The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-27
SOUTH! YOUNG MAN =

presidcn, Harrisop, on hia tuur through. |
the South, after having seen the Won
5erful growth Of Lynchburg, Bedford
City. Roanoke, Salem, Radford, Puiasks, !
Wytheyiile and Abingdon aud the indusa
trial development in progress along tne
line Of the Norfolk L. Western Railroad,
and viewed the country OF Southwest
Virginia, said in his speech to the people
Of Bristol, Va:
"My Fellow Citisens:-l have fosna not
,p]v nlcasure. but instruction in riding
! ,o-day through the portion of the State
# Virginia that is feeling in very 5trik-
! .ng way the impulse Of new Development.
lltia extremely gratifying to notice that
| those hidden sources Of wealth which
we're so long uuobaerved and SO long uae
used are nov being found, and that those
regions. once SO retired, occupied ny pas
toral people having difficult access to the
! center Of population, arc now being rapid
" transformed into busy manufacturing
and commercial centcrs. In the early
settlement Of this country cmisrants
poured over the AlleghaneR and Blue
Ridge like waters oyer an opStructlns
edge, seeking the fertile and attractive
| farm regions of Che great West, They
nasscd uuobsorred these marvellous md
den stores Of wealth which are now beng
brought into use.
"HavIng filed those great basins OF the
West they are now turning back to Vir-
gina and West Virginia and Tennessee
ic brinS about the full development and
production for which time is ripe and
which will surprise tue world IT has not
hecn long since every implement OF lron'
domestic, agricultural and mechanlcai'
was made for you in other States. he
iron point Of the wooden mold board pillow,
with which the early farmers here turncu
the soil, came from distant States. But
luow Virginia and Tennessee are stirring
their energies to participate in large
degree in mechanical productions and IN
,he great awakening of American COM
| nerco and American influence which Will
lit Tie nation to place among the ma
lions Of the world neycr before attained
"W hat is to hinder us when we have
! secured the markets of our own States
| hat we shall reach oUt and enter into
successful competition in the markets OF
jlnrr parts Of the world: | say what is
hinder this people; possessing by the
; Providence Of God, all the pigments OF
material wealth; endowed with a genius
md energy unsurpassed among the ma
ions of the earth, shall again have on The
| great seas Il merchant marine flying the
lag Of the common country and carrying
I Is commerce into every sea and uphold
ing lis honor in every port?
Il am glad day to stand for this mo-
| nent among you and to express my sym
athy with any and aYery interest that
ends to develop you as a people. am
glad to stand with you on one common
I atform OF respect for the constitution:
differing as some of us may do in our
opinions as to what the law should he and
low it shonld be applied; having in view
ne common devotion OF obedience to TIM
~ as the majority of our people, D.
,cir own representatives. make 1T.
81 shall carry away from here re-
..wed impulse to public DUTY; a new in
| pration as a citizen, and that too, OF Il
country whose greatness is only dawning.
And now let me express to you tn"
.easure shall have in every good thai
II come to you IA community and t.
.ch Of you rs individuals. May peace.
a.pcrify and social order dwell III A..
: ar families, and the fear and love o.
i in every home.
omE TO VIRGlSIA.-Ihc coming wool
owing; agricultural and iron producn.
.c,ion OF the United States.
Come via Merchants and Mirrors
Boston Steamship Line, via Norfolk, Peril
and sylv;tia K. r., via Norfolk, or WASH
ew England, ington, or Harrisburg; Baltimore d
Ohio X. r.. via Shenandoah Junction.
rou, y. T., Come via Old Dominion Steamship
! " y. j. Line. via Norfolk. Pennsylvania h
IS Penn : r., via Norfolk, or Washington, o!
Z" Del. Harrisburg; Baltimore e. Ohio r. X.
! " Md. via Shenandoah junction.
From the Come via Pittsburgh, via Chat.
West (tanooga, or via Columbus and A*hlal''
I For all information, maps, reference
looks, pamphlets, etc. descriptive of thu
wonderful mineral and agricultural re-
sources Of the States OF Virginia and
{ West Virginia, apply to Agents OF the
Norfolk g. Western railroad, 800 Wash
ington, Street, Boston; BOB Broadway
! New York; l ABB Pennsylvania Avenue
| Washington, d. c.; 81 East, State Street
Columbus, Ohio. Or General Office,