The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-22
hIENDeN, ADAMS Co., H.,

IcCs 1908. 1
MR. A. McGRKeoR = MY VERY
DEAR FRIERD This viii surprise you, 20
learn that am near the Mississippi river,
called the great Father of Waters. Last
summer 1 made trip with Capt Hess, of
Sharon, over part of the rolling prairies of
northern Missouri, on g visit to some of
my children, residing there. The sights 1
saw were grand and beautiful, beyond my
descriptive power. The sWells of the pIai-
rie rising gradually, one higher than the
other, until NE reached what they call here
''divide,'' then gradually descending to
a point, and then ascending in the same
way to the next 'diVide, placed before
our enraptured vision q panorama of un'
surpassed lOveliness and beauty. The for
ests of timber on the east and on the west,
with herds of cattle, mules, horses and
sheep, browsing upon the rich prairie
grass, reminded me of the passage of ''the
cattle upon a thousand hills" Passing
over the floWery PLAIN, Capt. Hess exclaim
ed with delight, 'sNRe are passing up
Broadway ~ Surely it was 3 broadway,
larger far than that of the city of New
York. My son Josephus directed my eye
to his home, six miles distant, apparently
elevated above the surrounding scenery,
and nay heart thrilled with delight. Here
was upwards of eight hundred miles
from home, beyond the Mississippi, and 1
felt like the man who had Travelled Tor the
first time, twenty miles from home, whs,
in Imagination, that he had passed
over vast country, and said, If the
country beyond is as great as that over
which have passed, it must be whOp-
per-"
recollect now when preached in
MancfiaII ~ 1000 ~, ,l Ia1,,
constructed log church, when Mansfield
was only small cluster of cottages, and
Richland county the western border of
civilization, all beyond being vast forest
and prairie land, roamed over by wild
beasts and uncultiVated sazeges.
What changes have passed over the
dream of my youth in forty one years !
In the intervening space between this and
my home, are multiplied thousands of cul-
tiTated fields of luxuriant growth, which
were then q vast wilderness and waste
land. Now, this vast territory is occupied
by civilization. and studded over with thri
wing villages, hourishing towns and mann
moth cilSes, which vie with the cities of
Europe. Where the wild children of the
forest and pHairies roamed are now schools
and colleges innumerable, and churches OF
/ every religiouN complexion, for the devel-
epment and elevation of the intellectual
and moral capacities of man. This vast
| expanse of country is not yet crowded, yet
here are millions of human beings, and
millions more are, or soon will, tread in
their footsteps, and in the future these
millions in the valley of the Mississippi
will change and control the destiny of this
now Republic of Republics as Kossuth
called onr form of civil government. Tho
creative powers, or the States, which are
1.-THE, powers that be, viii retain theil
sovereignty to mould the expanding glory
and destiny of our country. The princi
pies and sentiments of our Revolutionary
sires are not dead; they cannot die, fol
they are immOrtali They may be crow,
ded out Of sight for a time, but they will
re-appear in all their beauty and power
Democracy, like its symbol of gold anC
silver, is now crowded out of the sight o.
toiling millions, and only finds its way int
the pockets of bond holders and stock Job
bers, yet it is the basis of our country't
greatness and glory. Assuch, it must anC
viii re-appear in all its transcendant beau
/ " and power The people viii realizs
that the scum and froth which have riser
to the surface under the past political effer
vesence is not satisfying, and they will de
mAnd the time honored, successful and sat
isfying principles of Democracy, which
will bring both, Democracy and its repre-
sentatives, gold and silver, to the surface
Radicalism is trying its hand at it now t.
develop the coin standard, but that is only
to crafty the complacent bond holder.
| Yours, in Democracy, .-.
/ J. HAMILTON,
P. S.-Will you let me see the face o
the old time honored Stark County Demo