East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-02-10
THE TRUTH.

cratic Governor of New York, in a
speech at Brooklyn before the election
last fail, thus truthfully alluded to one
of the great causes of our present
trouble. He said .
How happened it in this great me.
tropolis-here in this great city OF
Brooklyn. where you saw ev"ry day
when You looked over yonder beautiful
bay, yonr vessels deeply frerghted with
tho rich products of the South-when
You saw daily evidence of their wealth
and Of their ability to buy produce--
how WAS it that you were male tn be-
lieye that these were a helpless, depend
ent, poverty stricken people ? How
came it that against your reading IN
history. against the very observation of
daily life. you entertained and cherished
this moastrous mistake that is being
blotted out by the rel blood from the
veins of your brothers I? Do you not
know Do you not remember u"
back to your press-go back to your
rostrum and alas sometimes go back
To the sacred house of God, and see it
YOU were not taught these express tal
laces. 1t was no accident. / tell You
this fatal Ignorance was the result ot
long years of systematic teaching that
has brought upon this lanI the terrible
calamities which now affect 1t. Say
what You please, AMI think what you
please as to the cause of this war--say
it is slavery. say il is abolitionsn, say
it is ambition, say ii is thirst fol wealth,
but every man knows it the people
of this country, North and South, had
been well informed with reear,l To each
other, this war would never have been.
| assert here that wilEout that great
underlying cause. that ignoranoe,--
those misrepresentation, those mis-.
taxes. chat " IRE so ndnstrlonsly incul
Gated in vouf minds, our country to-day
would not be filled with bloodshcd by
brothers in sn unnatural strife"
BEET Roor SuGAe.-We have hal
an opportunity, recently, of examining
several specimens of it in this city.
which were manufactured at Chlcagn,
from bcetS grown on the prinrles OF IL
linois. The supply of sugar by th"
Mississippi being cut off by the enbar
90 of that river Mr. Bclcher, well
known sugar refiner in the West, turned
his attention to the refining of syrnp
from the sorghum plant, which has now
become staple crop in Iowa ahi Hi
nois 1t is estimated that 5,000,060
gallons of syrup were produced in the
West the past year. 70 extend the
source of supply of domestic sugars,
Mr.. 3elcher procured last spring, from
Europe, supply of seeds Of various
kinds of the sugar beet, and, by the
agency of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company, distributed them among the
farmers on the line of that road, and
through a range Of 200 miles, with a
view to ascertain the kind of soil am,
climate best adapted to the growth of
the root.
The result, so far, has been OF most
gratifying character An ana ysis of
several samples raised in the black prai.
rie soil yielded from 0 to 10 ~ per
cent of sacharine matter. The samples
Of sugar produced were from liquor
evaporated IN the open pan, and, al.
though undoubtedly far inferior to what
might have been produced by more
elaborate and scientific process, have
b,en pronounced 10y our most inteili.
gent retiners to be of superior quality,
and well granunted, AMI worth to day
ten cents per pound. The best is pro-
duced by intelligent Germans, fam iIIar
with the process of sugar.making from
it, sail to bo fully equal to the best
quality produced IA Germany or Francs
under the InuSt favorable circumstaD.
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