American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-12-13

.C1NorSNArr, December 2, 1856.

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fact that the people of one or the 9TH
err section of the country have been
miserably duped by the self-styled De-
mocratic party. The two Congress-
men elect from the district in which is
included Hamilton county, proclaimed
from the stump during our exciting
State canvass, that they we're opposed
to the extension of slavery and that
that was also the position occupied by
their candidate for the Presidency; and
just before the Presidential election,
the Democracy had monster torch
light procession in which was an emf
grant wagon, with ''Buck and Breck
and free Kansas" in flaming capitals
painted on its sides. Now l would
ask, what would the Democracy of the
South have thought Of the Democratic
party if they had been brought to be-
lieve that the Democracy hereabouts
was the ",Simou pure, or if the Demo
cracy of this region had believed what
the Richmond Enquirer, the Charles
ton Mercury, or that ilk proclaimed to
be tho principles of their candidate, on
what consideration could they have
been induced to support James Buch-
anan? The Democratic Congressman
of the above named two districts were
elected on their proclaiming their ad-
hesion to free Kansas. wonder if the
Democracy read? / doubt it; and it
may therefore be set down safely, that
it was the people that did not or could
not either read or write, that secured
the triumph of the Democracy and
furnished abundant material for the
stupendous fraud, of which | have Just
spoken. Just look at the facts. The
Five Points in New York City went
almost unanimously Democratic, The
good Old Dominion, with some $4,000
that cannot read or write, gave Buch-
anan about 10000 majority. Egypt,
in Southern Illinois, has a population,
think, of61, 900 that can neither read
nor write, and what poll was there
for Buchanan! and in general, where
there is the least intelligence, there is
the Democratic strongholds. Enough
of politics. ....
am happy to state, that at last we
are having a good old-fashioned rain;
and prospect of high river and q
plenty of business in our great liquid
thoroughfare, brightcns up the coun-
tenances of a large class, wholly de-
pendent on the river. And then we
shall have plenty Of coal, which was be.
ginning to get scarce and high. l
paid 50 the other day for load of in
ferior coal of rs bushcls-just So cts.
o bushel, and the better article was
selling at SO cents per bushel. But
we hope the time is drawing nigh when
we shall no longer be dependent on
the river for our supply of fuel. The
near completion of the railroad to Ma
rietta, already gives us access to the
finest coal field in the State.
Yesterday for the first time, visit
ed the work for the building the Sus-
pension Bridge over the Ohio at this
point. On both sides of the river work
men are busily engaged in laying the
foundations for the towers, and if the
weather and water permit, the mason
ry will be so far advanced as to be pla-
ced beyond the reach of any obstacle.
A very large force is at work; so that
this bridge is fixed fact and will be
built.
The pork season has fairly common
ced and our streets are filled with the
music of porcine vocalism. Prices
range from 81 to St. The business
bids fair to be large, if not larger than
usual.
We have been favored with sue
cession of brilliant musical festivals
this fall and VIC now have Parodi and
Strakosch to delight the music-loving.
And the lecture season has begun be-
ginning with Holy Rife Beechcr, and
thus far we have had the most delight
full novelties and the most varied in
struction. Our city was never impro-
wing faster than at this moment. The
evidences Of growth and prosperity are
evident to the casual observer, and the
near completion of our admirable sys-
TEN of Railroads, stretching to the
South and West, will put us on foot
ing Of superiority to any other wes-
tern city. Onward is our motto, and
our geographical position is such, that
no place can successfully compete with
| ia for the trade whose natural o,tloE
is Cincinnati. The Great West is
large enough for many cities as popu-
lous. There is room for Chicago and
st. Louis; andin the future Of our his
tory, other magnificent cities are to
spring up in the far, far west, where
we now scarcely dream of them, and
there is abundance of territory, and
there will be sufficient population to
sunnort them Tho rpsourcna of Tho