Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-01-17

General Assembly. / may be allowed 10 advert
witb some ltlle feeling of pride aud eongra'ula-
,;on to.,be high position which our State has
.e1a;rsd and tbe brilliant future that Is still
.bef,rs ms The public debt, under the policy
hat has been recently pursued, Is rapidly di'
n,inisbing Our credits unquestioned on either
Sac of ,be Atlantic. There has never been
nod IN the history Of the State, when indus.
irv and enterprise were more adequately and
literally rewarded.
The geographical position of Ohio, being en-
circlsd by an Inland Sea and River, which
hear upon their bosoms a commerce sufficient
10 enrich an empire, is not surpassed by that OF
aav State in the Union. She has slx nun
drsd miles of navigable rivers. and 500 miles
Of canals; $500 of completed railroad ana
more than that number OF miles projected and
in course of construction. These natural and ar
t;6,ial channels Of commerce form the great
arteries of communication between the Allan.
tic States and the rapidly growing West. The
soil and climate admit OF as great an extent
and variety of production as any similar area
on The face of the globe, Her supply OF the
most useful minerals is inexhausube, and she
has all the facilities TO render her one of the
frst manufacturing States OF the Union one
contains population that under oroao ana
enlightened policy, has increased since the
, commencement OF the century from torty-hVe
thousand to at least two and quarter millions
Her Benevolent institutions are monuments
of the enlightened humanity OF her people ana
her educational system, which is as free and e.
DUAL as the blessing of Heaven is ample for the
solid instruction OF all her youth.
The wheat crop OF Ohio for the past year has
been estimated by the Secretary OF State, at
thirty millions OF bushels, and the corn crop at
eighty millions. The State OF Ohio yielded
! fun one eight OF all the corn that was produc-
ed in the United States, and our wheat crop was
more than one fifth of the aggregate OF the Un'
! ion. The value OF the cereal or bread products
: of the State for 1855, in the granereS and upon
l. the premises where grown, will probably ex-
. ceed one hundred millions OF dollars. or which
more than one half finds a market beyond Iht
limits Of the state. BY the report OF ihe Au
p, dior il will be seen that the aggregate vaIud
n lion of horses, cattle, mules, sheep and swine
:, lis nearly sixty millions of dollars: and this val
= ualion beng for the purpose OF taxaole baslS
: is presumed to be within reasonable bounds
- While the wheat and corn crops are the pt'nc'
= Die staples OF our agriculture, they TORN OuI
. small proportion OF the immense resources
- That great interest in Ohio.
So TIE returns of the Federal Census of l85O
which embraced the farm products oil 1917, dc
~ ~ us great Injustice. That year was one OF unu
snail disaster TO the farmers of Ohio, their whea
., cron having been almost destroyed by the wee
~ vii Itmav therefore b. safely asserted, tina
y Ohio occupies the position Of the first agrlcultu
~, ,a raj State ia the Union
Il nj
." nariaIly developed There are no means b
. which to form an accurate opinion oil their ca
u tent hu sufficientis known to authorize the b.
Ilefthat when capital and science shall baV
a. ascertaned the full amount of mineral depcsl
ne whch underle large portion OF the soil tt
~ State will occupy no secondary rank IN this r
spect.
rv Notwithstanding the drain which ernigratlc
AIS to Western States and Territories was suppos'
Re- by some to have made upon this State lit will
oe seen by the return, of the enumeratons otpe
asn sons over the age of twenty-oue years, that t
average uainerease of that class of our po
he ulation during the last fifteen or twenty yeal
the has not been diminished.
N" ho For progress and prosperity so emine
ion Ohio owes much to the great natural advant
ges already enumerated, but more to that &c
'ic- erous policy which tolerates no illlbera tests
lass hirth or creed and to institutions which emho
,;t- M the vital principles of popular sovereign
Tor. Loyal to the Union, and prompt to observe
as erv obligation of the National compact her {
OF aens cannot fail to recognize. in the broad
oe sense, the Just and salutary principles shat
tho the people of every organized State and Tel
en,. torv belongs the right and prerogatiye of ree
lder tatipg for themselves their own domestic 8
OF local affairs within the limits of the Const:
"''y ton. Our brief annals as a State are emphS
'dor in vindication Of such policy. The ConstI
5 10 ton of 1902 was welcomed by the people a
relief from Territorial misgovernment, and
EN- cause it secured to tn e inhabitants the elect
Yea of their officers and the uncontrolled regu
,rJa tons Of their domestic affairs.
GERS Indeed, all experience demonstrates that
aled harmony of the Union, and the success OF
con Dm great Republican experiment IN progress amt
.l,on us require the indexlbla application OF the
law trine of State Rights and popular Sovereign
'lied limiting the interference by federal authori'
II on those few objects of National interest which
a"n1 nav, specifically enumerated in the Constitution
cted Capitalization is the greatest danger 81 Rep
pur- lies; and against such tendency "he'ner
are, motive be the advancement of special nte
lega, or the qualification Of sectional an'moslty'
on nroi 81 American people can establish no barrier
sys' secure th"n 'he "uu''F"o'0 u'''''o" u p'''
use, power defined by the founders of our inst
tions
lost. Nor is it necessary in order to'command
many IN. ,.o,,, or these fundamental nriuc
ccor- P"0io "FP'
a re. to add any appeal in behalf of the Union.
Iho s;1:.a. &c thn Vallau Of the Mississsnnl