Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-06-06

duct of some Republicans has been
such as to impair the strength of the
Republic an party of that State. The
vote of the colored people Of that
state, he says, will be cast solid for
Grant, and with the exception of a
few disappointed office seekers, the
Republicans of Mississippi are unan-
imous for Grant. He came up
through the state of Illinois and he
informed US that he..stook pains to
learn the sentiment of the people on
the trains and stopping places and
found that the Republicans with
whom he communicated are forGrant
first, and last, and all the time. He
alluded to one instance where Re-
publican. on a train coming up from
the South, was very vehement iu his
denunciations of Grant, but on in
quiry he learned that the fellow had
been kicked out of office for cause
But to return to our trip. Our con-
versation was pleasant and the dis
tancc to Pittsburgh consequently
| brief.
We will not make any special
mention of the condition Of the road
from Upper Sandusky to Pittsburgh,
as we have repeatedly had occasion
to speak of the skillful and efficient
manner in which this road is con
Quoted. One travels on it with a
perfect feeling of security. With
out change of cars. we soon wended
our way out of the smoky city and
by daylight we were ascending the
mountains" The ascending grade
| of the road. from the west, averages
fifty feet per mile for distance of
twenty miles. From the east the
ascension distance is about twelve
miles on a grade of Einety feet per
mile. The people of the West and
in fact all over this country have
strong desires to visit Europe, but
strong as our desire is to once more
view the childhood scenes of Italy,
there is so much to sec, and awaken
wonder and admiration in every OBJ
serving mind in our young. but God
favored land, that the old world the
hcme and mother of hereditary aris-
tocracy and heartless tyrants, loses
all its attractions to us while we
never cease to admire the golden
opportunities which are here offered
to every industrious, energetic and
| honest man and woman to acquire
competency and happiness, while,
wherever you go, whether amid
mountains of Pennsylvania, whose
very bowels are inexhaustibly rich
! with various minerals, or the end
less fields, SO prolific in agricultural
products and our beautiful cities,
which have grown so incredibly
within such brief space of time, all
inspire Us with feeling of just pride
| to be an 'American citizen" Our
advice to those who haye money to
invest in travelling is to spend it in
tamiliarizing themselves with the
| glories of their own country, instead
of going to Europe, where the poor
cannot entertain you and the aris-
tocracy look down upon yon as in
every respect their inferior. But
in this country you meet fellow citi
zens everywhere You go, whose
American heart beats in common
sympathy with yours.
To return to our journey. TIE
condition of the Pennsylvania Cen
trail R. R. is splendid. The train
ran with amazing speed, but the
track is so well ballasted, chat you
can scarcely notice any jo1ting. The
manner in which the train runs
around those curves along the AL
legheny mountains, is absolutely as.
tonishing. The quick operations of
the pistons of the engine, as observ-
ed ahead of you, when following the
curve in the direction of your view,
is somewhat characteristic of the
young American, who starts out in
life, full of fire and determination to
succeed, and then you see what a
perfection Mechanism has "reached
in this country We admire the
skill of the noble mechanic, who
contributes substantial pleasure to
his fellow-men, by his ceaseless in
genuity, as well as that of Sheaks-
peare, Milton, Pope, Vert and 9TH
er brilliant names, in the literary
world. The men who conceived and
carried to a successful completion
the project of building the Pennsyl-
varia Central r. R., across those
mountains, achieved victory that
ought to fmmeriakize their names.
Who can comprehend the influence
which this line Of Railroad has al
ready eXerted over the development
of she "Great. West" As an in
structive item, we will mention thai
two passengers on our train lost
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