SOUTH AMERICA. 
259 
The former wilds of North America bear ample 
testimony to the achievements of this enterprising 
people. Forests have been cleared away, swamps 
drained, canals dug, and flourishing settlements 
established. From the shores of the Atlantic an 
immense column of knowledge has rolled into the 
interior. The Mississippi, the Ohio, the Missouri, 
and their tributary streams, have been wonderfully 
benefited by it. It now seems as if it were ad¬ 
vancing towards the stony mountains ; and, pro¬ 
bably, will not become stationary till it reaches the 
Pacific Ocean. This almost immeasurable territory 
affords a shelter and a home to mankind in general: 
Jew or Gentile, king’s-man or republican, he meets 
with a friendly reception in the United States. His 
opinions, his persecutions, his errors, or mistakes, 
however they may have injured him in other 
countries, are dead, and of no avail on his arrival 
here. Provided he keeps the peace, he is sure to 
be at rest. 
Politicians of other countries imagine that intes¬ 
tine feuds will cause a division in this common¬ 
wealth ; at present there certainly appears to be no 
reason for such a conjecture. Heaven forbid that it 
should happen. The world at large would suffer 
by it. For ages yet to come, may this great com¬ 
monwealth continue to be the United States of North 
America ! 
The sun was now within a week or two of passing 
into the southern hemisphere, and the mornings 
and evenings were too cold to be comfortable. I 
S 2 
FOURTH 
JOURNEY. 
