The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1872-01-11


population Of Penny lrania, which in
1870 had reached $4,000 now ex-
ceeds thrcc millions and half In
tho development Of our mineral, agri,
cultural aud other resources wo have
advanced rs no othor people have ever
done before with magnificent lines
of railways and canals, attosting the
public spirit and enlightened eutcr-
ptizc OF our people, Constructed at q
cos, Of millions Of dollars, for the
transportation Of our products and
like a network, extending in almos,
every direction accross our State. we
havo, in addition, more miles of rail.
roads in our mines, in the very bowels
Of the earth, than many nations o.
the old world, which wcro thicklv
populated when Pennsylvania was n
bowling wilderness, have within all
heir borders.
During the current year, not ye'
closed, we have taken from our sp.
parontly iucxhaustiblo mines, aud sent
TO market, more than 1000, 900 tous
of coal, aud from tho tullncs, Of our
internal reservoir, withir tho samc Do
rioc, have gushod forth two hundred
and fifty million gallons of petroleum,
which has been sent forth to shcd is
iyht upon most of the oomm jrcial
nations Of tho world.
Hero Mr.. Packer made somcwha
extended reference to the greet farm
Jog aud agricultural interests Of OUT
State.
So, too, in all tho departments Of
the Arts, science, and manufactures
rs vol as agricultural, tho ofIitial sta
It's tics show that wo aro not bohind
any Of our sister commouwealths
while, guided by an Intelligent appre.
citation and proper apprehension of
their great resources, and Of tho truc
and just relation Of labor to capital
tho industrious, frugal anl eu,orpris.
Ing people OF our State have so pru.
IDENTIFY diversified their industries and
wisely invested their meaus, that moth.
ing but the most unwise and unius
legislation can ever arrest or retar,
tho onward march Of their wondorfu
progress.
And, sir, not forge ting, that from
those to whom much is given, much
will be required, tho philanthropic
citizens of Pennsylvania, through at
admirable system Of both public anC
private charities, are proverbial 70
their liberal dspensaiion Of simpl,
benefits and bless iugs upon unfor,u
nate or suffering humanity.
So also, rcco gnizing tho yast impor
ianee OF educating those to whom ia,
sacred trust Of free governments is tC
be committed, that they more fully
know ,hair rights and understand
their responsibilities, our Stats open
he door Of the school room to al he
'cl!ildren, poor aud rich alike, and bid,
them enter !! Unler the operation o
her free school system this day, since
the rising OF this mornings SUI, be-
tween the waters of the Delaware ant
the shores OF Lake Ecie, in more than
iilteea thousand schools, taugh, by
eighteen thousand toac chers, oisht hun
dred thousand Of Pennsylvania d
bright eyed boys and girls, til. future
men AMI women of our country, re-
ceiving instruction 10 tho lessons by
which iney are to be prepared for the
performance and discharge Of the i'm.
portant duties OF life.
10 closing, Mr.. Packer paid q glow
ing tribute to the memory OF Pom,
sylvania's sons who gave up their live,
that We might have an undiyidol coun.
try. praised those who had nobly vol
untoered when called to arms by the
lamented martyred President Lincoln,
and spoke ieolingly of the soldiers or,
phsns who arc being educated aud
protected by good old Pennsylvania,
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