The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-10-08
GENERAL, CASS.

ring, on behalfof the citizens of Califor-
mia. Explaining the motives of the do
'nors. Mr.. Post said:
1T is presented, General, as tribute
most Justly due you as the able and fear
less advocate of liberty and the equal
rights of man, as the Jealous and consist
ent upholdcr ami advocate of the con-
stitution and the Union of the United
States, as the bold and ardent defender
of our country and its interests, abroad
and at home, in war and in peace, as the
noble and undismayed bearer of the
standard of the democratic party of the
Union in 1918, and last, but not least.
as one of the earliest, most devoted.
and ablest friends of the State of Cali
fornia."
General Cass, IN reply, after thanking
the donors for this splendid testimonial
of their confidence and esteem. said with
reference to the manifest destiny of our
country and its free institutions;
1--WE have carried our empire across
the continent. and planted our flag upon
the shores Of that distant ocean which
separates us from tie islands and CONT
nent of Asia. Cur progress westward
has brought us into direct communication
with the regions of the East. with those
old countries where civilization &C M
I1encrd early. but has long been station
'ary. if not retrogading. Our int rcous
with them may be designed b. Provi-
dence TO infuse new vigor into their in
-stitutions, and TO teach them tire only
true principles of freedom and religion.
And our establishment upon the Pacific
cannot fail to be felt powerfully and
beneficially through the immense regions
washed by its waves. The extension of
our territory has introdu ed new era
fntc our history. From oc can to ocean
the outline is ours, and it will be filled
up with an energy and rapidity which the
past foreshadows and the future will ac-
complish.
The perseverance and enterprise Of
Jour fellow citizens have been honor
Bile to the American character and have
gained for them respect OF the civilized
world. Your magnificent country is in
'di<solubly bound up in the Same destiny
with US. ATutlial wants and mutual
Supplies will furnish motives for indus
try, and will insure its adequate rewards.
Instead of active enemies DIS we should
often be. aid zeal oas rivals as we sho uld
always be. if placed in contact as Sc
parate nations. our future. we hope
will be glorious one, each protected
and protecting. and our only contest
strife for That supe~;oritv which is at
tanned by the arts of peace, aad rot 10y
the arts of war,
And thus thirtg- one communities.
while Independent. are yet dependent on
one another, enjoying greater measure
of peace and security, of freedom and
prosperity, than ever before fell to the
lot of people. God grant that no eff
fcrt may be successful, whenever or
wherever made, to put asunder what. by
the blessing of Providence. the consti
tutio-,, forraed by the uisdcfA aTd patri
otisrh of our fathers. has joined together.
That day IF it ever corles, Will come III
the wrat. Of God, and trust shall not
live to see II.
English Acknowledged "A recent
number of the london Times has lorg
editorial summing up the results OF the
Great Exhibition, III which we find the
following ''ownin9 up to Anne rican IN
genuity and enterprise
ut is beyond all denial that every
practical success of the season belongs
10 the Americans. Their cOrSignmcnts
showed poorly at first. but came GU; well
upor trial Their reaping machine has
carried conviction TO the heart CT the
British agriculturist. Their revolvers
threaten to revo!utionize military tactics
as completely as the original discovery
of gunpowder. Their yacht takes clas;
Of itself. OF all the victories ever won
,none has been so transcendant as that OF
the New York schooner. The accounts
given of her performances suggest the IN
apprcachable excellence attributed to Jul
piter by the ancient poets. who described
the king of the gods as being not only
supreme, but having none other next to
him. Whats frst?' The America.
..Wbat.s second?" "Noth;rg" Beside;
this the Baltic, one of Collinss line o
steamers, has "made the fastest passage
go, known across th@ Atlantic" and, &C
.aording TO the america" Journals hd'
been purchased by Brush AGENTS 10
the purpose of towing the Cunerd 'eSSe,
from one shore Of the ocean to the o.-her'
Finally, as if to crown the trumphs Oh
the year, Americans have actually sailed
through the Isthmus connecting the two
continents of the New World, and while
Englishmen have been doubling ant
grudging, Yankees have stepped In AND
won the day.
So we think, on the whole, that w
may afford 10 shake hands and exchang
congratulations, after which we mus
learn as much from each other as we can
He BELIEVED Is THE REsURRECTIoN.- il
lS4S Mr. Powell, the Governor now o
Kentucky, but who was beaten in tina
4 Il. aeI.