The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-04-27

State Rights Democrat;

LIB NAN
of the ~people-ever ready to display the spir.
1t, progress and improvement Of their physi.
cal comforts. A thorough knowledge of
these conditions has an inyariable tendency
TO excite a %virtuous ambition for excellence
and arouse %listless apathy into active energy,
so us to be made tributary to the we'll. being
of all.
Though the town of Lebanon chronicles
about as many years as any other town or
city in the State, having been the agitator
of many:.magni6cont projects was oncO the
contestant for the honor Of being tho county
seat Of the great county of Linn can boast
of being the home of many distinguished
personages. Sherifs, Judges, Senators and
Governors are the ordinary productions of
this noted nursery of wisdom or, at least,
there are but few whose mental calibre lin
their own estimntion) does not %entitle them
to equal consideration with those that have
already The honorary titles preiixed, Though
Lebanon is becoming gray with age, its citi.
Gems ever famous for lip+deyotion 10 progress
and improvement, il IL still somewhat
dwarfad and uncoRely in its appearance, not
numbering five hundred ~souls-white, red,
black and blue yet il is the opinion Of our
far.seeing Solomons that ii contains the un.
~quickened germ Of 4 mighty city, that is
ere long to leap forth and fill with surprise
and Joy the inhabitants of this Webfoot land.
As n proof Of the fulfllment of this prophe.
cy, attention is just now directed to the IRE.
pressible manifestations Of puhlio.spirited.
ness that seem to pervadc community. The
number Of public and private improvements
that are now being projected. Smith and
Ecker, in defiance of every opposition, with.
in the last few weeks have erected a steam
saw.mill, that is now in successful operation.
turning out several thousand feet Of lumber
dale. They intend, during the course Of
the season, to attach a palmer, so that they
can make and finish lumber with a facility
unsurpassed anywhere in the State. The
we'll known proficiency Of Smith as q mill
wright a machinist, is a sufficient recon
mendation. There seems te be a determine.
ton to erect a Touring mill at this place
There is no other feasible enterprise that
would be so beneficial to the people in this
vicinity, or that promises 20 pay so large an
interest upon the capital invested. Lebanon
is the very focus Of the most extensive and
productive grain growing region in the State,
and without n Touring. mill. The thought
Of . figuring. mill at this point mag create a
little uneasiness in the mill pronrietors oi
our rival town, Albany, as it would necessa.
rily divert much Of their accustomed toll into
a different hopper. But there is TO ground
for serious alarm, for, as the homely adagc
goes, t'opposition is the life Of business
Not only so, but I hold it TO be the best form
of society where the least restraint il i'm
posed upon its citizens, and the least labor
or money is required to accomplish the nee
essary transactions of life. Another fixed
fact in the line Of improvements ;awl hall
the necessary means have already been sub
scribed, the ground for it, location secured
and in a few days the building will he com
menced. 1t is thought it will be completed
by the 4th ct July next. The house is to b.
two stories high, with two rooms the full
size Of the building. The upper one is Il
be occupied by the Free Masons. The lowe
one is TO DO donated to the people, as a hal
for all public assemblagcs. In view Of tn,
peculiar Importance Of Lebanon, n publ
hall is almost indispensable. The want o
a suitable building to accommodate the man,
public meetings whose business appeals b
the temporal wan Of the people, Is not all
IT appears that under the regime of the pu
rifying reformation that is going on, not on
~ are the social and political compacts O
l the people made to conform to the progress
: i've" strides of the hour, but even their spir
itual destinies, according to certain s%ectarial
dogmatisms, is dependent thereupon. 70
E it appears that there is no less wonderful
! discoveries being disclosed in the science G
Theology than in tn, science Of social an,
political governments. An acceptable eyi
! dence of a christian heart is an p con
fession of faith in, and unreserved loyalt
to the Government and loyalty to the Gov
eminent means an implicit obedience TO tn
; edicts of the dominant political party. An
, should a minister of the gospel at any tim
drop in our midst desiring to preach tn
= Word, even though he should be so ungra
cious in the eyes of patriot christians as I
; reject their ipfalibility, and entirely discar
politics from his pulpit, it is due to the tru
christian cause thet be should have an oppol
to make his light 50 shine that others migl
) see and glorify it,
The site where Lebanon stands is q yer
/ eligible one, and there is ample room for
very large city, and some of our wise me
have strained the very sockets of their unde
IS standings to find out the cause that has keI
our town SO stunted and ill.shapen. It hi
been suggested that the cause of its tard
E growth is owing to It's having been launche
: into being in the dark of the moon-cons
n quentIy it all went to root, end continues
It run everything in the ground. Let this i
e mar idea be real or imaginary, there is al
other cause that has deadened the yigor al
retarded its growth, that is evident to o
settlers and will be speedily uprooted.
Z From the above imperfect sketch, one tn
9 is not posted would likely conclude that '
Z have a shabby excuse for a town; and too bv
ate such error, let me say, we are blesss
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