Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-07-14
LING SENTIMENTS

No""' y ." ''e"'" w i'm Uh''iCo' "sS
tiny" The opinion has obtained among
the mass, and spread ilsell through the
various ramificalicns of society. that il
IS the destiny" of This country to free
all the nations Oi the earth. The voice
ofreason, of experience, and of history
is unhceded, aud passion and ianaticsm
go brawling ever the land.
Well, we are great people, no doul I
about il. With the germ OF ropula-
ton in l776 OF three millions Of souls,
spread over "A comparatively small terri,
tory, We have grown TO be great nation
Of twenty-sIS millions Of people, occupy
ing territory almost boundless in ex-
tent. And this, too in the short space
OF seventy-seven yers Was there ever
before, in lis history Of the world,
growth so rapid History tells us Of
none, and tradition stands coniounded.
II has slrung up as il ny magic. The
labled Aladdin's lamp never produced
such wonders. Like a huge colossus,
ii rises in majestic proportions before
the eyes pf all nations and kind' eds and
tongues, and by thousands biCs them
come and parake Of freedoms hos
pilable banquet.
But great as it unquestionably Is,
free as we all acknowledge it to he, is
a. ln. 4 l.. I.,a th..s
by recklesseess we may plunge our
country and its free institutions into
utter and irretrievable ruin We think
there Is. Does not The voice OF history
speak upon this subject And wha,
does It say /! In deep mourniul accents
il speaks from the tomb oi the past,
Beware, beware thus far cans, thou
go, but no further" Like causes pro-
duce like effects and all history
al ounds with The TACT that no nation has
been able to maintain its freedom and
integrity ,ha, has extended lis domi;iion
over so Eiany diverse interests as some
OF our reckless poiiio ians desire TO see
embraced in tat limits Of this Union.
Extending now f:om The ST. Croix upon
4 north to The Rio GranJe upon the
south, from the pine-clad shores Of the
great Allanuc upon the east 10 The
gol Lien sklr,ed banks OF the majestic
paclti' upon the west, II embraces every
variety Of soil and climate, every pro-
duc,ion that can administer 10 The taste
or happiness of mai, and every element
iha, can go 10 make up powerful and
independen, nation yet before this
wide domain has become half
peopled, before ~ne-icnth OF lis vast
territory has been subdueJ and rendered
subservient TO use, we have among us
these who, never satisfied with what
they have, fly to that they know not OF
restless spirits tina, would rather
:" rule in kell than serve in heaven
pratng all lie while about our mani.
feet Destiny" as II they-van men =
welded the desilnies OF t!is great coun-
try. tllbus,iers, or FiIibusters, seem
now to have the reins in the councils Of
our country, and, unless curOed in their
mad Career by the uprising OF the great
conservative element OF the land, our
ship of state must be stranded upon the
shoals or cast into the whirlpool Of
reckIessness.
|, is no, enough that we are free and
happy it s not enough that we yet
have room for expansion for ii thousand
years OF peace it is not enough that we
have home for The oppressed and
dnwn-trodden Of all nations who may
desire to come and live among US; 'hese
things are all as nothing our mani
fest destiny" leads US TO desire more,
and more we must have, despite OF
reason, judgment: every thing Cuba
must be annexed Mexico must swing
into the rear, and Canada and the lands
OF old KING Kamehameha must sur
render 10 The strides Of I" King Pro-
gress." Our trade demands it. Our
trade ! Oh. what Il time we will have
when all the world and The rest Of
mankind" shall become democratic, and
safely housed under Uncle Sans egis,
and our trade is unlettered But,
seriously, have we not enough TO do at
home ? Have we half developed the
vast resources OF this favored land 7
Have We educated our children, provid.
ed for our poor, and removed the
s,umbling-bloc from the paths OF our
lellow.bengs, over which thousands Of
our kindred have stumbled into an
untImely grave and probable hell ?
Have we bound our county together
in the strong embraces oi iron7 Have
we ios,ered commerce and manulac-
lures and made our country in fact
country in The world ? We opine not.
But Cuba is in our way ; Mexico is in
our way the Hawaii are in our way
Canada and Japan will soon be. in our
way. Oh, what a great fellow this
Jonathan is, to be sure (! Stand out IF
the wa, all ye nations and give him
elbow-room You all stand in his way!
The interests oi h's trade demand that
you should stand aside maniicst
destiny" says, d" Get out OF the way"