The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-07-24
FROM the hsiliaorv Rspseliean.
The SclaSouic awA American Waces

OF the refugees, who wcre founding city ol
/ the banks Ct the Tiber; not imagining thu
there was the germ Of u people who would NO
only sweep Carthage from the iacc Of the earth
/ bat rule the world. While Philip II was ar
dcntly STRIVING 10 establish universal papal an,
4 imperial power, and Louis XIV was cherishin.
his ambitious PROJECTS, amid the g,ttering spcn
dor OF Versailles. there we're growing up in ob
security and unno,iced. in the distant northeas
! Of Europe. and on the iar-oa shores Of the Al
/ lau,ie the first humble Institutions OF two ,s,o
/ pie, whose rapid progr~s since, has becn tn.
marvel Of mank ind When in 1883 Mabomr
| II was battering down the walls OF CONSTANT
noplc AMI building up Ottoman power in Eu
rope. on the ruins OF the Grsk empire Russ.s
was II small, feeble State, having u populalio,
ot siN millions Of people. aud territory oi som,
two hundred thousand square miles, not Nv,
times the AREA OF the State ot New York. III,
battle Of Pultowa Ia 1909. which struck fAta
blow ut the ascendency ot Sw,den IN the North
was the critical point IN the history OF Russia
and lron that day her progress has scarcely q
parallel among nations. Instead oi two hun
dnd thousand square miles Of territory, and ii,
millions OF people, her Emperor now rules ovci
nearly seven millions Of square mics. more thar
one-sixth Of Nil the land Of the earth, and scv
tpfy riiiiioTis Of oosi,'hr suhledts. 900 ''' '"''
UuiIkc the dominion OF Britain. her territory
il one compact unbrolcn whole. from the bal
tic Sea across Europe and ASIA to the shor,,
OF the Pacific. and from the Arctic Ocean I,
the Caspian and Black Seas She po~a-04rs
therefore. in her continuity oi territory, ON,
oi the chel elements Of strength li,T means
Of internal 20 Dnunlcauon ART equal. OF may IN,
made equal, to th0se OF any part of the globe
Her rivers. flowing, into the Arctic Ocean. III,
Sea oi Japan, aud the Caspian and Black Seas
are navlgablc for n greater distance than ANY
OF the earth, excepting those of America. The
rivers of the Caspian and Black Seas aud ,ho-,
ot the Baltic and the Caspian, and also tho~,
OF the White Sea and the Caspian, are uniu,l
by canals. thus forming thrce uninterrupted
lines oi water communication across the cutirc
breadth of European Russia. There is n com
petc net work of rivers aud canals, through
which flows an internal commerce only equal.
l~l in value by tina, of America. Her system
ol railways Is gigantic, aud beyond question
her whole surface WILL before the lapse ol quar-
ter Of II century, he entirely entcrtwined with
a web of iron rods
our own progress has not been less rapid
than, or interior to Russia. The America OF
the revolution was narrow section Of this con.
tinet, chiefly Of the forest land. lying along the
shore of the Atlantic Ocean. comprising some
100000 square miles. inhabited by scarcely
5000 900 of inhabitants. and dotted here and
there with few small towns. Now We have
5000 900 Of square miles more than q. .0OO. 900
Of people, and our cities have increased In mum.
ber SIZE aud splcndor. until they rival the cnp
a. q H.. Al. r IL.
