Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-04-30

ture development and expansion OF our nation
to the extension of the blessings of free insti
tutions to other nations. This believe to be
a part Of the high and holy mission Of our
Government
All classes in New England appear to be
absorbed in their business, and for the most
part are satisfied with their gains, although,
in many instances. they are smaller than
would satisfy the people of the Pacific. So
different are the habits and objects of thepeo-
pie Of these two sections, do not believe
they would be satisfied if they should change
places with each other. The one is satisfied
with a good living. the other Graves some
thing more and often in the effort to obtain It
loses what he has. The one by superior man.
agement often makes better living out Of
little than the other does out of much. The
small profits of trade and the rocky and bar
rem soil of Now England would not satisfy
the farmer and merchant of the Pacific. New
England never had better and more general
market tn, n she has at the present time.
Railroads, running all through New England,
have brought the country and city together.
Wood and timber of all varieties produce Of
all kinds, and stock can be readily sold for
cash, and at higher rates than OH the Pacific
Coast The manufacturers Of everything but
cotton goods are doing well. There never
was time in the history of onr country when
manufacturers of woolen fabrics made more
money than at the present time.
There is no gold or silver in circulation. 1t
seems TO be commodity of the market like
paper upon tue Pacific. Paper and copper is
the entire currency, and its depreciation in
the market produces corresponding imitation
in the price of stocks of all kinds, also in
clothing and in the current expenses Of this
country, which arc greater than on the Pa
ciGc.
New England appears to bs the workshop
Of the United States, and 10 some extent Of
the world. All 1.-THE Improvements in machine
ry. and all its multifarious adaptation to save
labor and facilitate manufacturing, are here.
Manufacturing establishments are found in
nearly every town and village. They arc
rapidly eating away the timber Of this coun-
try. Already, it seems to me, the best por-
ton of the timber is bsing exhausted. Now
not even the the crooked and scraggy-not
even sapling pines and limbs that we on the
Pacific would think only fit for irc-wood. es-
cape the ravcnous jaws Of these establish
ments.
The consumption of New England is far
greater than the production. She goes abroad
for much of her bread stuff and for much of
the material she usesi in manufacturing. New
England is not remarkable for her natural re-
sources, but rather for her artificial ones. Her
soil is the poorest in the United States. She
has little or no mineral wealth. Her lumber
ing resources are inferior to those in tho West.
Her superiority consists in the start she has,
in tho advance she has made beyond that of
other sections in the cultivation of the useful
arts and of letters. p. Il. HUNT.
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NEGRO EQuALITY ILLusTRATED.-Quit
recently at Louisville boarding. house, a
lady of Northern birth and education but a
bitter rebel, was reading to mixed company
an absurd account Of some Northern women
landing at Hilton Head, South Carolina, and
embracing negress, calling her " sister"
etc. The lady was triumphaptly vindictive,
and exclaimed to ths captain
"What do you think Of thata Isn't that
beautiful specimen Of your negro equality :"
The captain was annoyed, and hardly
knew what to say. He said nothing, in fact,
but turned and walked to the window. Glano-
ing out, he saw on the opposite side walk q
group of negroes enjoying themselves in the
sun as only negroes can. They were oil
sizes and shades Of color,-some almost white.
Smiling 1T the thought that it was now his
turn. he said to the rebel lady, I'll Jtas
"Will you step to tho window moment!'
"Certainly." (suiting the act to the word.)
"Look there, do you see that = si 'o
"See what, sir o. ias.vH' a.s N.i, ,f
"why, that black yellow.whits' group on
the other sidef' las -eefeI n
Certainly d. What is there strange
about itl" tt.r t~|r f.e
"Ah. nothing suppose; only one would
think there must have been considerable ne.
gro equality practiced by the white people Of
the South, as we'll as those of the North.
The lady "retired" and thereafter was
somewhat less insulting in her denonstra-
tions. t.
~: Massachusetts, has accomplished in
three ysars what the Christian religion failed
to do in eighteen eenturies.-Er. ....
Oh, yes! She has done wonders She
has been able to keep "an quiet on the Poto-
mac, while Grant has been fighting and win
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