Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-01-30

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and that continent emanates the mos
extensive trade in the world. Hither
TO that trade has been the propert,
of other nations, carried on scros
a vast extent of ocean, and occupy
ing a long period of time in tn
transportation. BuiAihe moment j
at hand, when a change is TO b,
made in the direction of that com
merce. The money-geniusofA Americl
that has overcome so many obsta
cles, will soon employ Us energie
upon that object. America is destin
ed before many years to become -thl
grand carrying place bstween Eu
rope and the East Indies. American
ships will transport the mercbandisl
across the Pacific; American rail
roads will carry the same good,
from one side TO the other of heI
own continent; and American YES
sells will again receive them TO bear
them over another ocean TO theiI
place Of destination. ms sdT
Cities will spring up on the shores
of the Pacific; railroads will cross
those Western praries in all Girec-
tions; the clatter of machinery will
be heard along the streams of Ore
gon; the lightning will speed across
the Rocky Mountains; and the Sab
bath stiffness of those widespread
sOlitudes will resound one day in the
week to the echo OF the church-going
BELL Then who will say that Cali
fornia emigration, as forming a nu-
cleus around which may cluster
one oint OF the vast mercsRtiie road
viii b-Ameriea is destined to become,
will not be of advantage! .-sl
This is no vision Of heated imag-
ination. Already the grand project
is on foot. A railroad to the Pacific
is no longer visionary scheme
Men Of mind and men Of influence
have given it their attention, and
pronounced it practicable; every one
sees its Importance, ,and it will be con-
structed. Many plans for its accom-
plishment are already before the pub
lic,awaiting only the sanction Of pub
lie acceptance TO be carried out. The
immense trade Of the Pacific; China
and Asia itself, will eventually reach
Europe mainly by way OF America.
The natural energy OF our inhabi-
tants will not allow this matter Ion
ger TO remain unquestioned. With
the wealth Of India flowing into our
Golfers, and our immense western
world filling up with republicans,
what American citizen can contem-
plate the destiny o! his country with
out feelings of pride and satisfaction?
Many years may, and probably
will elapse, before this will be ac-
complished. Generations OF men
may yet pass away, but come il
will and come it must. The grand
idea which led Columbus across the
ocean-even so many years after he
has gone TO his last account, will
eventually be carried out. The
search of nearer passage TO the
wealth OF the eastern world, which
gave a new continent TO the old
hemisphere, will finally be rewarded.
The grand problem which Colum-
bus based on the rotundity Of the
earth, alter so many centuries have
passed away, and the continent he
discovered in attempting TO establish
it, rivals the one which holds his ash
es, in wealth and power, shall be tri-
umphantly solved.
What a thought it is, thai after
so many ages have notched their
passage upon times eternal calendar,
and the very names of those who |
sought this great blessing have gone
into oblivion, that strangers, foreign
both to the discoveries and discov-
cred, shall accomplish the idea which
led them to peril wealth, reputation,
and life ITSELF Little did Column
bus imagine, when unknown to him-
self, even, he discovered a new con-
tinent, that so many years after,
when his bones had decayed in the
grave, new race Of beings spring
ing up almost in a single night, ac-
tuated by motives Of selfishness alone
should solve the problem, the very
proposition of which brought upon
him ridicule and persecution. But
such are the inscrutable ways Of
Providence. Never, perhaps. has the
passage from the worlds
master-hand, been applied with more
than in this connection:
.sThere Is a divinity which shapes our ends,
Rough hew them how we WHIP
This, then, shall be the destiny Of
America: To carry out the project
conceived by the bold Genoese, and
by his hardy crew, OF
discovering shorter passage TO the
wealth Of the Indies. II
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the editor of the Washington Pa. Re-
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