The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-11-21
OREGON.

In climate and soil, in its general adap-
liability to the purposes Of agriculture, ne
portion Of the North American Cont
nent surpasses Oregon. On the Pacific
coast, co.equal with California. it is the
extreme limit whittier the "Star Of En-
| pire takes its way" Yet superior to Cal
ifornia as land where the farmer may
fourish--scarcely year but what he will
have a bountiful supply Of rain to moist.
en-, and ample sunshine to mature nd
garner his crops-a soil that will repay
many fold for its culture
Wherefore, though settled to some exl
tent, for the last twenty-five years, has
the merit Of this great Northwest been.
under cloud Why that many Of our
Eastern neighbors scarcely know its loca-
ton 7 The wherefore is easily solved, If
we assume that the people of Oregon
have taken negative position, and posi-
lively wait for time, with the march of
progress and slow immigration, to with
draw the curtain and disclose to the
world territory of unlimitca resources
mineral and agricultural and water fa-
cilities sufficient to yield motive power to
every public work now existing cast Of
the Rocky Mountains. Caudor will lead
US to confess our Southern ncighbor, Cal
lfornia, infinitely superior TO us in mani
testing enterprise, in that she takes no.
negative position. True, the riches of
her placer diggings first opened to the
world the Eden-like valleys which spread
through all her borders, in climate, in
a1si he 1r
ais, paradise. Allured from home;
from friends, from old associations, by
the yellow ore, once through the Gold
en- Gate" trial being made Of their for.
tunes, disappointed in the mines, the
thousands wandered through those en-
chanting valleys. They came, they saw,'
and they we're conquered; but in their turn
TO conquer, not valleys alone, but through
their fertility, homes, and that fortune
which frst led them TO the Pacific shores;
that fortune which Providence would
consider most honorable to man. Such
was the manner in which California be.
came celebrated throughout the world,
and in the short space Of few years, was.
known as fully Is the oldest State of
America. But were her adopted citizens
with this contented? Did they permit
to rest here the fame of country which
had done so much for them? By no
means. The naturalist was sent forth to
explole the vast extent of her area, there
By gathering data, the subject matter OF
the countless pages which have been
strcwed over every civilized country
So the florist has collected and made
known the various species of flowers
which adorn her lands, high and low
The patrons of agriculture have commits
stoned the chemist to analyze her soil
The variety and character of her timber,
the extent of her rivers and harbors, have
given rise to yolumes-and all this was
accomplished by public and private en-
terprise. What if all this had been done
for Oregon By HER adopted citizens p.
Has the State an arrangement for pub
fishing a volume of valuable statistics, re-
lating to the valleys Of the Columbia and
Willamette, and of their many great trib-,
utaries, those noble rivers over which
Mounts Hood and St. Helens, snow
crowned, cloud-capped guardians, watch
ing day and night. would teach Us to re-
gard with admiration and awe as some of
natures noblest scenery, those beautiful
and extensive valleys. which, in some re-
spects, those of California may equal, but,
taken as place.of abode, are inferior? p
Are there published statistics relating to
those, which may be cheaply circulated
among the hardy, toil-worn laborers of
Europe and our own country, seeking ..
home where God viii bestow upon them,
as recompense for the weary past, the
blessings they, of all men. are best entis
tied? Where can they find such home
as they would in sparsely settled Oregonl
Where home, in which, with so little
labor, their table will be supplied with
abundance; where, for the strength they
exhaust in one day in Europe. they might
enjoy the Inquiries of life for mouth p
and where, with few years of such Ia
Dor as that through which they are me-
cessitated to pass in the Old Countries,
they would become Independent, and free
from all want Such an immigration viii
enrich the State as we'll as themselves
Have we any societies in our midst to thus
promote the welfare of Oregon, and In,
duce the honest but careworn people of
other nations and States to settle among
us, by means of books and copious adj
vertisements Had California the ad-
vantage of rich diggings to attract immi-
grafton, and yet deemed necessary to adj
vertise her resources the foundation for q
great and prosperous State, much more
Oregon has need of resort to the same.
means, never having had an inpouring of >
thousands of gold hunting nomads.'
Now, unless we be sel6shly inclined,
aud would keep our resources husbanded
and hidden from the world, should not >
system be inaugurated of making known
those various great resources, In many re-
CARDS equal, in many superior, to those
of any other State in the Union. Inn
migration will then come Oregon win
have its complement; will assume a po-
sition, and viii kcepit. Try, 0regonians,
and you will never regret the day.-POrt,
land Commercial.
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