The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-03-20

pNCSltQn f0SkCu uNtl anQWt ,NSHfsf0, nearly |
l5 years That the disputed Territory aud !
Port GAwrcnce (which has been Known by |
q variety Of namts swan Ctetk, Portlaw |
renee, N,stula and polod, was permitted |
to rcmaiu Within the jurisdiction VI Mich
igap. Waiting tho action OF tho higlor auil
thorines upon Gle subject.
mthe uican tiue "a nvery serjeNs and in.
turestug question arose ih tue affairs OF the |
.MOumeo NaAeN Under .he yaUthprity ol |
the STATE OF Ohio, g suryey had been made |
for a canal along the valley, aud The grca' |
question was Whctc that canal shbNld tex !
minato, u,bsa,tRlldis, oC N, ", who had !
been empluyod,as CHIEF EAaipeor Tor 0hio, !
had rec inpoi tered,ihe valley and dtto uine2 |
shat tho, c6ld should, grmipaIN AT, thel foot
81 The MpjdS--t that daW With n Si1cp
lSek shQnld De plNccl on kpogg . bar aust
6olow MNvpcSgGty aud, oPcrryshurg Ntnd
thA ryer Hem herN d0Wn,f fo Re improved
lor n slip uayigation. Wien tls matter
was so asGej taiped, MaiQrI ISdckpey called
auulher meeting OF tue ciU8tus. of Swan
Creek, and TO thcm he now represented
that they had committed q grSat error in
socedmg from Ohio. aud going over 60
Mchiganj That Willie they belonged to.
Michigan, they coUll not expect That tho
State ct Ohio would construct the canal to
Swet1 Creek They must 80 back to Onio
. They must soGede lrpm Michigan aud gu
back 70 Qhio again, They must undo their
furmau secession aud rebellion or they
coul not expect 10 secure the cana. There
upon all sorts Of resolutions were adpPted,'o
the eject, that ihuy were, aud of right
should be q part aud parcel Of Tho State of
Uhipi that Ohio was a, great aud glorious
Siute, aud that they woull maintain their
Ipositiou, if noeessqiy At tho point of tae
bayOuCt. 'nrt r.....l
These measures 'succcod,d il aronsiicg
michigan to y demonstration of war Nil,
itiu 9soRliers were Stut from Detroil by
/ aud and water totSwan Geekr 10 whip the
| rebels iuto suhioctiou TO their legitimate
Iauthority. They came, in war WrayOd,
! and took possession cf tho territory where
I ike proud city oil Tulbtlo now stunds, made
tho citizens sdcenmb TO the power atid jdris
| dictidh of MichgRn. rhGy r6Whibd track
| TO DGroit ia tic tnabt jGbda0t ttiumph--l
| thinking all s6lIs M tOastssto The glnGy OF
Michigan and to aualhcmati2S MAJOR Stick
Incy nr O,no .on,eol wlduh was -"ilero ia
to Maier EttoSney'a potatoes and onions n
weo dmQ ,t1q'r iSps and lhelr lotions
Ths vas al to lhowishcs Of tho Major
land ia actordaaoo with his policy. lie
3, wentyhnmolattly to .ClNmbus, to rcpr6'
,eut TO the .GQYernur and people of Ohio
! the mto'e able barb lrtty OF the Wulvorbo,' II
Iand how they haa desecratcd the lust au
! thority of Ono, and tiNmped under foot
the loyal citizens of tho State. The State
WAS aroused hy these meus 10 q proper
s;tuse OF dguity and ihjuliea, War was
I declared, aud troops raised in every part
Ul the Stale. Regiment after regiment
were marched TO theadisputed territory on
| the Maumee. Somo lighting was done aud
| liule blood split but the transaction vii
! he rtmembeied as the Michigan war ,ol
4 1898! In the meantime however Congress
i ilaerferch by sending peace commissioners
Ito the distracted Couutryuand by making
the disputed territory U part OF the State O.
Ohio. This settled 'iNe question Of jnris
4 dicti0h, ahda tho excitement produced 10y
the war enabled Jar Sticlnoy to getth5
caual not ouly TO Toledo, but even TO Man
\ ly',t,." .Gr9 r{lqe hayapl wherR they wantae
ii, or had any use Tor 1t. Never, IN eltbel
| ancient or modcrn lhStoiy, has there becl
ban instance ofiscoessiQnyand rebellion st
i Esucqoaslul. and nolono tis SO entitled to b,
4, the heGo,ol one OF them, as Major SuckncJ
OF this.
4 l have Thus skctched a numbet of Incl
waa citizen of tho, valley OF tbqMaulpee.
And now it may rbo inquired by sans
one, how it was, that came to leave th
country after Il residence there Of ten year
and having so admired tltu country and 81
hopcluL ot, its tuure2 never qhange1
my oppionOl the country in either OF thcs
respects; but after battling for its pros
perity so long | bccalne convinced that tn
time for its prosperity, that sa hrhiiy an
tcipated would not come in time TO answe
my purpose. But in this, after all, ma.
have committed an error OF judgment
From various causes the valley did no
progress and improve, lroin 1928 to '35, as
was anticipated by almost all its friends
Nuue changed their opinion OF It's pllnhat
desiiny--it was only question OF time
and in that had leen mistaken.
From 1920 to 80 vast new country VIZ
3 thrown open by the u. 3. to emigration
!, Throughout the whole west there wer
numerous enticing places, holding fort
their future promises to emigrants, beside
Maumoe. During that time thousands G
emigrants passed through the Maumc
Valley to Indiana, Michigan and Qthe
parts of the Wcst and it seemed as thong
they pnrp lsely qWoided this valley tn
I principal cause OF thiss was then we
- known. tho unhealthinees Of TIC country
Since then such change has como owe
| the ncalthinOss of the country, that no on
who resided here lduriug the time that
made il my residence, could believe that
, would become So larlmproyed as It is q
+ the present time. Daring the forcpart c
! my residence there, the amount OF sickness
! Arising from bilious complainlsin thy slap
of aguo aud feyers--iniernrtent and r,
mittent Of the most yiruleni type, was oite
, lfriphtful This sickness would commenc
, N Seplember and October, and last unit
some time ia the cold weather of the con
ing winter. Those who had been }H tli
+, country some years would become accI
. Imated. and would bo exempt from the citeC
Of lie sickiy season. But during the tim
was there, the stranger who remaine
, there w0ull as certain To be taken dow
in tho course of the sickly season as tbs
J. he remaiped there. ! have known. whoI
Z families who came there IN the spring {
no year TO bc in The fall every 6ne OF thel
= Etaktn down so that there would hot /
r enough well persots to take cwq Of Ihos
who were aick. Yet by Christmas an
j New Year. all this would he entirely 70.
. eoten. and all woud become iu6iiant an
+ ioymL Tho old oitizeus who had bee
+ there before the war of 1872, declared ili'
. before the war, the country was health.
:, and did not AT all suffer from such biliol
s complaints. Without stopping to spcct
( Hate rpon the question how il came thi
y the country was so much healthier DelOl
t the war, aud has so greatly Improved
e poiut of health since 1885, ! will only sa
i that tho character of the country for riCl