Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-07-01

&603, ,430, ID. This Is Democratic econ0-
my; cease paying offths State debt and
sqsander the money By reckless legisla-
THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED
STATES. :
Gen. DIX On Our Greyvth and Prsspsst.
The banquet to Gen. Dix took place
en- June lst.a In replying to the toast OF
the evening Gen. Dix, after some per-
sonal acknowledgements, spoke Of the
future of the United States, and said =
/ believe there are few Intelligent per-
SONS ON either side of the Atlantic who
do not expect to see ourjurisdiction still
further enlarged. II this expectation is
realized, it will be through amicable ar
rangements with other States. We have
gained nothing heretofore by violence or
Injustice; we desire to gain nothing 10y
unworthy schemes of territorial acQuisi-
tons those dangerous instruments OF
ambition by which nations are nearly
certain to work out, soon or late, their
own downfall. If future accessieps OF
territory come to US, it will be, as in the
past, through causes prepared beyond the
circle of our swn influences, and by
agencies higher than our o wn. It is on
this condition only that such accesisons
will prove blessing to ourselves or q
benefit to mankind. Such is the spirit
of the popular movement acroe the con-
tinent of North. America. Nearly all
the great migrations which history has
recorded from the Christian Era to the
present time, consists of the exodus OF
the barbaYous nations from the inhOspi-
table religions in which they were bred,
transferring themselves to more genial
latitudes, and gaining possession, by
brute force, of the treasures of civiliza-
ton; or of fiery in ocursins, the Off
springs of religious frenzy, seeking to
promulgate creeds of faith by fire and
sword Ours Is the majestic, but the
calm and bloodiess, march of the hosts
of civilization, in the ranks of which
every nation in Christendom has its
representatives, going forth to subdue a
wilderness, and to extract from its woods,
its soils, and its caverns, by the patient
hand of industry, the treasures nature
has been accommodating from the begin
ing of time. In regard to the relations
of the great States of the Eastern hem
isphere to each ether, we may be said to
have been in the past, as / trust we may
in the future. an Unarmed Neutrality,
standing aloof from their rivalries and
their conflicts, asserting within our own
limits and without any Of the insignia
of military force or preparation, but
maintaining through the more powerful
agencies of opinion, the principles which
we believe to be best calculated to secure
oar own happiness and prosperity, and
to promote the welfare of the human
race. In the spirit of peace, snd not in
war-of improvement, and not of de-
vastation--of fraternity, and not Of ag-
gression-. lat.ie.igc s1l
Across the widespread Continent our fathers
Each 6iii and vale from sea to sea the sacred
And unseen hands shalI strengthen ours to hold
ii high in air. l.ss1 +.. t...-..
Aswe 60 marching on.
What may be our condition and our des-
tiny a hundred years hence, when the
vacant space between the two oceans
shall be filled up, and the reaction of
population shall be felt, as it inevitably
must be, from the shores of the Pacific,
no human sagacity can foresee. We can
only hope that there may be nothing in
our history during the Intervening years
TO render US unworthy of the prosperity
which has been vouchsafed to US !; tn at
we may go on quietly and steadily to the
completion of our task preserving our
good faith in all things with scrupuious
fidelity, respecting the laws and institu-
tiofs of other countries, as we call on
them to respect our own; abstaining
from all interference in their domestic
concerns; nay, more, abstaining from
all propagandism, excepting through
the peaceful example of good govern
ment within cur own limits, leaving to
Providence to determine inlwhat manner
and to what extent the principles of eur
political system shall, in other quarters
of the globe, exert an influence friendly
to the advancement and diffusion OF
knowledge, the progress ofimprovemeni
in industry and the arts, and the best
good of the human race. hGsa. sdsul /
Notable Marriage IN Cennectieut-
CsRmodsre Nutt snd Minnie WaRrsn.
The New Haven Palladium of Friday
says: sii is-is bgs 800 e-,1oi ~ 20
General Tom Thum CMr. Charles 8.
Stratton) and wife, arrived in town by
the go o'clock, A. NJ, train Of the Shore
Line Road yesterday. They took q car
riage and proceeded to the residence of
the Generals mother, in West Haven,
where they are to remain several days
on visit. Yesterday afternoon the lit.
tie couple came up to the city and made
several purchases, and about Blk O'Clock
returned TO West Haven in the horse
cars. Quite crowd assembled at the
corner Of Church and Chapel streets, and
looked with curiosity at the wee man
and his wee wife, Commodore Mutt
and Miss Minnie Warren are also at Mrs.
Stratton's and We are happy to state
that Mics Minnie Warren has become
Mrs Commodore Mutt. pI ald,lafF ~
The Journal of the same date gives
the following particulars nj --.i01l,.
On Wednesday, Mr.. Lewis Dinger and
Miss Ell f.. Anthony were united rs
man and wife In the Episcopal Church
in Birmingham, the Rev. DIR. Fuller en-
cisting. The fair bride was attired in a
tasty gray-colored dress, with hat, gloves
and bootees to match. Among those |
present at the church, in full dress, were |
General Thomas Thumb and wife, Mr.. |
and Mrs. Royal n. Bassett, Mr. and
Mrs.. N. B. Gray, of New York, Misses
Bassett and Smith, of this city. There
were others from this city present, but
their names have slipped from our mem
Dry. After impressive services at the
church the party returned to the resi-
hence Of Mr.. r. N. 5Ressett,. where q
very elegant spread of refreshments
we're served by Mrs. Bassett. The affair