The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-05-13

gliding current of Improvement, calm and
placid as q summer sea, though sure and
powerful as the Gulf stream Of the South,
spread her invigorating waters over the
country, and, without On effort, peOpled the
cities Of the West.
And our farm ields grew up and expand.
ca IN IKE manner. The genius Of Cincin..
haths dld not cease TO move when his plough. Z
stood still, or fal with the Roman empire
nor was the spirit Of Regules imprisoned at
Carthage. The hardy settlers Of the West.
were not diVen out in exile 70 dig or die IL
an lnhospitable land. No, sir, Ihey went
out. Tree and boNyant az the mountain air.
eacn man 10 secure home for himself and
DIS children after nina freehold property.
Where comfort and. wealth lay within the
grasp OF Industry. When the emigrant host
moved on 70 the West, the undying genius
OF enterprise, bearing the standard Of our own
unfurled banner, as pillar of cloud by dav.
went before them, and the stars that stud The.
horizon of liberty, as a pillar Of Gre BY night.
led them on to land which, literally. flowed
with milk and honey.
And now ! would ask, is the raDid growtb
and settlement Of the West the mere resuIt
of the enterprise and industrious habits Of
the people who have settled the countrv9
Far from it. Other nations before ue have
had extensive uBoccupied domain for their,
surpluss population, and their people were
perhaps as industrious BY nature az ours.
At least we can hardly suppose that the peo.
| pie ofthe United States are the first indus.
trious people that have lived. And have not.
England, Russia, Spain and Mexico had very
recent and ample opportunity in our own
neighborhOod to exhibit to the world a. grand
q spectscle Of pecuniary acquisition, Of mo-
raj improvement and scientific attainment a.
is displayed by US, or nearly so! And why
does their imbecile insignifcance in Amer.
ca, form such striking contrast to the aims
and purposes Of civil society, so magnificent
ly displayed in the territory before US, BY the
Sons of the West4 To attribute all to mere
industry would draft too heavily in favor of
any one Of the social virtues. No, cir, the
causes of the building up of the Western en-
pire and peopling it as we have seen-.he
reasons why social and scientific improve
ment hath been so lavishly spread out over
these wids Of nature, existed long before
tthe pioneer of Kentucky heard the murmur'
of a rill in the West, or assembled the Appa.
lachian heights. They existed, innate, in
Anglo Saxon blood, and were spuFred into
faction in the British Parliament.
Il Yes, sir, little as did they think Il, the
lords and cOurtiers of George the Third, and
their imperial master, in their very acts Of
oppression and tyTanny, stimulated into life
and goaded into action, those unclaimed
lspirits of republican freedom, which, repi.
ming into vigor, fettered the royal Lion. let
loose the wings of new and more glorious
ensign, established LIBERTY in the world and
! gave motive and incentive to delivered Deo-
. pie TO propagate and extend their own wealth
and happiness. The glories Of the West are
but the reflection of the brighter glOries Of
those fires which patriotism kindled on the
plains OF revolutionary triumph and civil e.
Emancipation. The green fields Of the West
! with her white and yellow harvesIs. are but
the fruits OF those days Of peril and those
!, streams OF blood, which gave to the world
charter OF redemption from royal authority
and published the great invention Of self
government.
. Nor have these fruits been confined 10 the
. limits of our soil. Do we not see, sir, LoNI
Z STAR TO our Westward. glittering in a. hoFi.
. ION Of liberty as free as ours, and brOodinI
4 over people who acknowledge no authority
. but their owns The plains Of San JacintC
n sealed the fate of another tyrant and liberia
: ted another people. And though the stupid
4 imperals o! besoaed Mexico seem to have
) forgotten the lesson, or call il only accident,
: she shall learn il again on The other side o
. the Rio Grande. The citizens of the yOunl
g republic have brealhed an atmosphere fra
!, grant with Iiberty-the ommipotenee of re-
Z publicanism-the upas ofkings. Texas shaI
! rise in the Scale Of nations because che !
4 free, and therefore cannot submit 10 the vii
: of another.
N But must draw this incoherent and ran,
Df bling discourse to a close. ! confess that
have already made some unsuccessful Al
:. tempts to bring myself into position Wher
/ could conveniently round towards q con
s clusion. The subject rushes upon me wit
Z Isuch multiludinous mass Of material, eac
= branch and section claiming attention an
!, Establishing its importance. that IL I am nt
&c forced abruptly 70 q termination. shall B,
:; :, al least unable TO close with satisGacsion
y myself or any thing like justice 70 the matte
= in hand.
"a Would that had time and talents 10 Wis
y. with you The people Of tie Veal. If you ha
4 patience 10 listen, would try p picture b,
IN fore you the LOG CAIN, with its happg Il
he mates, its little environ Of plough fields, pa
ve ture and meadow. The well filed granaFie
40 the bleating Of the gentle herd, and Iowir
q. lof the lazy ox,--the stately grey Standing