Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-09-23
The Doomed Country.

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VINO can seny ma. Lne,anu' si1ee 'ns
tne da.e o. tne az. 81 !savlgaaen' nas .ss, az,
9olreu .ns uomlnion ol the seas ahon, anu ~; :.
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Who can denu that ENGLAND in a COM
,c.rc;al and r..r,,c. .tor;ns noint of view,
ha; become under its former policy, the first
in ,hs world and the chief moving power,
the uniyer.al agent: the sovereign people Of
cretiif. circulation and commerce?
Who can deny that British agriculture
ON m equal extent and quality Of soil gives
a Greater return for the labor. of the, hus.
bsndman. than lands the most furrowed by
the plow or favored by the sun? ia q
Who can DENY that the BritishTsles-two
miserable little spots, when looked at on the
man Of the world have for centuries taken
their place among the greatest empires, and
obtained an illustrious place in the history
ofthe powers Of the earth? s's
xYou might as well deny the existence
of the sun as DENY any of these things
To .overwhelm- any audacious romparisons,
Eneland has only to exhibit its fleets, its
harbors. its domains, il. banks, its manu-.
factories. its iron foundries, its markets, its
docks. - arsepals, its girdle Of colonies and
fartresses encircling the composing
an empire larger than ever obeyed the laws
of Rome. t-
sr..L1,, - e .. atro,,;, uh..
,..s.ii tb..s r;.hs. s.c.mnlatsd between
tive hanks If th.. Thames neonled bv =
e..S..s.,f n,..t. .rd ,yb;ch salmast ,,,erb,.
man activity incessantly presses and agi-
tate.! Here are to be seen deep and spa
c;ous docks. the ample bosom, Of which no
no breath Of wind ever agitates, and in
which every vessel of eyery nation, from the
p;eantic tbree-decker to the Chinese Junk,
fnds its allotted place, and where ali the
a.o. Of the earth lie side by side. as in the
comsaon emporium Of nations. There the
taibes Of every nation arranged in perfect
order IN pipantic magazines. constituting
Of themaelyes an entire city. .ss'-fss
H.. -. ,aa.k s.rd. drv docts forn.
sas;.s, s ~ 'nars | ,.hsra ,adsr a. % .bs s
% snsehs q. .,.sl [ md ;ran M ars - ,a,;a.ad
:A. As ~ - "a M g nta .t;c forms 1nd,s.s,,
i.ho,. :. svsry tb;ne,, ; and vet all tbis ars.t
80, !. !. no.b;ss t., he cam.ared viii ths
~. =. = R;rna;a1bam M Manchester sbaf,
sslds ssa. Ms1thvr..idv;l and = .n.rr-
.h;...s-.T Tns-tbs n,;dst, of the din tba rIaaa
sh..s,,,,nss. of .n,ote the ocean ~ ' &c AZ
~s;cb L marx tbe astonishinr scene. non
,.ouId ..nnase that the fable of tbe T;tans
had come to mas, and that the Giant, IF
-sb.,. roc. are ,ena riiocsf fo scale the beov.
.n. s. 5 So Es sf
t.hei 1aial.se, ou tne eye 1 y iu.is saeus 'ue au
tusns alouno =. me i'll1nehsi,y y me c'l.
su,a,oA = "n.shls n petpe,uaiy eo'"e ~ ~
M NJ ou oIe .,,a =, ine D,,uses g.e 'no
ls.ss peaJ.o , 'lon Ind .,.s "us' na.,aaa uah
:es pnsse :. s'noAe annu Gus = cos.
.a'en l,sss a.u .e'as. a.'oe. yga' .oo, W
c'ts assa ooeo 70 eifec'ioi i'ae - many
hunan pshg, . one Ha'',eh' a'.nos. ~
vailng 'ae la,lMaytfasa " ~ sPe.u, ~ a'io'"
ea ssopp,ng y 'he sa.a 2. ;ena,o' Ire laens
;sa.. sss'aY -, :. 49,. .,anohiOs
nlowine t.hroasl,s e fhaa w.yesv with their
w;nos e a ina .seanfa,ino 10 carass where
n s;Sola lnnch. .wn,,ld he sdentbi In the
civ ifself thousands Of ch. r.o,s md wnq.
ans or oonn;hns.,s a..wn h.. nowarrs7l
bor.as &c en- or;a ues dari;ao nj sneed through
the .,hronos ali nassins md renossing. eros,
sing.in,srminelin. and vet never Coming
;nto cnt;s;nr...so exnarianced and wary are
tho hands which guide them. Meanwhile,
on the foot paYements, countless multi.
tude Of people, intent on business, amuse,
ment 81 pisasure, necessarily ponrs along;
and this is the same from the West India
docks 10 The west end parks; from Black
well to the spiendid squares Of Belgravia
and Hyde Park, which form the brilliant
girdle Of that scene OF toll. and labor, as
the Elysian fieldsdo the realms Of Tarta-
rus. Never has people in the material
werld developed its industry on such
scale of imneasurable grandeur. The
pen cantiot describe the animation of its
labsrs; the activity of its commercial md
manufacturing cities, the extent of its real
industry. Figures alone can convey an
idea of its immensity. - ~.s
r Great Britain, which is only two hum
bred leagues long, and the soil of which is
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