Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1846-04-25

lis truly astonishing 10 win,ss the Ii

Itistrsly astonishing to wiosss the tide
e snigratien thich is flowing into our
Territory. At this place there : one con-
tiasal sfssam Il wagons, loaded with fur
nitnre and families leaving our city on one
side. while larger one is entering ON the
cher side frosn The boats from below. To
hook It the number landed from the boat.
bound aP, one would think that Iowa would
seon Be inundated, or that she would have
to swarm before long, and disgerge part
Of it, population for want Of elbow room.
But then again. when we turn our eye from
this particular line Of infux--the boats from
below-to the caravans, as it wire, of the
s@isrants from over land. through Indiana
and Illinois, and from these States, we are
still more surprised. One steam ferry
boat and horse boat, are plying constantly
between this and the Illinois shoe, and vel
4 would not be going much too far to say,
both Of these boats. at every return from
the opposite shore, bring the emigrant's
wagon loaded as Aforesaid. Certain it Is.
thaf sometimes, you can see emigrant wae-
ous, from two to six and twelve, waiting
on the opposite shore. To onc standing
ct burlington and seeing this immense in
anx Of good and hardy population, it would
seem that, Iowa. in point Of population. in
: half dozen years, would rank among the
proudest Of the States Of the Union.
But when yea take into view, the i'm
nense line Of boundary on the Mississippi,
and the almost immnnerable parts ,f our SUBJ
Mississippi cities and villages, from Keo-
kuk to Prairie dn Chem, and hear the ac-
counts from each Of these severa. points Of
the influx Of population; and then, again,
when we look further, and consider the in
Aax from across the great lakes, through
tWisconsin, and into Iowa, we are forced
= exclaim, that, though Iowa may now
be called child, and treated as such by
The General Government, yet in less than
half score Of years, she will be full
grown person, Of such stature, so muscular
IN all her limbs, SO well proportioned, 50
eomplete-and possessing such power to
impel and restrain, that not only the sev-
.eral States in particular, but the Govern
nsnt At Washington in general, will not
venture to pass her, without doffing the
hat, and paying that respect, both in things
Of courtesy and Of right, which she will
have the power to exact, in case they should
be refused. This is no fight Of The fancy;
boast a much As you will Of your Empire
States, Of your Ohios and Pennaylvanias,
Jet Be it remembered, that in soil, in eli
mate. and all other prerequisites thereto,
Iowa is 80 abundant, so rich, as not only to
&c capable, but destined, e. necessitate, to
become the Queen Of the West, the Fairest
ct The tsir, and second to no other State that
- now, or hereafter shall be famed by the
breeze cfthe stripes and stars.
The City Of Burlington: after writing the
above, our thoughts are necessarily turned
to eonsider. what win Burlington become,
with such an inland population, as Iowa
viii present in the spac. Of ten years. We
need not say now, for the fact is too well
known, that Burlington is the Empo, ism
ef oCs.
Il Is no less fact Of experience in par
ticular, than Of history in general, that
though The locality Of a place may, and will
DO much for i, yet the growth aad future
success Of any place, depends to an almost
incredible extent, upon the energy and en-.
terpriss Of ito citizens and men of'businees
No matter what nature may have done f.,
. place, or how skillfully she may hav.
carved out its basement. yet if that place j,
cursed with lazy, sleepy, devil,may. car,
k'nd Of population, It will lag, linger. dra,
its limbs, like man with the consumption
until finally loathihg ITSELF, and being loath
d By every body else, it viii sink dow,
and die from the effects Of its own inter
nal disease. But with out disparaeemen
70 any 10 any other quarter, we can safel,
ny that the men Of business of i,urlinpo,
would not suffer in comparison Il those o
my other place, whether in Iowa or GU
i has become matter Of remark
- ~ from those who live in the Terri
- but from strangers who lard at GU
wharfs, that our business men bear III,
Earks Of No. l in all their movements
Then again, which 10 ono Of the creates
phlsssinga to any place. they are men VIII
are permanent, who calculate IS j eener,
thing to make this their permanent abidin,
place; here they expeca to live, here to die
and here to carve cut dwelling for thei
living. and cenentery for their dead
They are therefore, both naturally, and !,