Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-05-11
TIE WEST.


luence, which The is destined to exercise at
distant period, over the moral and political events of
This Republic. But few have conceived Of the real
ties nor stretched their mental vision to behold the
giant probabilities, which fastening a consul
nation. Many have looked at the vast extent of
Territory delineaed an he map, and admired the
ingenious drawings of the PAINTER, but the rapid
march Of power and the growth of empire, but
family impressed their minds. 1t is extremely
difficult for the mind to keep pace with the rapid
strides, which the is making in the acquisition
of power, of wealth, and of population. Al attempts
to spread The growing realities of the west, before
the mass Of intellect are deemed but wild calcula-
tons ihe enthusiast, or the sporting of ideallty
Were 1t in tie pow of human effort at single
view, 10 draw Correct denenllon of the west
what 1t was twenty years ago What it is now, and
what II Will he twenty years Acnce-wLat wonder
admiration, and establishment, would fasten uTon the
mind! 1t has been reserved for the generations
upon the stage of action, witness the transfer Of
physical power from the shores ofthe Atlantic to the
valleys of the great west More than eighteen cen.
turtles ago the march of empire and of civilization
began Its advancement towards the western horizon
FIRST by slow, yet unerrng process the sceptre of
power and science transferred from the banks OF
The Euphrates and The Mic, To The shores of IVES
tern Europ9-thcncc across the broad expanse of tie
Atlantic, where the puritan futhers erected the bea-
con fires of liberty, intelligence, and virtue More
Iat'efly and with en- impetus unprecedented in all
former history the States of the east, and the Ma
tons of Europe are rolling tide of population 10
The valley OF the Mississippi. And what power can
stop THIS progressive current toward the western
world! There Is every motive that can excite the
enierprisng and the ambitious, 10 PRESS onward to
the land of promise, which is ever spreading out be-
fore them. iller civilization. the arts and the SCI
cnces, arc vending their way-thc sure accom-, a
nIanents OF those who are led to seek home in the
far west.
Ihe obabe power and growth of the west is
not left TO mere speculation and vague conjecture
The history of the past furnishes criterion by
which 10 judge the future. In five of the western
staes-Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Mich
gan there i, than Territory sufficient to const
tuie fourteen States, like those Of New England and
New ork. And when these FIVE States shall CON
tam a population of equal density on the square mile
with Great Britain, they will number over fifty mil
ions Of Inhabitants Is it absurd 10 anticipate the
arrival of that day in future history, when the
density of our population will eq ual that of England?
II England can sustain her population with i SOL
lar reproductive by nature who can oubt the abil
ny of the ives. with its inherent fer ilty to support
It's future unnumbered millions The State of Hi
nols covers an area in extent greater than all New
England, with tie exception of Maine. Here then
Is " single State capable OF sustaining population
equal to the present number of inhabtlnts in the
Whole United States, provided it were peoped with
the same density of England The same prospective
view is applicable 10 Wisconsn-possessed of vast
~,
waste land, " hlch is not su ceptbe of settlement
and cultivation, will be visionary to assert ha, at
The expiration of the next twenty years, Wisconsin
will contain popultion equal ia number. ITO tI..t
now contained in Ohio, that of New York?
BY reference 10 statistical history, and the progres,
ofpopnla'ion during the past twenty years, results
like these are fully Justified
Forty years ago, Ohio and Illinois, were a wide ex
tended wilderness; the former has a population
of million and half and the latter contains halfa
milton inhabHanls During the last ten wears the
population of HE western States has increased ot
the rate Of nearly three hundred per cent. The
same Ratio of Increase, viii in few Years transfer
the balance of power to the now western states and
the " democracy of numbers will give TO their con-
troll the destlnles of this great Republic
With the otciai data of the past befo-e us " no will
talk of fancu speculallons or exaggerated state
ments. Who will contend that the pa.t is moi n cr
tcron from which we may Judge of the fulure!-
What causes in the course of human events can
prevent this amazing tide from rolling in upo us
with far broader and more accelerated force? The
construction OF every canal and railroad in the
Eastern States will increase the transition of life and
ofproperty to the west The multiplication of steam
SHIPS on the Atlantic, will furnish 50 many increased
facilities to swell the torrent of emigration from the
continent of Europe, to the plains of The Mississippi
and The pralrIes of The west. Events and causes
now IN operation indicate that vast region hither
to comparatively unkn4wn and une plored, is abou
10 be densey peopled and assume an important st a.
ton IN the worlds history. Its almost unbound ID
resources which have been obscured for ages will
no longer remain undev eoped but will speedily be
called in requiston.
If such then be the sure and vitable destiny of
the wesI-ifthe numerical power of the United States
is soon 10 be transferred to that portion now demon
mated the west who will calculate the more remote
probabilities, which vail the western continen?-
improvements IN transportation and in travel, are
increasing with rapidty which oustrps the utmost
stretch of the human mind: and with the increase of
them, will the tide of emigration be proporonate
Sooner ihen Than the bOldest the 1rst will venture to
predict, the busy hum of life industry and the arts
of civilization will crowd to the base of the Rocky
Mountains. Nor will he march of empire rest nj
these towering barriers of nature-ts passes will be
sought out, and the placid of the broad Paci-
tic Will bound the march of empire
Presdent Tyler said, 81 shall remove no incumbent
from office who has FAITHFULLY and HONEST
LI acquitted himself of the duties of his office
The PEOPLE of Wisconsin, through their repre-
sentatives in the legislature last winter said that Gov
Dodge had + FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY, and SA-
TISFACTORILY, acquitted himself of the duties of