The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-08-29
A PROPHEsY or NEW ORLEANS.
What the Gulf Of Mexico VIII Some Day
Become.

Q Atlanta Journal.
The Cult of Mexico will somt
day be The Mediterranean Sea 0
, The New World. As the Old World
sprang up around The waters OF the
Mediterranean, and empires of war
!, and empires OF commerce grew ia
greatness on its shores, so will the
waters of The Gull be the next
great theatre OF human enterprise
and endeavor. AS there was but
one Mediterranean in the Old
World, there is but one Mediterra-
mean in the New. The Medilerra-
mean was not only the scene, il
was The nurse of empire. It's shores
were empires divided only by the
blue bays and seas OF its Sinnous
shore lines. They drew their pros
perlty, the very courage and har-
dihuod of the warriors, from its
waters. The breezes that bellied
the Ph9niclan sails as they drove
from Tyre or Carthage tn lar Tar
Ssh or Catharides, sent Greek and
Roman galleys over the Adriatic.
the IOnian and the Tyrheme seas,
and filled the soldiers Of Greece
and Rome with that ''native dar.
ing" which subdued the world.
Along The shores of the Cult the
new empires of the world will grow
TO power. There is not on the
globe a sheet of water so favorable
to commerce and whose shores are
80 richly endowed. The Mediler-
ranean in Its glory, though more
picturesque and enhancing in The
light of its great history, was not
blessed by the splendid prOdigali-
ty of nature. Beyond lis shores
was Zimmerman darkness, and
nothing more.
No MAJESTIC MISSISSIPPI,
the natural channel Tor The com.
merce OF the richest country of the
world, poured lis treasures upon
the waters. And yet it nouriShed
the mightiest nations of the world
and hoated for 1000 years the gold
laden ships OF PhRnecia and Solo
mon,I the olive and grape and wheat
galley of Greece and Rome, the
magnificent argOSls of Naples, &C.
noa and Venice, and the galleons
Of Spain,
Consider for a moment The great
advantages Of The Gulf, as indica-
ting by silent prophesy The future
of our Mediterranean. A climate
as balmy as Italy's warns its wa
ters and its shores. 1t is almost
inclosed by rich shores of CONT
nent and islands. TO The south is
Yucatan. yellow with bananas, or
ages aud lemonds. TO The west is
Mexico, richer to-day than in the
splendid reigns Of The Montezu
mas, and with brighter hopes OF
still greater prosperity. To the
north is The most favored country
of earth-lhe United States. From
the RIO Grande TO Cape Sable the
rich, warm coast incloses The wa
tiers of The Gulf in Il half embrace.
To The east are The West Indies,
Cuba, Gem Ofthe Ocean, and TO The
southeast is the Caribbean, leading
to The Republics of Central Amer
lea and the Spanish Republics of
our sister continent.
These shores will be the scenes
OF a prosperity such as The world
has not yet witnessed. That is
their clear destiny. The most fer
tile lands in The world are in that
wide valley Of the Mississippi. The
whole Gulf coast is fertile, rich in
semi-trOpical, and even tropical
fruits and forests. The world has
no other islands that will match
the Antilles and no shore that car
rival the Gulf coast of the United
The Gulf is not, like the Medi-
terranean, dependent upon its
shores. The long, broad sweep Of
The Mississippi drains not only its
own malchless valley, but bears on
its bosom the tribute from the
Cumberland, and Tennessee,
draining The best sections towards
the east, and the Missouri, draining
The exhauslless Northwest. This
will yet send down the Fla.
Their of Waters TO float on the Gull
waves argosies of commerce richer
than was ever borne in the gale
ons of Spain or 1oated under the
guns of DandolO.
Again, The Gulf will yet be the
ocean highway of nations. IL is
said that two blocks of wood IT
dropped one each in the fountain
of the Amazon and MissiS-
would meet on the waters Of
tho Gull. In a few years canal or
ship railway will connect the AT.
lanlic and the Pacific-nOt at Pan
anna, but at Nicaragua. Over the
waters, then, of the Caribbean and
Gulf will pass the merchant feels
pf the world as they girdle the
When these things come,
as they surely and shortly will,
New Orleans will be the Tyre, The
Marseilles, or COnstantlnOLle OF
The new Mediterranean, and the
South will be the Mediterranean
of The New World.
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