State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-08-13
~, go eYJ NU&0
yos -. the Quincy Whig.
11TrgNDRED YEARS HENCE.
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EaoNn TIC eEOetsNS
ave HUNDRED !. YEARS EAR HENCE
.L.noe will have taken place 10
Fhat OII Of the Mississippi, ere the
great sa, ~ another century will DO &C.
y yli .1p We can only Judge q 8 the ~
pPllsn m the past, and if the past De 9 cor
from VA va from which to derive deduc.
'tanu .;". to our countly's future glory,
D'' rs'a 0n, l. indeed of the most cheering
r'c seaa one hundred Years ago, and what
10 100 U cf the great westl Scarce had
knO" ~ civilized man, save the daring
fOO' :, ID ;ts impress upon our shoresi
Pneer' n SS,bo frowning forests, from the
6rab. Tis back-back and still farther
legnan,.sS The setting sun, been broken
ok 'Ow .i;nbt markings Of the Indians scalp
Ve ne ~" ny The trapper's Ratchet. No proud
knile' had rufled the silver waves Of the
PamDO1 smiling meadows or flowing lawn,
no. , =" Of "natures own makes" feasted
We "I or soothed the Imagination; no fields,
y s,e e sanding thick with golden sheaves:
md was heard, save the war whoop Of
S.v,ce, the long lonesome sound of the
'oOrv wolf, or the sad complaints, of the
I grs owl as she sat in the pale moon beams,
j booted in unison with the bowling
mpest.
rpeu of an hundred years, has passed over
:, land. ard it, too, is changed. The In.
an has gathered up his bows and arrows,
emf for q moment at the grave of his de-
'Tted ancestry, and he is gone to the far,
, West! The intruding white man has
me; whole forests have bowed before his
e He has exchanged the smoky wigwam
+ the splendid mansion the obscure In.
an villages for the populous cities Of Gin
Dnati, Louisville and St. Louis, The little
NV bark canoe has given place TO the gal.
II steamers. Proud colleges aud univer
les shoot up their heaven aspiring steefles
N almost every village home. Agricul
e sits smiling over our furrowed acres
lie commerce aud trade go buzzing along
busy streets.
Let me imagine for moment that old time
made another revolution, and passed the
gc wand of another hundred years over our
ntrv? extend far up into the UNEMPLOYED
ions Of ideality and permit fancy to range
and uncontrolled! / strain my
er vision-l exhaust horizon after hori.
/, and yet the end is not! / see one lone
ian, and he stands on beetling crag that
rhangs the Pacific food, and complains
the fate of his race for he is the last!
looks once more towards the rising sun
cries ''Oh, my country my countryl'
bounds iato the air, and the yawnlne
If of waters below close over him. I see
capital of the powerful and fiourishing
tie o. Macedonia,-cf Columbia; of Paci
rs; of Oceana; Of Oregon; Of Iowa and
snow clad heights of the
mt Rocky Mountains, are crowned witt
nples of Liberty and Religion, where mil
rs of freemen go to worship the God o.
ace!
But stop. Another thought now thrill:
bosom! Where then will be the present
~, noisy racel Where our statesmen, oul
'ts our diyines! Where the hasdy yeo
nry of our country? Alas! like the rude
fathers of the hamlet of 1889, each one
the present citizens of this vast republic
| be Gin this narrow cell forever laid
r bodies will have gone back to he eaFtl
n whence they came, and our immorta
rits will hare taken their fight to Coz
o gave them.
May 8, 1899.
A ST.rr PpTsoN SToRY. James Media