The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-03-14

a. r,,. horhi,ncr. If rciurn;ru sum,n.r
ts.,;u. ,hr Wcs, is destined r. hccom O Q
n,,,t ACCOMPLISHMENTS, rnu;nn II nossr,ca,
-, .I,.o,,,n.o cno az ,,,r,,,so 't;ot III,
hand IF h,un,cous nature cnuld l,cstnw. Its
crn.l. =. ,nI r;v,rs must bc numbered bv thr
thouaand. and in all th.ir higher sections.
| thov ,rn roll;n, and tnmhl;no over |, doe.
and nre,.;n;rss in NIL die wilifrss Of lintssnnd
and ma ,,nron,;,ted mower Tn Tho dash of
eve, v t,,rrnt. in the roar of every cascade. in
fine rush and thunder of thousand cataraets,
the voir. of destiny is heard tbrouohout the
mighty West. Neither New England nor
| Old Enplanl can much longer eniov the urof-
its of furnishing us with their various fabrics.
We will soon have our Lowell and our Man
chester. as we now have our Pittsburc, and
CINCINNATI, and St. Louis. Nature hds fir
nishcd lis the necessary facilities and West.
crn cntcrprise will accomplish the work.
No nation has ever become great or power.
ml without enterprise. Why is 1t that China
is so weak and powcrless, compared with
other ratiums? Is it because She is wanting
in industry! 10 ration is more industrious.
She walls her territory to shut ont the inva.
DER she bridges her valleys with chains: she
transforms her rocks into terraces; and, as if
disdainng the assistance of nature, size rears
Ter TEMPLES on mountains of her own con-
struction. And yet, if an earthquake shoul d
sink her to-day what ocean would miss her
sails! The secret of her weakness lies in this:
she is afaniin. m cncrgv.
1t is with nations as it is with individuals
The man who has energy holds a guarantee
to greatness. Exile him to the wilderness
and he presses milk and honey from its rocks
Launch him on the stormy ocean, and he cx-
acts a rich revenue from its pillows. Place
him in printing Office, and he becomes a
PHILOSOPHER and statesman. Tmprison his
body, and through the grated windows of his
cell, he sends out his soul to tread round the
zodiac, and count the consultations of heaven.
Bring out and spread in his pathway the
racks and chains of Jewish pcrsccu ton, and,
looking forward to the results aud rewards
of his labors, he points to these instruments
of torture. and saws. with serene composurc.
"Nonc of these things move me-" Place him
in any. and in all relations. whether pros
porous or adverse, and still his step is firm,
fearless, fOrra,d. and If the rran.crv of the
universe fall, its shattered ruins will strike
him on his way to his object. And, as inli-
| yiduaIs so with nations. energy is the condi-
ton and guarantee or Greatness. Who, then,
in the light of these facts, can set bounds to
the growing greatness of the Wcst-a coun.
try where Providence has cmpticd the horn
Of abundance. and where energy is the staple
| character?
Finally: The West is destined to become
great and powerful ma commercial point of
view. Spread out the map of that wonderful
region and look for moment at it's natural
facilities for transit and TRANSFORMATION. Take
up your position at the mouth of the "bcauti-
| full Ohio and trace out the lines of the COM
bass. In the direction or Pit,sburg YOU have
! nine hundred and fifty miles Of steam nayiga-
ton. 70 the Falls of ST.. Anthony YOU have
A thousand miles more. TO the head waters
Of the turbid Missouri YOU have a continued
stretch of three thousand miles more. These
noble streams, together with their numerous
tributaries, make up a combined aggregate of
not less than ten thousand miles.
Nor is the West shut in from intercourse
with the rest of the world. Neally all It's
naviyable streams terminate in that Father
of Waters" which nature herself has chan
nclcd out to the southern marts af trade The
great chain ofIakcs which forms its CONNER
cal and political boundary on the North u
pens direct communication to that ocean of
| opulrnce which has made Ecw England and
Old England the commercial cnporiums of
the world. And finally, if Congress will
only suspend the slavery agitation long enough
to listen and respond to the wants of the
country, 1t will soon be connected hy rail-
road with the Pacific ocean. That great work
accomplished the West will have fairly enter
ed upon its high career. Only think of it a
moment Ships from the Indian ocean, from
Canton and Calcutta, can cross the Pacific
ana deposit their rich freight on the western
shore Of this continent, and save ten thousand
miles of the most difficult and dangerous nay
igation. The entire circumference of the
earth will then be trayersed by steam, and
The line of transit so formed to borrow u
| figure from geography be the CONNER
cial equator of the globe. 1t will reverse the
course of the world commerce II will be
the great channel along VIII ch the wealth of
nations will flow. Merchants from London
and Liverpool will cross the American cont.
ncnt by railroad on their way to Asia. They
will purchase their silks, and gums. and sp-
COS, and rich aromatics in the respective mar
kets of Asia and the islands of the Pacific,
and then return homeward by the same line
of travel They will thus pass and rcpass
and their commerce will be transported,
across the entire breadth of this continent
But this isl not all. The merchandise impor.
ted from the same markets to the Atlantic
cities, and which is now carried round by
!