Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-02-04
For Cooper's Clarksburg Register,
The Old Dominion.

In passing over much of Western Viz
ginia in summer time, it has often occur
red to the mind of the writer, that tn
fair fields, graceful fluctuations of hill anC
valley, as we'll as the Hottest Mountain
peaks, will, some day, land that not 4
distant one. become thickly studded viii
the home of freemen; for in charactef ot
soil, in mineral resources and locPion,
the country usually called oWesterE Nlr-
ginia has no superior, if everythi4fls ia
ken into consideration.
In less than quarter of entury it
will be made to blossom Xix the rose "
and towns of mammoth sizSwill spring
up to furnish homes and ccuPation Tor
hundreds at least, of the 7uman race.
The Salt Springs of Rnawha, the coal
mines of Monongalia, Ohio Taylor, and
numbers of other coy flies, with the quar-
ries of rock, and fot SITS Of timber will en-
able industry to ia its true reward
Virginians, thoud no son of you ancient
and excellent Commonwealth. yet the
emotions of reyard entertained by the Wis
itor for it, an the best wishes for your
individual aid collective welfare, induces
the advicefhat you more generally re-
main within the borders of your great
State.
Within the limits of Virginia almost
everyvariety of soil is found, every plant
grofs, and from grain to fig trees, there
IS Jlenty in the mountains and valleys of
Western and Eastern Virginia, and every
find of mineral is found, including gold
and gems, and why should you go abroad
to seek in uncertainty, for wealth you can
certainly gain at home? Is not yours a
beloved, rich land? Is it not one to live
in, and in which to run bright career ?
Surely it is. Virginia is land of fine
orchards and green growing meadows
of corn and wheat, and here where all the
social virtues are still blooming most
kindly, and while it has beauty and truth
in woman, not excelled elsewhere, it has
gentlemen in mind and manners to help
soften life's onward way.
To refer to your State is to call up one
of honor, honesty and lovely virtue. Be-
ing too, the land Of YOUR nativity, of the
sweet dreams of childhood and youth,
how can you leave it
Do you seek for State of more renown
in the past? You cannot find such a
State. Are you DESTROYS Of finding one
which promises more in the future? You
read the last Message of the Excellent
Governor of Virginia, and from it you
can learn how bright the future is for the
Old Dominion.
Virginia. too, is fully exempt from the
dark and gloomy fanaticism and selfish
ness of the North, and knows little of the
blazing passions of the South, save in its
kindness and devoted friendship.
Remember that yours is the natal land
of Washington, of Jefferson, of Madison.
Monroe. and hundreds of others whose
memories still live in the free institutions
of the Union, and whose monuments are
more enduring than granite or marble
could make them.
Eastern Virginia can point to second
Plymouth Rock in jamestown, and it may
be truly said that if the descendants ofthe
ROUND HEADS have helped to fill the mea-
sures of their country's glory, so have
those of the Cavaliers who came as emil
grants to Virginia, performed well their
part
Think of this, and expect to hear again
from the writer, from the distant West.
G. II. B.