Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-09-02
IOWA NEWS.
DU BUQUE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 2.

IOWA NEWS.
DU BUQUE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 2.
REMOvAL..TheO Office of the sslONya
Ncyys,s has been removed to q newly
finished building ON Locust Street, ops
Positc the residence of Judge Lock.
wood.
On our first page will be found the conclu-
sion of the proceedings Of the Council held
with the Chippewa Indians for the purchase
Of their pine lands, in which some speeches
display the wild and romantic character of the
Northwestern Indians. Some of the speech
es exhibit talent and ingenuity rarely to be
met with among the uneducated of our own
people.
In perrsing the proceedings, one cannot
but perceive that wisdom with which the
matter was conducted on the part of Gov.
Dodge. Throughout the Council, he endea-
vcred to inspire the Indians with the fullest
confidence in their Agents, and impress up
their being at peace with their neighbors the
Sioux, and succeeded in getting them to bury
the tomahawk, and smoke the pipe Of peace.
= Experience has shown, that knowledge Of
the character of the Indians, and their conf
dence, is highly necessary on the part of the
Agents, in order to keep our affairs in any thing
like settled state. A residence of several
years on the frontiers, and almost constantly
IN some way engaged in business with the In
dians, has proved Gov. bod ge to be we'll quail
fed for the discharge of any duties he can be
called on to perform with the Indians.
We understand that he will leave for WASH
ington in short time, in order to be present
and aid in the conclusion of a Treaty with the
Sioux, deputation Of which have already
gone on, as noticed in our last.
The GREAT Wesr.----In another column.
under this head, will be found an article from
the Boston Statesman, which, for base and
malicious falsity, has not been surpassed by
any publication, the New York Black Book
not excepted. From the commencement, to the
end, every statement with regard to the char.
acter Of the West, is filled with falsehoods, too
bare to escape detection from any.
In the first place, he says that editors, as
well as others, are in the habit of telling large
stories. This is an attempt to destroy all con-
hdence in the statements of the western papers,
so that any that may be made will be
taken as an attempt to mislead and iniure
those who, in consequence thereof may come
to the west to better their condition, by seeking
home where business is not so fluctuatinp.
and where all the industrious can have con-
slant employment.
In the next place, he says that the great for
tunes said to have been made in the west, in
short time, most of them have been made ~,
paper. The thousands who have come to the
west, entirely destitute, and who now are
wealthy, acquired by industry, will bear tes-
dmony Of the falsity Of this statement. The
allegation that dues cannot be collected from
western merchants, is but repetition Of that
slandercus work before alluded to, which has
been proven to be entirely destitute oftruth.
He further says, that the notices frequently
appear holding out inducements for mechanics
to come westward, are often deceptive in their
character, and that in but few places mechan-
les can do better in the west than in the east.
We are confident that no deceptive notice has
ever been given for that purpose. The wages
ofmechanics have ever been high in the west,
and we believe that not single instance can
be named Of mechanic or laborer, willing to
work, that is unable to find employment; aud
notwithstanding the pressure, their wages
keep up. The expenses of living are truly
high, and we cannot recommend the west as
place for the lazy and indolent to come to-
Our population is necessarily of an industrious
and business character, both rich and poor,
alike busily engaged; or they will soon find
that necessity will compel them to engage in
some business.
Az to the statement Of the existence Of all
most literal famine, it is toobarefaced to need
arefutation. We have neither time nor room
to give this article general review, but have
copied it entire to show our western citizens
to what extent the jealousy Of eastern men have
driven them: The writer admits that by ma
ture, our country is an earthly paradise. Well,
where then, is the improperly Of the West
holding out inducements for emigration, which
fit continues for few years longer, our coun.
try must stand high in the eyes Of the world,
and its political power will then be
felt, and we will no longer have to humbly