Rcpnblic is three tins ss large as the whole
OF Britain. France, spain. Portugal Prussin,
Austria, Denmark. Belgium. and Holland com.
blnel, aud equals IN extent that of the Roman
Empire, when Augustus Caesar prescribed in
his last testament, its boundaries
We have the finest element oi powerful
nation compact. continuous territory, bound
cd by the two great oceans oi the globe. Our
country passes through all the degrees of lai
tude necessary 10 enable IL to produce all the
necossaries Of lie The shore lines oi the At
an'Ic and Pacific Oceans. and of the Gulf o
Mexico. ARE full twelve thousand miles in III.
tent, and an equal chain Of Dayigabe LAX, 4
forms our Northern boundary. Our river afford
~ fDriy-nipc thousand miles Of navigation. and
our Northern lakes M hriy.fve hundred Five
thousand miles of artificial navigation completes
th. net work of internal communication still
further increased hy twenty Thousand m's oi
railway finished, 10 which soon will bc added
eighteen thousand more. now N progress. all
teE1Hs ultimately To unite the Atlantic aud
Pacitc oceans by continuous lines oi railway.
Al the ryoln,lpn va had no manufactures.
now W. have five huDdre, millions ii dollars
40 in,ts stcd. producing annually, ~ value. more
than one bundfcd thousand millions. Our com.
merclal marine, registering nearly five millions
n tons. j. the greatest of the ocean Onr ugri.
CULTURAL mining resources nr boubdlpss We
ART thus bIsss.7 with all the eLiD.nts 81 phys
zeal power and physical wealth
The "-Clayniuc race Is .1d 10 have q " ,nt
mission nn earth 80 lss the American race
Zach "ccnpi'' ihc lafre-l portion Of u vnst con
uWsH'. which they are ,lstiy'd 10 hii with tlp II
lermlng millions. In The gast iu,urc which !.
opening before ~, Russia and America, with
all their huphrd- Of millions Of people. will
sintd iscr To- face tlr representative. II optps.
my principals whps collision has ds-olaied
the earth siih war. ilc principles Of liberty
vi individual opinion and acton. aud the priB-
cipl,. II dt~p0ism Thc law oi dsspotism
-nch ss Rns.a = ceniplizsiion; the law oi q
kd'rsl reInbhc such ns A merlca is d,c.s, rail-
izaiinH. The sublime power oi upubl,,
spfiuga from The united action 81 its ipdis dua
m'rni,cr-; the strength m d,Spoi,sm from t's
disciplined compsctpr~- NJ ~ suissrvien, mnl
ttndps Tho might nf sHch q consolidated
lzTs,ti-m a. I,u--is must. un,I, so,ne rireum
-isnos H. oy"rwb"lmiug, bn, the euiigl,crr,
and voluntary action II millions Il individual
mind. teletglng 81 ote race, spak,ny op.
language a'zi uhii,sg and' a reJsblic sach q,
America. present. the npnrt sublime exhibit. .Ot
81 moral puEcr xhich ran eSls, among man
kn1 Eg' Ausrca must 10 united 10 Tho 10
lure BE hs- h-n ~ the past I,t NJ M
Iatfs IN ,ht- majestic march towards empire
LIT 10 di-cDrlaBt coanc,.s 10 os>hiny interests
~ Hnf1gn'IrI ysalousirs. 10 ciyiI dI-s nsiOfs
weaken ~ ,11~n ihe chains which bind us 20
pe'hc- Tho high cSsiiuy fr which Provi
dcno- b.. reserv'ei this p.ops. IS ,bc moa gIo
rIoa. snosn amDng rss. We ssek sot III.
empire o! ,bc sa0td-no, tie empire oi ,b,
inqgisi'ion ~, III empire u d'spotism. "a
The empire - 'he p"oJle the empire "i IN
rights u man the .-upre Of sc'er,os. sri sIs
literature te empire Of n,Osals ard religion
tue enpirt %, oi-"drurc ~ God bis propt
sDl b.. cGtn,nandg 1T ii<,n the uni0o a 'bes
stats s'afd firm Ari sol,d 10 'h- rvrlasiin,
h,h-
FENui C,~r ~ -rTFcu a man ha- lsef
'OaDh guilty IN Frame. snd Sentrnord 10 bv'
ytsfs' ,mps ,orncri fr having IN a public car
nag spoken sgaii-i the emperor Ara
the, Who viii te tod rnDagh 10 sIs,ak IN
him