The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1857-07-09

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We copy the following because Of the
noble sentiments expressed in the closing
paragraph, They are truely conservative
sentiments, and are the views Of every
true patriot in this glorious confedracy;
We coy with pleasure the following
paragraph from the Cincinnati Gazette
Of June 6. We learn that the remaining
S32 900 of the 100000 promised by
Cincinnati, to complete the Lexington
and Danyiie Railroad to the Kentucky
River, has recently been raised by the
energetic committee and their associates,
who recently visited the work:
"lf Bllimore. with only $4,000, 900
Of unstable State bonds, could complete
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad t.
Wheeling, costing S7OO0,OOo, and then
make the Parkesburg Airline at cost
Of $5 000000 more, what cannot Gin
cinnai do when she determines to finish
her great Hunk-Ilne, through Kentucky
10 the Tennessee State line?
"rhe farmers of Kentucky will sub
scribe literally, and pay what they prom
ise, but it will require the concentration
ofcity capital and energy 10 carry through
this great gort. Then, indeed, may the
Queen City have an ovation worthy Of
her present condition and future glorious
destiny, Now she is a stopping place for
wood and water, food and rest, between
the East and West, Then she will be
the northern terminus Of work, resting,
in the South, on the Southern Atlantic,
Gull Of Mexico and Lower Mississippi
The waters of the ocean, the gulf and
the great Father of Waters will be
poured together into the Upper Ohio, and
a realm Of wealth be opened to her trade
equaled only by the Indies 10 Spain,
when discovered by Columbus.
While we are celebrating the advent Of
one great social artery. we should not
forget that another, and that the most i'm
portant remains to te completed. Where
is our great Southern artery? Slowly
we have reached Lexington; slowly we
approach DanvlIe. The great Clay
Bridge will, we hope, soon be finished,
and that noble monument Of civil archi-
lecture will prove that we have advanced
some way towards the South. But much
remains to be done. East Tennessee is
anxiou, to meet US, and there is only the
distance from the Tennessee line TO Dam
vile to be provided for, and we she'll
shake hands with the Sou;h, We shall
be united by the iron bond-which, once
es labli>hed, shall last forever The peo
pie Of Charleston, and, we believe, the
people Of South Carolina, have long been
anxious to complete their lines Of rail-
roads, so as to unite with Cincinnati
The Blue Ridge Railroad, which will
make a direct line from Charleston To
Knoxville, is now provided for. Thus,
by the time we can make a road from
DanviIe tolhe Tennessee boundary-less
than a hundred miles--lhe direct line
from Charleston will be complete. and
we shall celebrate a greater event than
that we have now celebrated, 1t will be
the iron bond between The North and the
South. We have differed politically, and
we shall probably always differ or the
great moral and political questions which
have so long agitated the country. The
North is likely to grow Stronger, rather
than weaker, in its conviction that free
dom is the Just and ultimate destiny OF
man. But why should we not agree to
dtferl Why should we not be satisfied
with the ample 6sld- for controversy found
under the broad fol1'of the Constitution?
For ourselves, we have never admitted
the possibilitg,of dis.union, We scout
the idea. The people have long since
found oue what GenerasSGNs said was
ais convclioFWon h+sfetSrnlrom Europe
thatathis is lbsYbest GYernmen,, the
happiest pe6piey ,gnd the most prosperous
country under Ne canopy of heaven
Such country. and such destiny as
lies before it, 40 sane man will give up.
While such is our conviction, we are
not the less pleased 10 see new bonds Of
social and commercial intercourse. uni
ting the people, and rendering the Union
as enduring as it is glorious Lexington
Observer and Reporter.