Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-07-03

energies are directed to the real glory |
of his country. On the people, who
are citizens of this country by birth
and adoption, who are now basking in
the sunshine of prosperity under the
institutions of a free government, a
nigh duty is imposed. Secure in the
possessi on of their liberties and for
tuaes, blessed with a climate Of unex-
celled purity and lovelincss, and a soil
that stands preeminent for fertility,
the advantages they enjoy, dema nd an
exertion of more than ordinary virtue.
The lands are now titled in peace
and the hills echo with contentment
and happiness. That which was swamp
and thicket, has budded and bios
somed, and the dreams of the past are
now sober realities, which conspires
to augment their felicity. The exalted
rank that our State sustains among her
sisters, should prompt her citizens to
cherish every moral and political pr;n-
ciple that may affect her future char
acter. How can the physical strength
of the country be advanced? By
vigorous and prudent application to
the public good of those resources
with which providence has blessed the
people. Our substantial wealth springs
from the soil that is cultivated not the
treasure that corrupts the mind and
enervates its vigor; not the vile dust
for which Empires have been sacked,
and the proudest monuments of arts
and genius overthrown; not the lucre
that has operated with talismanic
power over the integrity of philoso-
pliers and statesmen, and to which
even religion has been sacrificed, but
permanent fund of prosperity, that
rewards Industrious effort and sweet
ems all the cares of life. From the
many advantages we, as people pos
sess diligent pursuit Of agriculture,
will inevitably insure most happy re-
suits. However imprudent may have
been the conduct Of individuals, how
ever fallacious their opinions as to the
true sources of public wealth., we may
escape the rocks on which they have
been thrown, and gather wisdom from
their misfortunes. Isn't the hardy
vigor of the Swiss much preferable
to the effeminate manners and feelings
of the Italian? Industry alone has
produced the contrast in their char
acters. Let US revere the verdant plain S
around US, ana teach our children, by
our example, to cultivate the same
sentiment. On the independent own
ers and tillers of the soil, we rely as
the only sure props of our national
grandeur; to them we must ultimately
resort for individual protection, and
the support of our republican institu.
tions. Our internal commerce has ex
cited the admiration of the world
Not MANY generations ago where
many of your readers now live, circleC
with all that exalts and embellishe
civilized life, the frank thistle nodded il
) the wind, and the wild fox dug his hol
unscared. And beneath the same SUI
that now rolls o'er their heads, tn
Indian hunter pursued the painting
deer, gazing on the same moon tha
= Ioh 1,,ofrO f11o hoo oUfi fE1
farms of Fayette. There the wigwan
blaze beamed on the tender and help
less, and the council fire glared on tn
t wise and daring. There they wor
shipped, and from many hard bosom
: went a pure prayer to the Grea
: Spirit. A tide Of population that ha
4 since rolled in with unexampled rapid
: ity, has swept all these scenes away
: The race of this peculiar people ha
y been blotted from the face of gres
> continent. Here and there a stricke
IL few remain, but how different they al
5 from their bold, untamed progenitor
Ii These few crawl upon the soil wher
their fore fathers walked in majesty
L AS race they have withered. In tt
IS progress of time everything has a
u sumed a new character the enterpri!
II of the North, the South, the East, an
lie the West, has been exerted on the ol
= iects around us, and given the instit1
ton of yesterday, the reputation {
re mature age. Among the many acqu
a sitions to our real wealth, the faci
: ties afforded to her commerce by Il
ed intro duction and aid of steam, cam
ld be too highly priced. As a human i
u vention, this adaptation Of mechanic
e, force to the useful purposes of Lii
ur stands unrivalled. While we rega
e. it as among the most splendid achiev
in ments of genius, let US not forget tt
OF Fulton was an American, and as pu
IN lie benefactor, deserves the loftie
is tribute of our respect. OF all t
ed causes that combine to give charact
at to society, no one is more desiral
re- than disposition to patronize the
py terests of literature and science. L
lal young claim at the hand of their |
m rents and friends the blessings of
los education, and your country deman
lk, for them the Improvement of their b
eat faculties. The children are the no
ful of their native land, and to them
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