Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-02-22
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I eharsd. But Withhold opriati6ns and
our Roads dilapidnte and sink l'sSo feist
lthe SEQ .ooo. 900 e5pendet IS lost, Che
debt unpaid, which with the npeaIfiolas
fing interest. viii hang like IN Incubus on
the gray heads OF our grand ehIldsen. bas
such policy, he was sure, Would es re- lsI
lpadiated by the judiclons statesman %
Virginia, her system OF improy yensnsS. en- .Ns
most grand and stupendous IN me ne, unlo" ,al
viii be prosecuted to speedy cea1plsesso,p. se,
The people win 'eheerfully meet tue poo-
lio demand, their lind Miii eOntA6Ns ~, SNtN-
rsasel In yaIue.s and the state will astI"
take her stand among the most prosper
. as in the Union.
u Such! helrenarked, are the circanstan-
ces which surround our beloved old Con-
fm6nwealth. which all her sons deilgnt 70
honor. we love her for what she mas
been Sis now. and. is destined TO become
iniuture. BE knew it was tauntingly sal1
bp some thai she Is on the wane, Is enve-
loped iniyisionsry abstractions. and stlckles
for State Rights and old-fogyis'n; but DO
it remembered, that IL she was erreu. u.
has been ON the side of the Union andthe
Consultation, Fplolonged eheering,l and
ia every hour Of peril, npeace and IN war;
the doctrine taught by her reSered states
men has been relied on as the sheet an>
ehor of the ship Of State, and brilliant IN
deed has beeu their Triumphant success.
T Continued applause. True 1t :. u her
worth is to be estimated by the Northern
Almighty Dollar-by her foreign com
merce or the number of her ra'lroadds
and canals, she may not compare favor
ably with some Of her sister States out
neither her length nor her breadth, her
height nor her depth, can be measured
I by that Sordid standard Let the uneriinS
history tell the story, The hrst IN inc
war Of the Revolution, the last out OF =,
equally lavish with the blood OF ber sons
aud her incstimable treasures, she nags
unanimously sacrificed on the altar oil her
then impoverished and bleeding country.
incalculable treasures in the surrender OF
that vast domain which now composcs
six sovereign States, tho pride and glory
Of the West, some Of which, she feared
had forgotten how much they owed 10
their mother Sate. She did Infinitely
more than this. She gave TO ber country
and there never was but one Washington
to give. Well may she be styled the mo.
ther Of States, of ofStatssmen, and ofheroes.
But, he continued, pleasant as it ale
ways is:to contemplate the high and ex-
alted character of our beloved old Com
monwealth, we must remember that We
have a more extended field to survey
By the complicated. yet wise and bcau,i
full structure Of our political system. we
form an integral part OF the most magni>
ticent and st0Pehdous government on the
globe, consisting of 81 sovereign States,
besides our ,uhdefined Territories extend.
ing from Nova Scotia TO The Pacific ocean,
while the Star spaugled banner waves
ever the heads Of twenty-five millions Of
freemen.
What legacy bequeathed 10 US -
What country to boast Of, what go-
yernment TO be proud Of, and what lu.
ture to contemplate All, sir, what ia.
ture to contemplate II. said he. the
humble individual who now addresses
you can recollect, and he remembers we'll
whensthe FIRST white man settled in what
is now the State of Ohio, and since then
the waves of population have followed in
quick succession the receding steps OF tie
retiring Indian 10 the shores OF the Pacific,
what, in the onward march Of Cte impn.
tient millions, may not tue scho0lboy OF
the present day live TO see II that short
period, ,-hc could say short period, be-
cause he claimed TO be young American,
and repudiated the term Of ''oid fogy'-
lTmuch laughter it. he repeated. in that
short time the forest has been EeIIed over
that vast Wilderness, where the lrayvIsr
might well have said that " wilds innu-
merably great seem lengthcning as We
go"-if instead Of the wilderness, The corn
and wheat wave over that broad land,
anc the country blossoms like the rose,
what may not The next halt century pro.
duce Sir, said he, millions of our en-.
terprising citizens have arrived on the
verge Of terrt frnIa, WHO cast a wislltul
eye over the placid Pacific. and register
ing in their portfolios the countless mil
lions Of the Indies which have heretofore
made rich even people WHO have enjoyed
tue benefit Of their trade, and which WREN
/ exchanged for the unaccountable proIuc.
tons Of our fertile soil, will re produce as
If by ench4ntment, the fallen Thcbcs.
BaaIbec and Palmyra of ancient renown.
to embellish, ad0rn aud bcaulify tier of
sovereign States extending from 81 40
to where the Sugar, the Gotton. and The
Tobacco grow. loud applause
Wbata sublime spectacle. he continued.
to contemplate, and what an incentive To
love Of country, to pstrio,ism. to sirtus
| Echeers. TO the young man he WDuId
say. he lives IN favored age, with saeil
a future full Of promise. aud nuder goy.
eminent where the doorfs thrown vide
open 10 all who may desire to ascend Tho
ladder Of Fame, or aspire 70 Office AMI dis.
tinction. the questions proponnded az. ..is