The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-01-17

is as free and equal as the blessings of
Heaven. is ample tor the solid instruction
Of her youth 4
The wheat crop of Ohio for the past
year has been estimated Ivy the Secretary
of State at thirty millions. The State Of
Ohio yielded tull one eighth Of all the
corn that was produced in the United
States, and our wheat cop was more than
one fifth of the Union. The value of the
cereal or bread products OF the State for
1855, in the graliaries and upon thcAprem-
ises where grown, will probably exceed
one hundred millions Of dollars, OF which
more than one-halfy finds amMketbeyond
the, limits OF the State. BY the report of
the Auditor, it will be seen that the aggrc
gate valuation Of Aefsts,- cattle, mules,
sheep and swilie lis nearly sixty millions
Of drllars; anti this valuation, being for
the purpose of adnxuble basis, is presnm )
Eed to be within reasonablebo while
the wheat and corn crops arc the pfinci.7
pal staples OF our agriculture they from
but,a small proportion Of the immense re-
sources of that great interest iii Ohio. =
The returns OF the Federal Ccnsus OF
1 81, which embrace the farm products
of lo49 do as great In Justice Thatycar
was one of Unusual disaster to the iarmefs
OF Ohio, their wheat crop having been al
most destroyed by the weevil. 1t may,
therefore. be safely assured, that Ohio oc-
cupes the position of the first agticullur
al State i'll the Union. ,t-1@ -fiHa
The mineral resources of the State are
but partially developed. There are no
means by which to form an accurate opin.
ion IF their extent, but sufficient is known
to authorize the belief. that wiren capital
and science shall have aseeftainet the full
amount of mineral deposits which under
he large portion of the'soil the State
Will occupy no secondary rank in this re-
spect. ftFd so a,9oh -izsf5'ai s. CT
Notwithstanding the drain which emf
grafton to Western States and Territories
was supposed by some to have made up
on the State, it will be seen by the re-
turns of the enumerations of persons over
the age of twenty one years, that the aver
age annual increase of that class of our
population during the last fifteen or twenty
years has not been diminished. 3" ".-'
For progress and prosperity SO emin
ent, Ohio owes mitch to the gteat natural
advantages already enumerated but more
to that generous policy which tolerates no
illl6eral tests of BIRTH OF vital principles Of
popular sovereignty. Loyal to the Union,
and prompt to observe every obligation
of the national compact, her citizens can
not fail to recognize, in the broadest sense,
the jnst and salutary principle that to the
people of every organized State and Ter
rioly belongs the right and prerogative OF
regulating for themselves their own dom
estic and local affairs, within the limits OF
the constitution. Our brief annals as a
State are emphatic in vindication of such
| policy. The constitution of 1902 was
welcomed by the people as a relief from
Territorial misgovcfnment, and because it
secured to the inhabitants the election OF
their officers and the uncontrolled regula-
tion of their domestic affairs Indeed, all
expel ience demonstrates that the harmon
of ths- -tt6on, and the success of the great
republican experiment in progress among
us, reAuiv the inhexible application of the
doctrine OF State rights and POPULAR SOW
eieignty, limiting the interference by Fed
Eeral authority to those few objects of
national interest which are especially
enumerated in the constitution Centra-
hzation is the egreatest danger to republics;
and against such a tendency, whether the
motive be the advancement of special in
terest or the qualification of establish no
barrier more secure than the admirable
division of political power defined by the
founders of our institutions.
Nor is it necessary, in order to command
the public approval Of these fundamental
principles, to add any appeal in behalf of
the Union. No citizen Of the Valley of
the Mississippi, will tolerate any doubt
OF the parpetuity OF the our league of
States. With our relations to the lake.
river, and gnif coasts OF this mighty basin,
any scheme of dismem berment which
sectional infatuation may engender cannot
be received Otherwise than with mingled
scorn and Indignation by the palri
otto communities of the West Let it
be understood that the center of our Re
publican Empire will soon reach the shores
of the Mississippi, constituting the vast
region drained by its tumultuous flood and
innumerable tributaries, thcnatural arblter
--never a belligerent-in sectional con
troversies. And as long as the ashes OF
Andrew jackson are inurned among the
Western people, SO long will we cherish,
in sentiment and in action, his stern and
patriotic utterance, s'The Union-it mas,
be preserved
WILLIAM MEDILL.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 7, 1856. "
i Free State Nominations in Kansas.
u We learn by a gentleman who arrived
in our city, yesterday, from Kansas, tha