The mountain Democrat., 1863-10-03

| the mechanical genius OF OUT PeOPis ""eu eP
pIied to agriculture, that hlls the granarIes ol
ihe natiun and feeds our armies. The genius
of horticulture fills to the brip the eOrnueopia
of Potnana, and our wine cellars with spark
ling catavvba. Mechanical genius constructs
,he monitors of ocean, builds our machine
shobS manufactures aud qIlftE millH, sinks
! lhe sliaft iuto and drives the tunnel thrpngb
The rneky hearts Of your hills, lifls the NE.
duct to lis dizzy height and hangs the railIOad
upnn the ni0untain side.
II shnud then be one Of the sterling objects
Of this and all kindred SocieIies, to Encourage
by liberal awards, the inventive genius Of our
people.
| HIShNnsA sOCNethinG, 0t the wealth and many
oF rhe measures OF ne at 6yS1A In 81 DOrndO
County have been derived lrOm the practice Of
horticulture, vet. no one can deny that the
greatest wealth producing interest has ever
been, and will ling continue TO be, her gold
and mineral products.
Ten years ago. it was said her mines were
giving out live years ago, many were quite
sure they were, and now We all know they are.
They are not only giving out a fair return for
all the skill and labor bestowed upon them,
but q large overplus besides, and many OF your
penple are getting Iich from the gold from your
plucers and quartz lOdes
Not entirely frum gold hereafter. for now an
/ other Of the very valuable, Il NOT rrecinus met
| Ala has Deen QlScOEeTcu tu uuutCtuuo
within the limits Of your county, the working
of which promises fair to become an immense
business interest, us profitable as 1t will be
lasting allude to the recent copper dlscov'
| cries.
There is M longer doubt in regard to the
extent und value 0t some Of your copper bear
| ing ludes, and when We take into consideration
the uctuaI commercial value Of the metal, the
facilities that railroad connecting your county
/ Il G.
easv and cheap transportation of the ores, in
connection with the new and greatly improved
processes for saving ghld from quartz. render
| ing valuable many gold bearing ludes that be-
| fore would not pay f,r working, and the num-
bers of new ludes now being discovered in the
search for copper, leaves no room to doubt that
new era III mining prosperity is about 10
dawn upon you. 1uu can see its effects al.
ready Men, that two or three wears ago were
idle upon your streets BY scores, bummerS,
almost, are now active men, working for good
wages here, or going there and still elseWher
searching "ut and finding, almost daily, new
deposits of valuable minerals.
Political eCUnnmSis tr Quently aver that the
prOduciuh IT gold ndds m0 real wealth tn u
country, that us we Gun neither eat il nor cnihe
our boLieS with it, il is Of less value Than ftn,d
or raiment And VET, in the next breath, We
are t,ld that California can never become rich
ill We can siop the drain upon our preciouS
metals. Nuw, | nm not going to discuss the
question at all but simply assume the position
that gold is very convenient commodity To
possess, and when properly used, carries with
il much II convenience and happiness. 90 4"
the hOSpitalSn of the East, ask the poor sick ,and
manned soldiers Of our armies whether Caifnr.
mia gold has been their 6anc Or blessing. Have
not The eyes Of the world abroad been fixed, IL
il were. upon CaIntnia's gft tu the sanitary
committees? and thnugh in gold, Was it not
esteemed great gift = ~ great that teats Of
gratitude, such HS none but nation in the
night Of ITS greatest agony knows how I" she'd.
in great wave and wave after wave that even
the Rocky Mountains could not keep back
came rolling in upon ua.
The direct gold weld nf FL D ,radn Countv
mnv not be as great as il has been. neither are
there now many more than tenth of the mum.
Der once engHged in producing II but the time
is not distant when the number "f vcur quartz
mills will be greatly mcreaS aSed, even in that
portion "t ynur county where they have TO The
present been principally located.
But this is not all you have reason 10 hope
for: there is EVIDENCE. tialterinR Evidence. that
wide belt Of region between the ulh wot keh
placers and quartz lodes and the submits of
the Sierras. will be found as productive in gold
and, perhaps, silver. AS any district of country
the same distance east Of the same SUBMITS.
The lndeiaiigable search for copper will dis.
cover gold and other metals and minerals
which we have every reason IN believe will ul.
timately prove immensely valuable and
source Of grealh wealth tn the county.
lit has been the experience To some extent,
that gold bearing quartz lodes get tOorer as Ne
Eu duwp upon them, the reverse IS the eXpe-
Iience "f The world as regards COPPER mines,
80 that, US generations If men in the old coun.
tries have seen the same copper mines steadily
! a.. 4. 4 4
as the depth from Inc surface increased, we
may fairly rea>"n from this. that the Iitsent
generation ar their immediate successors will
never see our present copper mines in the con.
dltinn # their fullest pr'ductlrene.S ar tnlue
In this. then, We see source Ot wealth to
FL Dorado county that will aid greatly IN Civ
ing permanpncy 10 homes here, and as homes
and sacred hedrthStoneS are the true ard only
reliable ioundaliun on which nation can build
its greainesSwe should never relax our efforts
in fostering aud multiplying, by every means
m mIr power, The Tbdffding up Of permanent
homes.
Agriculture, BY lis tendency to broad fields
and countless acres. sets these homes down far
apart; horticulture brings them closer t"geih-
er whilst workshops, manufactures aud per
manent mines make whole communities Of
homes. and bring with them all the attendant
advantages Of social intercourse, schools and
churches.
In this connection, permit me to give utter.
ance to G thought that occurred to me in force
on making the trip 10 this place, touching the
embryo forests of Ell Dorado county. Do you
who are permanent residents here, notice as
do, after an absence OF hive yeers, how The once
almost barren hills of numberless loc ili,ies
are now springing up 10 thickly wooded for.
ests, where formerly only few large old trees
were seen!
Whether this is attributable to more humid
atmosphere, the result Of evaporatinn from
countless mining bitches that every where, like
u network, are spread over the hills and I'M
parting degree Of moisture unknown u the
sO!l before, or from the less Frequency of
sweeping fires, it matters no; what the cause
may be, the fact is patent, and these Young
groves are increasing with astonishing rapid.
ty and should be Carefully f0stered in every
SPIT and place where the soil is not devoted 10
tlllage or paSturage. Ifii is an honor 10 plant
tree that future generations may enjny its
shade. why not equally an honor to save Que
from destruction that was planted out by the
Great Giver Of good gifts? These groves, il
protected from vandalism, will be uf great
value IN only fifteen years from to dav, before
even these little boys around us will be old
enough 10 own "r use them; besides, they
greatly beanify the country.
have always noticed while travelling. that
muses. never seem Sn Tar apart when the cOun.
try is beautiful between them. And now what
makes country Beautifully There NAV br
majesty, there certainly is grandeur, in the
bald mountain, or in the vast expanss OF either
barren Or grassy plain. but, without trees. the
landscape lacks the beautiful.
But what ure t0rests, or orchards, or vine.
yards. or fnckS. or herds. or anuf;lctories. or
mines. or sacred homes without country and
government! We have our wives and our
children, and we must have homes for their
happiness and ours; and these homes must
have prOtecliun. This calls for strong gDy.
ernment, aud this in turn for united cnunIrv. =.
We must, there'Ore, stand BY our country and
ITS government. We must and we will stand
by our country's banner with its beautiful
stars, putting firth the strong arm in main.
tainance Of their number, and giving our gnId
" needs be 10 preserve their splendor. And
The siilEs If Iht. GrninInant -. e