Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-08-11
THE TELEGRAPH.
c. L. sHoLEs, EDITOR.
SATURDAY, AUGUST Z, 1917.


% Last week, the reader will reeolIect we pub
lished Short extract from review of a new work
in Blackwoods Magazine, relating among other
things to the war between this country and Mexico
in which the idea is advanced that the invasion OF
Mexico is but portion of that extraordinary and
mysterious agency which is now shaking all the
great stagnant districts OF the world the opera
ton of a higher power than mans with objects al
together superior to the short-sightedness OF man.
and amply bearing the character of working good
out of evil which belongs to the history OF Divine
Providence in all ages of the world"
The Reviewer appears to be impressed with the
same idea of Destiny which has animated some
of our own writers. 1t is certanlr natural. in the
present condition Of intelligence where nations live
contiguous, for the stronger to possess themselves
Of the territory Of the weaker and particularly is
such the case where one nation is not only physi-
cally stronger, but also Industrious, enerprising.
and energetic, in opposition TO the ndoIence and
mental stasnation OF their contiguous neighbors.
! We may condemn a state of war and daprecate
Its horrors may regret the millions spent in its
| prosecution; and we may entertain appyehensions
OF It's final effect upon ourselves but it does strike
that that condition of mind for which phlanthro-
psts sigh, and all men Of enlarged views look for
ward TO with hope can never arrive until this des-
! tiny be accomplisheI--we mean the possession
Of the earth by those to whom belongs and those
/ 70 whom it belongs are those who will PUT it to the
I rest possible purpose for which it IL adapted And
+ for some wise purpose OF Providence wlr aDpc RS
p be tie necessary agent by which this destiny is
+ % be accomplished. 1t has been thus far in the
history OF the world ana will continue to be until
tAe enI Is accomplished. That time W i'll arrive
when nations shall know war no more" we be
lieye is ,uily believe in our own existence,
but it viii not be until alter this destiny is ac-
compl,saed Tor reasons in the very nature Of man.
Those characteristics or faculties Of man which orr
gnate ambition, the love Of gain aud power, must
have their surte.t before the intellectual and moral
agents will attain their supremacy; and it is neccs
sary for these passions are the pow 10 develop the
world to the use of the intellect and morals: they
the pioneers to go forward and clear up the will
Al'S2 ''''h itIC IL III iCStNtHtG lOI tue lCsS Sill
o%y and more refined inhabtant to follow
The morning drum Of England beats round the
world. Alike in the torrid, the temperate and the
/ trigid zones her people are to be found She is
o,ermnning India and the savages are dwindling
away before her. She made wer upon China and
opened hef ports to British commerce and the com
mercc Of the world From her shores the pilgrim
fathers o.ane and hefore them the red man of the
forest has taken his way toward the setting sun,
and they have pressed forward to fill his place We
part of this same people, with all our energies
in higher degree of activity, the effect of Repub-
| can government. Is it expected that we shall sit
quietly down within any boundary Of imaginary
lines, when all round us stretches pleasant territory
productive OF every necessary and luxury OF life IN
der the hand Of labor, but in the possession Of a
weak idle, and useless people. 1t is not Anglo
Saxon nature nor is tintcuded by the grc4. Creator
OF that nature" that it should be 1t will not be
the isthmus of Dar!en which will stop our people
South America opens too tempting field and the
| time will come, when these Anglo Saxons will be
plungng through the straits of Magellan to dispute
with the gigantic Patagonian tie possession OF his
inhospitabe isle We should mach prefer some
other mode than war to accomplish the destiny
but the world must have its fill before there will
come lasting peace
As to the effect Of this progress, and this mode
OF progress on ourselves. that is another question
If Rome or Greece, or any ancient Republic is to
he our guide it opens no very hdtteT;ng prospect
But rejecting minds will have fears of the fate
of these ancient Republics Great Britain IS steadi-
~ pursuing her conquests and colonization and her
government is steadily approaching the Republican
form. We shall never go back to the desrotism
Which she is growing out Of People have attained
condition of intelligence which leads them to see
their interests in a Government OF their own
We may experience conyulsons, but the School
master has been long abroad as to dig up forever
any possible foundation for deSpotsm.
u \ Liberty National Convention is to be held
in Buff;lo on the 00fh Of October next The object