Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-18

country before he attained his maj 1iity anu II
late celebrated Sir fsambert Brunei. the ARCH
fect af thu Thames tunnel lie Informed m
that he became n citizen al the state OF y. L
before lie adoption of the Feder,d Constltuho
and that he made some surveys to asceria'n In
pfactiea bility OF that great work which alter
wards gave immortality 10 the nai ne 81 you
| Clinton.
Before the Revolution. the great w ests wa
shut even to the subjects of England. A 70
yal proc lamatlon of 1903 forbade the exteIislo
al the settlements ia North America beyon,
the Ohio But without such a pr ohibliIon
the sllll urbroken power OF the Indian trihe
would have prevented II The success siul re
suit oftlle Revolutionary war did not N aterl
ally alter the state OF lhings in this res pc CT
The British posts in the North western / err
Tory were retained. So little confden e wa
placed In tho value oil title 10 land even with
IN the limits Of the State of New Y ork, tn al III
enterprising citizens of Massachusetts. G OF
ham and Phelps. who bought G,000 900 of a
ores of lnud on the Tennessee river, SIN ortl,
after the peace for few cents the acre, wer
obliged To abandon the greater part of the! pur
chase from the difficulty of FINDING under pu.'
ehasers To take enough oft of their handf Il
enable them to meet the first instalmenis. o.
ing in state Of mental depression on the full
nre Of this magnificent speculation, he wa
visited by his friend ind loa nsman, who hac
returned from Journey to Canandoigua the
Just laid out. This friend, TO cheer the Jude
with bripht vision of the future growth {,
Western New York. and kndlng with hi
theme. pointed to son ofJudge Gorham VIII,
vas IN the room, and added, You and | shal
| ~ LIT, a. laJ e hn baa
score years and ten, will see daily stage
coach running as lar ~es: as Canandaigua!
That lad is still living What he has seen
the shape of travel and conveyance in the Stat
of New York, 1t is not necessary before thi
audience to say.
II was the adoption Of the Constitution ofti
United State. in 1889 which gave stability
the Union and confidence to the people Tn
vas the Promerhean fire, which kindled III
body polite into vital action. II crea ed
national force The Indians on the sourhwet
were pacifed Onlhe north western fronte
the troops Of the General Coz eminent ere
first deiea'ed; but after tho victory of Wayn
and the peace ofGreenville in 1875 the BIRTHS
posts we're SURRENDERED and the tide OF emigra
ton began to pour in II was rather, howe,
er, from he older Staies than from foreg
/
Ohio had already received lis political organ
zllion as a territory of the United States b
the immortal ordinance ofl7S7.
While providence was thus opening tn
broades region that ever made accessible
10 human progress, want, or adventure II hap
pencd lhlt the kingdoms of Europe were sha
ken by the terrible commissions incident to III
French revolution. France. herself first, an,
nj lei afI In hu he
Iutunary armies poured forth their children b,
thousands. believe there are no official re
turns of the number of emigrants 10 the Unite,
States at this time, but il was very large
Among hem was NJ. de Talleyrand. the cele
brated minister of every governmental France
from that Of the directory in 1897, to that {
Louis Philippe, in whose reign ho died.
saw III Peae's Museum, at Philadelphia, tn
original notice subscribed by him in 1894,
his purpose to become citizen Of the Unite,
States Louis Philippe himself emigrated
this country, and is well remembered 10y ma
ny persons still living. He always spoke wit
gratitude of the kindness which he experience
in every part Of the Union.
And yet no acquisition of territory had bee
made by the United States beyond the limits o
the British Colories but in 1903 most impor
tant step was taken In the purchase of Louis
lanG 10y which our possessions were extended
though with unsettled boundary. both or
the south and north, to the Pacific Ocean,
The war Of 1912 reduced the Indian tribes t
the Northwestern Slates,and the campaigns o
Gen. Jackson few years later, broke the pow
or of the native races ON the Southern frontier
Florida was acquired by treaty from Spain i
lSl9,and the Indians in Georgia. Alabama AN,
Mississippi were removed to the west of tn
river Mississippi ten or twelve years later
Black Hawks war in Wisconsin took plac
in 1888, and series OF Indian treaties. bot
before and after the event, had extinguishe
the Ind an title to all the lands east of the Mis-
sissipp, and To considerable tracts west of tina
river Texas was annexed to the Union i
1915, and in 1913 New Mexico and Californi
: were added to our vast dominions
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