Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1845-11-01
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EMIGRATION.
The spirit of enterprise which has al.
ways actuated the American people in
"moving west" is thus happily hit off, in
a late speech Of Hon. John Wentworth,
of lllinois-himself an emigrant from New
Hampshire.
"There are those who, OH all questions
of policy in relation to the new States or
Territories, are actua,ed by the narrowly
contracted notion that whatever benefits
them tends so much 10 depopnlate the old
States. Is this SO Has either the emf
grafton of our fathers, or the emigration Of
the present day, injured in the least either
France, Germany, England, Scotland or
Ireland :! 1t is yet to appear. You may
turn the tide of emigration, but you cannot
stop it. If the adventurous frontiersman
cannot 60 to Oregon,he will 60 somewhere
else; he will not be crowded.; he will not
allow his game to be frightened by the
click of his neighbours rife, nor the bark
of his dog. He had a friend who lived in
Ohio, as long ago as it was on the extreme
frontier. lie had been moving and NOV
lug away from the inroads Of society, until
| he had reached the banks of the Mississip.
pi, and he was then about to move again.
He asked him his reason. He said it was
the dying advice of his father "to keep
twenty miles beyond law and ealonael, and
a doctor and lawyer were within fifteen
miles, and he though! it time 10 CO." An
other of these adventures said, mo gen.
tleman could live in community after
his wife could not invite every person
within five miles for fear her log cabin
/ would no. contain them" There is class
Of men who will be continually on the
outskirts of civilized society. |, is in vain
for us to seek the reason. AS well may
we ask why the waterfowl, Matched on
land away from its species, will reach its
element or die. We may as we'll call ii
instinct and let it go. Aside from the &C.
centric characters above alluded to, the
young men from the old States are contn-
ually seeking out new fields for the devel-
opement of their talents. Their industry
and enterprise make them explore every
part Of the world. In many parts it is
considered discreditable for young man
to settle down under the nose of his pa
rents, as showing lacl. Of manly perse
verance; and with some, the further of
they get, the prouder they themselves
feel, and the prouder their parents feel for
them. Some years ago, in almost the last
place in New Hampshire. where snow
capped the FOUNTAINS the year around,
and where the chief product was granite.
land that was so plenty it could not be
given away he occupied the same desk
in country school house with couple of
lads whose mothers had taken occasion to
slur them for not having gone further than
Illinois,
"In looking up these lads he found one
taking an active part in meeting in Wal
lamette settlement, in Oregon, to petition
Congress for the passage Of some such
bill as that now before us. The other is
settled in Mexico, and is taking active
par, in the revolution against Santa Anna.
Sir. we cannot stop the rowing spirit Of
our young men, nor should we if we
could They will not settle down. and
especially those from yankee stock, I'M
| Ill IDey nave llTot IUVkCu dIUulIus duu ilC
wished them and invited them TO look al
Oregon-as the merchants have it-be-
fore they purchasd elsewhere. And he
wanted the government to guaranty to
them that they should not lose their lv es
nor their scalps iE getting there. and
should not be claimed as British subjects.
But he ought here to alude to another
class Of our western pioneers. He allud.
ell TO the religious missionaries. who are
always ahead, paving the way for civil.
cation, overcoming the prejudices of the
savage. and insti|lng into his bosom the
principles Of christianity. Who has ever
moved so far beyond the reach of organ
lied government tina. he has no. found a
Methodist, minister preceding him! He
was willing that the oldest settlers Of To-
wa, Wisconsin, Texas, California or Or
egon-should answer this question. In.
deed, the first. and now the most import
ant settlement in Oregon,t that on the Wal.
lame,,e, originated with colony OF Meth.
odis.s from Boston"
u They make sausages Of horse flesf
at New Orleans. A fine city TO pass The
winter ina Young man would be con,