Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-20
sEPARATEoN OF FEE STATES
a Escpnarizab.e Prophecy.

A friend has called our attention to
remarkable prophecy contained in
the following extract from an old work
entitled "Recollections, &c, of the
Reign of George III, by member OF
Parliament. Whatever may be tie
force of the authors reasons, how near
he came to the truth the past few years
too sadly tell:
''Thess States form Federativo Re-
public. They have nsither King, nor
Nobility, nor Established Church,
The English language and the English
love OF liberty, prevail throughout the
whole confedsracy. The facility with
which landed property may be acQuir-
ed and brought into cultivation, gives
to the inhabitants disposition to mi
CRATE propensity which Will much
facilitate the extension OF agriculture
and the rapid population of the coun-
try.
On the sea-coast tie active spirit of
the people leads them to commerce and
the fisheries; and when compelled to
become a military State, they have
shown the most courageous exertions.
1t is visible that they are capable of
presenting themselves as formidable
naval power. Great Britain, France
and Spain are the only naval powers
of much consideration now in Europe;
and even the most formidable OF
these-I mean Great Britain-wouI1
find it difficult to carry on a naval war
with the United States of Amer
ica. l. is true Great Britain at pres
ent possesses on that continent
one naval port and arsenal. viz Hall
fax. If deprived of this, Great
Britain would find it extremely diff
cult to carry on a naval warfare, and
British Amsrica could not long be de-
Tended, except at an expense which
could not be borne.
The United States may now be con-
sidered as holding q high rank in the
intercourse between themselves and
the several States of Europe The
facility of acquiring landed property,
naturally leacs the people to apply
themselves 20 agriculture, rather than
to manufactures and it is more for
the interest Of the Americans to bring
land into cultivation, than to establish
manufactures. The injudicious con-
duct of tie British Government has,
in many places forced the Americans
to establish manufactures !; and ma
chinery will be used with more adj
vantage in a country where the popu-
latlOn is thin, than it can be III coun-
try like Great Britain, where the
manufacturing population may be,
perhaps, too great.
The application of the steam engine
to the navigation of rivers, affords an
advantage TO America almost beyond
calculation. The inhabitants on the
upper paIts Of her great rivt"s, will
easily be supplied with every ,tiing
that commerce can present.
'The United States aUjU be 6jCidcr3
IF the whole continent OF North Amer
lea formed but one State, it could only
be controlled hy Il despite govern
IL ent, but the happiness of man re-
quires that governments should be
free. One Of the circumstances which
at present contributes the most to the,
inhabitants of the United States, is
that they have occasion for so little
government. The facility with which
subsistence can be acquired, removes
the temptation to criminality. When
ever division of the United States
takes place, most probably it will not
be in the first instance, q separation
j
States; though this separation aciLi
most 21robu5{y at one time or other
take place. But the first division will
probably be, OF Mc HeStern States
from the Eastern. That immense plain
which Is wateEe1 by the Mississippi
with her attendant streams, is natural
ly separated from the Eastern States
by ranges of mountains, and the diff
ference of soil, climate, produce and
occupation will create that opposition
of interest which leads to separation.
RHt though this separation may be
attended with blOod-shed, it will ulti-
mately be beneficial to the country.
The Des Moines Iowa) Register
publishes a petition to Congress for
more currency, signed by nearly every
business man and firm III that city.
The girls belonging to one OF the
schools in Pittsburg were recently out
for a walk, two and two. AS they APP
preached street where saloons abound
Il sudden teu du j0ie was executed, by
the sudden clapping Of The window
shutters in the vicinity. They were
taken for wOmen's temperance move
msnt.
The Louisville, Mississippi Banner.
of the oath ult., says Our old friend
| Col. W. S. Boiling, informs us that lie
has recei-ed letter from his attorney,
in which he states that there can be no
doubt but that the Colonel Will re-
cover the ownership of nearly one
half OF the city of Richmond, Va. Ii
| he gains the suit he Will be worth
more than $1O,000,000. Col. Boiling
is Mayor of the little town of Louis
| vile, Miss He went from Petersburg
to Louisville many years before the
war, where he has siuce resided and