The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-11-12
Iron the Ne camille Journal.
MATERIAL PROSPERITY.

Material prosperity is the offspring of
prudence aud perseverance,. These
qualities, combined with intelligence and
the application of the principles that
govern legitimate business transactions,
whether appcrtaining to commercial,
mechanical, or agricultural pursuits. are
the basis by which to mea sure individual
and NATIONAL progress.
/. The Source Of all wealth is derived
lfrom agricultuFf, mining, and manufa' :
Fturas, and the a lyanconelt of every
,nsslon is commensurate with its produc-
Ting capacitWabd the excellence of its
commodftiese In the United states. We
are blessed with free institutions, afralt-
f1l soil, and a temperate climate In
addition to these elements OF prosperity,
We have an Industrious popufatiop, pos
sessing great inventive genitss, and like
wise an ambition to excel. Z.
Our people believe in notwithstanding,
and have solved what was so long con-
sidcred a difficult problcm-the con-
structon Of a railway across the Cont
ncnt.
Mountains and deserts were once
insupcrablc impedimcnts to the pro-
gress of the Iron Horse but he has at
last snorted defiance to those mighty
barriers to his onward career, and with
flowing name, distended nostrils, and
breath of fame heroically pushed for
ward, surmountiag the giant ranges
of the Rocky Mountains. Not once did
he falter until he reached Tho broad wa
tiers oc the Pacific Occan7 The Old
World quickly realized the fact that this
was only the beginning of endless laborS
that, in the near future, will open up to
us more extended commercial inter-
course with the nations of the far East
The Pacific railway will, no doubt,
assist in overcoming many of the OBJ
stacles to enlightened commerce. 1t Is
absolutely certain that immigration will
profit by he facilities thus Afforded
and that, for The first time in our ma
tional history, we shall soon be called
upon to grappie with the cxisency OF
Chinese population demanding to be ad-
mitted to all the rights and privileges
of our Cosmopolitan society.
That Eastern immigration will devel
ope new industries, is question beyond
dispute. We have already seen what
the Chinese are doing in California. In
hat cquable climate, tea is cultivated ;
Chinese fruits are grown; new plants
are being propagsted; and many How
ers, shrubs, and trees heretofore only
produced in the East, are successfully
transplanted, and raised to full maturity
in this pleasant country en- the Paclhc
slope.
Anv considerable number of Asiatics
spread throughout our land would in a
measure, (for time a lcast,) neccsstatc
permission that their customs, man
ners, and way of living be engraftcd on
our already ample stock Of national pc
culiari,ies. This observation-disclosures
rcpugnant it might al first seem to US
would in the end undoubtedly prove BEN
eliciaI to them, and we have such faith in
the general purity and Intelligence of
our own native population that we can
not believe that they would be seriously
contaminated thereby.
In the great West and in the South
an influx of laborers, OF ~hatcver ma
lioo, will find an ample field in the de-
vrlopment of varied industries 1t is
also quite certain tina! our humanity
would extend to them a heartfelt well
come.
The great West must.continue to be
the granary Of the world; but the
South aud the East'will necessarily con-
troll many sources of national wealth.
New York will, undoubtedly soon be-
come the great centre of the worlds com
merce. The cotton, sugar, rice, tobac-
co. teas. woods, silks, and spices of the
South and the East; the cattle, grain,
lumber, metals, fruits and furs of the
North and West, will, in future, more
bou ltifully fill our store houses.