Democratic banner., 1846-12-07

&u;th this war, the chlZenS OF the Republic
. ~.,ho lax into the future, will discover A.
hundsnt sources Of rejoicing at the desti-
nv before US. and at the rapid strides We
are making towards its fllflmcnt. From
the Gulf of Mexico TO the Gulf of G .lifnr-
MIA. the distance is shorter than from the
Mississippi to the mouth of the Columbia.
The mild climate will induce the earlier set
Element Of that vast regien, whilst San
DIEGO Bay, on the Pacific, affords as good a
harbor, if not as large a roadstcad, as San
Francisco. Although the day may seem
far distant when the American population
will cover that vast extent of country, and
the Pacific coast he throngrd with an rner-
getic and Industrious people, constituting
part OF this contedcracy, yet the unrXam-
pied progress Of our country during the
last half century gives assurance that many
now living, will see the contamination of
even greater wonders. When Louisiana
was acquired, it not only seemed, but prac-
tical!y was, more remote from the old
States, than is California n"w-wr say
practically, because the application cf steam
to useful purposes has almost annililatrd
distance. Within d brief space Texas has
been settled, and thousands of cmigrants
have crosrcd the Rocky Mountains 20 find
new homes on the Columbia aud Sacrament
to. In the progress of settlements, as in
war, SIT is the first step which COSTS and
the movements of the advanced corps Of
emigrantS to the Pacific coast lave lcsSencd
the dill ~culticS which were first presented.
Emigration, therefore, VIC have reason 10
believe, will q on with accelerated force,
and the birth uf cities beyond the Rocky
Mountains will necessarily give rise 20 COM
merce with other nations, and better means
of communication with the States on this
side. With such "A prospect stretching INTO
the future, well may we insist upon such Il
conclusion of the existing war as will not
destroy our hopes Oh rrtarG cur d~tstinv.
At no very distant day, a railroad will
connect the two oceans, while tine new
route from the South Pass 20 the Pacific,
will in the mean time, facilitate emigration
and hasten events. An American on look
ing at the progress of his country and the
great change wrought within a few wears,
must %rejoicc at oar ~conluests upon Il pol
lev which will give - Us thr ri"Ii;-iHg Of
the Pacific isles, the Indian Archipelago
and eastern Asia. The mission is ours, and
we should march steadily onto its fu!hlment.
We now have all of Oregon south of the 49lh
parallel, and California 10 the Cuff. When
the pending War closes, We should remain
masters Of this continent, on the west. from
the 49th p~araiIel 10 the 25,h,-covering the
hest portion Of North America, and nccu-
pying commercial posts which Will leave
lis free access 81 both oceans. Tie time
has come when We can dispute with Eng
lana the empire Of TIE .cns, and lr Wis"
councils a:!cng our Statesmen, an impetus
wall be given 10 American enterprise which
will sDJu establish Cur commercial and
moral supremacy. ]: is thus that events
which men would avoid, are shaped for
most important and brnciicent results
Our armies i'll Mexico are working out the
greatest changes in political, moral. and
commercial power; and the blooGlcss ON
quests Of kcarney and Fremont and Sloat
in the West are Indicative of those great tri-
ump!s yet in store for American enterprise.
and genius.
In connection with this subject, We CAN
not forbear making the fnllowin g extract
from a speech delivered by Col. Benton.
some time ago, in wiuc!, he referred in for
chile terms TO the Importance of the settle
ment of the Pacific coast by American cit
citizens:
"The effect of the arrival of the C"ucas-
gan, or White race, on the Western coast
of America, opposite the Eastern coast Of
Asia, remains To he mentioned among TIN,
benefits which he settlement oftlrc Column
bla viii proance; and that a benefit, not
local to us, but general and UNIVERSAL 10 the
human race. Since the dispersion Of man
upon earth, | know of no human event,
either past or present, which promises Il
greater and mere benricrnt change upon
earth, than the arrival Of the van of the
Caucasian race (tle Celtic. Anglo Saxon
division) upon Tie border Of the sca which.
washes the shores Of Eastern Asia. The!
Monaghan, OF Yellow race, is there, 400,-!
100000 in number, spreading almost to Eu-
rope; arace once the foremost Of the human
family i'll the arts Of civilization, but torpid
and stationary for Thousands Of years. Ii
is a race far above the Ethiopian, or Black
above the Malay, or Brown (ir we must adj
NIT five races) and above the American In