, 1865-02-14
Uhifdq0 .Mribnne.
OUR MISSOURI LETTER,
TIE RATIFICATION OF TIE COISTTTU.
TIONAL AnIENDuEyT,
The Vine Llrds Of Missouri -flinerol Wealtb
The Men Of Mlsssuri---Sew Rail-
road Projcet.

From our Special Correspondent
JE1TEnsos C1TT, No., Feb. 9, 1865.
TIE RATIFICATION OF TIE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
For forty years Missouri has been accus-
toned to speak always dccisiyely on every
question which has been before her, She has
sent the most pro-slavery men to Congress,
and also the most anti-slavczy men. She
very seldom produces t7fmmers-her men arc
generally decided Tor enc side or tue other Of
every vital Issue. The C1aib. Jackson State
Government, when it vent over to secession,
went with q will, and made no halfway work
of it. In void, Missouri Is the opposite Of
Kentucky.
Witness, The manner in which our Lesisla-
tu5e ratided the amendment to the Constitu-
tion, proposed By Congress- The vote In the
State Senate stood as follows:
For the Amendment. ..............,...,a5
Against the Amendment. Z
In the House, the following overwhelming
vote Was given:
For the Amendment. %
Against tho Amendment. ........ 4
Making the entire yotc in our Legislature as
follows:
For the Amendment. lib
Against the Amendment ent-.......-..-........-..
Only one in twenty Of our legislators voting
against the eradication Of slavery from the
entire land! Do We not start OF we'll In our
new career?
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
The Legislature is engaged, among other
things, IN discussing the question Of the es-
tablishmcnt Of m Agricultural College. The
bill recently passed by the Illinois Legisla-
JYfE -1,nph hoo
befnrc the committee Of the House, and many
valuable Suggestions have been obtained
from it. Gov. Fletcher pronounces the uli-
nois bill the best he has yet seen among the
many TINT have been passed by other States
and proposed In this State. It is now pro-
posed by the German influence TO establish 3
Gymnasium in connection With the Agricul-
tural College, and certain Of our conserya-
| tiyes see in this 8 long: catalogue Of evils,
! among which er-Enrdens, Sabbath breaking,
ag9arianism, Tom Paine and impiety gener-
! ally arc the most prominent. But these good
people do not take into consideration the
| 1act that the place of all others where gym.
| nastics most do flourish to-day, is Boston,
and that even the A1antit Nontly, the organ
Of MI that is staid and anti-agrarian in sacial
questions, warmly espouses the interest oi
the gymnasium as an Institution 10 be fos,
tered and encouraged in America. The Ger
| mans Will not ruin the State, nor bring It in
| to disgrace, even though they succeed In es.
| tablishing gymnasium In connection with
! the Agricultural College.
| TIE VINE LANDS OF MISSOURI.
| The interest that will be most enhanced by
| the ushering In Of the new era of freedom in
| This State, IS that of wine-growing. A fresh
| State, comprising especially most valuable
| addition to our population from the pro-
| yinces Of Southern Germany, and the t'snnny
land Of France" Now that free labor Is to
! be protected and encouraged, there b moth
ing to hinder this immigration, for It has been
| fairly demonstrated that the soil Of no State
in the Union offers such Inducements as Mis-
souri,. While Illinois will perhaps always
continue to be the first grain producing state
| in the Union, Missouri will take decided
preference over all others as the vineyard OF
| America.
But not alone in this respect. We clalm to
! The STATE RICHEST IN MINERALS
Of any State in the Union. It may be Of in
! teri st to yonr readers to know that the
following minerals abound in greater or less
quantities in Missouri: Iron, lead, cabalt,
silver, copper, zinc, ccal, sulphur, petroleum,
nickel, barytes, saltpetre. And Missouri
proposed, as soon as she shall get fairly at
work, to furnish the West with all the iron
1t needs, and when Chicago shall have
her hall million of souls and turn her thou.
sand lath:s, Missouri proposes to furnish her
through the
| (Which there seems Of late fair prospect OF
| having completed J all the raw 1naterial she
shall need. How like you the picture, Chica-
| goans and Hlinoisanss
TIE MEN or MISSOURI.
| It Is worthy Of remark that the men
who are taking the lead In the politics In this
State at this time, arc mostly young men.
| The old fogirs OF Missouri have been careful
| " hrY 7aa5r oh Tft he hot
belong to the dead past, and laid away upon
political shelves, there to gather the dust OF
conservatism which has been brushed away
from the garments Of the radical actors who
baye in charge the helm Of Affairs. From the
! noble young Governor down, the crew oi
Gus men, aud yet solid men Among the
| Representatives whom St. Louis sends to the
lower brnnch Of the Legislature Is Hon. E. "
Fox, one OF the merchant princes Of that
city, who, having by dint Of unttring indus
try risen from poverty to o MAGNIFICENT com.
where, hy the natural Gift of eloQuencc and
| IN endowment with popular manners, and q
keen knowledge Of human nature, he Is Pc
cul,arly fitted to shine. You will yet hear OF
Mr.. Fox as participant Of more than o'dsu'
aay prominence in Missouri politics. Another
marked character in thu lover House is Hon
Stephen D. Barlow, President Of the Iron
Mountain Rail. oad Company.
A. NEW RAILROAD PROJECT.
Isaac H. Sturgeon, the President OF the
Nor til Missouri Rail lroad Company, ( Hh1ch road
runs northwesterly and strikes the Han
ntbal and St. 10 Railroad at Macon City, about
ouc-third Of the distance from Hannibal tt
! St. Jo,) is here, asking the assistance Of the
Legislature in behalf Of two projects s-one to
extend his road north from Macon City acrosE
he Iowa State line to Ottumwa, there tc
strike the Dcsb1otnes River and Burlington
| md Mfsenur5 RaiIrnada and fhh NJ her fn
branch of from Allen, about thirty miles
south of Macon City, and run wcstwardly,
parallel to and from thirty to forty miles from
the Hannibal and St. Jo Ratlruad, to st. Jo
seph, reaching the latter city by the way oI
the Platte County Railroad, or ~ stirling aF
10 on the Hannibal and st. 10 road. This
latter proposed road, after leaving Allen,
which is in Randolph counl J, Will run through
Huntsville, in the bame county, and Keytes
vile, in Charlton county to Brunswick, wherf
it will strike the Missouri River. Running
along the river for ha'f dozen miles, it will
strike OF at Dewitt and run distance of five
to ten miles from the river, through Carroll
and Ray counties, a distance OF fifty miles Of
more, striking the river again at Rchfcld, II
Clay county, ard thence diyerRing 1t will moi
again touch the river Until it reaches Weston
pend upon whatever arrangements can b
made With the Platte County Railroad. Thi
project will, If carried ont, efectually clear o
bushwhackers and gueriIlas the worst infect
ed district of the State. It will open an ont
let to one Of the richest regions In the State
and will make the North Missouri Railroad I
mighty artery Of commerce. Of course Il
viii open for St. Louis new line Of competi
ton with Chicago rsHtes for the travel ant
traffic of tho great Northwestern territories
but ut the same time 1t will create more pos
tive wealth to struggle for. RADICAL.