Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-11-18

as what il can never be - 4 mode If checking
the increase or our people. What We want
is M, 10 draw otf drihes from our ,ee,ning
muli,udcs. hut 10 found new naions oi rnm
merciai al'its AID ia hi. view every new
colony funded. far from dIver,lng s,retg'h
from ihr older ones iufu>eS intn then addt'l"n
al vigor. To them. As we'll as I" ihs mother
country. II opens new market. IL I rus a
new link in The chain a'ou9 which OUT CON
nierrial InirrronInhuicdIIUns is carried. touch
ing and bsnefiIng every H. e "a il passes.
Thus Ia former DAYS The pr Spcri'v oi tn
W,si lndla lSia Ids was the great stimulus Ia
III prop'i"g Of North Am~rira. Th. newer
COLONY Of Canada has Fl nrished through Us
r"nnpriion WIN tur >r','enpni IN IN" States
the mafke, al New Zealand viii .X"iip pro
ducii"n m aus'raii, TIE uii-rmosi pnrinns
ot the p.rh are our inhp:i,auce lei MS nUi
throw il away in nrre snpnenesI. or III defer
encr la The ui-e conclusions Of those sages oi
the dI>rouraging srhoo'. who had they heen
listened 10. onld have checked. one by one,
all the enterprises which have changed rhr
face Of the world in The las, thirty years"
New il is respectfully submitted. that upon
reading his opinion Of this English editor.
who AZ presn,nr) i only prnmnIyaIug The
-.
ia suppress a suspicion that the assertion that
" Oregon can nev.r he settled troni The Allan
TIC S,a'ss." was intended 10 add ano'hrf I"
tie many DELAYS We have suff red. The be ter
10 .n,b e that RI al nation 10 seize upon aud
&c, urr he piIzp But as the settlement IS IA
circumstance Of the utmost importance. lei us
suppress ,hiS suspicion. and examine c"o'ly
aud Deliberately the reasons he gives for hav-
ing come !" This conclusion.
FirSi the distance.
The traveller from The Mississippi {" The
P.cihr has (savs THIS editor 10 pass over sew
-rh dislinri regions Isl. a region nf Two or
hr.- hundred mie ia l.ng h. orr'. pied by The
Stnips "f Mi. s.uri, Arkansas AID LAVA. I'd.
4 region of iw" ar three hundred TITLES. inhab
nrd by the Ch"claws. the Ch-r"krts and
Cr.ks 81. A d. --ri Of six or seven hundred
miles. # which 400 is Pr.i'i- la"d. aud 300
,iir.rri, east of iht Rorty Mountains l. shit
" desert. 4,h. the Rocky Noun ATS. no
dI.iaare given. and 5,h. fr'm The lt"rky
Maintains ~ or "a desert rnnnirv 10 the IN nth
I ih- C"lunbir rivrr. no distance given }
Bnl dis di>'Anoe. which To The mInd OF ihi|
l-iand,r. appears IN ern'nahir. VIII form M
tbs arie in the wav If The hardy migratory
sons Of the Columbian Continent. especially
~ we live IN an age "f s'-auh as aid rail
roads, by ih- in rodur,i ~ # whirh dis anre Is
nearly annihila,rd. Lewis an Clarke crossed
The Rocky Maintains in Ia, Al = by vrry
r,rruiious route. BY the one ,aken hy Mr..
riwnse,d III this civ. aud his parry. III about
lat. 43 the " hole di>'arrr dor- u"i appear
Ia lie more ihal trom 1900 10 1000 miles ::
and even this viii. no doubt. be dl ninl ,htd by
succeeding irNelipfS.
The srrond bsiacI- IL ,h- "a, e -"'tli q
Oregon from the S'a'r> i, ,h- upini'" II 'ht>
English editor aud til. cup overs. the Ift'>h
ministers arises out Of Ihr diff .ul'pS st iran.
sit /; these h- considers under three disiini
heads. and they shalt he rXamired IN that or
der l>i. The difficulties PRESCRIBED by The
face of the country. lie admits that in rr-
gard of The hr,t two or three hundred miles.
that through Missouri. Arkansas or Iowa. that
the country Is ma e up e PfaIri- and Forest
lands. with largt pnr'lon 1t the former than
The latter. and ,hai II presents n'ihi'g ni an
extraordinary character which is calculated TO
impede travelling
As Ia the second region nfiwo or three hun
drrd miles. being Nh II orrup,-d nv the f'i"ndls
Indi ans. il is also admitted that II CONSISTS Of
wide plains. diversified vi h ranges oi hills.
The soil. Mr Farnham remarks. ,ha' Is deep
allUvial capable Of pr"durImg 'hs m"Si ahnn'
danr crops If ihe grains AMI Vegetables thai
grow in such laiiudr@.
Then cnnss The Third region. the desert. the
frSi 400 mi es nf whih is pralre This re-
glnn. r,rr2i 4 t.w >pniS "u The h"r irr- Of nv
Frs. l. declared ~ b- forever Incapable at any
tyei settlement | ei Us compare dis opIil"n
wrli his description. - Seen Iurng he >pnng
ami - ttnr MS hp sy- n 'iriighitni land :
IA llnd o. or - ani H,wers with hrilht
sky aud an elastic air. diversified with 1T 9
pAi.'h-s of wood. pirrnre-q"el, herr and
there every whefr) To r-llrse the eve from
tn m"nni"ny f ,hr pialrs -ifdv.r~pd hy fo"r
splendid Hvrts. ,hr Kei. IN. Arkansas. III"
Plate aud Ihr MiSSnri" VIVA, dpscrip
lion nf a d'Ssu. Of desert incapable forever
nf fixed settlement. Many poor inhahlidIh
of Europe would b. h,nktul I" b. transplant
ed Ia surh 4 ,trser'. Applause. Bot >'Tangs
10 relate. ihls p~etd ,-unlnhahriahlP region ~.
arrsrdIng 20 his own confession. aIrraly per
,iaiiv innabI"d. H-rt and there he -.ys)
around The posts established nv trading ron
piuIe< an ih- hsnks at ri,er- I, W fields have
h en rui ei aud ha re (sm4ll village
hive u p. irD~d hy en;rrpriSIny Americans.
W fini abundant cus'n,n fr lh-Ir pr.'dur
~ rs frm various parties who ran o,er Tie
whderu~>-." Mr. Dies j. r.qui'r The eye T
pro,.he = { rus la PIC IIri ihH ~ >oon a. tn
Unii-d STATES sh,lI hAs. fx-d military posts
al proper distances. than thu u hni,. rnnte viii
he setI-d ~ like mAnn.r bv he SAME people
Advancing sSIil iurher. y"u rna,s tu ihI-
de<.-ri. pr"rrt :" called oi whi"'' h. has
drawn mp highly wrought. aud. IN SOme res.
p..,.iS. Inarp.ura~ de-rrip inn: bat even IhI-
inho~piiaalr region. he adm'is j. n'd si'h"'
It's rp,i--ming a'"r-s ffui f,I ridges aud sra.
Ierpd .pn:s of fruiliy. ! cannrd vi h~isn.i