The daily union., 1854-07-28
THE PROGRESS or THE REPUBLIC.
Aaarsss dsitUersd before tho Young haS AssOciafioH ef
Washington, By J. d. b De Boz.


Adsrsss dsuesa before the Young Mems Assoeiafion ef
Washington By J. d. B. De Boa.
ARr. Tim PEoGRrss or rHK EErunLIc
If thers is sentiment which than every other
eharacierzes the American citizen il that Of earnest
and intense devotion TO the institutions Of his country
coupled with practical and working fh stronger than
all power Of reutaton thai the very best country
and the very best people and that little nothing in
the policy progress OF neighborng nations is calculated
10 excite our enRy or 10 provoke ouf emulation
This comfortable conviction to have neither the M
hntes North the South the East the West
10 sustain IT, but everywhere our broad dema.nin
the workshop, il the hamlet the hustngs in the Sem
aieis swelling up spontaneously from the har defiant Of
every corruptng Of the fanatic and the deagogue
smoothing the rough and Jagged points Oh soeonAl
rivalry, ssitng the terms Of great compromises.
am Ronan never carried with il higher claims 70
power, uttered with sterner pride than am an
American eazen
Is this but the aniasle vanity OF country, which exists
alike China and Paagonias il but the spirit OF bra
vado and gasconade OF whh foreigners everyw here
cuse u.s. and Of which feel are altogether guilt
less have indeed reason for cur tathan intesli
gible sufficient only satisfy ourselves but
AL men, that ii Is founded In truth and right
hen the revolution handed 70 the republic won
by the blood and the sword of ancestors IT embraced
territory little greater than that Of our possessions on
the Pacific at the present moment Exposed its roA-
tiers to the attacks of numerous tribes Of remorseess
sarages--cut off in its western limits from the ocean
by the possessions Of power hostile TO IN feel
ing and different from ia languaee-tha republic
has advanced in lis dealing with the savage with
justice and agnsnty and obtaining only by fair CON
passing the boundaries of the Mississippi and sweeping
the great mountains 10 the Western ocean it has
violated no law of good negborhood but relied upon
those Of negotiation and purchase the results of just
war undertaken in maintenance Of The integrity Of the
national domain From territory of less than 100000
miles the republic has swelled into nearly three nail
lions miles being nearly one-hlf the whole OF North
America This domain is nearly times large
that Of Great Britain and Ireland and France
bined-rce times largo the whole of France Great
Britain and Ireland Austria, Prussia Spain Portugal
Belgium Holland, and Denmark togethkr-one and half
large the Russian empire in Europeone-sxth
less only than the area covered by the ynne or sixty
empires States and republics Of Europeof equal extent
with the Roman empire, that of Alexander neither OF
which said to have exceeded three millions OF square
miles.
Already does empire extend domain than
that of the Romans in their proudesf days of conquest
From the island OF Brazos in the Gulf OF Mexico the
straits of Fuca on The Northern Pacific from the Aros
took valley the bay Of San Diego the Union extends lis
eviathan proportions The inhabitants Of these extreme
points distant than the shores OF the Old and New
World apart the usual of travel brothers
and felow-citzens under common laws and with COM
destiny Ii though the Shetland islands and the
Bosphorus Siberia and the gates OF Hercules ude
the outports OF empire which embraced the whole OF
Europe For such empire Alexander and Caesar sighed
in vain, and Napoleon deuged Europe in blood.
Viewed in lis great geographical divisions the portions
which watered by rivers falling into the Atlantic and
the Pacific respectively ofvery nearly equal whilst
the greaf interior valley has but little less than
the Pacific and Atlantic regions combined.
Considered in less geographical divisions the Of the
northwestern States is nearly two and half times large
ernfour times large the soufhern-etght times
arge the middle Staieshfeen times largea New
England
Divided as slave territory and tree territory exclusive
uniformed territorial governments the siave States have
and third times the territory Of the free States
The shore line Of this great empire including the inden
lures bays &C. is l260o miles equal one-hf the cir
conference Of the earth fellow the irregularities
Of Islands and enter the rivers as fhr as ride extends
total shore line of the United States win be found be
s3069 miles and one-third the circumference Of the
Z earth
The possession Of so domain would almost (under
any other form Of government than that which ha been
devised by the wisdom of foreathers have been
Of weakness and oppression rather than of strength
The happy idea Of clustering together separate sovereign
ties each independent Of the other and legisiang for its
immediate wants yet all OF them combined together
into one for domestic and oregn purposes clearly
defined by impact has for the first time the history OF
the world rendered republicansm compatible with uun
tied exenEon and liberty compatible with pernanencs
and strength
Without this principle of our system the power of the
national government would Degenerate ryrann
tyranny the less crushing because il would be Of
numbers OF mnorities rather than OF one man or Of few
men
power legislang for interests diverse and
from each other would have the less OF the
of that of Alexander parns the Gar OF
Russia from being named Democratic snd would
peal to and reeoufion against its aggressions
Even with present system the founders OF the republic
doubted Of its capacity Of indefinite extension and nothing
but the discovery of The railroad and the telegraph has
I taken away the wisdom Of that doubt
II becomes all, 10 reflect that territorial
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT in itself has but small part in eonsttu
ting national power and greatness. The history Of The
world has proved this OF what rank is Russia with all
of her immense domain in contrast with Britain ThineE
the glorious and great in the worlds history haze
been achieved by Saes errioriay unimportant the
smallest of Let this rcnke chat thirst for
empire which is taking such footholo The republic and
which urging to the commission Of crimes against the
majesty OF law, he county of nations and the principles
Of universal justice To populate and deyeleP the great
regions already under aag viii be the work of cetu-
res and descendants Better league of Switzes
I land than all the arid plains of Tarfary.
sp4nr is
ed out for U.S. whether viii or not Under Heaven as
the destiny of the aboriginal incapable OF
civilization and with law Of progress ngrated upon
his nature fade away before the steady advances OF Eu
ropean and policy, the Ango-Saxon clement OF
America by its Aexiby and Its power, BY the new Gle
which 1t has taken to Itself in the trying yet tn
umphant through which il has passed. viii and
in the inevitable OF events, preside over the
desnies of the continent OF America aiding and directing
them adding life and vitality rousng dormant and sleep
ing energies and developing upon the theatre OF the world
comparison with which all thrt history can
furnish before the deuge before the Of Christ and
since shall dwinde into ingnihcanea IL needs ardent
temperament TO draw a stronger picture
The population which achieved the resolution some
what less than that OF the present State Of New orA II
was population which had under the then system of
lona required two hundred forming
In less than seventy years from that time twenty mii-
lions uf people have been added to that little Tevolu-
tionary Duccuss ratio Of increase without parallel IN
/ the annals Of mankind
In the period between 1870 and 1850 the total increase
reached abou, six million. OF personsan increase
siderable the increase OF Great Britain in thirty Tesrs
} and OF France IN forty years
OF tis populaion OF the United States two millions in
1850 foreign born aud million may be esti
mated as the descendants of those who hve into the
country leaving twenty millions