The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-01-31

ard tdas establish 8s islm % lsius ihs
iersua., elss > gl,e al.asappl ' sue
So Laat b. a. sensns % - ranked
The cikbih LIS 81 gie ! men I1le blow
given teils rra0rss 81 a. var. was s
severe 0Ue. - niash "a hath w. 4 maoh
tcauri ihsf iis ete5f advantage ~ I-,sis
t51a. Noaid Hoi await a g. tgga.n ils
ormsf tagjtr place smouE she great
eitics gt The eoautrt 90, tbc wonderful
strides it ia. iAkcu. in forward iirce
ton, iuriue The laf four or Eve years
has enshled e 90 fe-assaae its claim -
" Queen city aad ~ tolerate with Rmgt
ous forbcaranoe, ihc existence of Tee two
villages u( Chicago and Cincinnati frum
being The eighth city lu ESQ itaow ranks
the fourth asd counting New York aud
Brooklyn a. but one, u IL De third eenter
Of population ou tlic continent. With
such an exhibit 70 the world of their
state and their metropolitan city, our
people modcshy hook around upon the
rest 81 mankind, and say, How Is that
for high r.
Butin this great prosperity Of The State,
South East Missouri has mol lally shared,
several of the counties actually showing a
falling OF In population, aud other evil
dences Of advancement, though on the
whole, there ha. been gain, Of which
Cape Girardeau County has bad a gcnor-
Gus share la the coming decade, Il will
bo strange Il she does not make show.
ing that viii be respectable la compart-
son with the rest OF them Railroads are
letting Ia light through the dense forests,
and with them are coming everything
else Of civilization aud progress that
stretch far behind the visible train, Amer
several months stoppage of the work on
the Cape Girardeau q State Line Rail-
road, work has recommended under
brighter auspices than ever, II is said, aud
an early connection, across the river, with
roads leading TO Chicago aud Cincinnati
Is confidently predicted Hope has been
deferred till many hearts are sick but Il
seems as though too much work had been
already completed to let the enterprise
| fail at this stage. With the railroad
our people expect great things without
! ii, no hope Is left that this place can hold
| its own, for il avenues of trade will be
rs they have already commenced to be
turned into other directions. The politi
cal imbroglio, Ia which we were involved
during the last election campaign, wa,
disentangled by the State being handed
over TO Democratic control, and as re-
suit Frank Blair has been elected to III
the vacancy created by the resignation OF
Senator Charles ID. Drake.
IL need not have been SO, but II is, and
there is "nobody hurt Great hopes are
entertained that in the reconstruction OF
parties, the Democracy will gain almost
the entire German strength, particularly
on account of their horror Of a protective
tariff whatever they understand that
to be. II seems to me that the promise
that Missouri held out to be u great man,
ufacturing state, will lead the people here
to look At that question, in selfish
spiritas the people of other states, and
that II more protection is needed for theil
wares, than is incidentally afforded by
the Revenue tariff, which they admit tC
be necessary, our people will be as ready
and as bold to demand Il az does ans
manufacturing interest Of Pennsylvania
or Connecticut.
With the change in the proprietorshiI
Of the JOURNAL, that notice in the las
number, it will be strange we do not no
tice material difference in its conduct
| yet ii will be very good paper without
any interference in any Of its features al
it seems TO me, by comparing IL with ia,
little county papers receive from around
here, or indeed, those of this city who's,
stupid management Is unaccountable
Though Manchesteris place many time,
smaller than this, the local columns ofth,
JOURNAL furnishes more items of interest
than the aggregate Of those in these pa.
pers. Still, think II safe 10 presume
that the enterprise that has made Man.
chester what it has become during tho
last few years, will not fail to manifest
itself IN improvements in this as in an,
other business 1t touches.
We have had very mild winter thus
far with the exception of very few days
almost no snow-though Il has been
otherwise at places considerably to the
south of us Perhaps our turn il yet 10
come. | hope, at any rate, IL will not
linger till Spring shall have found us, and
without preparation.
have said what did not anticipate.
emitting what had Intended 20 say, but
at the best or worst the gain or loss to
the readers Of the Journal will be inpcr.
ccptible, and the paper will move on in
its career OF prosperity, ceasing not we
trust, to be instrumental IN knowledge,
and power unto civilization when our
children's children shall have been gath.
cred to their Fathers, whether these re-
pose on the Banks Of the Great River or
under the shadow OF kQUNox
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