The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-11-10
G % m m u C a tions.
- For tho esprit of Democracy"
Monroe County as She Was
And as She is Nova
Comparative View.

Comparative View.
The love of HOME, the place of ones
nativity is one of the first and l might
say the last impulses of mans nature. The
prattling infant that has glidcd from the
nursery into the outer world, in the be-
wilderment produced by surrounding OBJ
jects, cries to be taken HOME. The am-
bilious youth, who has left the paterual
roof with q fathers blessing, and q moth
ers prayers, and wandered to the extrem-
es of the Earth in pursuit OF. fame and
wealth, which may have been attended
with success or disappointment, equal
ly sighs for home ~ 2 l
The man destitute of this regard for
his infantile household gods, for the en-
dearing associations of his youth, has
certainly snnk SO far in the scale of hu.
manity, that he is no longer worthy the
name, the form of which he bears. Yes
Old Monroe, ("Dark, benighted, and H.
literate" as some of our modern AIhara.
sees would make you) we have some kind
ly regard for thee, and would fsin re-
move from thy fair escutcheon some of
the foul ISLANDERS, that have been SO uu-
provokealy heapcd npon you by your
neighbors, (unless being decidedly Demo
cratic is provoking) Being a native Of
Monroe, illiterate and uneducated Mon
roe, it will not be presumed, friend Spirit
that wish TO take mp the. guage. and
measure lance, or shiver saear in BAN
dying or parrylng billinsgate, With the
PAa,ssaical president of "Sharon Col
lege"-"the local, moral and ecclesiasto
political editor of the Consolidated Re.
publican What an array oftitles!-
Enough to make poor fellow who learn
ed to read and write by torch light 1--WE
say fire light in Monroc,) and, grad
uated in the chimney corner, lay
down his weapons of warfare and leave
the defence of his home, the place of his
nativity, to some etitled dignitary of the
priesthood But sir Pharssee, as we in.
tend to deal in facts and 6gures, (math,
ematical Of course.) and not logical, for
we are informed of old that the Pharisee
is not expert in the solution of the latter
but was an adept in the former. We will
not desist on accountIo of the array. And
now for the facts:-Monroe county, H.
literate, ebenighted Monroe was founded in
1913, from Belmont. Washington and
Guernsey, these counties retaining their
wealth, Schools, and all the advantages
necessary to rapid Advancement, and sur.
rendering their. frontiers with little or no
improvements for agricultural pursuits,
of schools or school-houses, and not a
church edifce for the formation of Mon
roe. Who does not know that in the
first settlement of this country, the wealth
the learning, the schools, the churches
yea even the priests were all concentra-
ted at the varions county seats, and from
thence radiated to the periphery, Tex
cuse the 6gure.) ~ - 1i sea- 2ta2 % .s
Monroe leaves Belmont, Guernsey and
Washington in possession of these advan-
tages, and we 6nd her (1 years AFTER
wards.) in 1920 with population Of
something over 400O,-While The parent
counties, eaci, contained more than dou-
ble that amount. With these disadvan-
tages against Us, against my old Home,
to start upon, let us enquire If we as good
citizens have been diligentl have we
kept as near even as we started? The
census Of 1880, 40 and 80 show that We
have not only increased our population
pro-rdta with the parent counties, but
that we have also felledl the mighty for
rests, reared dwellings, built roads, erected
churches, that VIM accommodate as many
worshipers, as those Of any of the adjoin-
ing counties, We have also erected fac
tories, mills. and school houses, in s1fi-
cient number to learn the people how to
read. At least the census report of $40
aud so makes old Monroe compare very
favorable. not only with the adjoining
counties, but she far surpasses tay Ross,
and some other co unties, in the number
Of her "citizens over 20" that arc able to |
read and write, in proportion to the whole
1umber Of Inhabitants God rewards not
nan according to his intrinsic goodness,
,ut according to the advancement he has
made aud the difficulties he has overcome.
rhe true man should SO far as he is capa-
lie initiate The divine will, and meet outl