, 1853-05-14
Washington Territory - The Future.

our "rAsr " and PRESENT" and in con-
clusiou We promised to remark in this issue
upon TIE "FuTuRE " of this new Territory
Our views have been, are, and shall be
wholesale, embracing and relating TO the
whole Territory, and not as small wares
pediled out for the exclusive use of any
particular locality.
No pent up" Olympia contracts our powers,
The whole established Territory " is ours"
EVERY day brings something ncw"-the
more wonderful the more palatable. The
world stands agaPe, prepared 10 receive and
digest. The utter impossibilities Of few
years since are now the perfectly praclica-
bic and mere everyday occurrences. Had
any man, but half-century ago, have fore
told the startling and amazing developments
of the present, and what the future will
surely unfold, this would have been looked
to and preached about as the Z" age Of mira
eles," or else the prognosticator would have
been pronounced "sIaTk mad" or hooted
as a f" humbug" and set upon by dogs. But
such treatment would not have affected his
prophecy. Tho times have had, and arc
having their own way. The facts will be
found 10 be ncontestible, and our LOFTY and
brilliant destiny will be accomplished We
are now in earliest infancy, and the United
States arc but youth compared with the
giant power they will one day constitute
The great sun Of republicanism, now but
scarcely risen, will be fully developed in all
its light, life and power, in future Of the
most imposing sPlendor and strength. Our
fates are welded thereto; and marching on
ward as we arc, as only the conquering can
march, with heads up and colors flying, our
bugle note shall be that Of defiance Of all
who envy US, or would relard our progress
Let us ruminaie awhile, and see what
viii parade before our minds eye, as more
than likely 10 be the state of our affairs
some years hence. The dazzling glories
surrounding the golden State of California
and almost totally eclipsing our more mod
est and substantial advantages, will have
undergone change, very PcrcepIible, inn
poriant and desirable change. Greediness
for gold may continue as at presenl--a
morbid appetite, aud a violent epidemic,
but withal. we can see clearly an improve
ment. Men will have become rational,
and cured Of their jaundice and insanity,
they will rehect-think twice ere they speak
opce-view all sides of questions cautiously,
and hesitate again and again, and then-de-
eide against all desperate projects. The
true merits of our virgin Territory will then
be fully appreciated, and with the reins in
hand, the chariot of progress she will direct
successfully on the high road to destiny,
maintaining a sway that the most ultra pro-
gressivo spirits Of The age will gaze upon
with passionate admiration.
As Stale in the American Union, our
numerative strength and maritime import
ance will be seen and felt in the National
Councils. Our Senators and Representa-
tives will demand and obtain our due appre-
citation. We shall participate in the hon
orS of Cabinet positions, and appointments
10 the foreign Missions on the Pacific, and
the distinction of citizen of the new
A" STATE OF WASHINGTON" being appoint
ed Minister PleniPotentiary to JAPAN or
.CmNA, viii be of itself gladdening COM
plimenl 10 the Stale, and brilliant and du-
rable honor 10 the citizen. Society here
will vie with the most intellectual and re,
fined of the choicest places of the Earth.
Our well attended altars and schools, our
colleges Of learning, our large cities with
ihronging and thriving populations, our
sprighty neat villages with their soul.solicit-
iog church bells, will be among lhe causes
Of our pride and satisfaction. Our caloric,
electro magnetic, and steam vessels naviga-
ting Puget Sound and the Columbia River,
and with huge flying clipper ships, and a
thousand Of The small crafts now in use.
conveying our immense foreign and domes.
Iic commerce, and the five hundred whaler,
of the North Pacific, will arrive and depart
d" without our special wonder" We shall
ENJOY direct and reliable mail facilities, and
ia.llu'sn Gus Tclcgraphie communication