Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-09-07

! Ito every nnprejudi rational mind
! and its framer is certainly friend.t
] the West, and an able advocate Of til
peoples rights.
We cannot expect, however~tha
4 favorsswill spring up Of their own ac
cord, and solicit our acceptance. Oh
the contrary, they are shysand coy
like angels visits, few and far be
~ be vfgiiiant and &C
1--we. sovernment must necessarily
knos 0nr wants before administerin;
to them Cur young sister, Des Nome
has set US a glorious example. He
citizens have fairly, clearly, and fully
Expressed their ews, in bold, fearless
Language, not y misunderstood.
The Globe, Nil puri Argus, and the
Galenian, are made the heralds of their
patriotic spirit in the common cause Of
the western settlers A still small
voice is raised by our neighbors OF De,
Moine, at the frstapproach Of danger
May it be borne along, as by the wings
Of the wind, over our far-sprcading
country, gathering strength as it passes,
until it meets and mingles in the halls
of Congress, there to become the
threatening tornado, which will sweep
all opposition from before it, and awake
the noble senator from his dreaming
over the peoples interest.
The time is now approaching, Eel
lowtitizeus, when we must act if we
would expect or desire favorable ter
mination of the momentous subiectnow
pending. True, we can do but little to
avert the storm which is gathering
over our heads, soon to burst upon the
inhabitants of the western States and
Territories; but what little we can do,
should be done without delay. We
can petition; we can demonstrate; we
can supplicate and plead for protec-
ton from the remorseless Spectator;
we can peacably assemble together, and
ask Of a hitherto parental government
the same lenity and justice bestowed
upon other settlers Of the public do
main; we can apprise our rulers Of our
wants, and we will then have conf
dence that they will be attended to by
generous government. Why stand
we here idle, when all that we hold
most dear is at stake? Shall Des
Nome alone stand forth to plead the
people, cause, and at last wea om-
oelled to brood over our misfq5 (fes in
silence, when all is lost by supineness
md want of activity, or at best utter a
eeble note Of wailing? Forbid it JUS
ace! forbid IL slfsa4 ibid 1T ev-
cry noble and generous sentiment Of
the human breast! u 8,
i know not what others NAV feel,
but for me, when / reflect on the at
tempt thus made by the capitalists, al
led by some Of the members in Con-
yress, to monopolize all the lands in
The west worth possessing, even envy
lng me my humble cottage on the ex-
IRENE frontier, I think it ii high time
70 sound the alarm and appeal to the
Justice Of orr country. it not
enough that we pay into the national
't'r-easttii every dollar saved out Of our
hard earnings, at the minimum price,
% be carried from the western coun-
ny and expended on the Atlantic
'hores9 And will even this be denied?
Why this secret speculator's bill? IA
very specious pretence is made by the
movers Of it, that Il is to provide
'gainst fraud, and for the peoples in
erests. Trust it not. It will prove a
mare and an ambush to us. In only
siancing at the provisions Of the bill,
1ou will discover that it is dark, hid
len concern, calculated to aid and as
list the SPECTATOR in defrauding the
ettler out Of his undeniable rights;
md that too without the Inconvenience
i attending the sales, or the risk of
GETTING I solnder from the hard listed
'ackWoodsman.
1T is feared by some, that the pre-
'mption lawwilI not be again renewed,
2 consequence Of the frauds practised
y the officers Of the land Offices in
many places, and by the spectators in |
eneral. But this would be, in effect.
the innocent for the acts oil
ne guilty, besides destroying system
yhlch has peopled the whole western
ountry; andAhe public lands would