American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1856-01-17

and her educational system which is as free
and equal as the blessings ofHeaven, Is nipple
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, vt
thirty millions Of bushels, and the corn crop st
eighty millions. The Stale Of Ohio yielded full
one eighth Of ell The corn that was Produced
in the United State, and our wheat crop was
more THAI one fifth of The aggregate CT the
Union. The value OF the cereal OF bread pro
duets OF The State for iSbi, in the eralnares
and upon the premises where grown, VIII prob
ably exceed one hundred millions OF dollars;
of which more than one half finds a market
beyond the limits Of the Stste. BY the report
Of the Auditor, it will be seen that the aggre-
gate valuation Of horses, cattle, mules, sheep
and swine, is nearlv sixty millions at dollars;
and this valuation being for the purpose of a
taxable basis, is presumed TO be within teas
enable bounds. While tho wheot and corn
crops are the principal staples Of our agrcnl'
ture they form hut a small proportion OF the
immense resources OF that great interest in
Ohio
The returns Of the Federal Census o. 1850,
which embraced The farm produces OF lS4s, DO
us great injustice. That year was one OF nm
usual disaster 10 the farmers OF Ohio, their
wheat crop having been almostd destroyed by
the weevil. 1t may therefore, be safely as
sared, that Ohio occupies the position OF the
first agricultural State in the Union.
TIE mineral resources Of The State are but
partially developed. There are no means by
which to form an accurate opinion OF their ex-
tent, but sufficient is known to authorize the
belief that when capital and science shall
have ascertained the full amount Of mineral
deposits which underl;e a large portion OF the
soil. the State will occupy no secondary rank
in Ibis tespect.
Notwithstanding the drain which emigra-
lion 10 Western States and Territories was
supposed by some TO lave made upot this
State, il will be seen by the returns Of the emu
meratious of persons over the age Of twenty
one years, that the average annual increase OF
hat class of our population during the last If
teen or twenty years, has not been diminished.
For a progress and prosperity so eminent,
Ohio owes much TO the great natural advanta-
yes already enumerated, but more To that gem
erous policy, which t~oleraies no liberal tests
of Firth oil cieed, and 10 institutions which en-
body the vital principles OF popular sovereign.
~. Loyal to the Union, and prompt TO OBJ
serve every Obligation Of the National COM
pact, her citizens cannot fail to recognize, in
the broadeSt sense, the just and ~salutnry pTiH
ciple that to the people of every organized
State ana Territory belongs the right and pre-
: ~!ogative OF regulating for themselves their owT
domestic and local affairs, within tie limits o
the Constitution. Our brief annals as a State
are emphatic in vindication Of such a policy
The Constitution Of 1902 was welcomed By
The people as a relief from Territorial mlsgov
eminent, and because it secured to the in
habitanlants the election Of their officers ant
the uncontrolled regulation Of their d mestit
affairs. Indeed, NIL experience demonstrate
that the harmony OF the Union, and the success
Of the great Republican experiment in progress
among us, require the inneAible application
Of he doctrine of Stale Rights and Popula
Sovereignty. limiting the inteTferences by fed
ersl authority TO those few objects Of NatiOna
interest which are .pecially enumerated in TIT
Constitution. Capitalization is the creates
danger Of Republics; and against such a ten
ldercy, whether the motive be the advance
ment Of special interest ar the qualification o
sectional animosity, the American people cal
establish no barrier more secure than The adj
mir'ble division Of political power defined b,
the founders Of onr institutions.
Nor IS 1t necessary, in order to comman Thu
public approval, Of these fundamental primer
pals, To add any appeal in behalf Of the Union
No citizen Of the Valley Of the NJ Mississippi viii
to crate any doubt Of The perpetui'y OF OH
league Of States. with our relations 10 thu
Lake, River and Gulf coasts Of this mighty ba
sin, any scheme OfdiSmember nent, which sec
%tional infatualion may engendsr, cannot bt
received otherwise than with mingled scprl
and indignation by the patriotic communitiej
ofthe West.
Let it he understood that the centfe OF on
Republican Empile wilt snon reach the shore
Of the Mississippi, constituting the vast regioi
drained by its tumultuous food innunerahl'
tributaries, the natural nTbiter-ncvef a bellig
erent-in sectional controversies And n
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nrnel among the Western People, so long vii
we cherish in sentiment and ia action, Ii
stern and patriotic niterance, 'rhe Union i
must be preserved
WILLIAM MEDILL.
Columbus Januarn, Z, 1876.