The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-09-21
The President in 1900.

We venture that prediction. But where he
is, and what his name, no human sagaeity
can now discover and no facts in our past
history can indicate. And the Republic,
what will be its character, its power, its lim,
its, at that not distant day? Seventy mil
lions OF people, free, intelligent, and striving
with restless energy for wealth and fame,
will stretch over the continent from Ocean
to Ocean, and, it may be, from Panama
lsthmus TO the frozen realms Of the north.
A commerce, more rich and widespread
than was ever possessed by nation before,
will be protected by fleets that will insure
justice and safety to all who bear the Amer
lean name. While railroads and telegraphs,
steam and lightning, will afford that easy
and rapid communication, and interchange
of thought and sentiment, that assinIilate
! the most distant communities to each other
with the strong bones of common interest,
friendship and freedom. The Union preserv-
ed, and prosperous as heretofore, such will
be its proud position, its power and glory
| then. .n-.- n....~
| Aud where is now the boy, that forty
seven years hence, is destined to sway SO
wide realm? No law OF hereditary sue
cession, no royal pedigree, no divine right to
rule, can designate his home or name. No
prince is he; no Guel ph or Bourbon. He
may by running barefooted at this moment
among the hucke berry bushes of Oregon, .
or over the granite hills of New England,
the cotton fields Of the south, or the praries
OF the west. He may be, as we write, play
ing his task at some printers case, or listen
ing to the oft-told legends Of grandsire
VINO fought for freedom with Washington.
Or ne may be even now spelling his way
to the head Of his class in some public school
in Pittsburgh, Wherever he may be, all
unconscious of his high destiny, he feels the
divinity that stirs within elm; and grasps
his books thirsting for knowledge. His pa
rents, as they answer his endless quries, re-
joce at his developing intellect, yet little
dream that his will be q great name among
men, known wide as the world, and immor-
tai as history. 9.E ... te aaa.. ....
OrPerchance, the hard hand of poverty.
Or the cold hand oforphanage, are moulding
and training him to that patient effort, that
self-relance and !esoute will that fit him for
great achievements He must pass through
the school that prepares him for his high ca
reer In his youth many trial and wrong
must hel p to break him to, the harness of
life. lnhis manhood many hardships must
be endured; many obstacles overcome, and
rivals outstripped in the race; the voice of
envy and deuaction despised; and hatred
and malice deGed. - En#
Through such a school and training the
president of 1900 will doubtless come; and
is now coming, But from what condition
OF lte, from what part of our broad land,
noone can predict or know bat Providence
that presides over the destinies of nations.
No mother, as she teaches her child its
early lessons, can tell what high station he
may yet attain inthis free land No father,
as he trains his son, and houIds his charac-
ter can foresee what influence that son may
WELD over the next generation. ss s'
In the year 1900, probably forty govern
ors will rule as many States. Thousands
Of senators and representatives will sit in
the councils of the nation, and States. Hun
dreds of judges will administer the laws,
and thousands of other posts of honor and
high trust will be equally open to all en-
dowed with ordinary ability, trained to ex-
ertion, and stimulated by a just ambition
Many Of the merchant-princes, wealthy ag-
ricuiturists, honored mechanics and inven-
tors, OF that day, will be sons Of the poor;
endowed by their parents only with habits
of industry, and an education that all may
attain in this land of schools. Let all pa
rents educate their children, and train them
to habits of diligence and virtue A wide
field is before them; and free career to
honor, wealth and usefulness is equally
open to all, such as was never before enjoy
ed by any people. Farmers, Mechanics,
Merchants, citizens of the Republic; whose
son shall be president in the year l9oo.--
Pits. Post. aao.A. '