The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-09-09

with an affinity of purpose which is lrreslSt-
able in the accomplis huient OF the intended
object
They decorate their cities to make them
attractive build gorgeous Academies Of
Music for the introduction Of the reiinements
of the opera; endow Libraries munifcently
and throw them open TO strangers; erect
palatial Hotels, which are wonderful in the
luxuriance of their arrangements; open Parks
unriyaled in extent and laid out with all
the skill that science can suggest invest the
intellect of their Inhabitants with the super
vision of all business affairs in Chambers of
Commerce and Boards of Trade, changing
the Committees at stated periods; introduce
street Passenger railroads, so as to bring
the most distant wards into close proximity
as far as regards the time necessary for travel;
adyervertise extensively subscribe literally
TO every scheme TO make business known and
to attract the attention of customers-in
, fine, as communities, they cherish the inter-
ests, growth, and prosperity of their cities
with the same careful attention that they
bestow, as individuals, on the comfort and
beauty of their own homes. They are proud
of their cities; they are continually boasting
of their advantages; they look opOn all
others as mere provincial towns, and, by
steadily pursuing this course, they eventually
have convinced the entire Union of their
metropolitan importance. All this is the re-
suit Of most commendable public spirit
an enlarged and expansive appreciation of
the power Of combined effort and polite
use of the knowledge of human nature,
which teaches them that crowds will gather
where there is attraction; thatth eye must
be fed; that persons travelling away from
home want amusements to while away the
evenings, which hang tediously on those
who are unknown, in that most dreary of
solitudes- large city. The rapid growth
of the places we have enumerated seems like
enchantment, for their grandeur has sprung
up like the fairy palace of Aladdin.
We know the potent spell which has
worked these wonders we know where the
garden spot is in which hangs the old but
precious lamp that gave the boy Aladdin all
his power, and from the light Of its well
known myth, as well as from success of the
efforts we have enumerated, we of Louis
vile may read useful and important les
son. Let US steer by the plain chart which
has guided the Atlantic cities, and make no
effort at untried schemes; the evil genius
of our destiny may be at our elbow with
the cry of "new lamps for old ones and
we must not be tricked into an exchange, or
our talisman is lost for ever. Unity of ac-
ton and public iberality are the lamp and
the ring, which, if rubbed sharply and Wig
orously, will recreate our city, and make it
the acknowledged metropolis of the West
We must not, in the hurry of our individual
vocations, forget the necessities of municipal
advancement We must make our city at
tractive to those who come here as strangers
on business. We must have our comforta-
BILE structures for amusement and rational
enjoyment we should erect Museums of
natural science, halls devoted the Fine Arts
and Schools Of Design; We should have
suburban resorts 70 which we can drive in
the cool of the evening, and We should
beautify and render attractive our city in
every possible manner. The more that is
expended for such purposes, the more ex-
tensive will be the return; the more fea-
lures of beauty we can bestow on Louis
Vile, the more admirers and visitors will
she have. There is no use in making ex-
ertions TO secure large trade here unless
these preparatory steps are taken. All ex-
perience has shown us that people will go
to purchase where their leasure time is most
| agreeably employed.