Middletown transcript., 1877-02-17

twenty-five years in Pennsylvania and
thirty-two years in Delaware, know
that If the author Of the above quotation
had any knowledge of the territory to
which be referred when be made refer
ence to the Diamond State. be knew be
vas stating that which was false; if be
did know it, he is kuave; if he
did not know it, be is fool to make
such statements. The citizens of the
Diamond State are as intelligent, as in
dustrious, as ingenious, as honest as
any coDceited Yankee in the Empire
State. 1t is said it takes ell kinds Of
people to make up world so it must
be 10 regard to State, and il is not to
be expected that so proud a common
wealth as the Empire State could get
along without q share Of knaves and
fools.
THE DIAMOND STATE AND HER RESOURCES
The people of the Diamond State un-
derstand to what use their State is best
adapted, and put their labor in those
things that bring the greatest reward
for their labor. | claim for the Dia-
mond State that she built the first iron
vessel that was built in the United
States to navigate the ocean, and that
she has built more iron and steam sail
ing ships than all the remainder Of the
States combined She has the Oldest
railroad car-wheel foundry in the coun-
try; the reputation Of the Lobdell car
wheel is known from one end of the
United States to the other In our
State has been built the finest palace
cars that have been built in the world,
and the most Of them in one single
city Our rolling mills for producing
iron for steamship building are not
equaled in this country; our morocco
has a good reputation in every shoe
manufacturing town Of New England
our carriage building is extensive,
sending large quantities to New York,
Pbiladelphia aud Baltimore. as well as
20 the South and West; our powder.
the Du Points, has a worldwide repu-
tstion In raising peaches we can
grow more, and do it better than any
other State in the Union in the straw
berry season we ship train of ears
loaded each day for wheat, corn, oats.
pork, beef. mutton, vegetables, &c..
we can supply our own wants and have
large supply in excess, which are
sent to New York at the present time
at the rate of a train load every day,
beside what are carried to other markets
by the sailing vessels that sail along
our beautiful Delaware bay, and con-
stantly keep the old Dominion line of
steamships carrying away our surplus
from the lower end Of our State. We
had the first railroad that was COM
pleted upon which run locomotive in
Ihe United States; we had a cotton
mill that spun 6ne numbers up to 70s
forty years since We have both cotton
and wooden manufacturers that can sup
ply our people with clothing, besides
having a large surplus to send to New
York for sale. We have as handsome
women, as honest and intelligent men
as any that the Empire State can boast
Of. There was not a man in all the
Congressional delegation from New
York that Congress thought it fit to
put upon the commission to settle the
Presidential muddle. but bad to come
to the Diamond State for one who. like
his State among her sister States, shines
as bright as any on that Commission
We admit our State is not large in ter
ritory, being only three counties; yet,
we have an honorable reputation. The
decisions of cur judiciary will compare
favorabIy With the best Of our country
We never have been called upon to i'm
peach any of the Judges of our courts
for dishonesty. as has been frequently
done in New York State Now. Mr.
Editor, let your Catskill correspondent
bring bis proofs 10 regard to bis assar
tions in the quotation which gave
you, which I know be cannot do. Il
is foul slander upon an honest and
patriotic psole Of the Diamond State
THE Blue Hens Chickens" we're in
almost every engagement Of any note
during the revolution. as well as iu the
late civil war; the quota OF Delaware
was always full We have one Of the
greatest wrought iron tube manufac-
tories 10 the country. and every village
and town has its agricultural foundry
and implement mandatory We are
not Jeholden to any State, and can live
within ourselves, and that. too. without
acting like lot of paupers, as some
manufacturers whom | have read Of,
who are eterDally crying out for pro-
lection from the government, as they
have not got either brains or muscle to
earn a living without getting their
hands into the pockets Of their neigh
bors. In the eyes Of some fanatics.
nothing good could possibly ever origi
nate south of Mason and Dixon's line.
What does the great Empire State do
toward paying the interest upon our
national debt? What is her great
staple product which she exports to
bring back gold to pay our, oeot Ihey
are d State that consumes nearly all
they produce, and yet cannot say a
good word for the poor down trOdden
South that to-day, Notwithstanding her
oppressed condition, overrun and rob
bed as she has been by Northern
carpet baggers," she is doing more
toward paying our national debt in
proportion to her population than the
boasted Empire State Take her cot
ton, rice, tobacco. sugar, &c. away
from our exports and the balance will
be largely against US Yet in the eyes
of these Northern fanatics the South
has no rights that Northern man
should respect" and yet they profess
to be Christians, and this is the way
they show Christian spirit ard broth
erly love. This same class of fanatics
made great professions of love for their
colored brethren who we're slaves, vet