The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-09

In this rather uninvng sketch il must be confessed
a \ moi easy to recognise The natural features Of that
thriving State which possesses al The present day above
eight hundred miles OF railroad and which, by her rap
idly increasing population, and liberal endowment of
colleges schools, and churches and all the other social
institutions of highly improved community. is fast
ing the name of the Empiie State OF the South.
After repeating these lines II is scarcely necessary 10
say that there was much ignorance and exaggeTaon pre-
vailing in Europe 10 the state of things America
But a few years after Goldsmiths poem appeared an
occurred which aroused and fixed the attention OF
lhe world The revolt OF the colonies In 1773--the
Declaration OF Independence in 1776--he battles OF the
revolutionary war-the alliance with France-he &C
khoMleogment OF American Independence by the treaty
~ ~ l'So-lhe establishment ot great edeTatye repub
iic-the illus,rious of Lafayettche European
reputa!on Of Franklinand the towering character of
Washington, gIeat applause gave the United States
a great and brilliant name the family OF nations
Thousands in every part of Europe then probably heard
OF America, with any distinct Impressions for The 6rst
time and they now heard Of il a region realizing the
widest visions. Hundreds IN every walk Of life began
to resort to America and especially ardent young men
who were dissatisfied with the political condition OF Eu-
rope. Among these your late venerable President,
Albert Gaalin.oDe OF The most eminent OF the last
his majority and the late celebrated Sir samber, Bru-
nell the architect of The Thames tunnel He informed
me that he became citizen OF the State OF New York
before the adoption OF the federal constitution, and that
he made some surveys to ascertain the practicaby OF
the great work which afterwards united the waters of
Lake Ere wIh the waters OF the Atlantic, and gave i'm
mortality TO The name o! your Clinton lGIeat applause
Eve,, Tor persons in comparatively easy circumstances
Europe there strong inducements to emigrate TO
america Most OF the governments arbitrary the
taxes are oppressive, The exacons OF the military service
Onerous in The extreme Add To all this the harassing
insecurity OF life. For sixty seventy years the CONT
has been ones wide theatre OF scarcely -inermed
conynlsioh Every couniry in il has been involved
war there scarcely that has not passed througha
revolution We read OF evenA like these in The news
papers; we look upon them with curiosity articles OF
mere intelligence, or they awaken images OF our own
revolution which we regard only with joyous assocIa-
lions. Far different the Stale of things crowded Europe
OF which The fairest elds in every generation tram
pied by mighty armies into bloody me. Dazzled by the
brllIancy OF the military exploits OF which we read at
safe distance, forget the anxetes OF those who grow
up within the sound OF the cannons roar, whose PROS
pecls in lite ruined their business broken up their
s aeaumulaGns ion swept away 1y q he bankruptcy Of
the country, Their torn from them by ruthless
scrpons, The means OF educating and bringing up their
families consumed by disastrous emergencies. Terrified
by he recent experience the tradition OF these mise
res, thousands emtgrae to the land OF PROMISE flying
moi merely before the presence but the rnmor OF war;"
which the Great Teacher places on level with the real
ty. [Applausc
Before the evolution the great West was shut even to
the subjects OF England. royal proclamation OF 1853
forbade The extension OF the settlements in North Ameri
ca beyond the OHIO But without such prohibition. The
still uhbroken power OF the Indian tribes would have
prevented any such extension The successful result Of
The revolutionary did not materially alter the state of
things in this respect The native tribes still for
mdabe, and The British posts in the Northwestern terri
tory were retained So le confidence placed in the
value OF little 10 laad, within the Limits OF the State
of New York. that The enerprising citizens OF Massachu
se'ts, German and Phelps, who bought six millions of
of land the Genesee shortly after the peace
for few cents the acre, obliged TO abandon the
greater part OF the purchase from he difficulty Of finding
under purchasers take enough of oh their hands to
enable them 10 meet the first nsalmenls.
On one occasion, when Judge Gorhan was musng in
state OF mental depression on the failure al this mag
nifcen speculation, lie visited by his fnend and
ow nsman, who had returned from Journey 10 Canaan
dagua then Just laid This friend tried 10 cheer the
Judge With bright vision of the future growth of West
err New York and, kndlng with his theme, pointed
to OF Judge Gorham who in the room, added,
You and shall not live TO see the day. but that lad if
he reaches bree-score years and ten will daily
stage coach running as far CaDandaguaw That lad
still ving What he has seen IN the shape oil travel
and convey ance n the Stale OF New York, il 10 not
necessary before this audience 10 say Laughter and
applause,]
IL the adoption oil toe constitution of the United
States in 1859 which gave stability TO the Union and
hdence 10 the people. Applause This was the Prone
thean Ere which kiDded the body polite into tai
ton. II created national force The Indians. on the
Southwest pacihed. On the Northwestern frontier
the troops of The general government first aefeat.
Ell but after the victory OF Wayne, and the peace of
Greenvile in l795, the Bsitsh posts surrendered
and the tide OF emigration began pour in 1t was rath-
er, however from The older States than from foreign
countries The vast region northwes, OF the Ohio had
already received It's political organization Territory
OF the United States by the immortal ordpance OF 1857
lAppause]
While Providence thus opening this continent
the broadcast region that made accessible hu-
progress want, or adventure, it happened that the
Kingdoms OF Europe were shaken by the terrible
vusions incident to the French revolution. France her
sell rs and afterwards the countries by her
oiuonary armies poured forth their children by thou
sands believe there Official returns of the mum
Der OF emiganls TO the United States the time, but il
very large Among them was NJ de Taeyrand
the celebrated minister OF every government in France
from that ot the Directory, in 1897 10 that OF Louis
Philippe in whose reign he dieu | saw at Peales Mu
scum in Philadelphia, the original notice. Subscribed by
him 1891, OF his purpose 10 become citizen OF the
United States. Louis Philippe himself emigraied 10 this
county, where he passed three years, and is well
membcred by many persons still living lie habitually
spoke with gratitude OF the kindness which he expe-
nenced in every part OF the Union
As yet acquisition of territory had been made by the
United States beyond the limits of the British colonies
but in 1903 most important step taken in the pur
chase oil Louisiana, by which our possessions
tended, though with unsettled boundary hoih the
sosh and the north, to the Pacific The in
1919 reduced the Indian tribes in the northwestern States
and the campaigns OF Gen. Jackson few years later
broke the power OF the native the southern
frontier Florida acquired by treaty from Spain in
1919 and the Indians IN Georgia. Alabama, and Mis-
sissppi were removed 10 the west OF the river Mssis
sippi ten or twelve years later. Black Hawks war in
Wisconsin took place in 1888, and series OF Indian
treaties both before asd alter that event. had exngush-
ed the Indian title to all the land east Of the Mississippi
and TO considerable tracts west OF that river Texas
annexed 10 the Union iSi3 and in lsl5 New Mexico
and California were added TO our vast domains TAp-
plause.1
have, as perceive, run rapidly these dates.
comprising paragraph The starting points in the
history Of future weaihs, simply in their bear
ing on The subject OF emigration. These acquisitions
not inferior in extent TO all that there was solid in the
Roman conguess, have resulted in our possession OF q
Of territory of the width OF twenty degrees OF lati-
ode, stretching from ocean to and nearly equal in
extent 10 the whole OF Europe [Sqnare miles OF the