as there, spreads over state
The people assemble, as to an imposing
spectacle. They pour from their woods to
hear the new preacher, whose fame has
travelled before him. The preaching has
scenic effect. 1t is theme of earnest
discussion, reviewing comparison, and in
tense interest.
None, but one who has seen, can imagine
| the interest excited in district of country
perhaps fifty miles in extent, by awaited
approach of the time for camp meeting
and none, but one who has seen, can i'm
agine how profoundly the preachers have
understood what produces effect, and how
well they have practised upon it. Suppose
the scene to be where the most extensive
excitement and the most frequent CAM
meetings have been, during the two pas
years, in one of the beautiful and fertile
valleys among the mountains of Tennessee
/ The notice has been circulated two or three
months. On the appointed day, coaches
chaises, wagons, carts, people on horse
back, and multitudes travelling from dis
lance on foot, wagons with provisions, mat
trasses, tents and arrangements for the sta,
of week, are seen hurrying from ever.
point towards the central spot. 1t is in thu
midst OF grove of those beautiful and loft.
trees, natural to the valleys of Tennessee
in its deepest verdure, and beside a sprin:
branch for the requisite supply of water.
The ambitious and wealthy are there, be
cause in this region opinion is all powerful
and they are there, either to extend thei
influence, or that their absence may not b
noted, to diminish it. Aspirants for ofiic
are there to electioneer and gain POPULAR
ty. Vast numbers are there from simpl
curiosity, and merely to enjoya spectacle
The young and beautiful are there, wit
mixed motives, which it were hest nc
eoyarai, 70 eorn,;r;ya Children aIe thers