The true Democrat., 1856-12-30


 these in turn have built up her cities, her mer
 chants and her schools, and would do the same
 for us, and would also diffuse health, wealth
 and general prosperity from its sanitary nau.
 ence. as we shall proceed to show.
 Having imperfectly glanced at its pecuniary advantages, let us ascend in our examination of the bill to the higher and nobler considera. ton 1t contains as a sanitary measure, whose
 benefits are computable by 10 ordinary rule o
 arlthmetic-for none can know it's yalue but he that feels Its want, and as drowning men will catch at straws so afflicted humanity will pur. chase and swallow with avidity any nostrum
 Tor sale as specific for the ills they suffer, of-
 tener aggravating their diseases than palliatins
 their suferngs, extracting large amounts from our State, and entailng untold misery upon our
 land. But having neither data nor disposition to estimate the misfortunes of our country, we
 beg leave to offer you our theory for its causes, and a suggestion as a remedy, satisfied that he who has observed the greater liability of those who have suffered the painful effects of malaria in summer to Pneumonia in a1snter, will be ea- sler convinced of its value as a cathoicon for the prevailing diseases of our country. for it is known to every one conversant with the maa- rlal districts Of our State, that they are depo- sltarles ot the accumulated vegetable matter of ages, and from their great fertility, not only support heavy growth of the tallest timber. but thick and almost impenetrable under growth, with large amount of vegetable mat ter in every stage of decomposition. The wes- tern and higher portions of our State being open prairies and barreus, more exposed to the direct rays of the sun which raises the temperature higher, and the rar6ed air in obedience to wise and unaiterable law of nature is displaced and the vacuum flied with cooler air from off the lago1Rs and sgamps of the n.qllri.I regio, carrying its baneful effects into the elevated portions of our State to great and painful ex- tent; and to which the stranger or super6ejal observer has frequently been at a loss to ae- count Tor If this view of the cause is correct then by the passage of the hill these districts will be reclaimed. and will rate second to no country under heaven in point of fertility of soil or ID i's adaptation to the great staples of our country. Al lands not necessary for tim. Der or fuel vill be brought into cultivation and exposed as 1t would be 10 the direct rays of the sun, will attain a higher temperature than the elevated regions. and by the operation of the same law that carried disease and death into every portion of our land, will then bring cooling breezes and rosy cheeks from and bv the invigorating influence of the atmosphere of the mountain heights 10 every portion of our State-adding years to our lives and com forts to our existence, by banishing from our land. the chief caulses of our suffering, giving new incentives to action, and values to our country, and of which We shall again beg leave to call your attention hereafter.
 From summary view of its special advan- tages let us see their aggregate, let us lift the veil and view the future glory of our State let us enumerate tithe of her hidden and un- developed resources, consisting in part of her marble, slate, granite, salines. copper, argenti- ferrous lead ores manganese in extent equal to all others known on the globe, coal fields. iron and zlnk ores in extent and quality second to no State In the Union, mountains of rock worth four cents per pound for exportation, lime, marl, gypsum, and other fertilizers sufficent. if rro- perly diffused to enrich every acre of land in your State--mineral waters in number, variety, and reputation for their curative properties equal to any State in our Union Water power enough to spin every bale of cotton now ma- nufactured in this government Timber enough on, an adjacent to the roads, to bring millions of dollars to your State, with capacity to raise grain and stock equal to the most favored States of this government; with rich cotton lands enough, when properly reclaimed, to raise more than the present entire crop of the Union; with climate genial by nature, and which will be rendered salubrious by the operations of the bltL, with roads from her center to her exterior at seven different points connecting us with every important channel of commerce, both of land and water, with all these prospective ad- : FantaSes in the golden bowl of your country's anticipated prosperity, resting on a pivot-does 1t not behoove us to patiently and calmly con- slider before we preciptate its invaluable con- tents into the uniathomable gulph of your coun- try's ruin.
 II the mines and mahufactorys of the Key Stone State has made her what she is, if the manufacturing of cotton in the New England States has given them their wealth and power if the lumber business of Maine is the chief element of her wealth, if the cotton raising States are the breasts from which have been dyarn the pri'lceiy fortunes of the agricultural and stock raising States of this government, if they have furnished no inconsiderable portion of the market for every variety of articles mo- nufactured in this Union, if we possess all these elements of wealth and greatness combined suf- icient to build and sustain an empire, should we not pause and reflect before we virtually destroy them. These blessings are now within your reach, and are as inscparably connected with the passage of this bill as cause and effect. This bill will enable and induce our own citi- zens to take stock, borrow the means, build the roads and reap and enjoy the rich profits arising therefrom-the disbursement of which will ever be feltin the prosperity of your State from its center to its circumference. Nor is this all, 1t must ensure you the Pacific road with col lateral branches to five other important points of trade and travel. These are qreat and i'm portant ends, none of which need be lost, great as are Its contemplated advantages and hope less as you may consider their realization. we should not despair. This bill, 1t is believed. will prove specific, and is herefore confidently recommended to your honorable consideration not only as an absolute but necessary prerequisite to their earty and certain completion. With this