The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-08-01
AMERICAN PROGRESS.
EXTRACT FROM MR.. EVERErF's FOURTH
DE lilly nR AILAA IL AneIAA.

Where else in the history Of the world have
such results been brought about in 50 short a
time: And II desired, as do MT, to give
mis- discussion the character Of reeriminstloa.
might | nat, dividing the period which has
elapsed since the commencement u the Eu- /
ropeaa settlements III America into two por.
thus, VIZ: The one which preceded and the
che v l,eh has followed the Declaration ui
lndep mdencr the former under the sway
~ Eu iopeau government angtana, ii aiianl,
Fran, e. Spaln---ihe tatter under tie gnsern
meat. Ut the INDEPENDENT lnaed States
sng 1T not eiaim iar the latter. uader all
the disadvantages 81 \ new government and
lin ilei resources, the credit u greatly -
u rsuf energy AMI pfastisas Wisdom, ~ car.
~ ing Oh this laa-n.A<sAl mu.k. II .as ilts
u lllerent vice Ut the Colonial system, that
I be growth OF the American Colonies was
/ greatly retarded for a century, in conse-
queHce Of their being involved in all the
wars Of Europe. There never was period
since Columbus sailed from palos, in which
the settlement Of the country has advanced
with such rapidlty as within the last sixty
years. The commencement OF the Reyolu
ton found US with population rot greatly
exceeding two millions; the census Ut 1890
Little exceeded five millions that OF the pre-
sen, year will nut probably fall short III
lhmty-twu millions. Tie two centuries and
! hall which preceded the revolution Wit
messed the organ zat.on Of thirteen colonies,
70 which the period that las since elapsed
has added twenty States. own It has htled
me with amaZement ~ lind cities like Im-
sinnati and Louisville. Detroit, Chicago anu
st. Louis, not to mention thase still more
remote, on sppts which within the memory
Of man were frontier military posts, 10 lind
railroads and electric telesraphs trayerslng
forests, in whose gloomy shades, As late a.
1859, the wild savage still burned his captive
at the STAKE.
The despondinS nr the unfrieniiy censor
will remind me ot the bemshes Of this III.
inaltuous civilization ;--oatbreaks OF frontier
violence in earlier aud later ttmes ACTS OF
injustice 10 the native tribes, Though the
policy ul the Government toward them has
in the main been paternai, agi cnnseien.
rlOusly administered the roughaess Of Haa-
ners in infant settlements, the collisions OF
adventures not yet cnmpacsrd Inio stable
society,-deeds of Wild justice and wilder
iniastice-botder license, lynch law. All
these admit and | lament-but q COMM.
nity cannot grow up al once from the log
cabin with the Woif 1T the door aud the saw.
age in the neighooring thleket. into the order
and beauty Of communities which have been
maturing lur centuries. We must remember,
too, that all these blemishes Of an infant set
iement, the inseparaa!e accompaniment Of
that stage OF progress and phase OF society
and life, have their counterpart at the other
end Of The scale. in the fostering impurities
uf large cities, tue gigantic frauds Of speeu-
lation and trade, the wholesale cUrruptiuns.
in = word. Of older sneiettes. Whenl reflect
that the day we celebrate found Us a feeble
strip Of thirteen colonies along the coast,
averaging 1t most = little more than 100000
inhabitants each; and that this, It's eighty
iouth return. sees u grown u thirty-t three
States. scattered through the interior and
pushed to the p4cIic, averaging nearly i
million Of inhabitants. each well eompacted
representative republic, securing TO lis cit
lLens a larger amount Of the substantial
blessings Of life than are enjoyed BY equal
numbers u people in the oldest aud must
prosperous States OF Europe, am lost in
wonder; and, as sufficient answer TO tie
charge 81 degeneracy. am tempted to ex-
claim, Luck around yua.
Bur. merely 70 ill up the wilderness with
a population provided with the ordinary IN.
situations and carrying al the customary
pursuits Of civilized lfe.-though surely
~ mean achievement. vas by no means tie
whole of the work allotted to the Uaited
States. aud thas far performed with signal
activity, intelligence and success. The
founders vi America AMI their descendants
al.
On tie bas.s ul a rapid geographical extea.
zion, and with tie force Of teeming nun.
bsrs, tkry nave. IN tie very infancy O their
political existence. successfully aimed al
higher progress IN q generous civilization.
The mechanical arts have been cultivated
with unusual aptitude. Agriculture. manu-.
iass4fes. rBmMsrce, navigation, whether b.
s.lls gr steam, anl the art ii printing in all
III. iofAt.. ltAxg been pursued with surprising
Kill. Great Improvement. nave been male
id iii these Branches ot industry, aud ln the
machinery pertaining to them, watch have
been elgssiy adoptsd ID Europe. A more
adsqaats provision has been male lpr papa ~
fd9cattan ta4a III almost any utber Country.
! believe that iii the cities Ut Boston, Ne.
Iytk All Philadelphia, m9fe money in pro
portion r. Tue population, il raised by taxa
tsOn for the support IT common schools. than
iii any utter cities in the world. Iaers are
more ssminafiss III the Inils,l States. where
fsspsti table agadenieal education can BE-
obtained, -tuare, | still mean. IN proportion
10 s3se population than III any othet country
sseept Germany. The Fine Arts have reached
d. g1 degree 1t excellence. Tue taste for
utssis is rapidly spreading in town and
country and every year Witnesses prod1c.
tlons Irom the pencil and the chisel 81 Anne.
riean sea9ptJrs and painters, which would
adorn any gallery 10 tie world. Our AstrUn.
omers. Matbemattt,4ns, Naturalists, Chem.
lists, Engineers, Jatists, Pubiieists. HistOri.
ans, Poets. A0Yeli.ts aud photographers,