Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-11-08

Sixteen years ago, the site OF the town W..
dense forest-now, it contains none who adm
a Hermit's life, unless perchance. it be q stra.
traveller touched with home sickness. Who,:
at that time, the face of Nature was adorned ontt,,
by her own luxuriant beauties. which had hlonns
ed and faded annually since the creation. ,.
same face is now adorned with marts. bous".
stores, and plenty of human inhabitants. II:
town contains about $500 people, and altbouI
this is not to be mentioned in comparison NJ, dy
the growth Of some towns in the west, vet i, Ls.
the appearance of having been properly tat"s
care Of in its youth, SO that it has something ,oL.
admired besides precarious growth. In the fs.S
ion and finish of Its buildings, it is by far NJ,
handsomest town I have seen in Ohio. rho w
portant public buildings; viz. a state bons.
where laws are made-a court house, where th@S
are administered, and a penitentiary, yberehL..
are executed; are situated in this town. M.
court house is a handsome building, with ou;,os
classical contour, for it has a dome ike H."
R,c's cggg, mentioned by the ancient nayipa,nr
Sinbad the sailor. The state house is a nro,.
deal palmer than the common law: built If b,;oI
about seyenty-ive feet by fifty feet in exen,
with a neat cnpoia. from whence there is a cna.i
view, which | did not ''cIimb to sce." The. ~
ii'NS Ia ' w WIN pNbI)lt - IU.IDUS IN t9sta
and proprietv. has placed over the door a WIFI.
tablet. on which are inscribed fourteen lines, ,I
over the south door another. on which are siyteen
lines, from the pen of Mr.. Barlow, in which Jh'
erty and Justice are beihvmed in a manner c,l
culatcd TO e~nlighten the members Of the 0a;o
legislature. The people of this state are wise"
noash to have a small legislative body, and al
their laws are made by less than seventy two
,,,.cnptati,a .u,t h,lf - $780,.
scquentIy their state house is large encrgb e.,
them. although some of your Boston and Nan
York bellies might not think it would be- ion I,raa
for a bonnet The balance" If The town
Ohio man would say, is. as | before remarIsJ
growing. beautifully. as well as raipdly. TSa
village of Franklin,on. on the opposite hank of
the river, was once a county town: but thc n
vernment having taken its seat on the CoIumbus
side, it now looks as if IT were in the autumn Of
its days.
You may love the beauty Of the forest. admir-.
the people, hate the roads, wonder at the feti,i'
ity OF the country between the Miainies. or he a..
tonished at the magnitude of the public works If
the state; but If you have like a true Yankee, an
eye TO the main chance, conc and settle in IN.
cinati. 1t is not the ''Queen of Cities" nor ,
Prince among Capitals; but to use a word now
growing into favor, it is the "workins man. Of
cities. 1t has grown like the Prophets Gourd.un.
til it seems likely to swallow up all the enterprise
and activity of the East, bydrawing out its bore,
and slnews. You may say all that the truth will
substantiate of New England, and | will believe
it all; for love New-EngIand, admire the char
actcr OF her people, know the advantages of her
institutions, and pine for a breath of the blasts
which sweep her hills; but my word for it, this is
the place for Young men and men of business-for
the teble. for the climate will suit them-for the
strong, for their labors win meet a fair reward
even In the morning of life, and before the hearth.
made sick by delay-for the rich, for the money is
worth twice rs much as at Boston-lor the Door.
Tor the praisew0rthy economy OF a new country is
still the order of the day and place. In short. The
lace OF the country Is a standing invitation 10 all
classes but one-the LAZY. There is no room for
hun here, and the want of company to help him
to waste time would soon convince such a man
mat he was in the g wrong box" 1t is well and
Truly observed that there is no such a thing hero
as "a leisure class. Every man wears his old coat
WHICH Is to say, that every body appear. to
have something to think Of and something 10 d.
and. INDEED | had been here a short time before
l could discover where the people lived, for c,.
cry house hung out rot only the sign but a tan.
giole semblance of business. An industrious
man Is certain of success, and to such a man ten
years here are worth thirty in Boston.
1t was not my intention, however, TO manufac-
ture a rhapsody; the people of New England
have not, perhaps, erroneous notions. but a very
considerable portion of them have no notion at
all of the Western county and its prospects.
In 1896 there were about 10000 inhabitants in
this clty-nOw there are from &c to So OO. In
1890 the population of the State was much les,
than 100000, now there is no doubt that
there are above a million of people within
ITS limits. When we consider that within
forty years this state has attained a greater
population than Massachusetts can show after
two hundred, we can no longer wonder that towns
and cities are rising in the wilderness as if under
The transforming power of a iairy's wand.
A glance at the condition Of this city-Of which
the papers here might give us some more inior
matIon-will satisfy the most increduIOus that
no fevuision but such as is guided BY a Supreme
Power, can check its rapid and successful gowth.
II has now nothing TO fear from the competition
OF its neighbors. 1t goes on like the sea delyins
the opposition of man, for it seems unlike the
work OF human builders. 1t is TO be one Of the
greatest cities Of the great West. | could ea.I'
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