New-York daily tribune., 1843-08-01


Come with your still and banded vlgor now,
Fiji my sad breast with energy divine,
Stamp firm thought upon my aching brow,
Make my irnpulsive visions wholly thine
Freeze usy pent tears, chill all my tender dreams,
Brace my weak heart IN panoply sublime,
Till dwelling only On thy martyr themes,
And turning from the richest lures of time,
Love, like an iceberg of the polar deep,
In adamantine rest is laid asleep Dem. Review.
the Great wes.-Its Interests, Resour-
ces, &c. ~
Correspondence OF The Tribune
DETaotr, July lsth, 1919
Thus far have / wandered westward and at
every mile I've wandered, those who twenty
wears ago studied Morse's Geography, which gave
description Of the new Territory as 1t then ex-
listed and who visit now for the first time must
be, Ike myself, struck with astonishment
throughout this whole wilderness. One feels al
most as much at home as if he had only gonelnto
an adjoining county; for in each of the cities anc
villages I'ye visited, old names and old acqualn-
.ances have greeted me, usually with "And is
this really your first visit" The West owes its
prosperity alone TO the adoption OF true Wing
principles system OF credits based upon the
soil and Its products, combined with untlrlng ~
siustry and good economy. There are many who
once professed Locoism because the leaders OF
hat once triumphant party had made them think
that Loco Focoism and Democracy were the
same; but having been awakened by the shock OF
its downfall in the person Of Van Buren, and hav-
ing seen It's true principles illustrated by the traI
tor Tyler, they are now raylng under the Wing
banner, to be led to more triumphant victory
than the glorious one Of 1910 Some who still
are preiudiced, and who will not see the light,
are rallying around the standard OF Cass In tins
State; in Ohio they are mostly for Tecumseh;
an Pennsylvania, Buchanan has their second
choice. Calhoun is not mentioned, nor has
free trade many advocates among the people
They are now feeling the benefits of the Tariff,
and they are astonshed 10 find that they can
purchase goods Of American manufacture at 50
extreme low prices, and yet sell their products for
an increased price without any foreign demand.
/ have taken the trouble to explain to many that
if the ports of England (Which appears TO be the
only country thought of should be opened to US,
that they would consequently have to be opened
to other countries and that wheat could be supplied
TO them abundanly from Poland, the Black Sea,
&c, at a much less price than we could produce
IT. Ny doctrine to them was, that if we opened
our ports to the half manufactured fabrics of the
old world, that all the intelligent operatives of
New England would have to seek home among
them, and instead of feeding them, they would
compete with them as producers, and necessarily
lower the prices Of all the products of the soil |
assure you it did not take many figures to show
the diference,-they saw and hoped MOTTO real
ize it.
The Wings ay, the People, of the West have
but one candidate-one whose whole course has
been truly American; they know it, they feel it,
and HARRY OF THE WEST IS HOW looked upcn as
the only man who can guide the ship of state In
to haven where the troubled waves of Locoism
shall no more shatter its noble hulk The Coun-
try only wants Quiet-Qniet from the incessant
hroils Of political demagogues who mount every
hobby to goad the People to madness by render
ing every thing they possess of either virtue or
property unstable. Ii the carron must be fed, It'll
better and much cheaper to give them retiring
pensions, to be paid quarterly as long as they keep
the peace.
find Ihave nightly digrcssed from my origi-
nal intention, which was to give you first impress
sons OF this truly wonderful land, but when saw
how much the Reeplsshad 4ts 'eeappl lsin of, how
much they needed the fostering care of a truly
American Government, and again how much they
required TO be let alone it must be my apology
OF the noble steamers Of these noble lakes, you
and your readers haze had descriptions; bu! of
their number, size and elegance, am sure they
cannot have formed al, idea. The prevailing
fashion now is upper cabins; this to me looked
as having too much surface out of water, but L
am told 1t makes no difference; it sinks the hull
lower by the additional weight, 1t does away with
the lower CABIN, Which is now appropriated to
freight and Che boilers, and makes the boat stfier
In sea; this | found to be the case. left Buf-
falo in the steamer Great Western, Capt. Walker
who is also the owner; her dimensions | cannot
correctly state, but she can comfortably accom-
,nodate 500 passengers, steerage and cabin; Is
about 700 tons burthen, furnished entirely with
state-rooins, which are on each side of the salcon
which again runs the whole length of the boat
The boat was about as full as a North River boat
IN the business season, and it seemed that the pas
sengers were the same. | found as many ac-
qualntances, and those did not know seemed TO
know me.
OF the Illinois you have heard; her engine is
taken from the same pattern of the New York,
but she is heavier boat. Her owner, Mr.. Q.
Newberry, of this city, is just completing a new
boat, to be equal to any on the lakes. Mr.. n. is
good specimen of the west, having entered it at
an early day with his axe on his shoulder, he is
now proprietor Of several of the best standing and
floating palaces of the West. There are about 4G
other boats in commiSsion-makng three daily
lines from Buffalo west, one to Chicago, one ,c
Detroit, and one TO Toledo. Detroit, | am told
has lost most of Its antique look, and the French
inhabitants are in measure lost in the surround
ing Yankees and adopted citizens. The compile
ton of the Central Railway will be of great i'm
portance 10 this city. 1t is almost wholly depen
dent now on 1t for its trade. The good lands o
the State are 80 miles interior, there being bell
OF heavy timbered low land between, which, wher
it is cleared OF Natures covering, VIII afford The
best pasture land of the State. The oak open
ings of the interior are well adapted to wheat
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