American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-07-19
UNIos-Now AND FoRIvR AND Nsnp ARABIE
MORANTONN NlDOgGGAl COUNTY VA July 10 l

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pherc below the freezing point of Fahrenhe Allthe
fruits, not specially tropical flourish in sone part Of
her territory 1t is true that it has been alleged that
the soil OF the tide water district is barren and unpro
ductive; but recent experiments have demonstrated,
that 1t will amply repay the labor of the scientific r-
riculturist The amount Of wheat and tobacco annually
sent down from the Piedmont dctrot shews what this
region could do undera proper system Of skilfuland
ludlclors husbandry. The Valley, one Of the most
beautiful and delightful countries in the world with
soil mpregnated with lime, and resting upon an ever
lasting substratum Of limestone is now and must ever
continue to be- ernnently productive; while our own
northwestern hills and southwestern valleys more
especially adapted to the growbA of ell the valuable
herds and bleating folds. II
And here we may not neglect to notice the topoera>
ply Of Virginia. Philosophers inform us that the
natural scenery Of a country has small influence
upon the moral, lnteectual and even physical chayac
ter, Of its inhabitants If ths be if the bold,
the beautiful the sublime, npart something Of their
own distinctive features and qualities to the mind and
heart habltuay contemplating heln then is Virginia
rich IN these natural monitors Here the lovers Of
romantic scenery and chaEming landscapes may find
the amplest entertainment. They may Chamber among
skykssng crags, where thS eagle screams around her
eyre or they may wander nthe green meadow where
the lark poprs her mellfuos notes upon the morning
alr. They may realize withthe poet, that
There is society where none .inirudos,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar" #g
With the eccentric Randolph, doubtinc philosophers
may rise above the hustle Of human passions
and amid the stiffness regning around the summit o
the northern peak OF Otter feel as they look from
shls :, earth er gazing mountain, that their indety
is rebuked and shbdued and cxcla with the Psamist
that 1T IS only The fool" who 'hah said in his heart
there is no God" Or they may find submer gratif
cation among the lyider heights Of the slHcghcnies
listening to the melodies of wd cascades with echo
undehned or to the granCer harmony of the te1ones
las the genius of the storm ngs his fiery fpors across
the electric chords Of his aerial harp till
---ss Not from, one lone cloud
but every mountain now hath oand a tongue,
10 s Joyous 1ps @lo cd S q he3 aioad.
Here, too, Hggeta the goddess of health, may be
Isald, almost without figure Of speech to hold her
court l1ealng streams are ever gushing from hum
Ided fountains. Anoste every variety Of mineral rem
edy IS here ready prepared in the great laboratory of
mature herself, and freely profcred by her own kind
hand, to suffering sons and daughters of humanity
Ii were tedious task to enumerate all of our mineral
springs of celebrity
ence to the particular resources and advantages of yr
glna ct why should entertain such q fear What
child, with natural affection ever grows weary of look
ing on the lace OF his mother? ever grows tired of
tracing the neaments Of her sweet countenance ever
hears enough in her praise ever ceases to cherish bcr
virtues And why should we become weary of recount
ing the natural resources and advantages Of Virginia
the common mother of sail? [ love her hills and her
valleys; her mountains and her plains her rocks
and her rivers; her cities and her cabins love her
sotudes and wlldernesses and waste places too And
because she has been neglected. and many of the chill
dron nurtured and brought up by her have deserted
her, and transferred their eay to the stranger and
because she thus suffers and angushes under this un
natural desertion and neglect love her the more ten
derby, and feel like clingng to her the more faithfv
till her character shall be indicated and she shalhaye
resumed her proud pre-cnnencc in the great sister
hood OF North American States
10 one more natural advantage only will solicit.
your attention. And now cast your eve upon tho man
OF North America, and trace the lone line of our sea-
coast, from New Brunswickto to the Gulf of Mexico.
Just ABOUT midway between these extromes--between
the rgors of the northern winter and the heat of the
southern summer midway between the obstructne
snow and ice OF the north and the presidential swamps
ana moTasses of the south at Norfolk,--tho God of
nature has placed harbof for shipping, unsurpassed
by any In the world And here as if to indicate still
more distinctly the special purpose of the Creator to
maze this point the great commercial emporium of
Sortl America lie has stretched out the Chesapealo
Bay Ike an arm Of the sea- to grasp the commerce. OF
the north and northeast and lie has spread out to the
south and west, beautiful champaign country inyit
ing the easy erection OF railways and other means of
transit Tor the vast productions Of the great interior
tron Old Point Comfort to Fort Larimer And should
the two oceans now defining the almost antipotal te
limits OF the bnion ever be united by some great
national highway -here-in Virgihia-and at Norfolk
or whereabouts, is the point where the "iron couser
from the Pacific freghted with the wealth Of tho In.
dies, shall rush down frem the Rnoi ", ~