The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-06-19

prominently connected. While yet
a youth, pursuing my professional
studies in the City of Washington, !
remember to have witnessed the eel.
ebration Of the opening of the Balti-
moro 81 Ohio Railroa ad--perlaps to
Ellicott's Mils--perhaps, only to
what is now the Washington iunct-
ion. 1t was a great event, aud dc.
served to be appropriately celebra.
ted. 1t announced the earnest be-
ginning OF a work, then without a
rival in boldness OF design and gran
dcur of conception. Through what
difficulties it has been prosecuted
what marvels OF engineering skill il
has evoked--how successfully obsta.
Icles seeminglyinsurmountab!c,h have
been overcome, others may better
tell than |. ] rejoice to see among
you to-day a friend Of my younger
years, to whose faithful and intclli-
gent labors, as President Of the com.
pany, something, at least, of its sue.
cess is due. have no hearticr vel
come to give to day than that which
my heart offers before my tongue can
utter ito Thomas SWAMI.
All those who faithfully labor in
tue commencement Of great under
takings, seeking to realize in mate.
rial forms great IDEAS, build lar
more wisely than they know. The
projectors oil the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad little imagined how much
more vast than even their great con.
ception, were to be the results OF the
work they undertook. They con-
templatcd q connection with Ohio,
and through Ohio and its affiliated
waters, with the immense territories
watered by them. But they did not
dream that those rivdrs, themselves,
were to bo halt superseded by other
railroads, continuing their own iron
track farther and farther towards the
setting sun. They did not even con.
template, believe, the construction
Of that northwestern Virginia Rail-
road, over whchyou have just come
hither. Still less did they anticipate
that when that branch OF their own
road should be completed TO the
Ohio, this Cincinnati & Marietta
road would be here 10 receive its
passengers and freight, and carry
them westward. lie would have
been connted insane who should
have predicted it. The only hospi.
talities thought TO he due to him who
might then have hoped to partici.
pate in such q celebration rs this,
would have heen the hospitaiities Of
the Lunatic Asylum.
oday, gentlemen, You will have
an opportunity Of seeing how sober
such an anticipation would have
been. Tonight you will be wei.
coined at tho ancient metropolis OF
Ohio. Tomorrow you will be re.
ceived by the Queen City of the
Central Nallcy--atill Justly entitled
10 that proud distiction though many
ambitious aspirantS are eager to
pluck the crown from her brows.-
There is great wonder awaits you.
The Ohio & Mississippi RAILROAD,
forming still nother link Of the Cen.
tral American Railway, stretches
away still westward; and the iron
horse, inpatient Of delay, is eager to
hear ynu an, beyond tho auoiaut lim. .
its OF the Republic, where the mem.
ories ofthe Crusadcs, and Of French
Empire and Of French civilization arc
perpetuated by the name of Sr. Lor,
! Is.
There you may pause; but the
railroad, the locomotive and the tel.
egraph-iron, steam and lightning
the three mighty genii OF modern
civilization, still press onward, and
i venture here to predict, it vii,
know no lasting pause until the
whole vast line of railway shall be
completed from the Atlantic to the
Pacific from Baltimore to San
! Francisco.
! Gentlemen, | must'not detain yon
by reflections. 1t were idle, indeed
to attempt to express the feelings
which these themes excite. God
grant that We may have the wisdom
to understand that this, orr wonder.
ful heritage OF liberty, prosperity,
and extended empire came from
lIim, and can only DC preserved by
obedience to His laws. God grant
that the Union Of the States, which
this great railroad brings into such
intimate relations AMI that larger
Union which embraces all the States
of the Confederation, AMI which
forms the best assurance AMI guar,
ranly OF the permanencc and en-.
,largcment Of our precious heritage
of Free Institutions, may endure in
all it's glorious strength and beauty,
while the mountains and the rivers,
traverscd by the road, shall stand oil
flow.
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The Tragedy in Kentucky.
Yesterday morning we published an
account Of shocking affair whic!
! happenad near the line of the Coving
a.. I 10 - G, L.,