Our country, the marvel of nations; its past, present, and future, and what the Scriptures say of it . ,Europe, and Asia. , . .With the completion ofthe Pacific Railroad, in-stead of receiving ourgoods from India, China,Japan, and the islesof the sea, by way ofLondon and Liverpool, weshall bring them directby v/ay of the SandwichIslands and the railroad,and become the carriers,to a great extent, forEurope. But this is buta portion of the advan-tage of this work. OurWestern mountains arealmost literally moun-tains of gold and them the Arabian fa-ble of Aladdin is . Let the
Our country, the marvel of nations; its past, present, and future, and what the Scriptures say of it . ,Europe, and Asia. , . .With the completion ofthe Pacific Railroad, in-stead of receiving ourgoods from India, China,Japan, and the islesof the sea, by way ofLondon and Liverpool, weshall bring them directby v/ay of the SandwichIslands and the railroad,and become the carriers,to a great extent, forEurope. But this is buta portion of the advan-tage of this work. OurWestern mountains arealmost literally moun-tains of gold and them the Arabian fa-ble of Aladdin is . Let the road be com-pleted, and the comfortsas well as the necessariesfurnished by Asia, themanufactures of Europe, HR* H^flM jl ^[BppK;:i^^^^^SwEjE^J|ipi >< oto ifl ^BH[L:i. -fK vf,--,.-\ ?-• THE MARVEL OF NATIONS. The East aiiJ the WestThe Orient and the Occident meeting after driving the last spike on the first great through Pacific Railway and the productions of the States, can be brought by the iron horse ahnostto the miners door; and in the production and possession of the preciousmetals, the blood of commerce, we shall be the richest nation on the globe. Butthe substantial wealth created by the improvement of the soil and the develop-ment of the resources of the country, is a still more important element in theresult of this vast work. Thus, with the idea of becoming the carriers of the world, thehighway of nations, and the richest power on the globe, the Ameri-can heart swells with pride, and mounts up with aspirations to whichthere is no limit. The extent to which we have come up is further shown by theinfluence which we are exerting on other nations. Speaking ofAmerica, Mr. Townsend, in the work above cited, p. 462, says : — Out of her discovery grew the European reformation in religi
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