The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-08

THERE is journal published il
New York city, rejoicing in the rather
astounding title of . TIE Inlper'dlht
Its object is sufficiently indicated by
its name and the motto which faunt>
at its masthead: :. The Empire is
Peace" The mere fact that such a
paper is being published in this cOun-
try, and that it already has a large and
rapidly increasing circulation, is one
Of the sevcrest criticisms that can be
made on republican misrule for the
past eight years. That our readers
may.have taste of the Lmperialist's
temper, we copy, from late mum Der
of that paper, an article entitled
OUR N1TONAL T1NITIES.'
1t there is anything Of which Amer
leans, as people, have right to be
proud, it is of the possible future, rath-
er than of the past history or present
condition Of the nation. Our progress
thus far has been progress in spite of
not because CT, Democracy; and when
We look back quarter of century.
rejecting on the giant strides we might
have taken had not the curse of a false
and abnormal social and political or
ganization hung like mill stone round
the neck Of the nation. we find much
cause for regret, and little, if any, for
honest and worthy pride. SO is it with
our present condition. Agitated by
fierce internal strife and discord; by
sectional hostility and unrelenting par
ty antagonism; weak and powerless at
home and scarce respected abroad by
the third rate powers Of the world; this
is all we have to be proud of to day.
But neither the past nor the present
have witnessed more than the slow
processes of nature that are working
out our natural destiny, governed and
controlled by laws as memorable as
those which brought order out of chaos
IN the beginning. The, evils that af-
tlct us now are not the pangs of death
bat the thrces of a mighty parturition
that shall combine order with progress
and give US liberty with laws and gov
eminent without oppression.
The magnificent destiny of this ma.
ton is predetermined and inevitable.
and it is borne to Empire on resistlcss
current of fate. The geographical
conhguration of the country necessi-
tates the perpetual political and social
unity OF the race, and points it out as
the location of an Empire that shall
rank first among the powers of the
world. Owing to its peculiar confor
NATION, this country could never have
been the nursery of infant communities
possessing cilvilzing instincts. 1t con-
tains none Of those natural divisions so
common in Europe, capable of shelter
ing the germs of incipient nations and
OF protecting them against each other
until they are able 20 protect them
selves. Here no such fortified locaii-
Ii rs. capable of becoming the cradles of
nationalities, are to be found. The
whole country is open and exposed
from ocean to ocean, from the Arctic
Circle to the tropics. The only noun
tain barrier is baDished so far to the
West that gives us an eastern slope of
more than thousand miles in width
with no obstacles to overcome in the
passage across more serious to cross
than few fine rivers of no consider
able width. The climate of this vast
expanss of territory, though embracing
nearly all of the continent lying with
in heNorth temperate zone, is so equal
lied by physical causes aud by geo.
graphical and astronomical laws as to
offer no violent contrasts nor detract
III any appreleiable degree from its
general character of unity. 1t is evil
dent, therefore, for these and many
other causes, chat America was design
ed to furnish a home for a homoee
neous people with a ready-made civil
cation, who should form a single nation
without moral, political or social diver
sites of greater importance than its
few geographical disparities. 1t is not
strange, therefore, that such a people
did actually come to it, with civiliza-
ton already prepared, and that these
elements was 70 med a nation Of the
kind described. As vas rendered pos
sible by the geographical unity of the
country, the various elements compo-
sing this homogen IS ri G have contin-
ued the development o. C civilization
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