The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-12

many thousands Of the impressive, Europe hating
Chinese, have crossed the Pacific, and are work.
ing industriously, by the side of the Yankees, in
the mines OF California. 1t s the opinion of Colo
mel Fremont, and other leading men of California,
that the emigration from Asia to our Western
coast will, in a very short period, be mum.
bered by millions. and not by hundreds !;
snd nothing seems more probable than that,
within very few years, if not indeed within
a few months, there will be regular steam commu-
nieation between eur ports on the Pacific, and
the eastern coast of Asia 1t is, to calculation
inevitable, that before ten years have gone by the
old route OF commerce around the Cape of Good
Hope will be nearly abandoned, and that the COM
mnce Of Asia rtH come directly across the Pacy6e,
a~d md ,fs depot at NsV York. This city will be
the great Change alley of nations. Here will be
the principal market Of the world. Towards US as
common centre, are already directed the hopes
and the fortunes of Asia, and Of Europe. The
drift from the old continents is across the Atlantic
on one side, and the Pacific on the other The
eobversiDg centre will be our own metropolis.
What great measure, therefore, is to be proposed,
that vii, Introduce another electric fash across our
future path, and who are the great men who are
cspsble Of comprehending the course of events,
There isssome hing yet in store for this republic,
greater than California; victories of peace, Of com
III. rec, and Of mind, over whole nations, whose
populations are numbered by hundreds of millions.
All the old issues Of tariff, Sc., are dead and gone.
The half developed ideas that have been ferment-
ing for the last ten years, of slavery sgaon-fur-
iher annexation will again spring up-but even the
peaceable or forcible annexation of Canada, Cuba,
and all Mexico, will seem small when contrasted
before the vision Of commerce and civilz alton in
A.ia. Beside such conquest, what were the
achievements of ancient conquerors How do the
his Of English victories in India, Of Napoleons
triumph in Europe, or of Cortszs brilliant feats Of
cbivsIry, ''pals their Intellectual fres," God has
reserved this continent for the modest govern n
and the nobleet race that have ever existed; and
his providence, which has been tressuring up the
fortunes OF former ages, in the bosoms of Europe
and Asia, is now pouring them out at our feet
Shall we show ourselves worthy OF SO exalted a
d.slinyl Will our politicians AT Washington
cease 10 he demegogues, and learn to be
statesmen Is sectional agitation u be re-
Bewed again by such Senators as Sc ward
Hale, and Chase, or TO be famed by such Journal
lets BrysBt, Greeley, and Weed? The two
great parties just emerging from the recent crisis
are about collecting their scattered Materials for
fr,sh reorganization and new movement. That
parry, be it wing or democrat, which rapidly and
rightly seizes uIon the trae spirit of the age-the
natural idea Of the American race-which is pro-
gress, progress progress, commercial political and
civil, viii reach power the first, and retain it the
lopgett. II the wings fall back with Seward, and
lis alice, upon the platform Of slavery agitation,
mere abstraction, the democrs Is will seize the great
idea Of further national proer, SIS nth end
North on land aud wsnr-snd will triumph here
alter, in every contest, and succeed in every am
bltiop. Iook TO this.