Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-09-10
cARRoLLToN. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER TO- 1915.


army Of Anglo-Saxon emigration has be-
gun TO pour down upon il, armed with the
plough and the rifle, and marking its trail
with schools and colleges, courts and re-
preventative halls, mills and meeting.
houses. A population will soon be in &C.
tual possession of Mexico, over which 1t
will be idle for Mexico TO dream of do
minion. They will necessarily become
Independent. All this without the agen-
cy Of our government without the respon.
sibility Of our people--in the natural flow
Of events, the spontaneous working Of prin-
ciples, and the adaptation Of the tendon.
cies and wants Of the human race 10 the
elemental circumstances in the midst OF
which they find themselves placed. And
they will have right to independence to
elf.government---t tho possession of the
homes conquered from the wilderness by
their own labors and dangers, sufferings
and sacrifces--a better and truer right
than the artificial title Of sovereignty 10
Mexico thousand miles distant, inheriiing
from Spain title good only against those
who have none better Their right to in.
dependence will be the natural right Of
self.government belonging to any commu.
nifty strong enough to maintain it-distnct
in position, origin and character, and free
from any mutual obligations Of member
ship Of common political body, binding il
to others by the duty Of loyalty and com.
pact of public faith. This will be their IL
lie to independence and by this title,
there can be no doubt that the population,
now fast streaming down upon California,
will both assert and maintain that indepen-
dence. Whether they will attach them
selves to our Union or not, is not to be pre-.
dicted with any certainty. Unless the pro-
iected railroad across the continent to the
Pacific be carried into effect, perhaps they
may not; though even in that case, the day
is not distant when the Empires Of the At
lantic and Pacific wonld again flow toge-
Their into one, as soon as their inland Dor.
der should approach each other. But that
great work, colossal as appears tho plan
on its first suggestion, cannot remain long
unbuilt. Its necessity for this very pur-
pose of binding and holding together 10
It's iron clasp our fast settling Pacific re.
gion with that Of the Mississippi valley
The natural facility Of the route--the ease
with which any amount OF labor for the
construction can be drawn 10 from the
overcrowded populations of Europe, TO be
paid in the lands made valuable by the
progress of the work itsef--and its i'm
mense utility 10 the commerce Of the world
with the whole western coast Of Asia, alone
almost sufficient for the support Of such
road--these considerations give assurance
that the day cannot be distant which shall
witness the conveyance Of the represent.
atives from Oregon and California to
Washington within less time than few
years ago was devoted 10 similar journey
by those from Ohio; while the magnetic
telegraph will enable the editors of the
g San Francisco Union,' the "Asloria
Evening Post" or the "Nootka Morning
News" to set up in type the first half Of
The Presidents inaugural, before the echoes
Of the latter half shall have died away be.
meath the lofty porch Of the Capitol, as
spoken from his lips.
Away, then, with all idle Fsench talk
Of balances Of po,cer on the American
continent. There is no growth in Spanish
America! Whatever progress of popula-
ton. there may be in the British Csnadas,
is only for their own carly severance OF
their present colonial relation TO the little
island three thousand miles across the At
Ianic; soon TO be followed by Annexa-
ton, and destined to swell the still accumu.
laiing momentum Of our progress. And
whosoeyer may hold the balance, though
they should cast into the opposite scale all
the bayonets and cannon, not only Of
France and England, but Of Europe en-
tire, how would il kick the beam against
the simple solid weight Of tho two hun
bred and fifty, or three hundred millions
---deslined to gather beneath the fui,er Of
the stripes and stars, in the fast fastening
year Of the Lord l945!