Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-07-22


the night. | returned next morning aud touud
the lady and tittle boys bones WIKI the Aesn burn
ed OFT and whtened by the fire. The !l,Ir girl
lay IN The yard seal ped, and her scul cleft 2th n
iomahawk. ou see that rose bush and arbor
vitae growing yonder, | panted them over The
grave IN which father buried their remains-tue
gentleman joined the army and suppose "a he
hasneycr been heard of, he has been kIled.'
mo" says Mr.. Jones, IL am he, tut would to
God il was So
When we compare the situation of the country
at the close of tho war, with its situation at the
first settlement, we shall find much TO admire
The whole country at the latter period was one
unbroken wilderness. From the ship or :op of a
mountain, not a vestge of man could be seen
save the curling smoke as it rose from so p @ huuI.
bic wigwam in the far Off forest. Not a sptro
nor temple was there
1.-The sound of the church-yoinr bell
These rocks nor vuiiies never heard,
Meier sighed at the sound q kuelI
Nor smiled when sabbath upPeared.'
In ali the thousand bays and guifs which IN.
den'cd the Atlantic coast, not a sal hJttored 10
the brrez" except the Mu-dpwer's. Although the
country had been overruus by two armies for
nearly elgt years-puB.ic as well as prlyate
credit almost annlhIldted. Sill the situation Of
the country was far better. From one the in
habllunls had Increased to ) 900 00O and a thou
sand towns and villages had sprung up. The
country stood forth free and Independent. among
the soverelgns of iho earth, in the vigor and On
ergy of ouih.
But what shall we lind on comparing the sill
uaton of the country al The close Of The revulu-
ZION with It's present. Then lherc were thirtcou
States. now there are thIrty. Then , 600 UJO
Of inhabIlauts-now 20OOJ.OOO. Then only the
Atlantic coost was thIHiy sru.cd; since then tho
population IKE mighty sea, has not only Gov
cred The Atlantic States, but inundated the great
valley OK the Mississippi. and IT'S waves have
broken over tie snow-capt pe1ds Of The Rocky
Mountains, and are f9wing down the valley Of
the Columbia. FIhen he foot of the white mpu
had seldom rrodden on the banks of the FEATHER
Of Waters" now on itss banks and tributaries
stand the cities Of 81 LOUIS. New Orleans. and
Cincinnati, with their hundred thousand InbuJit-
ants. At that period our country extended from
Massachusetts, on the north TO Georgia on the
south aud from the Atlantic on the east to the
Mississippi on the west; from the ,ori TO the
frIgId zone, and from The Atlantic on the east 10
The Pacific the west.
Our political policy scarcely had an existence;
now II Is studied and ad'nre1 BY tbs sages of all
nations. Our political sui civit liberty IS the
theme Of orators, poets ald dirines.
In rejecting tho history OF oar country, ftwo
things strike us VII, pscuhar favrs. y: P1e-
working Of kind divine, aud iaeew .sdooa aud
equity of our ponty. When NC look back we
We eXciuIm wl,fPope
n
Heavens not hs own, aud worlds unknewn before. -
Our pilgrim fathers fed from persecution in
Europe, 10 worship God according to the dictates
OF their own conscience IN lAe wlids Of \ werica
he first bold feature of our national chart Is thar
"eyery man should worship God according tothe
dictates of his own conscience" Every mau
can SIT under his own vuo and Gg tree and sing
psalms, and say prayer out OF what book he pleas
es, ana nouc dare mOest or make him afraid.
Our Iucreuso IN wealth and number, can be as
crIbed 10 no other hand. Our literary improve
menls have been cOmmcusu rate with Il people IA
vorcd by heaven. The Americans seem To have
demanded right and been admitted by ma
lures God, into the grand Arena OF great ma
ture herselt where they have learned. her mos,
mysterious works. Fulton invented The steam
boat which foams in every river ou the globe, and
even across tho Atlantic. Franklin brought the
torked aud iombcnt Artillery Of God down from
heaven, handled It wiki Impuaity, and even con-
hned II IA jars. Morse has used il TO convey his
thoughts, throughout The continent with the speed
ofan angel!
sometimes think in my musng hours, that our
puritan father Is the church, or woman spoken Of
IN Revelations, and America the Wilderness 10
which she !led. We ars.surely the modern Is
raeIies-the peculiar tavorte of Heaven. We
have crossed old Jordan and subdued The Canaan
lies. Pharaoh and has host beyon Tho briuy
deep!
Ia our civil pOIiy, we have adopted the rigid
rules Of the common law, soEseued by the mid
uess and equity Of theaculI. We have traus-
planted the oak Of England, but entwIned lis
boughs WIKI the vines OF lutly. Law hero Is q
noble science, built principles which protect
alike the rch anu The poor. Al our bars in The
courts of Justice, The king and the beggar appear
like at The bar OF Omnipoence, a perfect
equality. The virluous peasant dreams not of
soldiers, guards, dungeons, and the giDbet-tbcse
are his protectors-thoy are a terror to the bad
only. ....
In our political policy we have exceeded in
practice the dreams OF Plato The poorest citi-
zen walks up TO the polls and casts his vote for
the mln OF ms choice, not an humble Piebian
but us Il proud Patrican. 70 all who have viz
tue and ability, the rodd 10 the highest profermeut
is OPEN Mexico, Gautrnan, all South America.
wiLh France, have become sister republics pre-
seutlng to the world the sublime spectacle Of half
u world of treemen.
Our own happy government, like feet OF
thirty san, IS bound on voyage from. time TO
eternity. Each suip has "a captain. and the fleet
commander-hisgory is Inc chart, reason and
justice The compass, glory the gale, and the lives
aud happiness OF mankind, The cargo.