Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-10-03
Letter No. @.

was sell imposed owe II no less To the public than
to myself to give them more extended bearing
than the treatment of local interests would permit
but to which they legitimately lead,
If calmly we can dsassociate the mind from the
prejudica incidental to the past, and in that unbi-
as condition, directed by the lightsof our tumul-
tuou' hut fruitful experience, without the aint of
prophet, vanity. calculate probable future.
cannot hu' be seriously impressed with the absolute
necessity of avoiding indscrimuate, impusive. or
diSa>ociate action in so huge and vital an enter
prise the application of railway system to
! state. IT. intimate relation with the development
of mineral resources. the stimulus It will give, and
the local revolutions that will follow in its wake.
demand the keenest shrewdness and tact. strong
ju gment and great analytical talent Possessed of
the preliminary qualifications, we have everything
to hope. But when local Irejudoes disciplined
to opposition with capital, and tact ready to
achieve a counter purpose. the convenience of a
State will be jeopardzed by local alacrity, and the
cohesive power of associative action broken Too
much depends upon a railway system in California
socially and commercially, to be Ii hty undertaken
huch as labor an energy in California have done
for odr national commerce. to aggrandize our sister
States OF the confederacy, we, State. stand in
the anamalous position Of having expended for the
time we have endured an unparalleled amount of
! labor and capital without adding to our intrinsic
wealth The same amo~nt expended by any other
! member of the Union, would have resulted in aug
montei commercial facility, by the completion of
canals railways and the establishment of anu
factories: but with wherever the pick of the mi
descends the surface disarrangement consequent
to hi, pursuits imposes lasting sterility The soil
| nd tai khq farti Wit
hle and uuf ultiul superstrata. II may be ureed,
though with more sophistry than pIopriety. that a
removal of any portion of the wealth of State i,
reduction of its intrinsic value but such objection
is ivoou. here where the staple of our State is not
of that bulky character requiring the construction
of canals or railways for its removal, and the
Payment of mercantile marine to bear it from our
shores. thus constituting p oftabe off,et. in
CURED labor and international commerce have
minated in letter third the pro liability of the in
ter or nav Nigat0n Of our State becoming seriously
incomnoded by the deposit annually accumuatng
in rivers Now there is also. Iesultive of this
circum. tancp an accelerate momentum given to
water during fIe>hetS causing more extensive gut
tering and waste TO our alluval bottoms. and en-
dangering the upeIstructure of bridges, by lending
greater power to opposing obstacles, and the ex-
pense attending it's practical advance mitigation
of those undenable difficulties from discount on
intrinsic value, by retarding our internal prog
re>S.
The transitorv and unsettled character of our pop
uaton, aud the huge institution of loafersm which
from natural causes afflicted with. the
results of anamalou order of things. yet forming
material which good statesman would turn to ad
vantagous account Hitherto irregular and crimi-
nal expenditure of public money has left hous' nd'
of unfortunate miners, during sickness without
the resource of hospital relief in the r.m, ter
tiesthus alternating their affection to soil and
dssipatng any nucleus of fxed intention of perma-
nent residence. This might have been avoided. and
less reprehensble order of things prevailed, had
the sphit Of the age been less opposed to the calls
of humanity. 1t is. however, never too late to re-
form, and never had a statesman greater field for
the tl'play of ihtee tIal greatness, or from which
to gather more enviable repute, than in harmon z
ing our unprecedente conflicting. and anomalous
condition, with movements that lead to great des
tiny.
As yat without any oGgauzed mode of
;rodtably consuming the unapplied muscle aud sim
ew that drluge the State. We want railways, man
ufactorieS. dock yards, and ship-bulding-the de-
velopment of bulkier mineral, stone, marble and
eoal-we want legislative endctmentS defining aud
securing lmmunitieS to di>coverers-we want appro-
priationS practically aud efficiently institute
tended geological research, by talented and expert
enced expiorers-we want more extensive assistance
iven to artesian experiment and canalage, for pur
noses of extended irrigation, towards the increase
of our agricultural area. Valuable premiums ought
to be giyen and honorable distinction held out to
the discoyerers of iron ore, and protection afforded
70 the manufacture Of iron Tannerles ought to be
fostered aud wine and spirit making encouraged
our coast fisheries ought to be extended that ele
ment as a food being much wanted in the State
sanitary agent--ths latter branch Of industry be-
ing vitality important. cannot he extended whilst the
area of it, consumption is contracted. Fresh or
cured i, is absolutely essential to the enduring yig
or of people, and the present contracted area of
consumption can only be extended by the IecOmo-
tive The importation of guano is required 10 Ter
iii ne our more elevated lands and increase
real productions. from pa pable and inc0nte,thle
reasons the increased production OF these bulkier
materials for expectation. must be encouraged or IL
is in vain we found colleges erect schools. II ou
advance as IA commercial nation Is not comnehhu-
rate with increasing intelligence. To thlS emu
we must find means TO absorb the hnge bohtthg iu
dolence of our State, by restoring 1t to lnduNrlaI
pursuits alike nationally and individually remu-
nerative We must. through the intervention OF
manufacture. restrict importation ana encourage
expectation. for by such means alone can we SharSe
or give stability to our currency, without "hlch all