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to remind one of the fire that made such a clean sweep 



of the town. Honor, I say, to all such men as P 



C . They may be unfortunate ; they may under- 

 take more than human agency can entirely perform ; 

 they may not succeed in amassing a fortune ; destiny 

 may be against them ; they may work hard and die 

 poor ; they may fall ; their notes may be protested ; 

 but the world owes them a debt of gratitude. It is 

 just such men who push forward civilization who 

 sweep away the forests who let the sun, with its ge- 

 nial influences, down upon the earth, where tall trees 

 once obstructed his rays who spread out green fields, 

 and built up towns in the ancient wilderness who 

 give employment to labor, and impress progress upon 

 everything around them. Bankers may discredit 

 their notes, and usurers prey upon them; but they 

 are the true " manifest destiny men," who give to our 

 country practical dominion over nature, by pushing 

 civilization into the waste and desolate places in the 

 wilderness. They chain the mad waters to great 

 wheels, and make them grind corn, give shape and 

 fitness for use to great forest trees, extract the metals 

 from the solid rock, and throw the shuttle and spin. 



