Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-11-18


 The following is 2 copy of the speech refeTret 10 m the preceding correspondence Mr. Presidest md Gfnfistaga
 In the few remarks that pGrpcse ic make, wish il 10 be understood though am aot a NSi. dent ot your Slate, and appear stranger before you vet do not speak as foreigner, or as an allen, for all the pecauiary interests that connect me with this earth, are within the limits of Arkan- sas.
 Though accustomed for many years fo speak n pghhc assemblies il will be readily apparent to you all that, in speaking oa the subject of Inter nal Improvements, and especially upon railroads. thai l am ''otf the track"
 The cause m which you are engaged IS enc ot deep and vital interest to the Staie. and must sooner or latter deyelepe it's abundant resources.
 Arkansas has been far famed for is rich mines in days of YoFe, and a work published ln Glasgow Scotland if isi9, states, a mst;eT ef seTisahie history, tbat 4U years before, siyermmeS had been found and worked on the WaShita, so rich tha, three pounds of the ore welded one pound of pure silver.
 Knowing that your legislature had, as yet. taken efficient steps towards having geological survey of inc State, three individuals residents Of New Orleans. resolved to explore Arkansas, and leafa & meihing relative to its mineral wealth.
 We eaeFsaaiPon the work ID earnest, and have succeeded in accomplishing a part Of ouf design, sna our tour has been one fuii of incident and ln- terest. We have travelled over your naegntttas, and through your N9AeySs WNHeSs&hE the hliSt magnificent scenery that ever excited 6 poets fancy. or called into exercise painters art The broad bottom lands upon your numerous streams refue the islanders, often heard at dis lance, that " Arkansas, ss ta Sol IS She poorest State Tn the Union." Masstlc forest trees of wal nut, sycamore. and oak many of which are foar feet n diameter, give evidence indispatable of the depth and richness of the soil.
 Chrystal springs are buSbhng from the adjaeeat decly,es, and all around promises health, plenty, and happiness to tie industrious la5orer. But, la addition to these beauties of nature, and boantes Of Providence, your State aboundS In mineral wealth. In our geological and mineraio- zeal researches, we have obtained the evidence which proves to demonstration, that there IS great mineral belt passing through the State the great body of which lits south of the Arkansas river, extending Tn width from Magnet Cove to Fort Smith. One of our company is practical ge- ologist, miReraogiSt and chemist. and one of the best assayers in the wQfid. We are prepared, therefore, far have explored the State, tn give correct account of its mineral character, and of the variey and richness Of its ore. Permit me. then, Co say, sf, that the God of nature has made Arkansas a depository Of vast and varied mineral wealth. uere y6s have GTunite of the most beau,i- fal character, and in the greatest abundance. You haveroofng SkIte that IS exhaustible, and equal, If not superior, to any imported from Wales. You have any amount of 1mygaaioid, which when first eXcavated may easily be cut into any shape you please; but, when exposed to the ar and sun, soon hydrates and becomes as hard and aS durable as marble.
 Here are mountains of Doioaite of the parest kind, and in no wise inferior to the Turkish oil stone, that IS sold throughout our country m lis rough state for dollar per pound; while yours, ying untouched by the hand of man, is in stuff eient quanty to supply The world io the end Of time.
 You have GriRdstane Grit tn the greatest abun. dance, which cannot be surpassed by any that has hitherto been discovered in ths or any other coun- try.
 Add to these the Gypsum, the Emory, the Man ganese, the Saapstone and the MSkie, and then we have hardly begun the enumeration of the resour- ces of your mineral wealth.
 You have koa ore in immense bodies, and Of the finest qualIty--yoa have inexhanstlble beds Of bituanegs aud nsthracite C0ai Yes, sir as lncredi ble as Il may appear.you have m thS State Gnthcfte coat. not inferoF to any m the Stale of Pennsyya ma. Bat, ln this great mneKa. belt already aliu- dod to, you have innumerable veins of what IS termed ngeRttferoas lead ore, but when tested, Il proves to be more than argenGerous, II IS also aR nterous; yes, sod more than that, for when II was aSsayed, tBe mineral welded not only HIRefy hrs per cent. metal: but 1t contained Lasa. Znc Cop per, Siesr, aaa 6old; and the gold, al the rate t yielded ln that analysis, wllt amount to al least tatrfeen A1Hdred dollars per Ion of ths oRe.
 And 10 this, Mir. President, l wii add yet one other item, which IS perhaps. worthy of some con sideration.
 We discovered in one Of these veins of mineral. that thread your State, what believe has ne ger been discovered before on any part of thIs contI- nent. aud that LafaS ta2uh, the yalue of " hicb per IS, double tsat of Getd IL has been s. serted by men pfoiessng to be geoiogisis. thai there IS no primitive formation Ia yonf State con seqUeeiiy gold did not, sad could uol exist here; but in oar investigations, we have collected the most laiabitable evidence from different localities that thls not only primitive formation, bat that auTiiercas ores exist n the bowels 0f Arkansas.
 l. has been often, and thluk lrueIy said that where nat fe has done the most for man, there man does the least for himself, and this remark may be justly applied to this State. What more could have been done for it' Or, rather, what more could have been deSredP
 Below and around you are immense tracts of al- luyi3t and tertiary so winch IS destitute of min eral deposits but IS fertile beyond comparison, and capable ef sustaining dense and wealthy population. And here on its very bofdets you have the mineral resources that will be hecesSasy io supply the demand of ths fast incfeasng multi tDde in all aiter time.
 Bat you must have unobSttucted outlets and in. lets tAP great afteres ot trade, CT yon will con tinGe to remain as heretofore, Shut out from the Test If tae world.
 In tragellag through your State, we freqaentiy meet with persons ho have efnigrated ffoFu North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and MtssIss ppi who are dlssat.siied and disappointed aIlh Arksn- sas-t6e coautIy too old and too tsie D IopaLaied - they want uf5cr range! This thnf,i.ss migrat ing people Will soon De succeeded by q more intel hgeui, ne0sireas, and thrifty population whiie tteg go to where they may haat the buffalo, trap tbe otter, associate wsih the wild Indian tribes, and ind aidfr e1ngs in the midst of the Rocky mountains.
 But iei those who appreciate the blessings pf ei Fbizatio3, and seek advancement fof theTstlses and theIf children convert tbeir rlfes into plough shares aad theIr b5ace sasSes tato pruning hooks
 create facilities fqF, and diffuxe inc spTfst of pEess sment, and AsksnsGs wiii stand turih in her greatness, second to no other Stale in the Inion.
 We bear mgeh sad of The Empire State of the north. Of the Empire State Of the south, Of the Keystone State and of all others: but N hs5 do we heaF sad Of AfksBsaS' Why, At. President, ,i some eaterpfising, money loving Yankee had ao; placed Il on he Isap of the country, lhe Egulrtude 10 this day would not have kucwn whesheE she sra...,a ,a.. .......kl.1 r....l...n