Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-01-03
Is SfEECH OF, JAMES R0BD,
AT tie Pontciinrtraiu RniIroad, /,
ON Friday, October 81.

= wy HV,l uutottivus eAplcrSlunu olthVnI
val anil admilaiiou, proceeded 10 adIfe
the meeting as follows; U
HHeenriially thanked his tellow-sitiFel
for the kind reception extended 10 him..
He came there in an unusual attitnlef &
him, --for lie was nolpartizan, and una
castolnsd to addressing political assel
! blies. But he came under a sense Of dat
as q good citizen, Whose ipieresls wei
4 interviewer with those Of tie CITY Of h
fadopinn and residences, land with whit
he was determined 10 rise or fall. ID
Icariifg all personal considerations, |
came forward TO Yell such service as i
might be able 10 render, for tho sdsalic,
ment Of Tie public good. There were Il
lpaflizan feelings in his bosom. lfther
ever were, they would disappear befor
ihe nighiier and more serious question
Which atptesent should engage The cor
sideraiion Of our people, questions whic
Should override party. These question
related 10 the advancement, the improve
lmsht, nay the very existence Of our civ
What were these great questions 4
They concerned The credit oi The city,
The development Of The enterprise OF \,
citizens. 1.-The improvement and extension
Of Us natural facilities, as great rradin.
mar. lin ine, they involved the recover,
and restoration Of New Orleans from
slate Of languor and decay, 10 one Of pro
gress and activity. Our reputation ant
credit have fallen low, that every GOOD
citizen hangs bis head in shame and sor,
row, Our prosperity. once onward, has
come ioa stand. New Orleans Is station.
ary. whilst all 1.-the resi- Of the country zoe.
ahead with amazing celefiiy. What has
produced this state Of ihngsi The On.
swet was ready one. Rpposing upon
what a benefirent God has done forus,-
trusting 70 the rich gifts Of nature, our
people have folded their arms, ami ne.
elected 70 employ those arts aud appliance
e BY which nature has been overcome
elsewhere. Here was the ereai,-the G.
sregious arror.
To shoa how little we have advanced
-how greatly We have neglected our No.
tural resources, Il Is necetsury 10 cas-, a
retrosPcetiye glance at the Iisloiy OF this
city. Our geographical. position was a
happy one. We were blessed
with advsntages Of navigstion,--wilh
streams 'coupiless in number anil extend.
ing through the largest extent OF alluyion
IN the world; our climate was mild and
'alubrious, -ouT popuIa,ion active, iulelli.
rent, and patriotic, and vel we. have retro
sadsd. OF at Isasl. scarcely advanced.
What 7waitll6 cause of our fotmer pro-
'ress and ACTIVITY. and our present sta
Ionary atiii1ls' } Not many yrars ago.
he Alleshenfs had not been scaled BY ihe
III and enterprise Of man.-ihe ice closed |
Up, for a pOr iQn Of the year. The avenues !
radlng from ne Mississippi valley 10 the
Ailantic shoFs. and thus the people Of the |
alley were compelled TO descend the Mis-
issippi 10 Ntw Orleans with their pro-
luce dispose pf i here. nni receive in re.
urn their supplies. New Orleans vast
hen tho onlHmari lol this great valley
ifslwh0le txfenf. M less an I
Individual ilad the ilInstrious Washing.
nn, the Faiheio Of his County. early per-
eived that thd day was not distant when
be Mississippi and Atlantic would be u
ited. The great scheme Of the Chesa-
cake and 0ho Canal had for il- author,
his great patrht and cage. The first greal
pTk which otercame the barriers Of the
lerhunies was the National Road =
pls was the poneer Of the gres schsme
tich was afterwards extended. Next
W, the Pennylvania Canal, connecting II
Aionoaeahsli with the waiers flowiine \.
the hlRp;Ie. Twenty wears ago the
lceol tAsfaley of the Monongahela
l,At down 10 New 0fleans. Bu, since
iksl great Ieygluiou has. taken place I
NtF\nd oilvfl and enterprise hss been
MI srgag9. IN conIending agains, I
Miacles olnantc and climate, and a \
lN(ie nndf fady Intercourse is esiib. 4
,AXsTeen AZ peoQ'f on both sides OF ID
Elm .@Hhy Elopes| 4 Tht genius and |,
,,a'kSv' I lhpcople b{ tie East have
IAiyNlve All countries beyond The
ensIt( ~ :rrated innnriefabic av-
towsS<l tpl~ apd prniuce 70 Cow :
ampldX H'r7ic shore. Hadihe ex, :
Slaies;l3Vs been followed by lie !.
great I,1.plf Of Mexico. with our !
loccnp} Villages. we should not :
copiedAN ANN endary position in the ?
lhimself ,{tffIers aIrogaiing 10 J J
edge. un,, / hdgacity or knowl- !. =
1 er cilizcnt \ .VepIiops than any 9th. "
Anpof'ofa 4 uuse- Of ihe prcseutl,
humble .clk Il NM y l.oa caf;s - an y
lnlates 10 fiI. 1sct! d IN all that q
!, Eher honor 4 klfft lkeenly alive 70 X
of his subj la9I jkal' '--he came full v
llow.ciiizet n kealed 10 his fol- y
discard lhr |Eifl Il .klrir Iellargy - U
energrticalI VI ~, y set 10 vol, y
city. If ~ MI 'Ilphrs Of ouf y
{ speedily IN Ma IN X. oud hat - -
aud iuttdduci N (, ',l NJ our policy C
spirit into oel NJ, vi kho,st new
commerce lalabIah. "a ln sec our y :,
], our c,,, .,,", so.I em s!ns ep' OIL a. /, n
Talk d colionI ,u,ar, or A "a
guail'l'lsiri llie4 4,aples bbughIk k''ee a. az
lgreai city s1wnpll 4. souh NJ e'
leans 10 askiicd4i' ! (. yo1,hern c;lk pe
Mae''y IL gre, Hsw nllvpan . pere re-
~ " -;n',o In, want Is ihenl(
liane, 's ,uuu W. Nj ipiIustrial clasa\
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