Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-07-12

biStered hostility 70 everything. american
win be- recollected Ems at last to have open
ed its eyes to Am (An progress, a5aso have
become convinced 1.-THE perpetuity Of Amer
lean institutions. In its last issuesN says;
Although the eyes IF tho world Ore ID st
now directed almost exclusively to Eastern
Europe, in which events are occurring of far
more than national import. Ii mayypot be
either i'll timed, or embarrassing, toscast q
basty glance over another quartefo f the
globe in which q development Of powaf is GO
ing on, silently buk. rspidly-unattendsd by
the startling incidents Of battle by land or
sea, yet not the less pregnant with results
which may influence the destinios of a large
portion of the h~um4aefe, Ndneed scarce
ly say that our remarks point to the Amer
lean Republic and that it is that young giant
Of the West whose growth to maturity af-
fords an object of contemplation infinitely
more instructive than any which barbaric
Russia presents in her frenzied struggle for
territorial aggrandizement, or the powers Of
Western Europe afford 10 their in cemented
and doubtful union to repel the aggressor.-
Until within the last few years we have been
too much in the habit Of treating the accounts
brought before us Of American progress to
greatness as extravagant gasconade. The
governments of Europe have been disposed
to ignore the pretensions which she has put
forth, until, from one after another, she has
wrung reparation for actual or imagined
wrongs. Even when We saw her flag flying
in every port of the world, and felt the active
competition Of her merchants and ship. own
ers, we were disposed to regard her rather as
an interloping traficker, with whom, from her
distance from US and her isolated position,
Europe could have little sympathy, than as
the germ Of a powerful nation with Q mighty
future in prospect. With a view to bring
about a proper recognition Of the actual and
growing Importance Of America as a member
of the great family Of nations, we propose
here to give a few statistics illustrative not
only of the innate elements Of strength and
progress which she possesses, but also Of the
genius shown by her People in turning them
to profitable account
But VIC turn once mo,nhefore concluding,
to the great coaats rim . view
to inquire whether ~ lU6s. and their
past working, afford a guarantee Of its per-
manenco and continued prosperity. There
was a period-in 1928. if we remember
Alright when disruption threatened the in,
tegrity of the Union. and it was prophesied
that interests so different ss those of the
Southern States and the New England and
Western States, must ultimately bring about
their separation Even now the slavery
question is provoking serious discord, and
may have, to those who have not studied the
position of The country, a somewhat menacing
aspect. But since 1898 much has been ef-
fected to cement confederation. The various
lines of railway and other communications
running from North to South on the Atlantic
seaboard, and along the valley between the
Allegheny and the Rocky Mountains, through
every variety of climate aud of soil, from the
temperate nearly to the tropic. have created
a vast Interchange of the products, both Of
agriculture and Of manufacturing industry,
which no section Of the great republic can
now afford to forego, or to see diminished
The Importance of maintaining the condition
Of mutual dependence between tie various
States is becoming day by day more acknowl-
edged. The manufacturing and Western
States especially feel the advantages afforded
to domestic industry by an increasing crop Of
the raw material, cotton, and the sources Of
national wealth. in the shape of exports,
which the produce Of the Southern States
provides, whilst the latter, from tariff reduc-
tions, and the great advance made in domes-
tic manufactures Of every description, have
ceased to feel hat they are taxed for the ex-
elusive benefit Of the other States Of the Union
These considerations induce us to believe,
and indeed to hope, that the progress of the
entire people of the American Republic will
continue, that the political compact ofthe va
rious States which compose it will remain
unbrokep. and that a high destiny for it
amongst nations is in the future
GOOD OLD TIMES.
Since first George Ill. was king, says an
English paper. it is now vnging upon q full