The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-05-01

San Francisco. Philadelphia, Baltimore Bos-
ton. Cincinnati, and St. LOUIS, will no doubt
grow; but the three first named will control the
capital and trade of the country. Such, think,
must be the course OF things. Every thing
points to it. Legislation, revolution, and the
combinations OF traders cannot arrest the strong
causes which are now at work to produce this
result. 1t is not proper, however, TO speak at
large on the prospects of the nation Weighter
matters claim attention. / would turn the eyes
OF the religious world TO our new States and Ter
ritories. Few seem to have any conception OF
the oudness OF the call that is made upon US for
help for these countries We might adopt, with
very slight changes, the language OF James
Douglass, of Scotland, in relation to the Old and
New World, and say that these new countries
are to US what her western colonies were to
Greece-the land of aspirations and dreams, the
theatre OF daring enterprise, and the asylum of
misfortune, which receives alike the exile and
adventurer, the discontinued and the aspiring,
and promises to all freer lie and fresher ma
ture.
The emigrant even from States formed within
the last twenty five years, might believe him
self as one transported to a new world. He finds
himself raised in the scale of beng. The pau
per is maintained by his own labor, the hired la
borer works on his own account, and the tenant
is changed into proprietor. The world has sell
in its range, so Unreasonable iD its eonse-
quences. A resistless influence is Withdrawing
the people from every part of our land, and hur-
rylng them across the Rocky mountains and the
lsthmus of Panama and around Cape Horn, to
participate in the renovated youth and untold
wealth Of our possessions on the Pacific Hsrdes
OF emigraEts are continually swarming off, as
ceaseless in their passage, and almost as crowd
ed and as unreturning, as the travellers to eter-
nifty.
In the lifetime of some who are now in middle
age, these countries will contain millions OF souls
Enterprise, art, ingenuity and wealth will do all
but impossibiihes. In less than century these
countries will send forth vast streams Of human
beings, bold, hardy, sagacious, and powerful for
good or i'll. Many Of them will come back on
us. They will leave the impress of their gen.
Jus and character wherever they shall 60 No
force can crush the sympathy that already exists
and is continually augmenung between these
countries and the rest of America and the major
part OF Europe We may stand and find fault,
but it will effect nothing. We NAV in some cas-.
es refuse them government, but they will have
one, and it will be efficient too. We may
call them desPeradoes, and they will show US that
they have more selt-control than, under the same
circumstances, we ourselves should Practise
Bad men will go there, but they will soon be de-
voured one of another. Voluntary paupers NAV
be found there, but they will soon find that il
they Will not work Aeither shall they eat. Men
who live by chicanery may 60 there, but should
like to see one of them undertake to practise his
art on man like Kit Carson.
A large number of highly moral and truly pi,
Gus men have already gone to our new States and
Territories, California not excepted At San
francisco thirty gentlemen are paying three
Thousand dollars, per aunum TO the Rev Mr..
Hunt Tor preaching TO them and others in a
school-house. In short time church which
Will bold thousand people will be finished In
the absence OF regular government every man
goes armed, yet il is not Tor offence but for de-
fence. recent letter from high source saws:
'We have no fighting ia San Francisco for every
man knows that deah must ensue to one or both
parties +" better yeomanry than that OF Texas
Tor the last twelve years is moi to be found. Or
egon, Minnesota, and Nebraska contain white
population as much disposed to live In peace and
mind their own business, working with their
own hands, as any other equally large population
In this Uulon. The emigrants to California sur.
pass IN correct notions of law, erder and liberty,
the mass OF the early settlers in the "Old Thir-
teen They are unspeakably in advance of
them in enterprise and the arts The history OF
suffers establishment in California shows how
tractoole the natives commonly are. The peo-
pie of new Mexico are little inclined to resist
government as any people. Their submission to
the capricious, cowardly, and cruel Armiio is
ample proof that they are not disposed to rebel
under any endurable provocations and griev.
ances
But will not the people of these remote coun.
tries, be dsaffected to federal institutions and
thus forfeit our sympathies? | ask, in reply.
Why should they DO they not need our army
to protect their settlements from hostile Indians
or our navy to keep their coasts free from pratt.
cal craft and from the aggression OF foreign flags,
Is there any instance of new State threatening
the integrity fthe Union Has Florida with
her French, or Wisconsin, with her Norw epians
resisted the laws ofthe United States. The new
States and Territories always love the Union.
Maine no less than Massachusetts, Louisiana no
less than Pennsylvania, Texas no less than South
Carolina, Michigan no less than Georgia.
1t certainly is not fair TO deny loyal enter.
Prisng people even the forms of law. and then
reveal them if they resort to some system of self.
defence against both external and internal foes.
What would be the state OF things in the most
moral city or commonwealth in the Union, ia the
absence OF all municipal regulations duly admin
istered even for the space OF two months
1t is Tar too common among the people Of the
older States to think that wisdom and virtue will
die with them. Their brethren in new countr;e.
are commonly not grossly vicious or ignorant.
ANY man can find more infallible signs OF low
vice and misery in one hour, in any of our large
Atlantic cities, than he can find in fur tvo ,o,e