The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-30
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sissippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Ten.
nessee, Kentucky, Maryland and Dela'
ware.
THE CONTRAST.
The States, North aud South, started
under circumstances Of equal favor in the
great race for prosperity SO far as natural
advantages were concerned. Intellectual
pepscitS, climate, soil, rivers, forests, sea
ports, coal, iron ores, salt, and in all natu.
raj advantages theirs Sogld seem to be lit.
tie difference between the two great sec
lions.
Now while NO consider the facts OF his.
tory, the statistics Of trade, commerce,
population, wealth, manufacturers, &C.,
let me ask Of you to forget that you are
partisans, that you ara Democrats or Re.
puhlicans, Greenbackers or independents,
and remember only that you are West
Virginians, that you have profound per
sonal interest in the matters now present
ed to you, and that they are not the fig
pres OF politician or manufactured to
order. Take them with you to your
homes. Compare them with your neigh
bo.s', and then have the courage OF your
CONVICTIONS, and follow them to their logi
cal conclusion. s-
Why do you, fathers. toll oil day in the
nina, Of the furnace, in the mill, at store
or shop, on farm or river, and save YOU
earnings, denying yourselves and your
wives many OF the Inquiries, even the com
forts and necessaries OF LIEF The answer
lis crslitable to your head and heart, Y
your parentai prize and instinct II Il
that you may provide for old age, and tina
yon may give To the boys and glrls yht
come altpr you better start in the Hrea
struggle and fierce competition oil life thar
yop had; that they may hasurrounded b.
better liabilities, aud be better equipped II
every respect than you were.
There are two methods OF getting on
In the world-one by main strength ant
awkwardnsss, without thought, seiEinI
the rough handle and The short end oil IN
lever; the other by the uss oil Thought
TACT, taxing advantage Of the opportunilie
OF life, selling the long end oil the lever
using the brain, A celebrated painter wa
once asked how he accomplished sucl
spleaiid and marvellous results upon thu
canvas; With what he mixed his color
that lie SO excelled all competitors. Th
answer Ia worth rememberingI " mix N,
colors With brains.h Fathers, sons. work
men, laborerp and professional men o
West Virginia, have We not been too lon
neglecting the very thing that would mos
potsntialiy help ua to the best results
Have We not too long been working at
great disadvantage in the race Of lie
WHY has no man upon Southern soil heoi
enabled TO amass the magnificent forum
mat was gathered By the poor fur-tradel
Ast6F, IN his lifetime, Or by the sma
boatman, ooFpelips Vanderbilt, or tn
poor teacher, a. I. steSart2 The answe
e plain and simple. Because the cireuu
stances Of trsde, manufactures, cuisines
development, growth and general prospe
IN gere less favorable In the South tbs
.IIih the North, Now-to the proof OF til
. statement.
t VIRGINIA. vs.. NEW YORK.
r Says the North american and Unit
/. Sa,es Gas.tls: ''At the origin Of the Go
It eminent, Virginia, with much larger g
y tent OF territory than New York, contain'
], a population Of 10000, and sent ten re
q resentatives to Congress, while New 70
Ia contained a population Of 10000, al
!. sent Six representatives to Congress.
i. 1860 the population oiNew York was oV
!. three and one.hall millions, represent
% by thirty.three members, while Virgin
y had less than one and half millions
y population, and thirteen members oil ca
!, :, rress." Said Henry A. Wise: "At a pc
n Cd not very remote, Virginia stood p
y emfnently the frSl commercial State IN I
y Union; when her commerce exceeded
o. amount that Of all the New Engla
" states combined; when the city Of Sori,
y. - owned more thana hundred trading shi
% and her direct foreign trade exceeded Il
" Of New York city. At the period OF
Il" War Of Independence the GO
y y msrce Of Virginia was four times
~ =. great as that OF New York" In 1870
~ cash value OF all the farms, farming
plements and machinery Of New York
more than two.and,ahalt times as g
in as that Of Virginia and West Virsiniac'