Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-12-08


culverIs, water-works, public landings, and
many other public improvements, demand
ed by commerce, or needed for sanitary pur-
poses, equally valuable 10 q future gener-
a'ion, aud which the present generation
could not altogether supply, except through
the means of public credit. We would al
so be forbidden 10 incur debt necessary in
carrying Oh defensive war, by which our
liberties and sacred rights might be pre-
served and became the heritage Of our
children. Ii is not contended that we have
any moIa right to incur debt recklessly or
nerdles,ly. And il is clear that, beyond
the measure Of benefit, we have no right 10
incu,nber the heritage Of those who take
Cur pieces.
Vita agricultural resources unequalled
By ahy other Safe in the Union; with sails
o! unsurpassed fertility, variously adapted
10 the production Of nearly ell the necessa-
ries Of iife, and eminenily so 10 most of the
marketable staples including all the cereals,
corn, hemp, tobacco, the various grasses
and every description Of fruits, including
the grape, for lie production OF which a
p"rirn of our State is equal 10 any portion
Of Europe; ard with mineral resources
haundiess IN extent, embracing all the most
useful metals, (the possession Of which
tends greatly more 10 the permanent pos
perily Of a country ihan the precious met
ais together with many OF the minerals Of
secondary Importance, it becomes alike ctr
duy and our interest TO provide facilities
for Transportation, suited 10 the development
oftheee resources, and 10 Ike spirit Of the
age. A tenfold increase Of the population
HOW in he State would add TO the prospe i
" Of hose already here; pnd while the sew
eraI States are all holding out Inducements
fer immigration, shall we, with our supe-
rior advantages, remain iistless, and let the
rcfive, eager millions Of human beings who
nrc throrging the thoroughIares Of the c oun-
fry in pursuit Of subsistence and home,
pass US by upon The right and left, and thus
allow our millions Of acres of virgin soil, and
our inexhaustibe miles Of coal, and depos
is Of iron, lead, copper, and other minerals
30 remain useless munificence Of Heaven:
DO we nc, enhance the svaiue Of the herit-
age of our successors, and contribute 10 the
general good, by public works Of permanent
utility, that will bring these vast resources
INTO u:c?
Bit The question. in The present state Of
things, is not, virtually, whether we shall
hurrhen rosleriry with debt; but rather, how
much Of the debt already incurred can we,
by iudicicus Management, secure the liqui-
datinn If, in accordance with the original
intention. believe that every dollar of il
can thus be provided for. 1t is Only nee
cssary that this General Assembly shall
WILL il, md devote their abilities 10 its
achievement.
One very important result accomplished
by the construction thus lar of our present
railroads, is that Of having made the PEG
PIE acquainted with their utility. The in
creased value Of property and the general
Prosperity caused By the Introduction OF
This system, has produced the conviction
upon lie public mind, that the best possible
way Of advancing individual interests, Is 10
contribute a portion Of their private means
in aid Of public enterprises. This result is
ALREADY obSeraYable in various portions OF
The State. where rai!fosd projects are re-
ceiyed with great favor; and, where cash
means cannot be commanded, lands are free
Iy subscribed or rnorigased, in the full be-
lief that the portion OF landed property re-
served, will, with railroad facilities. be
worth more han the whole estate would
have been without them.
This fact is a verifcation Of the axiom
shat duty and interest 90 hand in hand Il
is Unique siionably true that public anu pri-
waite interests are so blended that in promo,
ting the former, according TO our meanS,
we also promote the latter. In the more
ordinary demands upon CIR libera!iiy in be-
hall of public measures-the building 0!
school-houses. churches, county buildings
and c1lnnnu roads and bridges this prin-
cip!c of economy IS more generally under
stood and appreciated. But it is equally
applicable 10 this more modern econnUy.-
The magnitude Of the enterprise at first ez-
cites ii;niity and d>tras'; but by little
experience these are dis PEELED, AID The miad
is aroused 10 the fact, that THIS is an age ui
progress; that stand-stiil policy is 10 Ion
ger safe or desirable; in fact, tha; it is i'm
possible 10 stand sill: that if We will not
advance, NE must retragrlde in the ypri-
Gus elements Of prosperity, These are The
convictions which our public works have
forced upon the citizens Of our State; and
this single effect, in no very extended Pc
Rod, will add more toihe wealth of Mis-
souri, than our roads have cost. and it in
sures The completion Of our present enter
prises with wha! the State can yet do.
1t is hoped that the discussions Of the
great measure Of the session, involving as
it does momentous results, will be entered
upon without regard to party considerations
and that your final action will accord with
the dignity and responsibility with which
you are invested.
The Capitol Grounds will, before your f.
nal adjournment, claim share Of your al
tention. The importance Of making pro-
vision far completing their improvement, is
too manifest to require any argument. In
their present condition, The labor already
done is rapidly going TO waste. In them
can be seen. from The windows Of Ike Cap
itol, a practical Illustration of what will be
the condition of the Slate, if the MIGHT'VE