The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-07-15
STERLING SENTIMENTS.

minds of the people of this country in regard
TO its "manifest destiny" The opinion has
ohtnincd among the mass, and spread itself NJ,
through the various ran,iications OF society,
,ha, il is the "destinv" of this country to free
nil the nations of the earth. The voice Of
reason of experience, and of history is I'M
needed, and passion aud fanaticism 60 brawl-
ing over the land
Well, we are great people, no doubt a. G,
bout it,. With the germ of a population IN n;
ITO Of three millions Of souls, spread over D
comparatvely small territory we have grown
20 be great nation of twenty-six millions OF n,
peope, occupying territory almost bound "
less in extent. And this, too, in the short
space of seventy-seven years! Was there "
ever before, in the history of the world, n
prowth SO rapid! History tells us OF none, {,
and tradition stands confounded 1t has :,
sprung up as il by magic. The fabcd Alad- !
din,s lamp never produced such wonders. Like :
huge colossus it rises in majestic proper ,
,ious before the eyes Of all nations and kind
reds and tongues, and by thousands bids them
come and partake of freedoms hospitable
banquet.
But great as it unquestionaby is, Tree is
we all ackuow ledge it to be, is there no dang
,.v plunge our country and its free institu-
,ions into utter and irretrievable ruin! we
think there is. Does not the voice ot history !
sneak upon this subject! And what does II
saw! In deep mournful accents it speaks
from the tomb Of the past, "Beware, beware;
thus far canst thou go, but no farther" Lake
causes produce like effects; and all history
.bounds with the fact that no nation mas Oeeh
tNp
able to maintain its freedom ana integrity
that has extended its dominion over as many
diverse interests as some OF our reckless
politicians desire to see embraced IN the llmlls
nr This Union. Extending now from the st.
Crox upon the north to the Rio Grande upon
tho south. from the pinc-clad shores oil the
great Atlantic upon the east to the goideh'
sl;r,ed hanks of the majestic Pacific upon the
u.os, !, emhroces every variety of soil and
climate, every production that can administer
to the taste or happiness oil man, ana every
.Iemcr, that can 90 to make up powerful
and independent nation; yet before 'his ""'ue
d,u,inn has become half peopled, before one
tenth of its vast territory has been suodued
and rendered subscryient 10 use, we nave n
mong us those who never satisfied win "'in'
thew have, ny TO that they know not o-rcsl-
less spiritsN that would rather "rulc III he''
than serve iG hcaven"-prntlng all me whIe
.bout our "manilest destiny" as II thcy--
win men!--wielded the destlnles oi thla
orcat country. Flbusticrs, or FIIIbusters
seem now TO have the rcins IN the councils
of our country, and, unless curbed IN thelI
mad career by the uprising OF the great con
sorvo,ive element of the land, our ship OF
sto,e must be stranded upon the shoals or cast
into the whirlpool of recklcssness'
II is no, enough that we are Tree ana nap
nv. it il not enough that we have room io
rxpansiou for thousand years oI peace; u
j. M, enough that we have a home tor th'
onprcsseJ and downtroddcn Of all nations wh'
NAV desire to come and live among us; thes'
,hinrs are all us nothing; our "man'ieS
destiny, leads us to desire more, and more W.
mus, have, despite of reason, Judgment every
,h;n,, Cubo must be anne xed, Mexico mus
swing into the rear, and Canada and the lands
Of old King Kamehamcha must SURRENDER u
,he strides of "King Progress" Our trade
demands it. Our trade! On whut ''"
wa u,i,l hnve when all the world and the ''res
of mankind shall become demosrat'c' uh'
safely housed under Uncle sam = " "e'S' III"
our trade is unlcttered! But, seriously ha''
we not enough to do ut home! liuVe W.
half developed the vast 'e'ou'''' va
favored land Have we educated our children
provided for our poor, andremoved the STUN
bng-blocks from the path OF our iehow-oe
ings,oyer which thousands ofour kindred hav
stumbled into an untlmeIy grave and pr"
bnble hell! Have we bound our country to
gether in the strong embraces OF lron' ii"v
we fos,ered commerce and manufactures, an
made our country in fact what it ID elaine
TO be, the greatest country in the world! w
opne not. But Cuba is in our way; McA'c
is in our way; the Hawaii are IN our way
Canada and Japan soon will be IN our way
Oh, what great fellow this Jonathan 's' Il
be sure! Stand out OF the way, all ye nations
and give him elbow-room! You all stand II
his way! The interests OF has trdde de"'"h'
that Won should stand aside manifest destiny
saws, "Get out of the way"
TuE MISSION TO CHISA.--Wc undcrstnh'
TINT the Hon. Robert J. Walker has 50 Ia
recovered from the ndsposition under wheel
he has long labored, consequent upon a sI'gh
accident which beiel him while IN England
thai he has concluded to ncccpt the offer o
r,n,,,iss siuner IN chinn offered him some timI