Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-11
LYNCHBURG VIRGINIAN.
Mr. Fillmore and the Acquisition of Territory.

pers be true. Ex-President Fillmore is ofopin-
ion that il is the manifest destiny" Ut eur oonn-
try to extend itself over the American continent
The vicksburg Sentinel. referring to his recent
speech in that place, says
..IIe spoke of this portion ct the Mississippi
valley being the centre of the replbic-not, IN
deed, the republic with its present limits, Tor
Canada said he, with n glow of feeling and a
kindling at the eve we were glad to marx. is
Knocking for admittance. and Mexico would be
glad TO come in: and, without saving whether IT
would be right or WRONG, we stand with open
arms to receive them. for il is the manifest des-
tiny Of this government to embrace the whoie
North American continent
The statement of the Sentinel having been
called in ques tion, the Charleston Courier states
that at the banquet in that city, Mr.. T. used Ian
grunge almost identical. The Courier's remark
given with glow of feeling and an exultant spir-
Il, is substantially as follows:
Il believe in the expansive growth OF our re-
public. and am thoroughly persuaded that she II
destined t. cover the whole American continent
with her starry banner and her free institutions.
Mr.. Fillmore is private citizen, and we are
not aware Of any reason why the country should
allow itself to become excited on account OF any
opinion he may entertain. While he was con
nected with the legislation, and bore part IN
shaping the poity of the country. Il was his good
fortune To command more Of the popular CONT
dence, than is usually reposed in the inenmbenis
of the stations he filed. lie has left upon the
national records deeply craven evidences oil
sound craftsmanship and brond American patrl-
otism and his whole past life stands surety Tor
the future, that he will favor no policy unwar-
ranted bv our system Of government, and unsane-
toned by enlightened regard for the best inter
ests Of the country.
That Mr.. Fillmore may have uttered the senh-
mont, even the language ascribcd to him by the
Vicksburg and Charleston papers, we know no
reason for dohbting. II is no new OF strange
language for American ears to listen To- RAIN
ia the expansive power Of our system--lh The
progress of free geverament--in the gradual com
ing.in Of nations to the fold of republicansm' IL
as universal with our people aud more DEFINITE
than the belief in christian millennium. But
we do not for a moment doubt, that whatever Mr.
Fillmore may have said was so qualified, ms 10
disoonnect il entirely from all afiIiaton with the
lawless schemes of Filibusters, and the insane
ideas of young America" The expansion that
results from the natural and healthy growth OF
the country-from the irrepresible spirit OF A
meriean enterprise-from the wdened relations
of trade-and from the ultimate spontaneous
submission of neighboring nations to our form al
government and their own desire 10 be embraced
in our eonfederaoy, is what those who had oonii-
denee in our system anticipated from It's very
foundation.
We need not say how widely such a faith diff
fers from that immoderate and interruptions
greed for empire which would extend our domin-
/. II A ,l.ara Nv
the enforced and bloody submission of repngnant
nations Within the three-fourths OF a century
of our national existence, the number Of states
and the extent Of tlrritory belonging 10 the I'm
ion have been more than doubled. Ia one in
stance, only, has territory been acquired by war;
end that, fortunately, was unpcopled. Our gov
eminent has proved itself possessed of strength
and vitality enough to pass the ordeal unframed
The dangers that were apprchended have passed
away, and no one now regrets that Louisiana,
Texas California and Oregon have come under
the protection of our flag. The past is prorhe-
cy of the future. Soon or late, ether countries
and other people, if we hold fast to our free gov
eminent and stand to the Union, will seek shell
ter beneath tour starry banner But II is the
part of good citizenship, and the duty of our ru
lers net rashly and wrongly to hasten the coming
on Of such events Let them como-but let ii
be as the ripeness of the harvest eomes-in the
fullness Of time, and tho order and progress OF
natural causes. Our duty is to watch faithfully
over what we have, not morbidiy to crave what
We have MOTTO abide by the constitution and the
moral intent of the original compact and to nd
here to the pelicy marked cut by the founders OF
Al Il. Lava ~,
fear from the expansion, which the progress of
events, and the innate and universal yearning of
mankind for freedom may bring
THE STEAMER CRY OF GLASGOW. - In an mr.
ticle on the missing steamer City OF Glasgow, tho
N. Y. Courier expresses the conviction that she
has feundered among the ice. The Courier thinks
the Glasgow, with 447 souls on hoard, must have
encountered the same field of ice with which the
Collins steamer Baltic had on her outward passage
fearfuis struggle about the 9th of March in lat
az, lon. AZ. The editor says
1.-The City of Glasgow sailed from Liverpool
on the LIST .of March On tho evening
of the 1lth terrific gale commenced from w. S.
w. to n. n. w, which lasted until late the next
day. Nautical men on board the Baltic agreed
that they had never seen more violent gale,and
express the conviction that no ship hemmed in by
the ice could have -outlived that storm. Making
a fair calculation of time and distance. there can
be little doubt that the City of Glasgow was in
the vicinity of that ice field, and exposed 10 that
gale. 1t is belief in tins state OF facts which,
with us, extinguishes hope. Strength nor eour-
age. nor skill, could do anything in such a case
Those crushing mountains of ice would. when
tossed by such gale, grind to powder mans
stoutest structure
The number of icebergs secnfrom the deck Of