Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-12-26
Ths.Prsssnt and Future Of Our Country

did any people or nation occupy SO e.
sorable position for becoming great
:. wealthy and powerful as our own coun
try at present occupies: Whilst the
chief powers Of the Old World are enga
ged in war most destructiveto lifeand
property whilst Great Britain and Franco
have united into an alliance TO check the
acquisition Of territory on The part o.
Russia; whilst civilized Europe is ex'
pending vast wealth in carrying on n wal
: unparalleled in the history Of the world
We efthe United States are enjoying pacee
plenty and prosperity. As a nation, We
have, during the last twelve months, beer
favored with an abundant yield of the
products Of our soil. From the great
Lakes to the Gulf Of Ne xico, from the At.
lantic to the Pacific our crops, generally
considered, have been unusually good
and Of the chiefproduets Of our soil, the
present year has given us the NEST abun.
dant and prolific yield ever known before.
And as good fortune never comes single.
handed, 80 our country has been favored
not only with extraordinary crops, but al.
% With extraordinary prices. Generally
speaking, low prices follow abundant
crops, and high prices follow poor crops;
but this seaaon presents US with both
abundant crops and high prices. And
what has caused this great demand for
the products OF our soil There is an
old adage that says, at is an evil wind
that blows no body good" and so our
country is now verifying that adage; for
the very wars that are now waging on
the Old Continent, are making our peo-
pie rich. Those wars create demand
for bread-stuffs, for provisions, and for
other things necessary to carry on war;
and create such q demand as to keep the
prices for provisions, &C., high. Hence,
the benefits the wars Of Europe confer
on our country, hence the immense wealth
pouring INTO the lap of our nation, from
the high prices and abundant crops of the
present season. -.s.- Il as>
Heaven grant that our people may long
be favored with such crops and such prf-
ces! And that if the nations Of the Old
World willwage war against each bther,
we may be able to supply them, at high
prices, with the requisites for carrying
on and maintaining wart Separated
from Europe by the Atlantic and from
Asia BY the Pacific, we occupy favored
position. and as a nation can stand aloof
from the strifes and wars Of the Old Con.
tinent; can act independently Of each and
i all Of them. and keep ourselves separate
and apart from their endless difficulties
and contentious; and while Great Bri.
tain, France, Russia, &c., are jealously
watching each others progress and pow
Of, and whilst they are, at the present
time, diminishing each others power and
progress by most lamentable war, we
ofthe United States are making wonder
ful strides toward power, wealth, and
greatness. We are fast becoming one Of
the most influential powers in the world.
Already do We control the better and lar.
ger portion Of North America; and If we
hold tog'ther as q Union fifty years to
cone, we must be the leading and most
powerful nation on earth. The history
Of our coantry's very rapid growth in
power. il population, III wealth and in
territory, warrants us III making 80 bold
2 prediction, And the very Independent
position Of our country sustains toward
the nations Of the Old Continent doubly
assuresus that our Republic is destined,
five keep together, from this time on
ward to act d prominent and conspicuous
part in shaping and controlling the des-
TIMES Of the civilized world. The future
Of our country i. pregnant with great
events-eyents not only Of vast impor-
lance to our own welfare, but Of infinite
importance ID free pr;ncinlea. 10 snlf.go.