Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-10-27
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ACjItaEt General.
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THIS Continent e->ns likely to follow the tX44ge
al stare a fate OF a! the older continents. Instead
oi 5ug swa!ioesd up b. overshl dowrg power, it
see1s s,iulG to b. divided among many powers or
nltiona.es, comm.nc rg with the present British co.
o,i-a On the nMtb, among which the question OF toI
eraivt Uri)n is 1ow agtatGd, TO be followed in the
fU:n,s3 Of time, gradually approaching, by th@ir
peaciuI SEPARATION from sha it'sh crown These had
po5a; al ocga gtfe population in 1860 of over three
m.9a 8 Next will probably come the Northern At
ac..c S es, comprising NJ England, New York,
Penn7y vaaia, New jersey, Deawarc, and possibly Ma
raGaud W h ten to t=ive mil,icns Then the North
westerr ateO, with nearly similar population. Then
te Suu;orn States With, say twelve millions bond aud
free; aud then Mexico with gaven or eight millions
TIE S.acs of the Isthmus of Ceotral Amrica ore too
ursa lie for Us TO be able to assign 10 them any fixed
Status.
At TIE f :: use: the shipping aud COMMERCIAL SEC
tjops vii he he Northern Federation composed of the
prsac I}clizh Colonies next the NOrtheln Atlantic
portion o, the present Unitd States The North
western Uone0eracy a0d the Soutuern have heretofore
ben, a will perhaps continue to be fer some time to
cmg The productive sertioDs CT the Continent, but the
Sea jcu Atlantic and Gut States mn3s from the force
Of cicC.nstarCcz, become commercial aud manufactur-
i1g gIt So agricultural. Especially m1st the States
Of III. 5 A:laL:ie sopa--Vir8inia, North Carolina,
al Carolina aud Georgia, become not only CONNER
ca out -so manufacturing ccmnunities 1t will be
e5s nti2 70 tb-r we-beiug to their security a1d to
thei progress. No future emergency must fad Us in
the SAM dependent pos:tioa that the crisis Of 1861
t1uid u9.
Tie u ure of M,xco, with its population OF mixed
boos s Que enveoPed in mystery and 1t is beyond our
powers of aualy is 10 draw proximlte coDjec-
ture ference to it. With such population there
can be few hoIss stability strength. The clements
ofsrerg.h gn1 s1ibil.y wanting The population
furnishes no reliable foundation upon which to build
the supcrsGucturc Of permanent State Il is not the
gov rnncut alone that is at ut and that we suppose
will n nus i f.ut 30 matter how impcsing gov
errm nl, .ucture may be raised, it will resemble one
Of theic adobe buiIiugs-tbe na,eri4l will only be
drici chy, urf6 to met and sustain the shocks to
whi,h AZ .,vecrm fts must be subjected. Or ii any
7o..n L. a.a>ruc ei Of materials it will be
foata - b uode.l>Id by earthquake. N:scegencra-
ton -. r-c is q n -t- fruits u Il ~Xico, acd in
the o.lirr Spanish -Al.s.iciu Sta.a-
/ vii be seen that we Eay- I'D b. 9c?aga>ior
OF the pra scs British coonia LON the p4r4at country,
as matter certain 10 oc2 cur as events are rife.
Should tbe Colonies dvsire it, as they desire
yrch will Dc as soon as they feel able TO stand alone
G.ea. BrtaD Will iuterpose obstacles to their set
ting I'd G,I ITEMS Ives Sac has been gradually with
drawing her gimeDts AID doing al she 10 enforce
upon ba co11is lie tuty and the practice Of selfde
pendeucc.