Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-10-12

against the spirit of such people, he
was bound to 90 dotrR, and he did 90
down, but at the price of blood. But as
we are not writing history of Indian
warfare, we can no longer dwell on this
part OF subject foreign to our work.
On the 30th day of April 1902, Congress
passed an Act authorizing the call OF a
Convention to form 4 State Constitution.
This Convention assembled at Chilli
cothee on the LIST OF Nov, and completed
its work by the 10Th ofthe same month";
1902 and Ohio became one of the sister
hood ofStates. The first General Assem-
bly, met, under the State constitution, at
Chillicothee. March. 1st 1903. In 1916
the seat of the State Government was es-
tablished at Columbus. Thus, having
become one of the statss of tine American
Union, Ohio commenced her career of
usefulness and future glory, determined
not to be hindmost in anything essential
to write high her name on the scroll of
undy ing history. Well has she done her
part, and proudly points her brave child
rem To her banners of glory never yet
uishonored, nor tr;liled in the dust. Her
name is now carried at the masthead on
every Sea. From the East To the West
the North and the South. Mt home and
abroad, Is she pointed to as one of the
wonders OF the world. And we'll might
she be, for the history of the world shows
ness, suffering ana want, to wealth,
greatness and power, through trials and
dan gers such as were hers. She. to-day,
occupies Il position as commanding rs
any of her sisters who had grown to
greatness. before she even had name
when her soil was sleeping beneath the
dark shadows of her mighty forests. and
her rivers and rills were calmly flowing
on. uno ostructed and unimproy ed, to the
| Sea.
The natural position and advantages of
Ohio are such THAI. as yet e;en. she is
| only in her infancy when compared with
what is in store for her. With er.whole
Southern and South eastern border
washed by large and navigable stream
and her Northern slope dipping into the
cooling waters of Lake Erie. With her
hills in the South and East, filed with
Iron and Coal, and with the balance of
Ler broad bosom as fertile and r0luc e
as any other portion of Earth, and being.
geographically, so situated that untold
millions of western and eastern produc-
tions must be carried. forever across her
| gentle slopes, from ocean to ocean. who
can tell what yet must be the proud posi-
ton of a state, thus situated, even before
the close eff the present century.
The Eastern and Southern portion
tions of this great State are. generally.
hilly and rough, while the center. from
North TO South is gently rolling. The
Western portion, covering about one
fourth the entire territory is, as it is call
ed, level. The BLACK Swamp" covers 4
large portion of the North western part.
The land is very rich and black-cover-
ed with most wonderful growth of
very tall. and much of it very valuable e
timber. and much of it underlaid, at no
great depth from the surface, with 4
continuous bed of limestone rock. Al
though this section, seems when in the
woods to be perfectly leyel, when clear
ed it is found to be, not only gently
rolling. but has gradual descent
toward the Lake ofabout te ee5 to the
miie; and, although, it was once thought
that it could never be redeemed from its
primeval condition. yet, we predict that
the child now lives who will look upon
it as the garden-spot of Ohio. When
th15 day arriveS-as it surely will-thcn
will Ohio stand forth the crowned mon
arch OF this great galaxy of American
! States. But as we are only intending to
give a very brief outline history of the
more important events in the life Of Ol;O,
we must return to what were, or are.
some OF her earlier and first political
divisions.