Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-04-08

can De Dut lnIt, uHIDrIunat"lV, is I'M
most powerful of all-time Time is act
ing for US; and, if we shall have the wisd m
to trust iis operation, it will assert AM
maint,in our right with resstless force
without costing IA mt of money, or dr'E
of blood. There is often, in the afr,rs o
Of Government, more efficiency and wis
dom in non action than in action. All we
W mt to eftec' our object in this case, j. " Il
wise and mas erlv in activity" Or popu
'il1n Is ri ing tnwar's III shores o. the
Pa ifc. win an impetIs g,e.ter than
VIII W. reallz'. II is ona of ihDse for
w'rd mo ements viii h ,elvns anticp tor
heh nj. In tn p rini Of 'hiriv twp years
which la C el pc zinc | Tux nv seat in
tn. 9th 'r II use, tn In han tr ,n'le has :.
&C e IA th "sanl miles to the we {. Al
that time Il" p pulallol much SIS tn IN
halt VIII t it is NV. 1t was then Increas.
ing al the rate If about gu rrer Of mil
lI'n annually; 1t is now not les tn IN xix
hundred thousand; and still inc easing al
the rae something more than three pei
cent com ,ound annu lily. Al tht rte 4
will snon reach the yearly increase of Il
IN lion. ftD this re ldde | that the C.
gi'n west of ArIian "a and the State OF
Missouri and sou'h OF the Missouri Hlger.
Is occupied by half cvi'izel tri les, wh1
have their Ian Is sec IrsI 10 them nv ire
ty, (Ind which will prevent The spread OF
p ,ulati n in tn direction, anl IN t tbs
z eat AMI in'reasin Ii C will be forced 10
take tae com,arat! y nIrrow I'll ,nnel to
The nnrth OF that river and south OF our
northern undarN, some conception NAV
be fnrmGd Of The >trength with which the
curren! will run IN III d. ;tlnn. an h W
s "n It vii rea' II the ea'tern gorI 5 o tie
Rocky Mount ms say som conc :pt on;
tor EEL assured that The re hly will out
ran the ant c pati n. In 1T att N | wall
rep a WHIT st .ted when first I'D Iressed
the Senate on this SUBJECT. As wise and
experienced "A, was President Monroe--
rs mucn us he had vat sSed Of the growth
at III" country in hi tine, s. lniGeq'i t.
was h concept on al NJ raDidltr. tn ~
near the c'n.e ri his A minis rli IN, in tn,
year 1924. h proposed to colon z tn In.
dams If New Y rk, an tn 'se no tn oftln
OHIO ri, or and east of tn; Mi,si ,iDDi, in
what is now "a lei tie Wise mSln TIE rito-
Try; under ths il,yrcs iontlat i was II p r.
non oi o If territory So rem tie, that trey
would not be. dilir,ed by oar increasing
p pu atipn FRA long time 10 come. IL is
now a "ni eighteen years since; and al
ready, IN thu >hon p Rod, It is II great
and furnishing TERRITORY, re dy to kno k
at oar door Tor admi>SipA "a one of the SOW.
ercign members Of the Union. BIT what
is sill more atrikiUs-wh t is really won.
ther t8rr't ny Uowa) >tl, further west, (ne.
Yond 'Ae Mississippi mas sprung ", as
# by m>gic, and has already outs ripped
Wisconsin,, and may knock tnr entrance
henre she is prepared t. do so Su III Il
the w"n!erul gf,wth of population,
which has attained the number ours h S,
and is ST >earl increasing at the com
pound rate it is AMI such Inc imret.s
with which it is torring its way resistless-
~ westward. 1t will so 'n-far sooner than
antirip 'ted--re ,chthe Rocky Mountains,
and lie ready to POT, into the Oregon Ter
it'ry, when it will rome into our posses
sion without resistance or struggle; or,
if there should be resistance, il hild be
feeble aud inefe' tua'. We would then he
MS much stronger there, comparatively,
than Great Britain, a. she is noW stronger
than We are; and it would then be as lille
IN her 10 attempt t. assert and maintain
her exclusive 81 :im tn the territory against
US. as it would nnU be in as II attempt il
against her. Let Us / e wise, and abide
W. time, and it vii accomplish all that We
desire, W tn far mere ce't,in,y, AMI with
infinitely less sacrifice than We can wi h.
out it.
Bnt. if the time hal already arrived for
the slccessfIl asSe ton uf "u right ag inst
any resistance which might lie mtdr, il
void not in my opinion. be expedicn in
the present condition at the government
1t i VIC .k--nr,er more SO; weak p ''Iri-
al V. an / trn n the Il ie o'tie Fl IlncrS.--
The lo'mar was so ably and eloq entiy
describe by M col Gag re, tat ha c
nothing Ia add, out a sing remark IN The
extraordinary state OF p,rIIes at present
Their" are now three parIeS in the Union;
of which one is in possession If the exec !.
tive department, ano her Of the Legislative
and the other, judging hy the re ent el'c.
lions, Of the country; whi.h has so locked
AMI impedod the operations of The Gov.
nment, that it is scarcely able t. take
me sures ne essarg t. It's preservatl n.
la turning from this im)ccIe pol.ti a
condition OF the Government, and c}s in!
my eye. on the state of its fin1nce, | b.
hold nothing but disorder AMI emb,rrass
ment; credit Frustrated; n new LeI, con
trac ed, aIre dy Of considerable amount
and daily increasing; exoenditnres ex
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