Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-08-21
An EagIsllman' opinion orAmor;cans.

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Il The following extract we have selected
Isays the N. Y. Tribune, from the leader
Of the Illustrated London News of The
| 9th inst. It IS so good and 50 true that
we canuot add nor subtract d single word
without spelling it, h56 ,j IFa 5
n" Some1persons attribute all the SUCCESS
Of the States, the good order which pre-.
Iwaiis, 'he geitcrai prosperity, &c., 70 the
grcatabnldance Of landfat the command
of the people, But for years past. tue
| policy OF onr government in relation to
our own colonies has bee1i very fbticf fii.'
| llnenced by Mr.. WakefeId's theory, that
| abundance of land isa source of barba
rousncss, and It has niadS, land dear Or
scarce insthe colonies, in order 10 conlinc
| aud coudense Tho population. 1t is quite,
certain, TOO, tl.at many OF the States Of
Europe are not so densely peopled as Mas.
| sachllse,ts aud Rhode Island, /, is doubt
| ful, therefore whether the prosperity OF
| the United States, and The good order Of
! shcir people, mingled with strangers from,
| all parts Of The world, are the Consequences
| tnereiy'of land being Abundant '31 '+3t' 3ii
| Though, material causes,x Of which nm
abundance or scarcity Of. land is one, have
4 great Influence over the claracter of
men, yet moral canses--is we learli frolnl
the examples Of the Swiss, the Dutch,
and tile English, who achieved greatness
IN spite, or orfapefhaps in coliscquencc, Of
comparatively contracted ,lilni,s---are III
least equally powerful in determining Tie
veal or woe of mallkild MANY parta of
Russia, Poland, Austria, ,tipnaary, Turkey,
have yet room for, many millions Of hu.
n1an beings, aid II ii NOT, Therefore +thes
command Of an abundance Of land, bui
the government. aud qualities Of the Amer
lrans, which enstlre their prosperity
While the-people Of most Of the countries
lli Europe 90 TO .logger.heads Wlcn, there
ls any Kind difference oropnion amongst
them, aud conltl not for ases,i and eoilhot
now, elect a. Bishop. or, sBnrgolnaster, a
LalIdamaii, Or King, parish beadle or
a member Of Parliament without contests
and conflicts, wasting money aud time,
generating disturbances, and breaking
heads or shedding blood, tllc eAinericaiIs
by some simple and reasonable method--
caucus, log-rolling, conyen,on--- manage
quic;iy TO Bring all their disputes to tie
Observation-Disclosures. oForupwardsd
Of seventy years, during most of wlncll
tie Old civilized States Of Europe, have
been cof,rulsed with contests, ilisnrrec.;
tons, revolutions, aud wars--l,eing ruineth|
lily police, soldiers, aud restrictions to pre-
vent mischief whenanot engaged III bloody
l,attlc--t'le Americans lave lived, III al |
tnost perfect peace, and have continually |!
elected tbronehoht itheif, States an i'm |
rilense mass of officials, from alall poneryE
10 the President, without more disturbance |
than is occasioned il Europe by chang
ing the quarters of a regiment. The ex-
planation Of the phenomenon seems to lie
in the common bn. general fact, that I
knowledge gives skill. The youngest OF
nations, the States, prof, by the expert
ence OF their predecessors and as they
benefit by all the admtal macbinery of old
Europe, for cnItvaliug. the soil and man
ulactnring cloth, besides inventing more
new and admirable machinery Of their
own tlan is possessed by any Of tller nat ion
except the English, 50 they benefit by
Using the best machinery oi Government
known and inn nse in Europe,
while they have improved it by still bet
ter niaclllntiy ofetlleir own. They are
simply more skilled in The art OF govern
noen', AZ. they are more sklledin the
agement Of steanl-boats and teegrapls
Lllan most Of ille people Of Europe. s.a 1