Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-17
Srett CeGnty
Democratic Convention.

The Democrats Of the several Townships In the
County, srr requested to send delegates TO County
Convcntion to DO holden IN the Oily Of Davenport
on Saturday the 2ad Inst a. the Court House at 2
O'Clock ~ for the purpose Of sssctins delegates to
attsnd the sTATE GosvESTIo., and the trnnsac-
tion OF such other business may be presented.
RATIo.-One delegate 10 every Township aud one
Tor every 7tcsnry D,mocrstic votes Ned at the last
section, and one for every fraction over.
s,enport Apguet5 5, 1857.
AUSTIN CORBIE,
Chairman Scott Go. Dem. & a. Com
sugust6itd
Our National Prosperity---Its Cause.
In the last ten years the elements Of
wealth have organized themselves In the
whole country, with immense rapidity. un
ill they are now producing results. Thus
there have arrived in the country in that
time2 600 900 Of active producers who Joined
10 the active youth Of the old States, have
poured over the W. est. bringing under the
piow q quantity Of new land equal to twice
the entire surface OF England, and of equal
productivencss. In the same time ; 600.
100000 q thousand millions # dollars.
have been spent in building means Of com
munication To make those lands, aud that
labor applied 10 it, available 10 commerce
Thus land, labor and means of cominunica-
ton have combined on an immense scale to
produce results which are now about 10 b.
realized. Al that labor and the capital it
commanded, has re- produced from the ,ir.
gin soil II attacked, many fold its own val
ne, and the railroads--buili at such cost
are now ready 10 carry oil the surplus To
the best markets. The roads are built. and
absorb no more capital, but many hiring
from new regions in "a single year II quaint
" oi capital equal To their own entire rast
10 enrich the mnrts of commerce This year
the season has favored combined labor, and
the products are immense The producers
of natural wealth are every where blessed
with abundance. and as n natural result
their demand upon manufacturers Tor good
must be very great-lnr greater than the
supplies of raw aterial will warrant =
L. = Economist
SO long AS a general system of Com
mon School education coupled with
sound religious institutions, exist in this
favored land, so long will the nation
al instincts of the people, prove IA Sc
curity against the dangerous machina
lions of unprincipled political dema-
gogues. Love of liberty is natural
instinct of all men. knowledge, and
n temperament to maiht in liberty, are
not always manifest. Education and
general corruption united are no surcr
safeguards of liberty, than ignorance
and morality The former condition
of society leads to intrigucs, venality,
anarchy, and general social disorder
the latter condition tends to the estab-
lishment of peaceful, but dcspotic
government. Liberty is found IN
neither. Our government is the freest
on earth because the people maintain
a condition qualifying them for main
tanning and enjoying freedom. Kcig
ion and education were the Twin Sis
tiers that planted liberty upon the soil
of America in the United States and
so long as they cooperate, in continu'
ing to maintain what they have secur-
ed, 20 long We have sure palladium
Of safety. Divorce them, and a de-
cline commences, that will not end un.
til it has produced an entire change
in the condition Of society, aud in the
form Of our government. These tro
elements are like blood of our system of
free institutions.
CONNIE ncing with these advantages
and We must also sdd, these iades.
pensibte requisties-how easy is it, un.
der our system, to enlarge our empire,
and people it with the tuyities from
Deseotss.a. In ten years we have re-
ceived into our bosom 100000, Of
uniformed fugitives from tyranny,
whose habits, customs morals, and ma.
ture, are, in certain sense antagohis-
tic to our policy, laws, systems, and
Institutions; and yet the reception of
this crude mass Of nnassimilated hu.
manity has produced no discord, no
disturbance Of our social system, and
has not impaired the vigor Of our NOR.
Atty or the general devotion to our re.
publican system. They have been re.
ceived, surrounded, penetrated, absorb.
ed by that powerful Americanism pc
culiar to our institutions; and all this
has been silent but effectual process.
Americanism is not changed BY the alb
sorptisn of these 100000 beings, but
it has gained more vigorous growth.
This element has displayed itself in its
material development, in the vas,
lines Of railroads, canals, and other
works Of commercial Importance, with
out which the nation would be COM
paratively feeble.
Il has supplied to the American
mind, hands and arms, to be employee d
In the vast labor movements of the
eoantsy. Especially has the great
Hessh West been the chief recipient Of
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