The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-22

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From the western Reserve.
RAvBNNAIO., Aug. Is.
EDITOR HAwK-EYB:-I write you from
land flowing with milk and-cheese.-
Doubtless your editorial lips have smack
| ed their approval oil specimens Of that lux
ury manufactured in this very section.
The "Western Reserve" so-called be-
cause once held by the State of Connect
cut, and afterwards coded to the state OF
Ohio comprises the tiers of counties Dor
dering the northern and northeastern part
of the State, and was largely settled by
emigrants from New York and the New
England States. Partaking of the thrifty
and enterprising spirit Of those mother
States; the settlers soon created gardens in
the-then-western wilds. and contributed
largely in placing Ohio third in the grade
of States. The soil, although less sterile
than New England, is not as fertile as 1lli-
nois and Iowa-hence the farmer can de-
rive more profit from the dairy than the
corn field. This is emphatically the lead
ing cheese making section of the Union,
and is often called "Cheesedom." The dali
nv products of the Reserve find market as
far away as Chicago, st. Louis and New
Orleans. This fact may account for the
attempted wit of a cynical Southerner
while visiting well stored cheese house
that he should think the Western Reserve
ought to afford hUely trade, although
there probably was heavy draft upon its
laboring population for the naval service
as the Reserve furnished SO many excel
lent Shippers!
Rayenna, the shire town Of Portage
county, is situated about thirty-five miles
south east of Cleveland at the intersection
of the Cleveland and Pittsburg, and Allan
tic and Great Western Railroads. The vii
lage is incorporated and has about $500
inhabitants, with no features OF peculiar
interest other than those that usually mark
villages of that,kind. Theinhabitants make
good class of citizens, especially when
they behave themselves. Like ali people
they have public hobby horse. In this
instance it is Radical Abolitionism. This
| element has ever presented an united front
on the Reserve, and in former days was a
terrible thorn in the conservative side of
more Southern Ohio. No half way men
and measures were tolerated here. Milk
and. politicians received no sympa-
thy from the ruling majority Of Cheese
dom.
However questionable it may be whether
extremists Of any class can be nearest the
right, there is no doubt the Radical Adolf
tionists of the Reserve have done good ser
vice in purifying the political atmosphere.
They were a necessary evilt) to counter
balance the extremists of opposite views,
and to prevent the conservative element
from becoming too conservative and cor
rupt. The radicals of Ohio were the leaven
that leavened the whole political lump
| They were escape valves for the restless
patriotism of the country and, after all
were the real, the true and living cOnser-
vatives ofsthe country.
MThe political contest in this State has full :
~ opened. BY wise forethought of the
last Legislature provision was made where
| by the man who went to the defense of his
country was not disfranchised-an the
soldiers vote makes the result of the fall
election fOregone conclusion. Neyerthe-
| less it seems to be the design of John
Brough and his loyal co-workers to evoke
and arouse to the highest standard the pa
| triotism Of the people. Immense mass
meetings, exceeding in enthusiasm and
attendance those of the Lincoln campaign
and hardly excelled in 1910, are being held
all over the State. had the pleasure OF
attending one of these gatherings at War
rem, Trumbull county, whittier people
| from thirty and forty miles around focked
| to hear "Honest John Brough" speak upon
| the issues, or rather the one great issue OF
the day, and stood under most sweltering
sun to catch the earnest words Of their
chosen leader.
The people at home alone will save the
State from the disgrace Of the election of an
exiled traitor, and the vote of one hundred
thousand indignant soldiers will make the
| majority overwhelming. am no political
prophet. I do not attempt to Figure out"
| q victory. But the facts l state are SO pal
pable even to the careless observer that he
who runs may read. The many prominent
Democrats found in every section Of the
State who are openly fighting the traitor
candidates-and many others who main
len support, indicate tone of loyalty in
| the masses that will find an unqualified
expression at the ballot box-both encour-
aging to the friends of Liberty and decisive
in results. P.B.
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