Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-10-20
For the Arkansas Intelligencer.
THE DESTINY OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BY PROF. J. N. MAFFiTT.
Extract from 4th july Oration.

the great moral impetus Will Ue Bi"eH~"uu "heH
the world is ripe to receive it-America will speak
the regene rating word, and the whole earth will
hear that fa off voice and lire
What power would there not be now in great
national impaise-thrown up from the swelling
bosoms Of twenty three millions-what power will
there not be ere long, and many in this audience
shall see the time, when the decrees Of our govern
ment shall be re-echoed by the voices Of thirty
forty-ffty misunderstanding from the mouth
of the Oregon TO the Gulf of the ST. Lawrence
and from the Slave Lake to where the alluvial Of
the Towering Louisiana dips into tho Gulf Of
Mexico!
What mus, be the moral and physical power of
these millions ....
As from the Senate of ancient Rome, the de-
crees went forth, and touched the confines of the
world, SO from the chambers Of the American
Senate, the DEGREES shall 60 forth and touch the
East the West, the North, and the South And
if Christianity shall grow with her growth, and
strengthen with her strength, what on earth can
stay her career Of gory-limt the bounds of her
EMPEROR say what place she shall occupy In
sha ping the destnes of unborn millions?
The signs of the times ominous-they in
dcate speedy consummatiOn of all that we pre-
dct-an unusual brilliancy on the disk of Ameri-
can enterprise heralds the approaching grandeur
Of her destiny. The nucleus around which new
constellation Of stars to adorn the standard-sheei
Of our country's glory is already towering over
the waters of the Pacific. California, the Ophir
of the new world. will soon add additional lustre to
the great model Republic Of the age! The tens of
thousands. hurryng 10 that golden land, carry with
them the germs of Empire States, that will, ere
long, give new impulse to trade, and afford ia
cilties for enterprise and industry, without pa.
rallel, in the history Of the commerce OF the world.
The riches Of the spice islands Of the Indian Sea,
will there find ready market-easier Of access,
and that must, in time, be the only legitimate
channel, through which they will flow. The whole
a rchi alauo of he al
under our direct influence, and pour its immense
wealth into the very lap Of the American nation
The nutmegs and pimento of Japan, the indigo and
Grape of China-the diamonds of Golconda-the
muslins of Bengal--the scimitars of Onde-the
shawls and robes of Cashmere, will be in noun.
tain piles upon ourwharves-fll our warehouses;
| swelling the revenues Of government, and
placing within the reach of all, the comforts and
luxuries Of the richest portions of the ca nth
AT the same time ghe effect upon China, Japan,
| and the Indian Isles, when thus brought into con-
| tact with the Anglo-Saxon race, will be prodigious.
| New fields will open for the display OF those er-
fraordinary powers of adventure and enterprise,
by which the universal Yankee nation is distin-
guished beyond any of her compeers in either
hemisphere! Cities and villages will spring up as
| il by magic, all over that beautiful country.
! Splendid palaces and temples, that shall eclipse
those Of Babylon and Rome D.!
| The acquisition of rceaith. gold-digging if you
please, are not the only Inducements which have
called this emigrant army into the field. There
| are higher, more redeeming principles al work at
the hearts core, OF this wonder of the age. The
| same Providence which conducted the Pilgrim
Fathers TO these shores. :hat has since mani.
| Tested deep interest in welfare; evidently
controls the movements of this novel enterprise,
| and molds its destiny. am persuaded, that rs
good, if not better class OF Emigranis than even
| Plymouth herself could boast of, is en- route 10
California Men of sterling worth, through whose
veins course the life.bood of f Freedom-hot,er than
| Etnas fires, and as irresistible as the oscillations
of the mighty tides of the ocean,
| The fears expressed by many, respecting the
final issue, and probable results of this great moral
| Epidemic, are needless. have ever from its first
inception, linked II with the great chain OF Provi-
dence which runs along the current Of our history
binding 10 the of Political and Religious
Liberty, aud making the earth radiant with its
eyes of Beauty! In n word, California will soon
be baptized with n burning zeal for know ledge and
| Improvement, and in communion with the great
American hive, she will gather from all the Garth
from antiqnity-from the buildings and bloom of
our own virgin continent-the grand md ntracked
wilderness o. the West-that which will enrich
her, far more than the gold and silver the diamonds
and pearls, that are heaped upon her sands and
glitter all over her plains, her valleys, and her
mountains
The purposes OF heaven are rpening fast. The
whole world is in a state of feverish excitement.
Ancient thrones totter-some wiser than others
have yielded TO the spirit of the age, and make
grace Of necessty-a few still struggle for the
mastery-but their destruction is Observation-Disclosures
doom is engraved on the tablets Of Eternity!
Meanwhile, light is penetrating the darkest cor.
ners OF the ear,h-the champions of Liberty are
springng up in the saloons Of kings,-in the coun.
Gil chambers of Princes! Long enslaved millions
are hurling the gauntlet of defiance in the very
teeth of the grim sentnels who guard the hoary
ramparts of despotc governments and kingly do.
mnation
Horrid Combination of Crimc.--The New Ha-
ven Palladium contains the record Of one of the
most revolving instances of crime that we have
ever had occasion to publish. The perpetrator
was dssolute, drunken fellow, named Leander
Foot, Of North Branford, which town was the
scene of his horrid crimes. Foot, who is not over
thirty years old, had been drunken frolic for
nearly fortnight. He lives with his mother an
estmable old lady, and in the family resided also
Emily Cooper, niece Of Mrs. Foot, aged twelve
years. While going to school on Friday morn
ing, this innocent little girl was waylaid by Foot,
as is supposed, violated, and then murdered. Her
lifeiess body found in piece of woods lying