He who can raise his mind to the contemplation of the government of North-America, ruling over a perfectly _free_ continent, may see in the future such a picture of national greatness as the world never before realized. _Every_ State attracting the eager labor of millions of emigrants--for there will be no cause in future for the foreigner to carefully shun the slave hive--the native American directing as ever the enterprises--one grand government spreading from ocean to ocean--the whole growing every year more and more united through the constant increase of industrial interests and mutual needs--this is indeed a future to look forward to. And it is no idle dream. It will be something to be an American when we count one hundred millions of _united_ freemen. The first step in this advance lies right before us. It will be in 'Northing' the South and in completely sweeping away, by means of free labor and free schools every trace of the foul old negro-owning arrogance. And to do this we must begin by finding or making a way to induce a large portion of the army to remain in the South and reform it. It is a grand scheme, but we live in the day of great deeds, and should not flinch from them. It is, however, tolerably clear to him who looks to the future, that whether we boldly embrace this scheme or not, it will force itself upon us or else entail some great disaster. It is more to our interest to reward the army with Southern land-grants than it is even for theirs to accept them. The longer we bolster up in its possessions an insolent enemy, so much the longer shall we have to support an army and pay taxes. The sooner we weaken the enemy by introducing industrial rivals into his country, the better it will be for us. If it be difficult to settle our army all over the South, let there be at least a vigorous beginning made in Texas, and other States. With Texas thoroughly colonized from the North and from Europe, sedition would be under constant check, and its boasted cotton supremacy completely held in by an unlimited rival supply of free-labor cotton. Every Southern port should be held and governed as New-Orleans is now being treated. In due time there would spring up a new generation of Southrons who would think of us as something else than cowardly, vulgar, stingy serfs, and learn that social merit is conferred not by being born on this or that piece of 'sacred' dirt, but by full development and exercise of the talents with which God has gifted us. But to do all this there must be _no flinching_. This is not the time to prate of the 'unrepresented rights' of traitors, or wince at the prospect of reducing to poverty the men who have labored for years to reduce us to utter ruin! JOHN McDONOGH THE MILLIONAIRE.