The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-05-07


From the Edinburgh RsNisu.
The Progress and Destiny OfAmsrica
The Sac OF Ohio IS yie mosI wondsI-
ful OF I'll Hsnssllautie wonders in respect
Df rapid progress. Il vas territory offor-
~ thousand inhabitants 10 Ghe year 1900;
IL il now . Iepublle with IwO Billinns Of
eiiz'ns--as many as Ihose Of Venice
or The United Provinces in their proud.
eel dsys-wi'h . prolusion 0i sgricul ulal
Sesllh almost ouTunning the need Of o.
Es,lsble markets; without slaves, aud pay
ing her dnideRds. AID there IL room fOr
millions more; fnI the whole State 10 one
rich tract Of undUlaling plain. covered
from end 10 end with The finest fore,.
tees Of Amsrics, and iniersecled by ns-
vigahle waters. lIs natural resources are
practically unlimited. and ytt Ohio forms
only . small section Of ihs, ssst region
siop'nR IRON The Allsghsnies 10 The Me.
.i..Ippi. which 10 almost every where
equally productive. end equally scesssi.
Bile.
The foil peopling Of The Mississippi
valley-an event not very far distant
will constitute, perhaps, the most impor-
tsni passage in the social history Of man.
Civil z,lion commenced IN hooks snd corn
sIs of The earth: where sess, mountains
AID deserts. afforded shelter TO communi.
ties struggling for growth sgains. the
bleak wibds Of surrounding bsrbarism.
Egg, pi. PhGnicls. Greece. The islsnds and
coasts OF Italy. we're thus one by one.
placed al the head Of ihe movement in the
western world:--eacb. as % were. . Sc
psraIs spot OF firm ground. the dwelling
af in,slleci and art, and Of ihe science OF
lav and order, amidst The Wild chaos OF
the yet void and fornless continents.
Slowly and umidly did eisiliz ,uon relin-
qnlsh ihese fortresses, aud spread over
the neighborng plains. And even in the
last perIods of history, Venice needed her
lagnnes, Holland her dy kss, England her
ocean. 10 secure the growth Of those prin.
eiples OF government. industry, end Tree
dom, Of which they have been the sppoin-
ted nurseries. Aud hence il grew up a. .
hSed opinion among politicians. first. tina,
Tree institutions could Only flourish in
countries Of limited extent and populs-
lion; secondly. that The energy and &C.
,i1n, even OF despoIic government, were
weakened by extensive dominion. The
present century, so fertile in new circum-
stances and new ideas, has developed
new principles Of human society in their
respect also; and The poliii i,ns Of our gen.
erstion must prepare To 60 TO school IN
which the msxims Of Mschiavel and Mon.
,ssquieu must be, 10 a certain extent
obsolete. like those oil Plato and Aristotle.
We must sccustom ourselves 10 the con-
temptation OF space and numbers as the
greatest future clemens OF political great.
ness. With war reduced TO an ART OF rapid
aud desclsive results: with The internal
communications Of peace so multiplied
and improved. that The same social rela-
tons will subsisi between kingdoms as
now subsist between provinces of the
same kingdom. while provinces become
as parIshes-no civilized nation eau long
keep its knowledge, its habits, iIs indus
try. us every spirit to itself; all will be
sections of great whole, between which
iel.uve size and population will form the
principal distinctions. Nor will there be
any practical limits to the extension OF
Empire. Steam will render the action Of
government on all parts Of the political
body, in ordinary times, immediate and
certain; and thus secure Capitalization and
unity. S cam will render the action OF
the people on the government, in grea,
emergencies. irresistible: and thus secure
freedom. If the people are true to them.
selves. Let US remember, tina, with lit
lie increase Of our present mechanical ia.
cilliss, thought nigh be transmitted from
one extremity to The other Of state as
large as the old Roman empire 10 . few
minutes, and troops dispatched in very
lev days; aud il will be seen at once how
absurd would be The application Of poll
,cal ideas formed ID the infancy Of soci.
ETY., to this ITS stage Of new porlsntous
advance. These ATE not. perhaps, very
attractive speculalions. they disturb old
and fsvorite associations; they seem to re-
ducs many cherished usdiuons, much
painfully acquired knowledge, to obsolete
lore; bO, these .hings are so. and We must
accustom ourselves to regard them and
their consequences without shrinking. IL
the Americans preserve that tenacious
spirit Of uai,y which has hitherto 90 Gin"