The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-08-29

its. Pos considerable period shs ooo"'''' elect
cd their own Governors, coined money ana eA"
osed most Of the rights OF sovereignty WINE INC
English, wholly engrossed with tho contest between
freedom and prerogatiye at home, hs1 no leisure 70
attend TO their proceedings. Subsequently TO inc
Restoration, however, the Governments OF mos'.o'
the New England States were established nearly on
the same footing that Of Virginia, which indeed
became the favorte model for the constitution OF the
colonies established the continent, with the ex'
ception Of the proprietary governments oil fennsyi-
yania and MARY land but also for those that were es
tablished in the West India Islands But under ev-
cry yicssitude OF government and fortune, the New
England coonisls were distinguished by the same
ardent and enthusiastic love of liberty that had at
first induced them to greet their native land Every
thing relating the internal regulation and admins
tration of The different colonies was determined IN
the Colonial ASS mblies by representatives freely
chosen by the settlers The personal liberty Of the
citizens was well secured and vg,lanty protected
And if we except the restraints on their commerce.
the monopoly Of which was jealousy guarded by the
mother country the inhabitants Of Virginia, Penn.
sylvania, and New England enjoyed nearly the same
degree of freedom, when coloniss OF England, that
they now enjoy citizens Of the powerful republic
of North America Their progress in wealth aod
popua ion in consequences quite unprecedented
in i,he history Of the world For my own part
said Mr. Burke, in his speech on American Taxa
ton in l774 Il never cast an eye on their flourish
ing CONNIE ce, and their cultivated and commodous
life, but they seem to rather ancient nations,
grown to perfection through long series OF iortu-
nate events and ira of successful industry, accu-
mua,ing wealth in many centuries, than colonies OF
yesterday, than a set OF miserable outcasts lew
years ago, moi much sent thrown out, on the
bleak and barren shore of desolate wilderness,
three thousand miles from all civilized intercourse
And The fact that the white population of the United
States had increased in l776, at the commencement
of the revolutionary war; to above two millions, and
that the value of the exports from Great Britain 10
them amounted to about f 800 600 year, shows
that Mr. Burke observations are as cor Iec as they
| eloquent.
alt is not difficult, to discover the Of the
examped prosperity and rapid growth of the Ameri-
can colonies, and generally of all colonies placed
under similar circumstances. The North American
colonies carried with them knowledge of the arts
and sciences prao,ised by civilized aud polished
people. They had been trained from their infancy
to habits OF industry and subordinaton. They were
practically acquainted with the best and wisest form
of civil polly that had been establi-hed in Europe !;
and they placed In situation that enabled them,
without difficulty, to remedy ITS defects, and to try
every Institution by the test of utility. But the
tLlnness of the aboriginal population and the conse
quent facility of obtaining inexhaustible supplies of
and land he nlacea
at the head of all the causest which have promoted
the rapid increase of wealth and population in the
United States and in all the other colonies both of
North and South America. On the first founding of
a colony, and for long after, each colonist gets
ample supply of land Of the best quality and having
rent and scarcely any taxes to pay, his industry
necessarily becomes exceedingly productive, and he
has every means and every motive to capital.
In consequence, he is eager to collect aborers from
all quarters and is both willing and able to reward
them with high wages. But these high wages afford
the means of accumulation, and joined to the plenty
and cheapness of the land, speedily change he
industrious laborers into proprietors, and enable
them, in their turn TO become the employers Of fresh
laborers that every class participates in the gene
raj improvement, and capital and population advance
well peopled countries"
Texas has abundance Of land, Of the best qualify.
In any case, her population will advance with
speed. Give her the security arising from connex-
on,with u.s. and Of the old thirteen, or Of the
young scions from ,hem ever grew more rapidly
than she will.
"Knowest thou the land where the lemon trees bloom
Where the gold orange CLOVIS in the deep thlcket's
gloom
Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows
And The groves of laurel, and myrtle, aud rose
knowest thou IL
TbIther, oh thther
My dearest and kndest, with thee would go.
Knowest thou the mountain, its cloud-covered arch
Where the mules among mist DER the wild torrent
march
In the cles of it, dragons lie coiled with their brood
The rent crag rushes down, aud above it the food
knowest thou III
| Thuher, oh thither
! Our way leadeth father, oh come let us GOV
Where Is an instance of colonies placed under
similar circumstances We know Of no such in
stance in the thirty centuries Of history. Some
emblances are traoeabe, but remote and shadowy
! ! All the physical causes.
IL - . II.