Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-11-10
AMERICAN, ATLANTIC, $, PACIFIC
SHIP CANAL C0MPANl.

This communicaton between The two oceans,
long the ayorite dream Of me statesmen OF Spain.
from the period OF the coYrJidoaorsdow to The
last hour Of the Nice.Koyal Governments win
fad its realization through the public spirit ard
the restless energy Of this great eonIedemcy,--
Oar ample facilities, The discovery and app!ca
ton OF modern science, will realize what seem. d
eminently useful to those statesmen Of the past
but what their comparatively scan means d *
ecnion forbade them to carry into substantial
practical use. Whatever be the place adopted
OF The point selected, the transit from one TO tie
other Of our ocean coasts, through an inland
route, will be to us tic opening Of an immeuse
avenue ofprosperity.
" e trust that the promoters Of Ibis scheme are
not TO be ranked with those WHO allow them
selves to be oaz2,ed by brilliant illusions The
mos practical mind; Of the land whilst keeping
in sieW the many obstacles that stand in the WAY
Of the undertaking. have still given Ia their nd.
heson TO the perfect feasibility ot' tie wotk--a
work the grandest Of the age, aud one, too, laed
to change the phases OF civilization on the sur
face d the globe. There Is manifest destiny
in all its tendencies. Il is no longer an under
taking left to the groupings Of rresoute minds.
or 10 the little tampcrings Of a pro7erbally slow
race; but is committed to he hands d race.
hardy, adventurous, and indsiatigable--a race
that loves to grappc with difficulties and exult in
the overthrow. The American race, over this
new and last highway OF civilization, will send to
the waters OF the Pacific the snpelduous produce
Of our country, tor the purpose Of thet distribu,
ton along the whole extent Of the western coast,
the cnsIers OF the Sandwich Islands, the Indian
Archipelago, China and Japan. We shall have
an East India Company--the great American
last India Company, without the vexations, the
encfoachmens and The crueltes that hive mark.
cd the original in its course OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
l he words OF Humboldt, which sound almost
like words OF prophecy, occur apposilely on this
subject. "Hhen, says he, "a communication
shall have been established between both oceans,
the productions OF China and of Noolka Sound
will be brought 5000 miles nearer the reach OF
Europe and the United States Then will grea,
changes occur in the political condition Of East>
ern Asia; for that neck OF land, against which
the waves OF the Atlantic ocean have been beat.
/ ing Tor ages, have for ages stood as the bulwork
OF the independence Of China and Japan"
The prophecy, we think, is not far from is
accomplishment. OF the three great powers
which once held sway over the destnies Of this
con'inenl--Spain, Portugal, and EngIand.-the
two first have, one by one, been compelled to
drop the richest Of their possessions whilst the
third retains on hers but trail hold. which the
commissions of Tomorrow, Swallowed by the aci.
tations Of yesterday, may forever break asunder.
In such changes, even, perhaps within the pass
ing generation. the destinies Of country canno
be mistaken. The olden powers must make
way and leave us this new sword to hustle in,
The measures Of progress and elevation whict
are to result from these changes, |, Is not in tn,