South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-11-20
Observation-Disclosures
FRIDAY. NOV. 20. 1871
WEST VIRGINIA.
Her Governor Speaks of Her Re.
sources and Pros ress at the
Southern lus'erstate
Exposition.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
On hehalf Of the Site Of We.
Virginia, OF which am prou to be
the representative permit ne TO
thank you most cordially for the con
s'deration shown her, the youngest
oil our sisterhood Of Safes, at this
splendid exp ,sitiop OF Southern in
dustry and prrgress.
l am glad tn have this opportunity
OF seeing for myself in this generous
exhibit collected here, the woalth of
your forests. fsl ami mines, ,be
magnificent produc III your inveu-
ticn AMI skill; the rich evii .nces Of
your industrial and sgricul ural PROS
perity. Clearly the s nth is wide
awake; and vigorous with the spirit
of progress.
regret exec. dinghy that West
Virginia has MT assisted with her
wealth of resnurces in this exiibit OF
Southern Industrial progress. Per-
haps may he perm tied 20 cav
wi hnut being charged with .mmoi-
es.y that she could have atded some.
thing iDteres ing and notable even ip
this superb Collection. OF c,urse
her faI'u,e to avail herself of this
Opportunity is distinctly her WI loss
and brief cxr'"u..icn is therefore
In order. L. was simply qnes ion
OF monev, or Father the lack of i.
West Vir. iUie though making rapid
strides forward ia no' yet su;iic
~ developed t, yield a. large a rev.
enue MS We should have. Our rate OF
tsxat'"n is ou!v 80 miIis on tho dol
lar for all ate puri osoa, with an
exceedingly low vs'us.ion on proper
". We must, therefore econom,ze.
We let that The a,pr"pr Ate of
$4,000 to assist in the nsk,rg a
grea; National ex',ibi. at the Worlds
Columbian EXPOSE ion was as much
fpr such purposes as could ne aft nd :
ec and the attention Of those who
could have made private exh: bits
here has been concentrate d upon
Chicago. So, while West Virginia
is inexperienced here by State .x-
hi5t, We wall vie vi b YOU. with our
sister States, both Northern aud
southern, az me Worlds Fair a,
Oh c1eo In 1898.
Indeed We shsli there challenge
the wore to shoV Specimens from
larger or greater variet es OF coal
seams, or more richly inbercd for.
es's; our spec,mecs OF oil, salt. fruits
and cereals will be creditab and in
teres'ing; our exhibits Of msDnf c.
tnred articles will shoS that West
Virginia is fnlly ahreas, OF her sister
States of The South in their grand
march t, prosperity that it. is now
astonishing the world and bringing
to our sunny fields capital and immi.
grafton. With you We have grown
Ind prospered, until We can truly
say, the Sou is Solid
As this is one OF West VireiIia's
days al your exposition. and es I
was invi' ed here TO say something OF
her resources aud progress. NAV,
without tn appearance OF boating.
turn tn my naive State, and tell ycu
something Of her people, Der sch Dols,
her la~s. spl what she has az basi .
If wealth and prosperity. Our peo-
ple are religions, in 'ns' ri a., p-os
g'cssvc, and law ali Ing. Our
schools are in most healthy and
furnishing opndtlon, we'll supp r'ed
and patronizei fr ON our State Uni,
versity, collegiate and other schools,
down to the comm Schools 10
Which all mag De taught and which
none ats too poor To- attend. Let
me emphasize the fact lba, our pub,
Tic c1ool sys EN- IL one Of the ve-y
be l, and that no S ote in The Union
can boast of mGre efficient system
OF education. With p 1pu alton Of
leas than million we exDcn led
last year from our pubic revenues
81 369 ,S37 .04 in the cause of educ.-
ton. Need <, far b or say m re
To ind'cste the cbsIgrter aad pur.
pose ri our proyIe? Our Laws are
equt be eni III crqi, and inparually
ad ~ nistered. Cspital and lab. ,
60 hand in band they ars receiving
ne'dfu protrc ion, 40 thgt the one
may he safely and prof, ,bly inve /.
ed, Whit the other no. denied any
tate guard @hicI the iaa can give TO
secure to it a jus. propo-.iOn Of our
common in lu3try anI enterprise.
Our hJmestead and exs.no i'm laws
wisely protect tie Householder Ia
DAYS OF adve sity.
Our lands are exceedingly fer lie.
and, excep IN ne mOuniain ranges
"ell suited 10 aetiCul ufs, Yielding tu
the hushaOlman abundant harvest ~
the reward o. IA tot. Our highest
hills, as we'll as our vi eye, ore car
peted with = luxursnl 2r ~tt OF hue
grass. a1d on, ia cate are toe pride
Of our herd meu.
When | come to describe he vast.
ness Vt our timber f.r So. iron pres,
Coal fields. aud petrol an deposits. (
fear TO 10 them justice lsst ! be &C
cusei Of exSgerition. Wo have naG-
ural gas e-ou-h 10 blow ~ Tue u {.
verse. all oil suiiici, nj 20 illuminate
goodly section o! the night otsfnal.
But torn from these more fckle
Springs % fora To our greater
sources of weaiih.
Maj Hn'cbSlss, the -clehrstcd Vir-
ginia ge"iOsisi. recently SOFT: The
Nations tibet rule the ca th are tho a.