Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-25
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Or ReCo coRtry.--'rhe West begins TO blossom
with improvements. Canals perspective in Illinois
are planning rivers are clearing, and That State late
~ awiidcrness, rs now the march tn prosperity,
greatness and wealth. Civilized man, who but re-
Gently usurped the haunts Of the ta"ny sons of the
forest, feels and asserts the proud commence of
his destiny, and looks around him lord othc crca
ton,'' over the waning wilderness, with eye
frightened into Joy at the rapid progression of enter
prize aud excrton. iaG;ana too, catching the noble
contagion, is moving with majestic strides in the
highway of useful Improvement and is big with ami
NATION at the brilliant prospects which brighten in
reality before her. Ohio is already IF the great
est amoug her sisters OF the ConiedGracv; and her
gigantic undertaking, already carrying on. and soon
10 be Completed mark her out as n star whose bril-
liant orb no disaster Of fortune obscure. The
West is fast becoming the theatre of empire and
rowcr The .fiSGtsSippi presents sufficient obs a.
cies 70 the rush OF Improvement towards the setting
sun .HtSsOurI Is OIL The to greatness in Dop-
laiion, prosperity: aHd wealth. Tho mighty rivers
that roll their wuters through her wide spread do
mains, wash the settlements of a people who have
risen with the yIgor OF u Hercules. from the weak
ness OF infancy 10 the fall strength of sturdy man
hood
The Rocsy .No.nfdins will soon fnc thcir lcnu,h
cnch shadows over swarming population OF civi-
zed beings, and towns and cities viii lit their spres
toward Heaven, where the lofty forests wave
their branches Farther south. .4rkHnSns will soon
become State. Her race of glory is already beun-
ming Ia be run. The waves OF 4 rcsiStiess emiora-
ton are sweeping away the SAVAGE hordes who Oar
progressive power are removed for into the South
western wds Farther North, Michigan is spread
rg her ariis Of empire far and wide and lakes are
about to be married 10 lakcs BY the force ofinyncLle
enterprise That Territory viii also soon become a
state the moving tiultudeS, who roll heir waves
oil power over II, will subdue its wildness and
bring lts forests into successful cultivation Huron
too, stretching still farther to tie North and West
IS about to receive Territorial Government and
commence It's civilized career The -whoop there
VIII soon ceasc. Savage haunts viii he broken un
The red man will but little longer inspire the white
man with dread. His whole mass VII be buried he
meath the successive pillows of that rolling popua
ton which even threatens to extcrniDate his |
race. In little more than half a century enc hun
dred millions Of souls ofwhi;e men will thronc This
last great empire OF civilized men.
The future grandeur of this American Emuirc no
prescience can foreel. Prophecy is impotent in TIA
cling ont Its greatness: aud should no unforeseen no
unantlcpated evil bcial it, the American banner win
proudly float from the Atlantic to the Pacific ovpr
zen thousand cities and It's only barrier be Oceans
everlasting waves The Kingdoms and ernnires al
Europe, dlsrobed of the gorgeousness of their pas
greatness vii, dwIndle into atoms By the side oftbis
great Republio.-Tiejr day Of glory has passed.
like Troy, Hey haze been. While the American
Umpire, glowing as brilliantly the temple OF the
sun, shall Ne the t1Yor!te star OF Heaven lis bsto
~ will terminate only when time shall cease; and the
story OF its greatness and its fame vii; be told in
eternity. Trenton True american - !
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