Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-07-15

From the everlasting battlemenls of tho
Alleghenies and the Rocky Mountains
we may bid defiance, and send down ar
my alter army, TO expel them from our
soil.
Make ourselves formidable to the West.
t1drd!-The remarkable expeditions oC
Fremont have opened new and distinct
vIstas into the glorious futurity before us.
That vast region, heretofore mapped down
by all geOgraphers as a repulsive and IN.
varying desert, has been ascertained to be
Tor the most part, adapted to agricultural
purposes, and unquestionably the finest
pastoral country in the world. The i'm
penetrable mounteins, and interminable
wastes, which, it was thought interpo, ed
lnsurmountabe barriers 10 our union with
the Pacific have dwindled away before the
wand of bold, scientific and adventurous
exploration. Santa Fe, Oregon, Califar,
MA, are now accessible points, and in less
than ten years, that great pioneer of civil
llzation, the saddle bags traUeller will visi,
each OF them, without stopping for compa.
ny, binding at every twenty miles of the
way, comfortable Entertainment for man
and horse"
Oregon is now peaceably ours, and a
powerful State, Graded on the shores of
that noble river, will soon ask admission in.
20 our glorious Union.
New Mexico sees for the first time, the
flag of liberty unfurIed upon her territory
and though her destiny be yet undetermin.
ed, it is certain she Will never return to
the bondage of military caprice and central
despotsm.
CalifornIa-The true Ell Dorado of the
new worlds virtually in our possession
not by force or purchase-bnt by the
moral influence of 1900 American set-
tiers, every day reinforced by new emf
grants, with arms ia their hands and with
the inspiration of freedom in their hearts.
Can such men be the colleagues OF Indi-
ans or the bondsmen of Mexicans? Let
the history of their country answer. Let
the records of Texas speak.
Make ourselves formidable TO the West
aCdrd! SO spoke the ilIustrrous Henry,
sixty eight years ago. "Warn the Com
mihee Of Safety to be on their guard" said
! Thomas Jefferson, just before he expired.
The great philosopher dreaded some at
tempt to curtaIl the experiment of self-go-
vernment which he had put III notion
"Ertend the area Of freedom" exclaimed
Andrew Jackson on his dying b d. snake
yourselves formidable to the Westward"
said the Demosthenes of Virginia. Upon
| these maxims our Government has been
mainly conducted. The whole policy of
the Democratic party-lhe party Of pro
gress-hinges upon them. Under this
guidance we have !iurtured our circumscr-
bed resources into gigantic dimensions.
We have consolidated our national Union.
We have created vast centre of polUer,
and wealth, and protection to fall back up.
on in great emergencies. We have Sc
cured an immense interior empire, en-
trenched by lofty mountains, where art
and science may pursue their uninterrupt-
ed labors, and human nature reach the
highest point of Improvement. From this
great laboratory, we send forth the torch
bearers in every department Of human
learning, and every avenue of human pur-
suit. From this point too, we will com
mission the missionaries of freedom TO &c
forth to all the world and preach The les
sons of free government to the down-trod
den and oppressed. Here Liberty will fine
its permanent home. The Great West is
its perpetual resting place. 1t may drooE
in the North under the demoraIizng in
, f1uence of great manufacturing establish
ments. 1t may decline in the South before
the progress of luxury and The blight oil
huge monopolies, or it may in time, perish
, by the sword which our gallant and gene
J rous people may vainly draw to resist th'
! Cossack- hordes of fanaticism. But in The
l the great valley, spanning from the Ale
ghanies TO the Pacific and from the Ten
nessee 10 the Lakes; embroidered with CT
: ties; irrigated by noble rivers; enlighten
ed by colleges; where nc artificial distinc
: lions are tolerated; where puny attempt
Il at aristocracv are spurned; where the la
= borer or mechanic attains the highes: hon
) ors; there, in the Great West Liberty ha
: her altar. Star after star may fade ava
from our glorious banner; principles ma
u Z, change, and dynaslies be established; bu
u around that altar, millions will stand wit
honor, or die for Immortality.
i The Charleston Courier Justly remarks
i When we have obtained possession of tn
c CALIFORNIA;, as we probably have eve
e now, there will be no disposition in thi
: country 10 give them up. The volunteer