Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-04-16
OUR PREsIDENT-oUR COUNTRY,

Aiosluent oi tno QnIteu Dt0teS, VA sucn
an occasion it seems not unbecoming TO
take briei glance at the wonderful re.
sources Of our country. Its position is
now so eminent in the eyes Of the civiliz.
ed world, that we may feel a natural and
proper pride in dlloting upon its vast ex-
tent and resources. The few colonists Of
Plymouth and jamestown have already
expanded into millions, while the wilder
ness which they subdued from few acres
has gradually and steadily enlarged into
as many States--6l seats for future en-.
pire, not in government, but in wealth,
power and population.
Though our Republic is still in its in
fancy, it stretches from the St. Lawrance
and the great Lakes on the north, TO the
Gulf of Mexico and the Rio del Norte on
the soulh--while our western border is adj
yancing with steady and irresistible pace
TO the shores Of the Pacific Ocean. Such
is the splendid extent of our country. 1t
embraces an area of 100000 Of square
miles, not less than twelve kingdoms of
Europe, while in the variety Of its produc.
tons it far surpasses even their favored
cimes.
In the east, the products of the seas and
forests are poured out in their choisest a.
bundance. In the north and the west,
millions of acres are yearly bearing the
"staif Of lIe"--while in the sunny south,
we have thousand fields white with the
beautiful cotton plant, whose product is
now becoming the master spirit Of COM
mercial empire. Neither are the dark
leaves Of that narcotic wanting, which
are SO eagerly sought after by man in ey-
cry cline, TO solace care and assuage
pain. In the southwest, as il to complete
the circle Of our national independence,
we have The famed sugar cane, whose
juice is luxury not less grateful 10 tho
palate of the sick than the healthy, and
which has become an Indispensable enjoy
ment even to the lowly cot of the poor.
In the centre, we find inexhauslble
mines Of coal, almost on the very turiace
Of the soil, easily and cheaply worked,
and which for extent, variety and quality
are superior to those Of any country on the
earth. Side by side, rest immense beds
Of the richest iron-ore, which will eyenlu.
ally turn out as much wealth as the famed
silver mines Of Poiosi.
Such are the natural productions which
have been layished upon our favored land
by the hand of providence. Neither has
man been found wanting in applying these
extraordinary gifts, for still higher nation
al advancement and prosperity, The noise
Of the shuttle, the wheel, the loom, the
saw, and the ponderous hammer resounds
upon the waterfalls of the north, and the
cast, and the centre, while the fabrics Of
their mills are not only exciting the won-
der Of the arrogant European manuiactu.
rer, but are clothing the natives Of the
far India and China.
But it is not the wide extent Of our
country, the boundless fertility Of its soil,
the gigantic strides Of its manufactures,
and its lucrative and far-spreading com
merce that distinguishes the United States.
Still more and above all, it is the people
who inhebit lis soil--who cover il with
their republican institutions, who gave
life and vitality and extraordinary energy
TO its system Of government. This is what
makes it the promised land Of the world.
In their industry, genius, energy, and IT.
repressible aspirations to voluntarily brave
the sufierings Of the wilderness, the knife
of the savage, and the still more subduing
power Of fever and pestience, who does
not see the giant greatness of our Rcpub-
lie? Where is there race like them in
the world Of the past or Of the PRESENT.
Let history be read--let The character Of
all other nations be scanned, and the i'm
partial verdict will be, that in every ele.
ment which constitutes the great and OK
traordiaary and invincible, not only in
arms, but still nobler in all the arts and re.
finements Of peace and plenty, there Is
no race that can compare with the Ameri-
can people.
II is over such country, such institu.
tons, and such a people thai, JAMES X.
Polk is inaugurated Chief Magistrate
chosen to stand as the head Of our Repub.
lie in the eyes of mankind. A trust Of
more Importance than any crown in the
world. Its responsibilities are al this
lime augmented by the great measures
agitating the foreign and domestic policy
Of not only our nation but OF others, thous-
ands Of miles distant.--The annexation
Of Texas and the occupation Of Oregon
are placing the United States in more
marked elevation in the public opinion Of
the world than at any time during the last
twenty-five years These measures make
more manifest the onward strides Of our
nation. The twenty millions Of people
in 1s45 are more Important in The esti-
nation Of the monarchies OF Europe, than
the ten millions in the days Of Madison
and Monroe.
The present movement Of the Ameri-
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