The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-01-31
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be taken ont in lodges. Brown hematite
ore is also found in great abundance. An
expert has declared that in this county
there are enough deposits indicated to run
q thousand furnaces for a hundred years.
and there are enough above water level to
last through one generation at least With
ali the force that could be worked on
them.
In 1850 Virginia stood first among the
Southern States in manufactures land
when we speak Of Southern States We DO
ppt iuclude MARYLAND, Kentucky or Mit-
sourll. having 40 establishments en-
yloylug 80 $50 hands. producing prodt cts
- the extent of SOL $50 992 Georgia came
next. We do not think any Sou hern
State has outsJripped her, bat we have nc
authentic figures with v hich to make The
comvarlson. The tobacco Industry of Fir-
alnia has largely Increased and the p'o-
d lcts Of her factories have an estaollst ed
reputation in the markets ct the wof O.
Her machine shops are nnrivaIled IN the
SOUTH, especially those at Richmond and
the one at Roanoke.
While Virginia has not had tho great
booms in real estate which her southern
sisters bave. her advance ii values l.
been steady hut sure, and III no case 50
far have they Iecedrd. Bringing the con
seqnent DISAPPOINTMENT and failures Al
together we have a bright future III the
State. and We are especially anxious to
have inmigration The more thoughtful
and intelligent Of our PEOPLE prete'
Americans who understand our Republi-
can institutions, to The establishment OF
which their fathers contributed SO Iai gely
Entering the capes of Nlrglnl@, that
grand inland sea of The Chesap' axe,
which with It's tributaries waters the
eastern portion Of the State. we lind the
finest fish, oy STEERS, CLANS, terraplEs ano
wild fowl in the greatest abundance The
mere mention OF item is enough to max
oue's mouth Wal er. - On land We h"'s
every variety Of fruit and vegetables
raised in the temperate zone. fPauuts
cotton and corn are the crops OF tnlS
ection then proceeding inland we neel
the tobacco litlds of middle Virginia ::
then the grass lands and wheat Fields OF
the Piedmont. alId valleys. with the tai
cattle grazing On thousand hills. From
seaboard 10 mountain We find the mos'
valuable descriptions of timber, while The
mountains are flied wl.h coal. iron. lead
10 c.llr ralu ar
and quarries OF the finest limestone, slate
and building material. Every variety OF
mineral springs aboun3s Tor the reffesh-
ing aud cure of mankind. while the
streams are alive with fish, and the forest
with ottr. wild turkeys, and the greatest
abundance of all kinds of game. Water
power sufficient 10 turn Tie splndles OF
the world, flows in the great streams,
which rising III her mountains seek an
outlet 10y the gulf as well as by tie
Chesapeake and lie Altemarle TO u e
open sea and with a variety OF climate
from the balmy sea coast WARMED by the
Gulf Stream TO the steady cold OF the
mountain region with lis winter snow.
Whether in search of home or seeking
an investment 1or capital, lie must bt
hard to please who cannot ind what ne
desires in the Old Dominion
We bid a welcome to all who come to
dwell within oar gates, but II one comes
to make our State his home, let him come
in the spirit of,:the bride, who; comes foi
better or for wotse. and not as the tradi-
tiona mother in law, TO cIltlclse Hnd col
rect, for the latter always creates fuss ID
the family. Let him remember tfataW hlle
be should love his heroes who fought for The
union, we love ours who foughtefor the
State. Let him remember that we were
educated to believe that our first ale
glance was due Virginia, and that to cali
our Christian soldiers, Lee and jack
son rebe,s and traitors is not the way to
win our friendship. n is 1t best TO at
tempt to make us believe that Lincoln, pa
triotic ard pure as he was. was greater
than the immortal Washington. That may
go down in Georgia, hut, II is not relished IN
Virgin "a. Lincoln bad grand Characters
les, hut he was the creature of .circum-
stances, and the cruel assassin did more.to
immortaliZe him than any act of his. The
Emancipation Proclamation was militia
~ nee es 'ity. Gen Be- jamin L. Butler hav-
iig CIT the gordian knot of slavery when
ja pronounced the colored fugitives from
Hampton, ''contraband of war" Wash
iagt0n is the only American who ever re-
fused q crown Or. a reelection to the Pres
:dency of the United States.
Nor have [ any blIndss idolatry for the
eeat Eirginian. | might have regarded
the story Of the Ratchet and his severe ve-
lacity apochIy phal weresit not proverblal
hat from the cutting down of that cherry
rec, the average VlIginian has never been
known tostell d lie no. even in Presiden-
ial campaign.
It was your great orator, Theodore Par
ker, who Thanked God that Washington
vas heard to swear at Monmouth. for il
showed him that be was human, and had
lie attributes of a man. And this is a
ci aracteristic which has been Infortun-
al ly followed by Virginia statesmen of
TIE present day, some of whom | fear, on
], fesembe the Father of their country in
tfi5 repnted profanity on that exceptional
ot casion.
come, then, to old Virginia, or send US
] representatives. to assist in our industrial