Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-03-31

WHICH, Has anyways actudted the Amer cat
people, in knowing wes!," is thus happil,
hh ofi, in n late speech Of Hon. John Went.
worth, of Illinois himself an emigrani
from New Hampshire -
"There are those who, on all questions
oil policy in relation 10 The new States OF
Territories, are actua,ed by the narrowly
con,rac.el notion that whatever benefits
them tends so much to depopuia,e The old
States. Is this SO? Has either the e.n
grafton of our fathers, or the emigration ol
the present day, i..jured in the least either
France, Germany, England, Scotland OF
ireland! It's yet to appear. You may
turn the dde of emigration, but you cannot
stop It. Ii The adventurous fron,iersm1n
cannot 60 TO Oregon,he will go somewhere
else; he will not be- crowded; he will no,
allow bis game To be frightened by the click
of his neighbours rifle. nor the lark of his
dog. He had friend who lived in Ohio,
rs long ago as il was of the extreme from
tier lie had been moving and moving
away from the nroads Of suciety until h..
md reached the banks Of the Mississippi.
and he was then about 10 move again. He
asked him bis reason. He said il was the
dying advice Of his father "io keep twenty
miles beyond LdU and coIomfI; and do:
tor and lawyer were within fifteen miles
and he thought i, time 10 co. Another o
these adyenlurers said, no gentleman could
live in a community after his VIE could
not invite every person within five miles
for fear her log catin would not contain
them. There is class Of men who will
he continually on the outskirts Of civilized
soci' ~. 1t is in vain for Us 10 seek the
renson. As well may we ask v by the wa
Ter iowl, haichcd on land away from lis
species, will reach IFS ee or die. We
may as well call it instinct and let it CO.
Aside iiom the &c entrlc characters above
alluded TO, the young men from the old
Staies are continually seeking out new
fields Tor the develop ernent OF their talents
Their industry and enterprise make them
explore every part Of the world In many
paris II is considered d,scrediiab!e Tor a
Young man To settle down ucd2r the nose
oi his parents, as showing n lack of manly
perseverance; and, with some, the fur
Their off they get tie prouder they them
selves feel, and The proudcr ;hcir parents
feel for them. Some years ago, in almost
The last place in New Hampshire, where
snow capped the crcumambient mountains
the year round, and whore the Oh ef pro-
duct was granite, land that was so plenty
1t could not be given away ho occupied
the same desk in a country school. house
with n couple OF lads whose mothers had
taken occasion 10 slur them for not having
gone further than Illinois.
In looking up these lads, he found ore
taking an active part in q meeting got up
In Willamette settlement, in Oreyon,lo oe-
;ition Congress for the passage Of some
such bill as that now before us. The 9th
er settled in Mexico, and is taking an
nctive part in the revolution against Santa
Anna. Sir. we cnnno, stop the rowing
spirit of our young men, nor should we il
we could. They will cot settle down, and
especially those from Yankee stock, un-
Ill they have first looked around; and he
wished them, and invited them. to take
look at Oregon las the merchants have it)
before they purchase >elsaw here. And he
wanted the government 10 guaranty TO them
tina, they should not lose their lives nor
their scalps in getting there, and S ould
not be claimed as British subjects. But he
ought here TO a.lude 10 another class Of
our western pioneers. He alluded TO the
religious missionaries, who are always
ahead, paving the way for civilization, over
coming the prejudlces of the savage, and
insillling into his bosom the principles of
christianity. Who has ever moved so far
beyond the reach oforga"ized governments
thut bo hau T,n,,I Mo,ho,I:.,,
preceding him' He was willing that The
oldest settlers Of Iowa, Wisconsin, Texas.
California, or Oregon should answer this
question. Indeed, the first, an now the
most important settlement in Oregon, tina,
on the Willamette originated with a colo
ly Of Mcthodists from Boston"