The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-01-21
,The Science g nranifest DestIny.

Cuba, Mexico. Hauaiil Whichever 81 our
vide windows ve look through there lies )
fresh prize iof ambition; new Geld FOR The
experiement Of republican theories. The
national power, influence. cupidity. enlarge
ii geomeirical ration Is The frontier. The.
primal sin, il is thought By some. BY which
We fell, vas the annexation Of Texas Then.
followed California, with its golden cornu-
copia Then Cuban forays: Isthmus diff.
culties pointing to the annexation Of Mexico
as the cheapest solution: covetous longihgs
for possession Of the lovely isles Of the Pa
cifc King; longings which possession alone
can appcase. These are the upper, sun
kindled points Of current history, to which
posterity viii look back rs beacon stations
whence the scope and bearings Of the age
may be measured. They are the phenom-
ena Of new mental direction. Every ma
ton. as il passes from its swaddling bands
and other needful restrictions Of infancy,
calls for wider room, and gets it BY the
strong arm or the cunning policy. Nation
al energys as it develops, devotes itself to
acquisition. But it is the boldness, the mag
ni6cent scope. the indomitable purpose of
the American people. that distinguish their
plans of aggrandizement from all that has
gone before. -
These phenomena have multiplied SO rap
idly, as to constitute a new science. Manifest
Destiny must have its chair within friendly
proximity TO those Of Political Economy and
the Science of Government. It ranks with
the Speculative Sciences. The actien of
time will undoubedtedly eliminate from ex-
listing elements 4 coherent system. Expert
ment adds materials daily. Nicaragua and
Tchuantepec assist US, and will presently
establish our feet in the midst of palpitating
Mexico. and among the petty wranglers Of
Central America. Surveys on the coast Of
Asia, and demands upon Japan are urged,
where a few years since were discussed fresh
Indian cessions, new out-posts on the Mis-
souri,, and exploring enterprises to the Rocky
Mountains. The National horizon is sup
posed to stop no where short Of the very
verge Of doom. The Seer who shall tell us
of anything less than worldwide suprem
acy, win be denounced as a croaker; pro-
phet Of evil tidings. Our role is set down
and the worlds the stage. An unfagging
faith in the Nation; native trustfulness in
some childish dream Of impracticable gran
deur. are the only postulates of the Science.
1t is little curious, as an illustration, how
soon heat enough is engendered in new
theory to crack it in twain, to note that
Manifest Destiny already counts two sets of
believers. They may be classed as patriots
and cosmopolitcs. The former find the frni-
lion Of destiny in the political and CONNER
cial enlargement Of our country. They
count up exultingly the returns Of each sue
ccssiye census They crave Cuba because
of its enormous wealth. in sugar. tobacco,
fruit. dc. They look at it with the eye Of
thrift, and mourn the waste resulting from
inadequate culture, Indifferent labor, and a
miserable scheme Of government. Tcbuan-
tepec mus of course be theirs; for its extra
ordinary facilities aLe the necessary prorog
atiyes of our future greatness. The Sand
witch Islands are in the schedule; for our
fishers vex the North Pacific Seas more
sorely yearly year, and much need an oasis
IN the waste of waters Japan must aban-
don old fashions in our favor, that we may
unbar the obscure chambers Of her feigned
wealth and share the contents. These are
the dogmas of the patriotic school. Yelled
behind loftier pretensions, they occasionally
pass muster as the doctrines Of the wider
and deeper-herrted cosmopolite; howbeit,
they are infinitely narrower and shallower.
It is a more refined and inclusive selfish
ness. It is the patriotism Of John Bull as
transmitted to the postcrity Of that respec-
table but selfeomplacent sprogenitor. a
glance at the map proves how carefully Eng
land has paved and protected her ways
about the world. She has stepping stones
lodged everywhere in the ocean. The path |
to India Is guarded. She has fort in the
Baltic: islands and fortresses in the Medi-
terranean; islands and fortresses wherever
they can Be secured near her American pos
sessions And Ibis is the great exampler
Df our patriotic predestinarians Republican
sIn is all very well and if extended. always
under the American flag, and il, following
he Roman type, i now and then assumes
he shape Of dependency o. province IN
endowed With the blessings Of self-govern-