The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-07
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, MAY z, 1919.

attained to maturity when Its rivers nave pe ~
improved. its railroad system pbt d he
Urge areas OF unsettled shha a.,h sfnllv de-.
veionsd? There Is no doubt that there are In
this country vast reaches OF mneral .era,ea a Z
Il ism more than probable that future explorations
will deyelope far richer treasures than nave yet
been brought to light Nor are s these mere
e ebbence ONLY to remote fulhllment: Every
year brings a golden realzation and II the ex-
perence of the past repeats a tss .n rsy Wea en
wars this people OF the nation will soon become
tbe wealthiest In the known world. IT the sug-
gestions which have been maze reaeve no me
are carried out u new impetus will bs given 70
all classes OF Industries. and new taxable values
Of assessment, reduce the cost. of living and
of textile production: meanwhile we shall be
amassing q vast reserve OF productive ehpita),
which is essential for the 81 scessful conduct Of
great manufacturing and commercial inter-
prises Thus much about our own country
and the probabilities Of its future. Our success
will be stimulus to the other republics on this
continent to persevere In the schemes of internal
Improvement which they have already In many
NAV 1 m ey nter
oftrade they will learn to know US better and VIII
slowly but surely appreciate the causes which
pinnacle of ereatn ness. With this acquired know-
edge they must apply themselves to developing
still further their natural RESOURCES, and the
On this continent. Mexico. as 1 have already
said. has felt the contagion OF American energy
and progress, She is ready to Join hands with
the republics lying south Of Mexico will soon
catch up the refran-and then the whole West
ern hemisphere will RloW, with fervor OF the
live to see the day when this Western world will
be one in thought and action.a glorious con
federation of republican institutions and re-
publican ideas: and yet may be too sanguine,
but as contemplate our destiny which Is wrap.
ped In the folds Of an eventful futurfty. | feel
that words cannot express In ADEQUATE terms
the bright effugence Of our future. look be-
yond to-day. and standing here almost upon
the equator. at one view looking far away to the
north, and at another view far away ,uthwa Il
century Of human power and human progress
succeeding each other through the rolling ages
uqr to the or tb and b hs
made made Germany the most powerful Of European
nations and England the mistress Of the seas.
that growing ha h9 great so Ms
Of the continent Of North America from
fifty millions to one hundred millions,
people, and this within the lifetime Of q child
now born, see n population almost twice as
great as that OF the whole Roman Empire un,,
millions Of Saxon people increasing to six hun
dred millions and all living under one govern
ment all defended under the same flag. and
see them move forward as o serried phalanx tq
commercial power of marvellous proportions.
see them operating two hundred Thousand
| miles of railway. in connection with the grea
rivers and the great waters that bound the con
tnent. SOC great commercial cities and I'M
rivaled seats of industry. and learning. more
populous and powerful than all the exfstine
cities Of the globe and all struggling for the
ascendancy. turn southwark and look beyont
the Southern Cross, and everywhere see nature
encouraging man to press forward In the grea
| mission Of life, see ships by thousands ira
versing the Mediterranean Of the New World
and the great oceans of tho globe, carrying or
vast water-the gulf. seas, rivers and oceans
that lie southwark all brought into reduisitior
by the many millions who are to inhabit this
tending In obedience to divine law. towards
the equator, to gather nourishment from tht
warm material embrace OF mother earth. oper
ating under the North and South movement
and under all the forces and all the climes.
SOC one united struggle from pole to pole-ont
overmastering destiny directing the entire
people of this hemisphere in the royal way o
the unreyeaied future.