The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-07-17

with mighty and unceasing impulse.
Towns, cities and States spring up au
il by magic. Our southern and wos-
tern seas, q few years ago unaxplored.
are now whitened with the sails Of cur
commerce; our placid streams, on
whose bosom the Indian padded his
canoe. are now covered with powerful
steamers, aud the starry bauu er reflects
the voice Of freemeD from beyond the
Rocky Mountains. The Union is united
by bands Of iron, and news Is borne
from port to port and from place to
place. on the wings Of Lightning. The
iron horse with bis immense burdens
takes bis drink at New York in the
morning. and in less than 81 hours ia
slacking his thirst at San Francisco.
He runs bis course from gulf to lake,
and from sea to sea. fho Atlantic has
been spauued and the old and new
worlds are joined together. On tho
sands Of the ocean, are lines Of though.
and communication. and the sub mariue
cable forme tho connection BY Which
distant countries aud peoples are
brought within whispering distance.
Every important event which occurs 10
either hemisphere is known to tho peo-
pic Of The other almoG. at the moment
Of its happening. Tho world moves.
aud We nre all on tip.tos to know what
is to come uext; aud what is it The eV.
erlastiug Yankee cannot do when be
sets his head about il? Our country's
retrospect ia full Of interest. When
DR.. Franklin was Post Master. General,
be kept all the mail and post Office &c.
cornts in a book not more than 5 by
10. Certainly not larger than one
which you farmers keep to note down
the number Of your cattle, and the
amount you pay your work hands for
cutting your harvests. To day it.akes
scores Of ledgers and hundreds of clerks
to keep the accounts which DO alone
kept. The thirteen States, with their
three millions Of population, thinly
scattered. lying cas-, of the Mississippi.
and south Of the great lakes, and
bounded BY the Atlantic 0,ean. have
extended their area aud increased their
numbers to ,hirty-seven Slater and
forty-,wo millions Of people. There
has been fourteen additions to our
population in tho one hundred
years. lfthc population Of these States
should increase in the next hundred
years in the same proportion. on the
4th ef July, 1875. We will have 3 pop.
ulatiou Of Gv. hundred aud eighty
eight millious-uear!y ons.half Of the
present population Of tho globe
Our country is big with
events. Mind has been tered aud
genius given free scope. Academies,
Colleges and Schools have lighted up
tho land. and knowledge asserts her
rishtful supremacy. Reason aud tue
combatints Of error, have Unlocked the
ears Of the deaf. opened tho eyes Of the
blind, liberated the conscience and Sc.
the captive free. Under our govern.
mens and laws oil men have equal civil
and political rights and privileges.
The black man and the white man. tho
slave and his former master, unite 10
celebrating the anniversary Of their
country's birth. Towards each other,
,hcir feelings arc kind; aud outside OF
busy bodies and mcddlcrs, there is no
antagonism.
The influence Of this Republic ia to be
seen to-day in every land. The nations
Of the earth are rife for revolution. The
FIRE, of Liberty which were kinilcd by
John llampden and Algernon Sydney,
AYE never been extinguished- Kindred
spirits to Washington and Lafayette
are seizing the van and welding the
resuscitaIed energies Of Europe to the
discontinue Of kings and tho deliver.
arce Of mankind. The genius Of lib.
erty rises indignant, and shakes hi,
awful spear-and lyrauts tremblo on
their thrones!
Tie Emperor of all tho Rus,ias,
alarmed for his own safety and that Of
his empire, by one stroke of bis pen,
freed every seri 10 his dominious. The
land Of John sobieski begins to breathe
fresr; and the Queen of Great Britain
is ready 10 make auy concessions her
subjects may demand, for tho pacifca.
ton Of her realm.
HaJpeau would not dare, il DO lived
to-day, to cut the blood from tho back
Of the humblsst Hungarian woman.
The Turk has become infected, aud
the now Sultan Of the Ottoman Empire
has promised him, ii hs will be quiet
more liberal form Of government. Chi
ia aad Japan, long the abodel of super.
stisious darkness, have opened their
ports to commerce, and our sailors and
seamen are in their harbors, celebrating
he day. The Khedive Of Egypt,
that far of country once so sacred iu
history, is looking to Us. for knowledge
aud information to remodel hi, gov
erument. Tho regeneration af Africa
is not without hope. Livingstone and
other Christian tourists have paved the
way. Germany, Prussia and Aus.
sria have populatized their sys.oms, and
Sweden, Norway aud Denmark are
following their examples.
Spain. doubly shAOklsd, Is still
bowed down at tho ioot.stool Of tyranny,