Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-07
RouIh AmerIeaa nivcTs

The eyes Of our eOunirymea are beginning
70 be Fixed with al sarnesIuess they never hal
before upoo the "RiO De Ia Plata" and he Am.
uEou" Of sOB'h America. The fact seema
opened 10 Us oil 81 once that there is room
enough for Us there when We get cro~ ded here.
Slanding on the shores Of The Pacific, as we
nov do, having ovehesped the Rocky Noun.
tSiRs, there Is already The sensation &c "a ligh,
hi, ss Congressional uralor Mr.. Weighlmau,
OF New MVxico) expressed himself The other
day and We want, or think We want, more
room 10 stretch eui and 70 expand 10. That
room is undoubtedly, IN the rich tropical regions
of the Amazon, or amid the leeming valleys OF
The La PLATA. There is room enough for a
ceD1uiy's growth Vet. We can feed the world
when we plant ourselves there. When North
America really becomes "a light IT," the Ana.
Ton, The La Plaza a0d The Pafana. and Their
rich IeemiHg valleys. that abound with every.
thing thai Gao gladden. the eye or cheer the
heart Of man. So let US be content, in this our
day. nj least, thai We shall not die Of Starvation
buI that there is air. room, brealh.roon. stretch.
room, nay, enough Of room for everybody aud
everything. i is important fOr our country.
meu thoroughly to comprehend this decided
fact, because we verify believe the greatest az.
Fiction they have. since they have got TO the
"Wesl,P now, and esn get no further land,
comes from the sensation that the American
continent is not big enough 10 hold them.
To apPease This unhappy sensation. perhaps,
was the impulse IRON. our Governmentin send.
ing out several navy officers TO the Pacific, TO
scale the Cordlera4 to come down their noun.
tain sides, and 10 explore the great Soulh Amer.
ican rivers that flow into the Atlantic. Il is un.
desIood that these officers will soon report We.
ry satisfactorily to our unhappy fellow crea.
lures that lho Amazon will hold them all when
they get crowded here, and thar when the Am,
azon gives out the La Plata valleys will swal
low up what remains. Lieut. Ilenden, il is
said has no doubt Of the fact rs to the Amazon;
aud though the party that went from Chill to
explore the LA Plata has not yet returned, yet
there is no doubt they will reassUre all such as
doubt with confidence Brazil decidedly OBJ.
jects 10 our entering the Amazon, il Is true. and
Lieut.. Hernden slid into the back door Of the
CordilIeras; bu. Brazil must be reasoned with
as The British reasoned with China. provided
she continues inhospiIabe or obstinate. We
can negotiate with her back.door neghbors or
the Pacific, aud who have The head waters o
the great river and If Brazil shuts up the Iron
door u Para. when we have right by treaty
to go TO the back door through that front door
at Para, we must knock il open with paixhaT
Knocker-of course
l II is some qualification TO learn that since The
banishmeni OF Rosas from Buenos Ayres, whC
held The front door Of The La Plata. Urquizi
and his successors open that front door 10 al
nations. The Federal Government at Wash
inRIon,.i is understood, are going TO send ou
there The liule steamer "Waler Which," not Il
fight, but 10 make survey but what is better
we hear that in a shon time steamer, IN,
"Rhode Island" is to go from this port on
trading expedition, to do Jerrging and irCHlck
ing up and down the Paraguay. DR.. Franci
being dead and gone, the terrible 6aI-who
, ever enters Paraguay can never 60 ouI-ceHse
, 10 alright, and hence this contemplated expe
dilion. We wish il all possible success; an
when the natives get used 10 this novelty o
their waters, we see no reason 10 doubt Ihl
money can be made out Of il. IL that exper
menI succeeds, il ir puite cerIain that ii will nc
be long before we shall be trying our luck u
and down on The Amazon, which is nearer ou
DOORS Brazil nOIens UOlens.
There being now in the United States vas
amount Of surplus energy, much Of which
scheming, and more above doing any thing lik
vulgar work, we respectfully suggest that, il
stead of ibus.ering upon Cuba, or colonizin
81. Domingo, islands oi but small note in con
parison with The South American rivers, il t
directed toward these rivers, 10 sec what can b
made upon them. They are certainly greu
fields for exploration and for The enterprise
' man. What the great rivers Of India are TO II
i British Empire these rivers are to US and no
that steam brings them near 10 our country, !,
h US see what can be- made out of them, in III
r way Of Irade and commerce, at least. IN.
Express.