The daily union., 1854-07-28

every section the Union the old homestead
win pass into the hands of stranger Bow sTFellousy
must Ibis streng the national feeling and intensity the
interest which the citizen Of one part OF the mon VIII have
in every otheri
What striking illustration has been presented IN the
ease Of California Of the restless spir of american adven
ture and Of its indifference 70 local ties 70 which we have
adverted
Men of all ages Of all arts and pursuits and professions
from all classes of society even surrounded with the great
EST comforts and highest alluremens Of home have forgot
ten their eaae ayocons thrown aside lucrative posts
and cangs as utterly worthless and Drawing the ocean
for thousands and Of thousands Of miles nhospta
BILE cmes and flghrful journeys through rackcss wilder
nesses in handtns OF in vast eavcaa fl of nope ana
enterprise taken up their extraordinary pilgrimage to en-
due the fierce hardshps of the pacers of the sacramento
te gorge IN the ceaseess search TOR gold
Wonasrfu wonderful is this giant passion for wenii
which like despoi rules wills and nfos and
masters our associations and affections, and breaks
with renorseess strokes link and bond and sacred
eonnexion in life God BY IT, works out the desnies OF
man
Great a. is ihe suani which this rowing tendency Of
our peoue noticeable bv Burke long IN his speech
upon the colonies has in the Development OF our national
honor lie, us not forget that brings with IL blight
closely wrapped up and concealed within IT. here wi
be the faith of a people who destroying local all
tacnenfs and the sympaies and aetions OF The tam
ily--with whom nothing Is consecrated by lne--~ltn
whom noEing but and exciting scenes seem 10 be
worthy Of a moments Attentlong Does Il not enGangsr
that State pride which the basis and hope OF our ns
tutions and seek 10 give nationality power which in
the be fatal TO liberties Does not the e1-
istsnce Of such spirit impede the highest and noiet as
character of the mechanism of the iron locomotive which
conducts his notions
Ii Is not possible that the tide of emigration FROM abroad
to cur country continue always The Improvements
in the and the discharge OF the surplus viii render
the inducements abroad to emgraie less and less New
emigration opening in other countries as in
Australia Canada &c is against all the precedents of
history that such state Of things shoud long continue
Though our territories seem be boundess population has
not necessary tendency swell in the ratio Of territory
But whether The continue not experience has
siow against all expectation, that this large influx OF
foreigners has de,eriored the national morals
dangered national liberties The danger Of
trv tending towards rank and norrchy from the influx
of persons brought up under such forms OF government
seemed We the most pressing; but the very reverse
has been the tendency, and have run and are
every day running more and more into extremes Of
deraorracv The foreign element mny increase this tend
ency but its proportion being annually less and less TO the
native born and its diffusion being very general over large
sections Its effects be neutrized The States which
have hoen increased by such population have shown
nothing less Of the pride Of republcauis The principles OF
progress and the desire for mental Development than thase
thai have derived such increase II only IN the large
cities that the foreign element has ever been unayoraby
fet and this is rather owing to the fact that the worst
portions of such population viii stop there naturally and
because great cities vice and crime natural
even with the natives In of our large northern
cities there species OF native population, known by va
rous Biugsga designations who in readiness for law
less excess certainly nothing behind the worst class Of
foreigners people who have derived mnc on for
n neruase should be the hist complain Of ts
With onethrd Of standing army Of foreign birth and
with large foreign portion Of the hy sicai working pow
which has been extending wonderful system OF public
and as filing the wilderness II little be
comes us 10 express dstrusi TIE foreigner assate
the soil and he and his children after hii ARE the ready
defenders Of the flag Of the country u they are ior
time more exposed than other population to the wiies
If the deuagoEae should be willing 10 aaopt any safe
practicable checks compatible with their rights 70 rii-
sellshp within period which shall neither be shoft
to be Inconsistent with knowledge Of our institutions
neI long involve condition az war with the theo-
ry Of system Of large free population without The
right Of representation and forming no part OF the gov
ernmeni
The ensg Of population in the United States does moi
exceed persons to the square mile whilst IN treat
Britain there Z34 TO Che square mile and in Belgium
3s5 Whilst the densest Of -Massachusetts
contains l37 the square mile the least densennesota
and oregon-hnye only nhahitant to every 80 or 40
With the are density as Massachusetts the United States
would embrace 420 rniius with the density Of Belgium
territory h ast enough to include all the present IN
! habtants Of the esrth.
Ii is not in lhe power Of conceive Of case
more typical Of the wonderful advances OF coun
try than the growth of Of lis great citiesfor
example Cincinnati About the time when the federal
constitution accepted, Matthias Denman, Of New Jer-
seg, bought for $3.50 eight hundred of the land
which the whole all the great business streets of Gin
cinnati are now located In s0G but $50 persons had
made their residences here In le40 there 000 in
1850 l15000 threshold increase in te years AT the
present the number cannot be less tnan 100000
which will make Cincinnati the fourth fifth city In the
Union Thus in It's midst IN the very activity
and meridian OF life in sweeping the eye over is densay-
compact its marts Of its richly yladen
warehouses its palaces Of wealth its splendid catheras OF
religion, its sohool-house and s colleges its quays with
their fleets OF steamers its railroads and teaaphs APP
preaching from every point Of the remember aud
OF the Indian wgwam and the Indian war
whoop and when IN all of its splendid and almost enchanted
prospect WIS heard but the woodnlan's
The State in which is situated another miracle OF the
present century Admitted into the Union in 1907 with
population Of $4,000 twuirs the population Of Della
she already vies with Pennsylvania and does not m
short Of the population of all Of the New England States
together She has 920 miles Of canals bnilt at cost OF
SIT 100000 and 19Is miles of railroads. greater extent
than other State in the Union except New York Her
roads ia progress 1889 1856 miles making totl
programme of i54 miles The magic lamp Of Aladdin IN
Eastern story scarcely developed rapid creations Of
wealth power The quick infinite changes Of The
Kaleidoscope are the only parallel for these
The great interior valley of which 1t is parttbe
central basu OF the Mississippi and s hat
enchsntneni every step The smoking cabin the steal
thy savage the stwar pioneer the victim the stake The
toaawk and the scalp the hunters horn, the log house
and the picket the inlernhnble forcsts the trail
The Nineteenth century opened thus upon The mighty West
IT the mansion rises the plough speeds the
locomotive wzzes by, the paddlewhees OF the
dash into spray the plugged waters Of every tnrtnous
stream fields laden with produce wealth hesped up
every quay fashions Of Paris elegance the civil
i1aten the intellectual culture of European courts The
spirit of the AngloSaxon has hrooned this and
chaos has broken mp into life and light and thousand
forms Of attracYeness and beauty Westward has been
hind and in its rapid footsteps making Of il very far
down-est State Ne longer NAV bt sung Of her OF
yore-
Together let rise,
Seek brighter plains aud more induigent skies
Where fair OHIO rolls her amber tide
And nature blossoms IN her virgin pride.
The cene Of representative population of the Union Is
Of the mouth Of the ohio Standing nj this point
four great Of inland opened eiiher
uafnf To ne Ohio s-ccnds