Indiana State sentinel., 1845-02-20
Let us look into Futuriiyt Why do we
SIecnI

There is in the Globe of the 10th ultimo an inter-
eSing article announcing the conclusion Of treaty
of Gmity and commercial intercourse between the
United States and China, more fdrordbe to us than
any treaty yet conceded by the celestials any
foreign people This negotiation attracts great
attention throughout Europe, and particularly in
London and Paris. The English cabinet urges the
Pasha of Egypt to permit the construction of rail
road from Cairo 10 Suez, to aid her oriental commerce.
The cabinets On the continent oppose these movements
of England, and the Pasha dallies between the two
influences in order to pluck both.
Here is an extract from the official journal of
France-the Journal deS De6ats:
European commerce is at present pressing towards
the Indian The number Of ships winch
double Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope,
TO 5000, with a tonnage of 100000 TONS Tie rapid
progress of the Furnishing Dutch and English colonies
in the Indian seas, and the accelerated march of the
productions Of cotton in India, would be sufficient TO
give more rapid incTease 20 this trade What VIII
IL be that the great wal of China removed, and
that the moment may be safely anticipated when, by fair
means or forcc vast exchange will be established
between European manufacturers and 900 900 inhab
iants of the Celestial Empire All amongst these 5000
ships which return 10 Europe round the Cape of Good
Hope, would save 10y the piercing of the lshmus of Suez,
than 5000 leaFues For this a canal cannot
Be abandoned in FAVOR of rail ruad, unless there be
extraordinary difficulties
Now-whilst the tyrannies of Europe and Egypt
wranglng to out-wit each othe., and do jointly
Sfcceed in enanging oriental trade and retardng its
developments - the United States actually possess
interests and advantages in the matter greater than
the uhole of them combineG-and how is this Why
the journey from New York to Canton by way of st.
Louis, the Missouri the Columbia and thence across
the Northern Pacific is shorter than any road that the
European porerS can possibly .fndi This route is
absolutely free from any and every obstacle danger
There is no Medlterranean-no Pasha of EgyPt-no
Red Sea-no Indian ocean-neither pirate nor poen-
tate in the way. Passing through the bosom &C our
territory and single stretch of ocean; directly
on to the open coast of China this route is the shortest,
least 05structed and BEST that exists between the
Atlantic and any port Of China.
The possession o. this route by the United States
within her domestic mansion, secluded and apart
from any possibility of interference from any other
power, any contingency, places the sceptre OF
oriental in the right hand of the American
people, without interfering WITH consulting, or In any
way mentioning the subject cut of our Olrn family.
The negotiation er this treaty between America
and China is grand first STEP 1t has properly been
negotiated directly between government and the
Emperor, without mentioning the names of any body
else. 1t Is time for to turn our attention to
mutual connexion of these tro people whose gorcrn-
rncnts 50 happily shake hands.
/ The American people, most especially Of the Ualley
nf the Mississippi, have neither the mind inter:
tion to stop their progress, to cease increasing In
population, wealth. power, AMI m1gnitude-but rather
to Occuy new fields as older become overcharged
gressive step for which the nation at this moment
ready, the accomplishment of which is imminent In
favor of which we are unanimous i feeling, and from
which we cannot escape be driven, any more thar
the snn from rising when the morning has come, is tC
plant ourselves on the Pacific to deposit there th'
productions of the interior for distribution over the
i oriental world and receive the manufactures, tht
specie the groceries, the spices and the luxurieS
the Industrious people of the Asatic continent
/ Why then DO we sleep! Why does not the natioi
rouse, to expand itself upon this neW trial! Why
our government wnngling with tyrannics whom sh
has but to defy, tu silence !! Destiny has pencille
out the way We have to go. Men who oppose tn
march of destiny are crushed ants beneath al
avalanche. Those who cheer onward, urging III
great work of progression and SWIM boldly with th
current, become famous while they live and ar
canonized by posterity.
To the American race belongs the regeneration @
the oriental world The omnipoent spell of equait
travels with the sun. Who s.all stop it! What ca
stop it! Let the people understand themselves, tn
vasness of their means, the majesty of their energies
Let their government represent them in their stengt
and in their impulses Virtue and valor are wit
them and success consecrates the work they are I
. do.-Hissourian.