Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-02
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Ipass bills for the organization of the en-
bryo Territories of Nevada, -Dacotah,
Arizonia, and Neosho. When Mime
7 sofa shall be admitted into the Union the
number of States will be thirty-two.-
Oregon and Washington will raise the
number to thirty-four, and Nebraska
and New Mexico to thirty-six; and the
four new Territories would, when ad-
mitted, increase the circle to forty
Should Texas and California each be di-
vided into three States, as is proposed,
the number would be raised to forty
six. Then there is the proposed State
of Superior or Itasca, making the mum
Der forty-seven. We have omitted Utah;
but if that Territory be admitted as a
State, the number would be forty-eight.
This number would be reached without
any division of Nebraska, Oregon or
Washington. But the former is large
enough for six or seven States, Oregon
for three, and Washington for two
These calculations serve to convey an
idea of the rapid growth of our repub-
4ie1,t the immense extent Of our unsettled
Territory, and the Importance of the leg
i~slation affecting it. This wilderness is
a vast empire of itself. Before twenty
years it will be teeming with an indus
%trious, hardy, enterprising and enlight-
ened population. In the unknown sol
itudes of the great mountain region, and
by the margin of the grandly rolling
rivers, prosperous cities will spring up,
while the voice of the farmer, the low
of his cattle, the scream of the locomo-
tive, and the rushing sound of the steam
boat will everywhere tell that c~iviliza-
ton has reached the far West. Whata
minc of wealth will all this be to the
commercial and manufacturing classes
of our own section. Then Philadelphia,
Baltimore, New York and Boston will
be the mart of a trade compared with
which, what VIC do at present is a trife.
There is nothing in the progress of the
West which is not of interest here
Banks, currency, agriculture, towns,
lands, mails, newspapers, workshops,
trade, religion, education, customs, all
are of great Importance to the eastern
cities. We send our merchandise, la
borers, capital, missionaries, educators,
physicians, editors, machinery, and re-
ceive brilliant returns. Every new Ter
ritory organized is a fresh source of
profit to us. Every new State admit
ted is an impetus given to extension of
trade. Hence the disposition of the
Western empire is of vast Importance to
us, and we should take an active part in
such disposal.-North american.
na-The New York News says: We
desire no better evidence of the ability
and superior sagacity ofthe A~dministra-
ton now in power at the scat of Gov
eminent, than the ease and. natural APP
titude for business displayed by the var
ious members composing it, and the
readiness with which they seize upon
the intricacies, and conduct the affairs
connected with their several official pos
itions.
Easy Of access and approachable at
all seasonable times, ready to listen to
the wants or requirements ofall having
business official or otherwise, each in
dividual member of the Cabinet with the
President, have already drawn to them
selves a force-a body guard-of warm
and devoted friends, who are prepared
to show their devotion to the Admins
t~ration, and shrink not from its jealous
defense whenever occasion requires
The President has been truly fortunate
in the election of his Cabinet, in sur
rounding himself with statesmen of abil-
ity, and in every sense, able business
men.
There are no laggards, no drones, but
every one brings to bear upon the duties
connected with his own Department the
searching, close and severe appli-
be seen, and the effects visible to the
most obtuse.
There is one department where more
is required for the correction of evils,
and more is expected than perhaps in
any other-we mean the Post Office De-
is great and even
shameful arrangement in the transmits
of the mail matter, and it is owing
to our mail system or to the in
efficiency, if not dishonesty, of the Gov
crnment agents, postmasters, &c.
We have often referred to our own
suffering from these causes, and we have
in many of our exchanges the
same complaints. but we feel assured, from
the knowledge and acquaintance VIC have
of the present Postmaster General, that