Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-10-14

The great number Of wealthy and respecia.
bic inhabitants of the east, unable to resist the
great inducements afforded BY the West, leay-
ing their country and seeking new homes a.
mong MS in the West, is beginning to excite
no little degree Of alarm among the conduct
ors Of eastern periodicals, to prevent which,
means the n,nst nninst and nreindicial to onr
country are adopted. Whether this course to-
wards US is prompted by jealousy, or from a
want Of general information, we are unable to
say; but rather inclined to attribute it in great
degree, to both causes. By the last census, it
appears that the west is gaining population
very rapidly, ard should it continue long at
the same ratio, the balance ofpower will be in
the West. lobe deprived Of this advantage,
which they have held from the infancy of our
Republic, and We have too sensibly felt its
constant exercise, is a matter Of no little i'm
portance to the east. We will venture to say
that there is not an impartial mind, we care not
whether his interests lay in the east or west,
who is acquainted with the present situation
of our country, will question tho business Of
our claims on the government to the right of
presumption to the soil, taken from its wild
and natural state, and made valuable by the Ia.
Der and capital Of its holder, yet we find some
ofthe ablest statesmen Of the east, endeavoring
by all their power and influence to deprive US
Of this privilege. Butshis disadvantage is be-
ing remedied by the visits Of many eastern
statesmen to the west, who have acknowl-
edged their misapprehenson Of the Justice and
wants of its inhabitants.
In many other respects that power has been
welded, if not Cypress. to withhold from us
that to which we are justly entitled. 1t has
ever been like drawing eye-teeth, to procure
an appropriation Of money for any public pur-
pose, to be expended in the West. We have
seen them, after several years petitioning,
grant TO the State Of Illinois, each alternate
section Of lands on the Illinois and Michigan
Canal, TO aid the State in work that the Go
vernmens itself should do, and sell the reserv-
ed lands for more than all would have sold il
the State had not undertaken the work; thus,
instead Of being an aid to the State, it was a
matter Of speculation on the part Of the govern
ment. tits yet very difficult to obtain an APP
probation for any work il the West, while up
on the seaboard millions are annually expend-
ed.
We have copied an extract from the Boston
Times, Of September 2, which will be found
below, aperusal of which will show our wes-
tern readers under what gross mistake our
eastern brethren labor, and which has no doubt
prevented many from emigrating to this gar
den of the world. To the inhabitants Of the
west, the falsehoods contained in the two last
paragraphs, need no contradictions; but for the
information Of those who have never seen west,
we would state, that neither the ssstagnant
marshes of the great western country nor
the 'srich bottoms and alluvians of Illinois, -
are the breeders Of 'spestilence and decay
sufficient to deprive any one Of good health,
possessing judgment and taste enough to avoid
a residence in their midst. The pleasant bree-
yes that are constantly, during the summer
months, tanning the prairie flowers, scatter and
drive away all unhealthy vapor that may arise
from any body Of water in the west.
As to the assertion, that the ''climate Of the
west is not fitted for the ,oonsen of New Eng
land" and that they soon loose all that glow
Of health and animation that constitutes their
pearl Of price, is a SANDER that the presence
Of many hearty, rosy.cheeked Yankee lass in
the west, would at once repel. We can tell
our brethren Of the east, if they think that the
,comen, as they call them. Of the west are UNI
healthy and pale faced, they are egregiously
mistaken. There arc az many hearty, hand
some, rosy-cheeked ladies In the west, in pro-
portion, as there are in the east. We should
not be surprised if, on enquiry, this s.gentk-
man" who has SO slandered them in the east,
should turn out TO be some little pennyless
.dandy'' who, perhaps, had been discarded
by some western young lady.
"WEsrgRN EMIGRATION The great westcr,,
fever of 1sl5-l6, which half dspopulated New
vulsion in business, that followed the close of the
late war. But the present revulsion docs not SOON
tn check in any great degree, the spirit of western
| emigration. AlaIge number of families from the
towns in this vicinity are, we understand about to
leave their homesteads in tho land of hhr fathers
los what they deem more productive cline. Our
hardy ysomanry, captivated by the tales Of plenty
which aie waited 10 their ears BY every breeze from
the West, are selling of, packing up, and hising
th,therward in the hope of more speedily realizing
fortune. But for our own part ne do not like this
state Of things.
There is no reason in the world why the sons OF
Now England should leave their homes for the
SUMMER skies, but moro stagnAnt marshes Of the
great western country. Nominally, il is true, they
may become richer by the change; but what 10 q
Iiifie accumulated wealth. in comparis0n to the