The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-05-27
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% visit the interior of our grand old Com
I4cuTcath. Born in il, and disposed
allie b. natural attachment and taste to
serve our ogr mortal term in it, and re
gently, moreover, by the providential dis
position Of circumstances, put into the
closet and most permanent relations 70 its
people, the whole current of our existence
fcts in tie DIRECTION Of its interests, hon
On, and happiness. Pennsylvania is our
home, the home Of our dearest friends !;
ibe home Of our memory, aud Of all that
remains Of our hoges-the very home OF
our heart; and We are concerned to JUS
tify, 70 our understanding, the instinctlve
judgment OF our affections. The natural
bias Of strong feelings and absorbing In
tetest- must be allowed for, and largely
To-; but still, the observation aud rehec-
lions Of every day strengthen the convic-
ton that the coolest impartiality ofjudg-
mant abundantly justides all our pride in
kI- native State
Without travelling far, we have with
in the last few years seen the men and
manners Of other communities, the repre-
tentative men Of every region Of our vast
ana vastly diversified country, aud in
these reflected lights we have seen and
studied t"a hcystone State, and still our
pride stands well warranted BY the COM
parson.
The notion exists that because Penn
sylyania has no dazzling reputation, she
can nave nothing marked or grand in her
character. Bat it is just because her
character is SO even BALANCED, w"ll-
rounded and complete, that she is not
strikingIy distinguished in the common
apprehension. She is net spoken Of as
New England is for hex shrewdncss
New York for its commercial enterprise;
thc extreme South for is CGivalry. the
West Tor its progrcss;yencss, simply be-
cause she has every exceiency of each OF
these, her sisters, which are compatible
with each otle,, and has them all 30 t.n-
pcr8d and blended that she ezag1eratcs
pone OF them, but holds them IN the best
b4lance for her charactey and welI-being.
IL the map OF the sisterhood Of States
which have grown up to maturity, Penn
sylyania IS centrally situated aud in cIi-
mate, productions, population, character,
Rnd movement, she has corresE sEonding
ccntraIity. Her people are made up OF
sl the uatjonalities which history
knows in modern times. Her agri-
cultural productions comprise all the
varieties OF the temperate climates; he's
minerals all that are fundamental to civ
iiiLation and ia5ep ra5!c from its growth;
her rivers and mountains, her plains and
tab!elauds, Of medium rank, give heE ali
possible variety within the limits of prac-
tical utility; anl her industry, Ike every
nther quality and condition, IS happily
diversified and symmetrical The only
Safe in the Union, except Virginia,
which stretches quite across the great
Appalachian system Of mountains, she
reaches from the Atlantic slope 10 tho val
icy of the Mississippi, having equal ac-
poss to the ocean on the Fast and the
The heart of the continent on the West,
with an outlet to the Northwest, into
which the new world is spreading by the
way Of the great lakes. Here again her
natural liberties are limited, while they
are secured in such manner that she is
neither centralized within herself nor de-
nationalizcd by the attractions which bear
90 forcibly upon purely maritime States.
The magnitude of the State gives am
plo room ior all this variety, and the nice
" mingled diycrs;ties all conspirc to pro-
ducc 4 harmonious unity. Indeed, all
al | ~,
piete and so we'll adjusted, that if circum,
stances have any influence, the people
can scarcely fail to be an integral and
self-sustained community. For foreign
trade she is near enough TO the coast, yet
not SO near as to be tempted into indus
trial dependency upon foreign nations.-
The agricultural capabilities of the State,
alone, might be made able to sustain
tolcrably dense population; but she is
rescued from such slavery to trade by the
tempting abundance Of her minerals, in
riting to all the forms of manufacturing
production. For the transportation Of.
her own surplus commodities, and the
Importation OF the products of other eli
mates, she has Just sufficient natural IA
2.li.ies, and her people are, by all her nat
lral conditions, persuaded to industrial
independence Take a good road, river,
and canal map, and look at what the
State has done for her own internal com
ncrce, and for all necessary trade with
sister States and the world at large
Trace irst the network of artificial roads
and navigation which traverse the Com
monwcalth; then notice the completeness
of her railroad routes finished and in pro,
gross TO an early completion. Ifthe map
Is Of the right size, and you lay your hand
Dut,pread upon it, the thumb VIII cover
,ho Route TO New York from PhiIadel-
phia, the littie finger that which, border
ing the southeastern limit, connects it
with Baltimore; the fore-fnger indicates