Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-09-20
Er1lieratio,l.'

Em1Rr0t1OlA.
The spirit Of enterprise which has al
ways aottatcd the American people IN
knowing west" is thus happily hit of, in
q late: speech of Hon. John Wentworth, Of
lllinois-himself an emigrant from New
Hampshire: = M
"There are those who, on all questions
Of policy ~ relation 10 the new States or
Territories; are actuated BY The narrowly
contracted notion that whatever benefits
them tends SO much to depopulate the old
States. Is this SO? Has either The: emf
grafton Of our fathers, or the emigration Of
the present day, injureJin the least either
France, Germany, England, Scotland, or
lreland2 1t is yetiso appear. Yoii haSS.
turn the tide Of emigration, but you cannol
stop it. II the adventurous frontiersman
cannot go to Oregon, he will go somewhere
else; he will not be erowded,, he viii iiot
allow his game to be frightened by the
click Of his neighbours rifle, nor the bark Of
his dog. lie had friend who lived, in
Ohio, as long ago as il, was on The extreme
frontier. He lad been mosisg and nov
ing cway from the inroads of secretly. until
he had reached the banks oft!ie sfississibf,i;
and he was then about to move again. lie
asked him his reason. He said i, vas the
dying advice Of his father '.to keep twenty
miles beyond law and cnioma, and doctor
and lawyer were within fifteen miles, and
he thought it time TO CO., Another Of
these' adventures said, no Gentleman could
live in a community alter his wife could
not invite every person within five miles
f,r fear her log cabin would not contain
them. There is class Of men who will
BE- continually on the outskirts Of ci Vi lied
society. Il is in vain fol, 10 TO seek Il e
reason. AS well may we ask why tile
Waterfowl, Matched on land away from IFS
species, win reach its element or die. We
may as well call it instinct and let it co.,
Aside from the eccentric characters above
alluded 10, the young men from the old
States are continually seeking out new
fields for the development of their talents.
Their industry and enterprise make them
explore every part of the world. In many
parts it is considered discreditabie for a
young man to settle down under the nnse
OF his parents, as showing lack Of ma....y
perseverance; and with some ...he further
off they get the proude:: they themselves
feel, and the proGder their parents feel for
them. S".ne years ago, in almost the last
place in New Hampshire, where snow
capped the circumambient mountains the
year round, and where the chief produc,
was granite, (and that was so plenty j,
could not be given away, he occupied the
same desk in country school-house will
couple Of lads whose mothers had takef
occasion 10 slur them for not having gone
further tl.an Illinois.
In looking up these lads he found ons
taking an active part in meeting in Wal,
lamette settlement, in Oregon, 10 petitioi
Congress for the passage Of some such bill
as that now before u.s., The other y Get
tied in MEXICO, and is taking an active par
in the revolution against Santa Anna. Sir
we cannot stop the rowing spirit Of oul
! young men, nor should we it we COULD
They will not settle down, and especially
those from yankee stock, until they have
first looked around; and he wished them
and invited them to take look at Oregon
Gas the. merchants. hare it,, befos6 they
purchase elsewhere. And lie wanted the
government 10 guaranty to them that they
should NOT lose their lives nor their scalp,
in geti z there, and should NOD be claimed
as British subjects. But he ought here "a
allude, 10 another class Of our saesternb ri.
oneers: He alluded to the religious mis-
sionaries, who are. always ahead, paving
the way, for civilization, overcoming the
preiudices of the savage, and Installing into
his bosom the principles ofschristianiiy,m
Whe has ever moved SO far beyond the
reach. of organized governments that he
has not found Methodist minister pre-.
ceding him? He was willing that the Gid
est. settlers of Iowa, Wjsponsilsa Texas
California, or Oregnn---shonld answer thi.
question. Indeed, the first, and NOW the
most important settlement in Oregon, thai
on. the Willamette, originated with col.
ony Of Methodists from B,ston."