The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-11-11
Our State.

MN Our state.
With pride every citizen must look upon
the prosperity of our State, and hail with
gladness the onward march improvements.
In which have in so short time redeemed IN
'3sjana from the wilderness, and placed her
;. he proud position Of the fifth State in the
.IIo;oox In age we are the nineteenth State
:, the Republic Yet of the eighteen States
..h;cb cams>ipto the Union in advance of In
-. only four are now ahead in point oil
.an,la,;on. andIhese will have TO continue
,hs ex.r,ons which built up their great
80. 20 keep before the Hoosier State A
-, time baek our citizens were called Hoo
.;srs as s4ind of synonymous term for very
,serdancy. They considered, appar-
FL, that Indiana was buried in the woods,
! her people a species Of half savages, who
'es sere 10 be astonished out OF their eyes at the
,mf sight of city, and regard city teller. with
distinguished awe. But now the name Hoo
sier, we think, must be regarded with mean
ing entirely different. We have cities of onr
own. Railroads are binding every part Of
the State in connection, linking Us to other
States, and promise ere the passage OF many
years, To directly or indirectly connect Us with
almost every part of the Union. Eastern
people seem astonsheG when they come
West to find the HooSier State such as it j;
the second in point ofimportance of West
ern States. They find the Far West" o.
which they have read considerable dis
lance beyond Indiana.
While many other States have been slow
ly creeping on, yet with that noise and con
fusion as if rapidly growing, Indiana has
been silently progressing, and scarcely a
whisper has marked her up-rise from the
forest shades 10 her present Importance. We
have no very large cities, but we are laying
their foundation. Railroads and Plank Road:
are buiIding-a great Canal running from the
Northern to the Southern extremity oil the
State, is nearly compIeted-and from every
quarter we hear Of more Railroads common
cling, or the subject of internal improvements
being agitated. No par, Of our State seems
to be inactive. Abroad, our voice is but jus
beginning to reach the ears OF the people
and this voice is not merely an idle vauntin.
over what has been done. but it is rather tn,
busy note of preparation for great works Il
build up our future. True TO herself and Il
the Union, we regard with pleasing satisiac
ton the future of Indiana.
Yet how much our prosperity TO come
dependent upon the action OF that little bod.
ofmen now sitting at the Capital lndivid
ually, many of its members are men o. SINAI
impor,ance-but collectively, no Convention
ofcitizens ever assembled in the State, upo
whose legislation depended results so impor
tanr to the welfare of Indiana. 1t may no
be in the power of this body to stop the on
ward prosperity Of our State. but bad actor
may cripple our energies, and throw us bac
years in our advancement. The foundation
of this bad action, lift take place, will be par
~ feeling and political demagogueism. w
are sorry to perceive that both have been a
work already 10 the Convention These me
who have made such exhibitions, should b
brought TO a bitter account by the people,
We may have something TO do say in III
matter, because now there is prominent il
stance in our minds eye, in which the poop
of this region particularly, and of the S,a
generally, are somewhat interested. But "
await further developments. When men 70
get their own State in political ambition, sue
men should be pointed out. We have o,
finger on one, or we much mistake.