, 1841-01-30
THE WEST.


Things difficult 10 get are most hi.hiv
priced, and it necessarily follows that things
of easy access. being Common. are not sui
ficiently valued. This is greatly the case
with the west. We have talked. and heard.
and read. so much of the west. 81 much of an
every days business 10 know sOmethingoti il.
that some OF Us fancy 1t in our breecheS peck
Ell. and always at hand. ! have known men
II leave the middle States ITO look at the
West by carriage, STEAMBOATS,. and cars,
and reach the waters OF the great valley OF
the Mississippi. Thus thrown upon the IVES
tern waters. they reach 81. Ions. where the
bold waters OF tie Missouri strife them with
aa:azemen!. The beautiful ONO. witll her
picturesque scCUery-;Ac !"gUl! ' of sod
never fails Ia be admired. mad Ia r-:,:za 20
iii unprecedented MIA lha i.ai ui"i..r pom
Ised land. not i0r-rs;ME - CEcr,: limSr
who. booking To- land on IL. -. US. az! In
bIbIug prep! :,cRs az ::n.?c. IA sc :: AXE in
every duck plid!e. AMI wi.hr.t Ring tn
miles IN The country. return i-rnc l. they
came. flied with prejn.isc- : IL Id AMI fixed
observation-disclosures that thew c:n Sc fever
in the very cats and doL>-lui w..,au. feel.
ing any pIeasura5lc delight n ne many
scenes that are g9aIi AMI hc..t.I.. often
poison II" minds a.: u,t Y ~iro You'd o,:e:-
wise settle in ii!e IVES, ani -r-l:.l ~li,rove
their real condition. Ii i - 20 r,-rat;cG
that su:i pn:sIaS should ~veIt.r. from Their
own ilresidcS-ne8;hcr !ntOr ned, nor d. the;
take the pains - seek The opportunities IL
become informed. Of the real character oi the
soil, lis inhabitants, or the heath OF the
country. Ii i river can he shown without
creeks and small streams entering it. it would
he a phenomenon in the West IS well as
elsewhere. Blckwater is the consequence
OF i rise in the rives, and damp wet places
follow. This is the case Of Missouri. is well
as Virginia and all other places. | take this
occasion TO say there is dry soil enough in
the single State Of Missouri 10 sustain Il popu
latIon oil ten millions of souls: 4 soil 50 rich
and SO productive that It's real exceIlencies
appear TO many ~fIncIeS. and being so much
beyond common, TO see it is necessary to
realize its value, the beauty OF the country.
and the happiness Of its people.
At this time the emigration is very great.
At the county seat Of Charlton county. MIS-
souri,, the southeast and northeast roads fork.
and IT is computed that every thirty days I'm
the fall season OF the year, einigrants SUI,
flcient to form a county pass that place for
settlement. A residence ornearIy six months
IN that State enables the writer to form. Il
pretty correct opinion of the character OF lis
population, having mixed much. and rode
over the greater part of the State. and it is
upon this point that the chief mistake lies.
In travelling a thousand miles, and during my
stay there, | did not see a fist fight in the
State; on the contrary, each and every body
diligently pursuing his own course to pro-
mote his happiness aud welfare, and an ar
dent feeling TO help and comfort the new
corners, and thus The general prosperity is
continually advancing. In this country
real merit and honest worth and industry
are the best passports and recommendation.
Here there are but few chartered monopolies.
and few entanglements: the few cannot con-
troll the many, it is really sworth makes the
man."-[Globc