Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-06
9lnSCELLAN EOC8.
From the rh!laoephia Evening B"li':!n
COAL AS AN ELEMENT OF POWER.

From tbs rh:ladeDha Evening Bu!!':!''
COAL, AS AN ELEMENT OF POWER.
Vine, n Democratic ex Governor Of Pennsylvanis
stood upon mass of Pennsylvania cnn! ana auuEess'
sa a n,rl,;,u6. nj New York State Fair, he was on
,hs nrnpl,s. safest aud platform he ever occu-
MED There were no ricketv props no unsouhd poii-
fi,s ,mbsrs no decaycd pillars OF state 10 support
h;,o but OH the ebUn mass dug from me o""eiH OF 'He
,ld K.y,;uue he stood secure, and We hayc no doubt
he f,lt confidence never enjoyed III the most e1u!t-
am dAvs Of partisan triumph. Before Inn STOOD
,raia Of cars laden with Goa! brought direct from the
mines In the interior Of Pennsylvania and around nun
were the crowds Of New Workers. looking ut nothing
In the vast collection Of products before em with SO
much wonder as at the specimens OF the uIacX ~.aiiu
Of ;hcr neghbor State. He had 10 puzzle h's
brain Tor sp-clous arguments; he had 20 e"l"ie no
doubling and suspicious auditors; he had 10 under
take no political lodges: he had votes to beg tor
10 debates ~ combat and no rvairles 10 engage IN.
Himself living proof t" the wretcheduess "' tfu:'
ia party politics and the mseres a,i taliaes o poll
t;caI lif. he might have stood there dumb aud YET
roy.d a lesson of wisdom and sould philosophy 70
tbs crowd about him. No dnub; tho New Workers
appreciated and prodted by the 'sernons in stones,
The revelations Of the glossy mineral, and there was
DO peed of wordy oratory on such brsis.
The opening vi a northern outlet Ia the super
abruduu, mineral wealth OF Pennsylvania, deserved
20 bs celebrated with pomp aud circumstance
WseterD New York aud inc Lake states Will, i'll The
ooo-se Of wears demand large supplies OF coal a.
tho Eastern aud NdG!s States, and the time will
CONS when Erie Dupkirk, aud Buffalo will register
their weekly supplies IL large t-urcs as Phllade!.
p5s does hers III the present. time. Neie We must
besDowledgs tie service OF the Catawssa kuil ROAD
Cvrapapy in anticps the deuauGs Of the country
SUI constructing their roads which IS nj present The
luk that ocDrects the read. and furnisee the north
sru outlet. Not merely opening Invaluable d.
visor o! grent route o. travel does this enterp's'
ins company deserve the public THANKS, but Gi.p a.
furnishing the method by which tho frat cargoes OF
Psun.yIranie coal were taken into New York State.
Wh-n al other similar enterprises shali have d"ne
equally we'll aud the Suite shnl feel and appreciate
III. greet Importance of it. NEW markets at the North
apd West the services of this pioneer company IN
undertaking and successfully Carrying out pr'jec;
Which seemed Wild and perlloUs will Geserve to be
grstsfully remembered.
u IL not moro than twenty-five years since Penn
sylvans coal began 10 be a recognized article OF pro.
auction sud commerce. This Year the product Of
GU. anthracite uucs alone will amount 10 not less
then si1 u,;llions pf tons. This, delivered at the
mines, 10 worth at least twelve millions Of dollars
that this great sum may be regarded rs the amount OF
solid wealth dug annually at the present. tiule trur
the bowels Of tue State. We do not here undertake.
to show tie additional advantages II gives IN the ell
oourszeept Of industry and the employment Vt hun.
dreds uf thousands OF persons in manufactures and
commerce. We only wish TO impress upon the minds
Of vpr readsrs THAI twelve millions Year Is low e.
ana,e uf tho sun, paid TO Pepnsy vania for the
coal dug from beneath her soil. Ten years hence,
WIEN railroads, canals, mining, manufactures, aud
population shall have vastly multiplied, our annual
product Of Anthracite coal vii! probably reach
eighteen niilirus OF trns and be worth at the mines
tbIrty-sX millions Of dollars.
IN comparison with the coal crop Of PcuEsv lyaua
ell other crops OF every other Stale sink into n>gnl
6copce There Is greater value OF cotton produced
a. Southi bpt il ia risk, with much labor,
aud depends TOR iss value solely the foreign de-
nead But the coal i part Of the very soil of Peua
eyy81ia; no f:osts, Hoods, Gruughts mpcril IL.
quantity Impair it, qun!'y. 1t Is subject 10 10 n
fuences from abroad and To- tricks ot the comlu.r
cu, world. It's market is Ii: hoin-, and the deinund
". may be sure, will always equal the supply, low
ever great the supply may be. Whent may be ruin.
ed BY dies and veriniu corn may perish from drought,
aud potatoes from the rot, but the coul OF Pcnsyra
mia can suffer destruction or damage 1t rests safe
aud sound in the reccsses where Providence has
placed il, aud asks nothing OF human industry tx.
cep, that i, he taken out 1t is crup ripe aud
ready W gathered III quality uniuipsachable and III
ouautity inexhuustible. No competition from other
States can injurs II, for there has been no dlin'-
button Of lie rute OF advance i'll supply nnd value,
DO matter what rvalries have been undertaken.-
Inc country is vus. enough 10 consume all that can
DO produced, und manufactures and population III
AT greatcr ratio than can be expected OF the
production. at home hare, where coal has become
common place thing We ure not Property sensible
VI the magnitude of the wealth 1t affords us, and art
not dispo%ed 10 award It the dignity II deserves. But
such event Us that which has Just occurred at III
mira, where PENNSYLVANIA coal ci,tercd before New
York eyes, aud uu ex.Goveruur of Pennsylvania
s,ood upon q rustrum OF the mineral and spoke to
ito coneeQ deuce, and 10 enable to sce though dim.
ly, spleuiid future for the State Gad prosperity i'll
crumerce, manufactures populations, and all that
9snder. wealth, such would lave amazed the bold
sst pro phete Of tho past generLion-and a this the
result oi Coal.