Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-09

q clipper ships of Newburryport and Of
Fast Boston, by the side of which the GAL
Icons OF Acapulco and Manila were but un-
sighlly~Iulks, aud which are 'frcighted with
wealth such rs poet never dreamed of to
MI the great argosies Of Genoa andof Yel
nice Who, in so brief a tim,o.s wrouoh,
all these wonders.l Was il tho work of
legends Of fabulous giants, marshalIed 10
their stupendous task bv the miraculous
charm of the ring of Solomon, such ms we
read OF IN the picturesque legends of Ara
| o'as lie who saw 1t as it was ten years
ago, ana sees itas IL is now, might we'll
CONCEIVE that nothing shortof supernatural
power conld have produced the marvellous
ehange' 1t is miraculous, tits supernatur.
al--not miracle. of demon slaves driven
under the lash of some lnagacian taskmas
! ter; bntthe miracle of American courage,
American genius and America virtue, work.
ing out our eountry's great destihes, under
Tue Preordained irppulsion of Almighty
God. 1t was my fortune, at another time.
,to stand on the summit of the lofty ridge
of land which divides the sources Of the
Mississippi from those of Lakes Snpodor,
Huron. hria and Ontario, having on my
right hand waters of that mighty river.
which drains, and, as it flows on to the
Gulf of Mexico, fertilizes the largest and
the richest valley Of cultivable land on the
racefQf the earth and, on my left hand,
thatsunique succession Of great rivers and
lakes-the river alternately expanding into
magnificent fresh water seas, and the seas
narrowing again into beautiful rivers and
So through forest and meadow, and over
cataracts and rapids, rolling on with lavish
protusion a0thousapd miles to the far off
Gull of st. Lawrence. Such was the stand,
point of view. Before, behind, all around
me, were noble forests of oak and pine and
maple and elm; earth. born giants of the
primeval world aud beyond them, stretch.
ing far away to tho uttermost bounds,ofthe
horizon, verdant savannahs in all the lux.
.unance of natures yirginal unstintcd prodi-
gality, sublimcy immense as an ocean,
lovely as aydream of Paradise. Streamlets
and lakes were sparkling amid the trees in
the sunlight, like diamonds and sapphres
scattered over the rich trcsscs of some fair
maiden rs she steps in the pride of her beau
ty and her youth. All that magnificent
scene however, was but wilderness where
the Indian stiIlroamed Mt wilin his native
forests, or padded his light canoe on river
and lake; and where no sign of cultivation,
nomark Of civilization, was to be seen save
IN the glorious banner of the stripes and
stars floating over some military station. or
outpost, TO be witness of the omnipresent
power of the Union. Here, again, the
thought came to me- can it be tha. all
this wealth of land and sea is to remain
lost to the uses of human greatness and
happiness! 1t half tempted one to impcach
the divine justice, to reflect that, millions
and millions of men were at that hour st-
iiln9for want of space in the crowded coun-
tries OF Europe "cabinen, cribbed, coufin.
ed, IN narrow lines, where industry bad
nofie'd to work in, and ambition was de-
vouring it's own heart for want of scope
and object; and wives aud children were
pinlng away on the cfusts Of destitution
and misery whilst here WAS earth enough
to be the seat of Imperial dominion, squau-
dered apparently oa s: handful of untamed
and untamablc Indians. Bat impious would
have been such thought---the foolish inn
picty Of mans improvidence andjgnorance.
Gods wisdom is not our wisdom. He had
hissown great purposes to work out in his
!. own good time,;ahd with the instruments
of his own election. For now, there also,
American activity, industry, enterprise, have
| been eXerted; and yellow harvest fields on
the prairie, busy mills at the waterfall, pop.
ulous communities by the riverside, have
transfigured leface Of the desert and an
other powerful State (AiinnesotHj has al ii5sii
there to add to the greatness of the, Ameei-
can Union.
Is not that manifest destiny Is not thai;
o provdential missions Is not that one
ofthe steps in the "march, march, march,
of tho Union which, when suggested by
me, on a former occasion, as what the I'm
ion had perforce to do, was taken to be
tile personation of Sonic awful monster
shaking forth pestilence and death from. its
horrid hair! Ay, in this pioneer colony.
of Massachusetts, doubled with plymouth,
onthe very rock Of Plymouth itself, whore
. free compact Of seIfgo9eynmsnt first
found a footstapd on earth, and from Which
point, together with the coevals starting
point Of Jamestown, there moved the. two
parallel columns of emigration which com.
menced America's march--ag that very,
place, q good and honoFed friend of mine
felt called upon to,protest against my sug.
gestion of the onward "march, march,
sinascheP of'tbe advancing hosts of ciyiliza.
ton, liberty aud power which follow the
westward flight Of the eagle of the Union
Istandto my thought. / reiterate IL. !
stick to the purpose which brought my fore,
father john Cushing, from Hipghani in
Rpgiaad 10 Hingha1 In Massachusetts.
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