Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-22
GCOMMCNICATED,1

Messrs. Editors Your editorial of yesterday ia
worthy of the attention of every friend of MARYLAND
and suggests the inquiry wherein are We better than
others, and why may capital find safer investment,
with the certainty of large and prompt returns in our
State, than in the States farther south p? Our re-
sources are indeed wonderfully great The products
of the soil, the hidden wealth of our mines the une-
qualled water power for driving all kinds of machine
ry the extensive and increasing of rapid com
munication with all sections Of the Commonwealth.
the long line of bay and river shore, with safe har
bOrage for vessels of all sizes the mildness of tha
climate. often permitting the farmer to turn fIIrrow
every month in the year, and then the bounties of
crabs, and during the winter almost covering them
with toeks OF geese and ducks. unequaed BY any
State in the nation.
10 these natural advantages and other vet
to be developed by the active brain and busy hand
OF man-add an active enterprise that shall knock
INTO lnhnltlssmal pieces all the old Rp Van Winke-
Ism tnat mas eharaeterlzed US in the past and truly
Maryland Will offer attractions TO those who wish
heartily endorse your assertion that I'VE possess in
the eyes OF capitalists abroad eminent advantages
oyer communities farther South" From personal
observation can also say all the State order
reigns and industry well in truth there
are evidences OF marvellous prosperity and glorious
upon means faithfully employed.
But what we most need TO insure our future pros
peTlty and to welcome amongst us those needtul
AIDS other States cannot command Is some evidence
voice that Maryland is i'll real earnest about deye
Oping the intelligence and virtue of all her people.
Thus we will give the best guarantee OF progress and
the surest endorsement thai every dollar invested will
be paid in full, principal and interest.
The prosperity of every community depends Wpon
the skill and perseverance of the industrial classes
Merchants do no more than exchange the commodi-
ties which the laborng men produce. Banks furnish
tie facilities of exchange The labor Of the State is its
weaith and the more intelligent and expert the labor
the greater and more valuable its product The vir'
tue the laborng classes is the surest incentive to
pcrseverng industry, and the only certain assurance
that the gains of diligence will be well applied and
frugally consumed ~
II then we wish to attract population and canitol
let us prove ourselves to be in earnest to make home
in Maryland pleasant and profitable and the invest
ment of ca ltal remunerative. Wv
How far can we claim that this is our aim wb;Ia
no provision Is made by the State for the education
Of one-iourth OF ITS entire popula ion, perhaps en-
praclng nearly one-hait the working or Iahorino
class. lake TINS mass of muscle and euergze il h1
actVe braln, make II productive and then
tae moral sentiments teach frugality and economy
MAKE II perseVerlng and prudent, as under the bu-
manlzlng influence of education it is sure to become
ana then there Will be nothing TO deter capital from
oelng brought here for investment in any thing that
promises well from the mountains to the sea"
But, reverse the picture. Keep on with our pres
ent short-slghted policy, the offspring of prejudice;
cramp the minds and peTvert the morals of onehaf
the laborers, withhold those influences which tend to
earnest INDUSTRY; thus raise up in our mdst thous-
ands VINO VIII live by pilfering and when old, t!l
our almshouSeS and penitentiarieS taxing the puolc
purse instead of helping to fill it. and have OBJ
stacfe to the flow of capital population INTO Mary
land as positive and practical as our mountain
ranges are to the flow Of the waters OF the Chesa-
peake into the Ohio. EDUCATION.
Mw A "A nT,E HAIL.