The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-23

sons and daughters, should never have
her draft dishonored at the till Of the
National or State Exchequer.
Agriculture is the greatest, safest
and most reliable of all bankers her
bank the richest in capital and the
most wonderful Of all institutions. .--
The more it is broken tho safer the
deposits and the more ample the diyi-
dends. Farmers Of. Linn ;-citizens Of
Oregon; you arc favored stockholders
in most important branch of this
grand bank.
This salubrious climate, these grassy
plains and fertile fields, these wooded
hills and smiling, joyous streams
that Gdorn this lovely valley, are yours;
yours il trust for yourselves and
coming generations.
Oregon, our noble young common
wealth, is replote with resources OF
power nnd oppulcnce as extensive and
diversified as her vast surface. Her
mountains rising IN majesty and cloth
cd with the most valuable timber, in
lock untold treasures of the precious
and economical metals and minerals;
while they protect us fiom the storm
and thunder, Thousands of perennial
fountains leap from their decliyitiea,
| bearing on their bosom beauty, health
and fertility, and combining Titan
forces Of hydraulic power, ample for
the most extensive manufacturing uses.
| The fockg and herds that might be
subsisted on the grassy plains beyond
tho Cascades;-who shall tell their
number? Or who, in the estimate Of
these resources, viii FORGET the numer-
ous fertile localities, inviting the blend
ed occupations of the farmer and
herdsman, and affording pleasant homes
10 those seeking competence or wealth,
on the wider domain Of inexhaustible
pastures?
Even vast tracts of our mountains,
especially those bounding the valley of
tho Willninot, have amoothneSs q
surface, TN absence Of rock, richness
of soil, mildnegs and equability Of
climate fayorably comparing with q
large portion of New England, and
which would be hailed b. the hardy
Swedc and Norwegian as a great i'm
provement on the bleak and barren
districts Of their nativity.
Moreover, the keen eye of chemical
science is beginning to descry mex
haustible treasures Of fertilizing rca-
gents amidst the tracks of alkaline de-
post. SO dreary IN their aspect. before
| long TO be used in recuperating the
aoii and giving it n product;venes8 per-
ennial as the springs of our mountains
Well do remember TO have stood !,
when boy, near the western base of
the Alleghanies. and to have followed
the riyulet ut my feet, in imagination,
till it mingled with the Ohio. The
State bearing its name was still In its
teens, and regarded as on the frontier.
But occasionally steamboat furrowed
its waters, and years passed by before
rod of It's territory, and still more
years before the whistle OF the locomo-
tive awolean echoin our land. Cincin-
natl then, as a acity, was in tho swadling
clothes ofinfancy, and Chicago unborn.
California slept like a miser on her
hidden treasures of gold, as little val
ued as q desert by the nation that
claimed her, while Oregon rose like o
mist or vision on the distant margin
:. of thought, priced no more by our
government, Though regarded as a
part of the public domain, than his
birthright was by hungry Esau.-
Shall it then be deemed visionary to
predict day for ut least our not re-
mote posterity, when the products of
our extended and highly cultivated
fields shall find their market in the
shipyards, manufactures, fisheries and
commercial cities, ON our rivers and
and ocean harbor3, that shall utilize
our resources?
Farmers. of Linn this beautiful
and expanded amphitheater of ours
was the osher day called by distin-
guished visitor, "tho agricultural gem
of the Pacific" It's often called, and
Justly l believe, "the garden of Ore
gon. He who gaye a fairer garden
to our great primogenitors, has given
this to us as to them, "to dress it, and
keep it." The voice of the present
and coming generations admonish us
to be faithful to our trust.
We have fertile soil and q salu-
brious climate, with the adiuncts OF
useful animals, plants and minerals;
and command the means of abundant
productiyeness.
What We, want is population to pro-
duce and consume our staples; capi-
tai, and facilities of communication
with the hearts of commerce.
TO obtain these we must commend
ourselves to the intelligence, wealth,
enterprise and wants of the world, by
our industry and public spirit; by our
wisdom and cooperation; by exploring
resource after resource by making
each attainment Introductory to others,
and each step OF adyanc the means oi
, still further progress.
) To lll..ssurate my meaning: How
easy for the people of Linn to have
O school that shall secure largely tc
} their children the benefits of an agri
/ cultural education. What better coulC
: this society do, than just here on these
t grounds, to establish an Experimental
: Farm. With your resources, people
/ of Linn, how easily could you bu.
: proper apparatus and endow two pro
i fessorships. The right men in th'
I right place, they might teach one term
Q the least busy part of the year, in tn
Scientific and Agricultural Depart
: ments of the College, and spend thei
t remaining time in lectur!ng in the vii
It lages of the county or valleys; thu
]. teaching all, and giving salutary i'm
nnlsa to industrial-and agricultura