The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-03-31
Good for the Council.

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Good for the Council.
1t will be seen by our report Of the
proceedings Of the Council, that onI
corporation have determined on erect
Ing u Tampa on Front street. This Is
as II should be. We like to see lib
cral spirit and wc congratulate the for
tunatc dr,izcns OF Front street on the
decision which Ihc Council Inns come
TO.
Just at this point VIC would like to
make suggestion if wc would not b"
thought DELICIOUS, and that is, that
while Front street is being thus hon
orcd, could not Second street obtain Il
few lights? There IS no manner OF
doubt that this street. though far be-
hind Front IL commercial Importance.
vet has its importance and ought not
to be entirely overlooked. Nearly all
the Churches arc situated on this stree,
md nil OF them have Sabbath evening
and weekday evening exercises. In
view OF these facts, is it asking too
much VI the hands Of our town author
tiles to i,ave q few OF the lamps put up
on this street. Doubtless this has not
been con.idrrcd; we would, therefore,
in behalf of the ladies OF Charleston.
urge this matter upon the attention OF
the Council.
We must congratulate our citizens
upon the efforts now being put forth
by tho Corporation to control and re-
move the mad which has so long been
a nuisance in our midst. And we
trust the good work will so on until
our town will command the admira-
ton Of the casual traveller, and the APP
probation fall lovers Of the beautiful.
KESrucKrAHS have some strange po
litical notions. Their Lcgislaturc-a
strongly Democratic body-lately re-
fused by large majority TO pass q bill
encouraging emigration TO the State.
Tho main argument against the bill
seems to have been that m influx o!
Northern and foreign laborcrs might
In time overthrow the political status
Of the State! Alas for old Kentucky.
~. \. Times.
The Wheeling Lnte'ligcnccr, COM
menting on the above, says:
We here in West Virginia cannot very well
-, O,,r DO,
is already six years old and seven LegislA-
lures have sat in her capital. That an influx
Of population, with its attendant influx o:
capital, has always been and il to-day the
commanding necessity Of West Virginia, is
proposition too plain TO need anything bu,
statement There is no other matter OF pub.
lie concern in the State in importance At nj!
comparable to this. What arc all our boas;-
I'd natural rcSourccs-our iron and coal, tim.
Der anil water power, our riches OF mineral
anil Soil-wi;hout q population to make
something out Of them? II our State were
made OF solid gold it would be poor without
people 10 mine it. And so, rich as We nrc by
endowment 0! nature, We arc poor for lack OF
people and their labor. And without these
We always will hc poor. Realizing this, anil
discouraged, no doubt, by the continued IN
difference 0! tho State authorities touching
this great matter, hundreds Of our best cit-
zcns are leaving the State and setting their
faces towards the more entcrprising and
promising West. A few days ago VIC chron.
ieled the fact thut some sixty passed through
Petersburg in single day. Those who 70
arc those that the State can least afford to
spare. They are the live, energetic young
men who want to do something, but whose
energies arc cramped and aspirations chilled
BY the staSnation aroun1 them. Not only,
therefore, is the State miScrably poor in pop.
ula,ion, but it is yearly growing poorer; and
vet its Legislature has never done anything
TO replace these losses or Increase the popu.
la,iun from abroad. In saying this We OK.
cep, the appointment Of a commissioner Q.
Imtncration," AZ it was called with n sort OF
grim hu,nor because tho creation Of such an
ollicc, without dny provision whereby it
might DC made useful, can scarcely be re.
rarLrd as anythin: but joke. Now We are
not particularly blaming the Legislature for
refusing to arm Mr.. Debar with large mp.
propriationS We never thought Mr.. Dcbar
the Lcst man for the work, Supposng tho
whole work il to be confined to one man, for
many fcaSOHS ONc DeIilS tIlat UIl iiiS ltIouchl'
md efforts have been directed towards Flu.
rope, whereas the Northern and Eastern
States Of this Union are tho field where our
creates. labors should he expended, not of
course ncglecsins Germany. We notice that
Nr. Debar has recently published letter or
two ia ono of tho ParGcrsburS papers reflect.
iug very severely on tho last Legislature, from
which We infer tina: his efforts as an officer
Of the State arc about to cease. We feel no
special interest in the quarrel between Mr..
Ueba. and tho last Legislature. so far as it
affects hi,nScl! personally. II our Legislature
wcrs Of opinion that AIR. pebar was not the
man for the work, or that the plan OF havin.
y 'commissioncr was not tho best one
why no. have upset that arrangement ut once
and made some other provision =? The thing
to be regretted is that they did nothing.
There is no future for our State except 30
this direction. Tho very reason assigned b.
Kentucky for 1epulsius tho outside world Is
4 prsrnan, reason why the Republican party
:'.L: Gaia sbn,,lj MA tho nowcr IL now has