The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-03-03

wooden nutmegs in Connecticut, invent
ing new washing machine, or a new
religion, we still behold the same vari-
ETY. of talent, the same unconquerabIe
perseverance, the same unlimited reli-
ance upon their own powers.
The commerce OF the New World is
fast rivalling that ofthe Old, and carry
ing the influence OF the versatile Amer
lean genius to the remotest parts of the
earth.
Here, then, we have in the American
character and mind, the elements of a
mighty moral power. We have, also.
the means for IFS training and improve
ment, and facilities for its extension
Can it be otherwise than influential!
Nay II must be, I had almost said, all
powerful
And now the question comes 10 us
with an import which Eternity's records
alone can fully unfold--what shall this
influence be? for good, or i'll? 1t is ques-
ton which the men of the Present must
settle for the men of the Future-a ques-
ton upon which nations look with deep
est in.erest-a question which may de-
eide the fate of the world.
The language which we speak will
soon become The language Of the world,
and with il must 20 the arts, sciences,
literature, liberty and Religion ofAmer-
lea
The American character has too much
il. 1t of naturalness and freedom of spirit
long to remain unfelt in its effects upon
other nations. Cherished by the free
dom of American institutions, 1t is rap
IDLY becoming the admiration OF the ma
tons, and the terror OF their rulers. The
crowned heads of the world, dread the
bold daring and adventurous spirit, which
cast off the yoke of British tyranny, to
which they are obliged to yield, and
framed in the wilds of America a new,
a natural, and yet unheard of form of
government, where the strange, and to
them fearful doctrine Is promulgated that
call men are born free and eqnaI''-the
spirit, which not content with even the
vast domains already possessed, is press
ing its way westward and southwark,
destined we think, ere long, ifnot as one
entire Republic, yet as a community of
Republics, to extend its power, Influence
and institutions. over the whole Of this
vast continent. They who are not min.
gled with its waters mnst be washed, as
the Indians, away and vanish.
The mind of man loves what is free
and fearless. and as they who bow their
necks now TO despotlsm, behold these
characteristics which they love eXem-
pIifed in Americans, they will love also
the Americanism, (if we may use this
word as representing all that is essen
TALLY American, )-thcy will love the
Amerlcanism which makes them such.
Will they long feed upon the husks Of
WORKOUT despotisms, when the full gran
aries of'freedom are within their reach?
will they long drink OF the bitter waters
and stagnaht pools, which lie along the
barren waste, from which their masters
have pIucked every green thing, when
they have but to strike the rock three
times, aad slake the mental. and moral,
and human thirst of nations, at the gush-
ing running fountains? Twice already
has Americanism nerved the arm Of
France to strike for Europe. The first
and the second Revolutions have passed
and third is yet needed Religious Free
dom-the Religious Freedom of Amer
lea has thrust itself in at the gap which
the second blow made, and it cannot
close up before the third blow skaters
the rock, and the fountains so long hid
den from the eye of men shall be laid
open to the ardent gaze ofdelighted nil
lions
No chlld's play is that which Ameri-
ca Is destined to perform in moulding the
CT acter OF the worlds history: have
said that it will give to the world its
arts, sciences, literature, liberty, ay! and
It's religion too.
The Liberty of America cannot live
without a pure Christianity, and 1t must
therefore send with its other gifts to the
world, its religion. France and Europe
had not yet received its religion, and
was not prepared for its freedom, but the
true standard of the Cross is now plant
ing in those lands, and preparing the way
for liberty. ..
Thus in the wise Providence of God,
Americanism is destined to become the
herald of Light, Liberty and Religion 10
the ignorant, the enslaved and superStl-
tious inhabitants of the world, and to be
a mighty instrument i'll the hands of the
Almighty Disposer of all things, in ush-
ering in upon the earth, the glad dav Of
a Religious and Political Millennium,
LEINAD.
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