Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-12

grasp, we will not give it up, for the induce
ments held out to us at the present time are
more fattering than ever before.
Those who have heretofore been but list
less and silent consenters to our work are now
our warmest advocates. Hundreds of inhu-
entail men have enlisted under our banner.
and are now in our ranks fighting with us,
because they think our cause just and right,
and their own Interests are at stake. Their
pockets and purses are likely to be touched,
and 1t is WonderoUs strange what complete
revolution circumstances will produce in the
minds of some individuals We know the
feeling of benevolence in the majority of our
countrymen can only be reached thro' their
pockets. Begin to unloose their purse strings
and thousands who were before inactive will
fly to the rescue, deeming 1t their duty to
protect themselves, if they have to assist 9TH
ers in doing so [ heartily wish the Cam
brians' purse-stringsi were india-rubber, and
some would begin to expand it. Methinks
we would have recruits pouring in upon us
by hundreds Friends we never wot of be-
fore would eagerly reach for the friendly wag
of the Pine countyian's right paw The
interest manifested by some persons for their
country's good is great, but for their own is
greater still, and with the great mass beney-
olence flows more freely when it begins at
home.
But, gentlemen, why are we asking for the
erection of Pine county Is it to our inter
est to secure it? What inducements have
We for entering into the movement with so
much zeal ? TO the first question / would
say. we are asking it because we think it our
! right, and if justice is awarded by our Rep
resentatives our prayers will not as heretofore
be passed by without being needed. Sec
| ondly, no person who has been q resident of
this county, and has undergone all the disaG-
vantages arising from the inconvenience Of
| its poor markets, worse than miserable roads,
| etc., can but think that it is to every ones
| interest, not in one but numerous ways
Thirdly, our duty to self and country demands
our most active eXertiOns, and we go in for
the greatest good for the greatest number,
and the number benefited by the erection of
Pine county will not be smaNIt is acknowl-
edged by all, and we know, that there are
the means within our bounds to make good
county, and all We want are the ways so that
| we can apply our numerous resources The
| inducements We would hold out for persons
to join with US are the many advantages and
beneits arising fro Il it, not only to our own
county but to all the surrounding ones. Iu
| reference to our natural resources, | would
say they are unsurpassable. Our timber is
| the best the United States can produce, and
the quantity for the same area of country
cannot be found Besides the evergreen for
csts of lofty pines, there are numerous beds
of iron-ore and stone -coal-ln fact by the ap-
pesrauce and face Of our country, its mineral
, wealth is unbounded Millions upon millions
Of treasure lie hidden underneath the surface,
aud We can hardly compute that which is in
view or upon it, and it viii all be as the hid
den testimony Of the rocks-remain mystery
until there are the ways and means of bring
ipg II into usefulness. Besides this treasure
: the sell of our country is susceptible of the
highest state of cultivation, and is not sur
passed by any of the counties among the
S mountains We can and have raised as mucl
e ! good grain to the acre as some older counties
: and for grass and grazing purposes we def,
2 the world You may travel from the ST. Law
a renee to the Rio Grande, or from the Atlanti
: to the Pacific, and you will not find its su
pcror for water power. Almost every trac
t of land contains good stream Of water an
d cascades enough for mill-seat.
:. Gentlemen, if Pine county i S erected, be
d fore twenty years roll around she will ran
il among the first in the State. You ma
III think it a wild dream, or nothing but a
of imaginary vision of mine; bnt there is with
its bounds, as l have shown, that which vi
in make her such; and all we want or ask for
it the chance other counties have and the mo-
of sangune expectation will be more than rea
It. lied No picture fancy draw will
it over estimated, and 1t will require an imag
I'll native mind to calculate the increase Of popl
lie latiou and wealth.
" Our county, although laboring und
o, countless difficulties and Inconvenience, h
en- more enterprise than many others having tt
.e, chances of increase and improvement to Of
lis one. With me take retrospective of O,
. country ten years ago, and what was it 2
I'm Nothing but wilderness. with here al
re there small clearing. person could traV
of for miles without meeting an Individual
of seeing q habitatiop: now there are GO
Z farms with all the requisite appurtenances
IN, almost every direction. The ox-driVe
ed shout is ngled with the putting of the stea
he engine the plow-boy ''ge-wo" with t
ms school boy S merry laugh the roar of ST
err quehanna's boiling flood with the song a
its lest of the jolly raftsman; the baying of
ng hunters hounds with the ringing mill-saH
las the crack of the teamsters whip with the j
ro- gle of the merry sleigh-bells-in fact ever
he thing in this short time has undergone CO
it ,lete transformation, and when then nothi
ing but the hooting of owls and woods prevailt
uc- now civilization reigns supreme There
,al- never, in the annals of time, been coun
yle having the same obstacles to surmount,
ty, proved as ours, and if we could but gain
me many advantages we are deserving of,
ere rapid strides we would make towards i
be provement and wealth cannot be realized
the any common mind. Where now man
Gus his hundreds, we would count his thousan
ded every stick of timber would fetch It's full '
rom ue, and instead Of wearing OPT soul and bc
ore removing the wood off the grounds, in
me, manner we now do, full recompense fol
the would be received, and the proceeds VIC
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