The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-12
From 9eBov's RsVeW-
The Future Of the United states.

| At the opening Of the rebellion, De Bow,
| Review became s firm supporter of the wal
for treason. 1t taught the principles, o.:
they We're styled, upon which the rebellion
was founded, aud gave the whole weight oI
its influence to The South, IL has Just been
revived and he opening article in the Iauu-
AIRY number bears the fi,le which heads this
| article. With the exception Of few para
graphs, We present 10 in full.
| Whatever NAV have been he theories Of
the nsst, toe results Of the great conflict
! wh ch has shaken the land to us center es-
| tabllsh beyond controversy the fact that the
/ United States Is s. Gxrd sud permanent
Government, and Is capable OF resisting ev-
| ery internal effort for is disruption and
that from the experiences of the past, there
is likely 10 he no movement in the future
looking to disruption emanating from any
| quarter
A natisn which has proved itself capable
/ Of passing through such 8 crisis-involyiug
/ the movement OF armies and navies scarce
/ y inferior 10 those which followed in the
/ wake Of the great Napoleon, aud the eN-
! pendIture Of moneys 20 which the powerful
/ States Of Europe have been stranger. and
Of whieh they can scarcely realize the facts,
maintaining thrOagh il al It's currency and
credit unImpalred-is not likely 20 60 down
in any future contingency.
This much must bs admitted and the
powers Of Europe may nov recognize IN the
United States a colossal rival, vast in terri
tory, IN population, and ia ambition Injured
to arms aud 70 industry a nstion Of soldiers,
sailors and workmen, ready for the sword or
the scythe, fearing nothing which the world
can otier IN competition or in conflict. The
monarcbies Of Europe combined would pre-
sent but a feeble barrier 90 the future ad-
vance Of this now gisut power.
Il Is Well-North and s0uth-there is but
one feeling in America, and it is that her
destinies are in her own keeping snd that
nothing Of interest or Of favor is 20 be desired
OF looked io= from eny Of the mOnarchies Of
the old world. They have been tested IN the
hour of trial, and have been found % be
time-serving, bgoLed, and in the last degree
selfish. Incapable Of great craftsmanship,
they have taken their position, and must
abide the result.
A wise and liberal national policy viii
speedily restore 20 the United States all that
it has lost by the war; and Iuaguan.mous |
and iorbeariug spirit will BRING into harmo- |
ny again its recently jaTing elements, and |
Constitute one people out Of its teemlng mill |
lions
Accepting the results Of our war. our |
people everywhere have but TO put their |
shoulder 70 the wheel, intellectually and /
physically, to redeem-such is the vastn ass
OF oar resources and the hexibihty of our /
lnstltutIons-ghst has been lost, aud re-
move all traces Of the recent caiam.t1us
times.
What is the present status Of the United
States in territory. in population, and IN
commerce, compared with other powers
Il Is well 10 take glance at the figures.
II IEBRITORY.-Ne have only 20 repeat
what was said by us in the compendium OF
the census Of 1850. The territorial extent
Of the republic is nearly ten times as great
as that Of Great Britain and France COM
bined three times a. great as the whole OF
France, Britain, Austria, Prussia, Spain,
Portugal, Belgium, Holland and Denmark
rgether; one and half times as great as
the Russian empire in Europe; one sixth |
less only than the area covered by the fifty
nine or SIXTY empires, states and republics
1f Europe; of equal extent with the Roman
empire or that Of Alexander, neither OF
which IS said to have exceeded 3,0OO,o0O |
quare miles.