The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-13

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honestly used for the purposes in
sended. 1t is most dishonorahlc to
think that the public money can be
controlled or disposed Of with less
caution or csrs than We employ IN
oar private affairs.
The liberal and enlightened policy
of the Legislature which has just sd-
journed, looking to the full and com
ple:e enfranchiscment of all the citi-
zens of the State, will doubtless be
received with lively satisfaction by
the masses Of the people. For long
time large class Of our citizens
have been denied all participation in
public affairs. Much Dissatisfaction
aud discomfort have been the natural
result. In our little State we could
ill afford to spare the intelligence aRd
hearty cooperation of any Of our
people, in measures having the cons
:: on coed in view. The passions and
i'll will aroused by the late unhappy
struggle in the country, have passed
away. With the disappearance Of
the last traces Of the unwise political
distractions that have existed among
our people, will come au era Of good
feeling and harmony which will DO
fruitful of the happiest results, and l
confidently. believe that those who
are then enfranchised will enter with
generous rivalry into that noble
struggle with their fellow citizens to
secure those ends which will promote
the highest good. I consider myself
most fortunate in the belief that the
suspicious results which are to follow
this enfrsnchissment will be fully re-
allied during my term Of Office.
Our State is small, it is true, yet
Its position and great natural relour.
ces must, in time, attract to US busy
active and enterpEising populssion.
With two great lines of trade and
travel, from the west to the east,
across her territory, the enc in sue
cesiful operation and the other seen
to take its legitimate position among
the great thoroughfarss of the coun.
try; with large and valuable mineral
deposits; with the largest supply Of
valuable timber in the central part of
tho Union; With . soil that yield,
ample returns for the active labor Of
the farmer, with almost unsurpassed
advantages for grazing and raising
stock Of all kinds, and with a genial
climate, the State must take no mean
rank among her sisters Of the Union.
The increased facilities for travelling
OF the present day have greatly slim
ulated emigration. People readily
abandon their old homes and seek
new ones with the hope Of improving
their condition in life. Europe an
nually sends to our shores thousands
Of their people, whose labor and skill
so largely contribute to the national
wealth, and yet how small proper
ton Of them come among US. Let US
invite portion of this emigration TO
come to US, and 60 on with US in lay
ing the foundation of a prosperous
State. But to do this We must make
it appear to them that it will be to
their interes. to settle among ms. Let
this fact be made clear to them and
the flow Of population will soon set
in. Some of the more densely PEG.
pied States also contribute their share
to the tide of population that always
flows we,tward. To the enterprise,
skill, capital and labor ofsuch as these
We have large inducements to offer.
But men in establishing their homes
look not only to the means of acquir.
ing subsistence or wealth, but also
to the protection Of person and prop.
erty afforded by the laws; the free
dom and independence in the modes
of thinking; the means of education
and liberality Of sentiment among
those who are to be their neighbor,.
Surely it cannot be said that we are
wanting in any Of these things.
During my term Of Office "-J
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