The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-09-26

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cultural district 10 II MAS. then A. |
have said in ihr iir~t portion II this
chapter the mountain ranges and val.
less WIRE In the outset peoplesl with
'ho@e who transmitted their nnilirifis
Ways ~ their descendants, aud hence,
whatever the native resources III thusc
tlne valleys. they hAs. largely remained
nn,leselolvl IL this lay.
Hut the query II worth entertain
Ing In II indeed the case that becAnse
the great si,lcs oiemiarMtiun. assisted by
railroads and ether potent agencies.
hare swept past this great mountain
region on both sides, ~ find llumss I'M
the far West In II - that this section
Will bc overlooked aud neglected III
the very cndy viii thrr. not romc
reaction deeirc 10 hook up desirable
places nearer homes md, making III
this mountain region with its unbound.
ci water power. IT. mincrM wealth, IN
iran, and cnal. and copper, and lead
and salt, 4 true New England III thu
South, develop II ID better conditions
aud results than hitherto II Inns been
fortunate enough ~ cxlNricnccy Blessed
especially NJ itu residents arc with good
health, aud this 10 Il degree cxccllcd by
no other region on the continent, ali
this should awaken public attention "
IT. advantages, and cause some more ol
our people 10 benefit by them.
Aud In regard 10 what Inns been hcrs
said ~ thu mountain regions III Ken
tucky and Tennessee indeed ~ thai
whole scope Of country In the head
waters VI the Zig Sandy and New river,
OH tho one side and tho Cumberland AM
Tennessee rivers on the other much IN,
sAne reasons exist for making innnitcl,
valuable % The people 81 this conntr,
for homes The mountainous region d
North Georgia, and the sections 81 tia
character adjoining. in that natnrall,
favored hill country, II wA declared b,
the ChcFokers when they were made Il
abandon II for the lands west ri the Miss
issippi, n man wax never wick o
sorry" and NJ present II III encouraging
to know that every year public attention
II getting somewhat more drawn To II
the chief attraction being itx mild AM
lieAlthfnl climate. which supplies favor
able conditions for many who fin! i
impossible IL live In the scvcrcr clinat.
al the North.
hut there are potent reasons why til
people ri the South themselves should
turn 10 the development II that porti0l
~ their territory, which, after MI, liz,
more elements of real power In II tha,
anything offered TO them besides. Tn.
mountainous region of tho south il
emphatically tho white mans country
And bearing In mind that the two
greatest elements of power known IL
this W any n.y. ara iron aud coal; that
these are tho agencies TINT III the end
make nations rich and respected. and
this consideration alone should make
the fortunate po.sc~~Ors 81 such ole
mentx of strenetll eager 10 make ths
most ri them.
The great mistake that tho South In,
made III the past was In entertaining
tho belief that the agricultural, or, n
some u heY political oraelcs fondl,
termed II, the patriArchal condition,
was that which WA most desirable :
that which would most certainly give
her empire and greatness not reflect
Ing that iron commands not only gold
but everything else almost 81 which |
In the representative. Fear, II Shout,
bo borne IN mind. however reluctant W
may IN 10 acknowledge II, II too Otter
IN this world u constituent or condition
of respect; and We may way 81 cannon
fonndrics and ship.yArd. that. AlthoMg
these may not lay the world nnde
tribute ~ does cotton, thNy compel ths
tribute Of respect, without (which col
ton, money ~ anything else may b
comparatively yaluelcs1.
] have sud that the hill region II III
white mans country; and this ccans'
while hs must IN the very nature 81 III
case leave cotton aud rico and suGs
culture 10 the colorcd race, be- himse
could b. but rralixe it-~can do vii
these mineral treasures what the Otht
race can never do~-can develop I,0iCe,
And, although what ] am going to N
dncc may 10 deemed hut ! tritc I
hackneyed illustration, yet what oths
country ON the face 81 the whole cart
save England, has been able, upon 4
most the basia alone oi the two simp
elements u development indicated
iron and coal--to make almost cver
other civilized, Or even halt civilixe