Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1847-09-15
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Efforts have been made BY citizens Of
the adjoining States to give Iowa the char
acter Of being alarmingly unhealthy
Such unworthy and unlounded attempts
must be attributed TO spirit Of jealousy,
and prevailing dread that the many SUR
passing advantages Of Iowa would soon
enable her to outstrip them in population
and wealth. No other motive can be at
tributed for making and spreading such
false and pernicious reports. At times,
when general health prevailed among us
while nineseen-twentieths of our popu-
lation were cheerfully and healthily fol-
lowing their regular pursuits, those pale,
shiyering, and sickly "Suckers'' and
"Pnkes" have, with inimitabe assurance,
and an aspect denoting terrible alarm,
told the Iowa bound mover that he was
travelling with his family to certain
j grave; that the great plague never made
worse ravages upon human life than the
diseases which generally rage in Iowa,
that as a rule we had not we'll persons
enough among us to take care ofthe sick,
with many other like inviting comments
upon our condition. Some eight years
since, while on our way through Illinois
for Iowa with our family, we were seri-
ously alarmed by those terrible accounts
Of sickness and death in Iowa, and at one
time almost induced to retrace our steps,
among our informants, though assured
by them, through lips purple and CULVER
ing with ague, or from tongues parched
with fever, that their neighborhood was
"nligbty healthy"
In like manner are most of the emf
grants assailed in that State, on announc-
ing their destination for Iowa, and by
such falsehoods many have been induced
to shorten their journey, and take upwith
inferior and infinitely more sickly posi-
tons. These reports. gathering extra
vagance as they flew on false pinions
through other States, have induced thou
sands and tens of thousands to give up
their contemplated removal to Iowa, and
thus remain ignorant Of our salubrious
climate, and destitute Of our matchless
sol, and prosperous elements.
Il is high time that these unlounded
and pernicious prejudices should be re-
moved, and a proper estimate placed up
on our pure, clear, and wholesome at
mosphere, and upon the matchIess physi-
cal advantages Of land literally SLOWING
with milk and honey,"--a soil whose ex-
haustIess bosom invites millions 10 come
and freely feast upon her fruits, and en-
10y her treasures in unlimited abundance.
In point of health, we can safely COM
pare notes with any State in the Union.
Free from stagnant pools and sluggish
streams, the banelul malaria ia but little
impregnated in our pure air. With sur
face beautifully undulating, or in places
gently broken, with brooks, creeks, and
rivers, fed mostly by living springs Of
pure water, which run swiftly over
clean beds of sand and gravel with our
open, fine, and even ventilated prairies,
what other health-inspiring causes can
be required to promote health and pro-
long human life. All these striking fea-
lures Of health are enjoyed by Iowa-aud
especially the northern and central por-
tons, in pre-eminent degree.
The great exposure which many ex-
perience ia forming new settlements. has
caused more or less sickness in all new
countries; and in Iowa, considering the.
extent Of this exposure, and the number
Of new farms opened, with the excessive
decay OF vegetation--which is another
fruitful cause Of disease-it is surprising
that sickness ard death should have been
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tizens have secured comfortable dwell
ings, and can afford better shelter to new
corners, as the soil is cultivated and the
country improves, even these limited eau
ses Of sickness rapidly disappear. Dur
ing the past season we have been espe
cially favored; cases OF sick ness, both in
our towns and country, have been few
and far between We believe that pc
Rod Of more general health never PRE-
vailed in any country, than our State is
now blessed with.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE.
We have received The official vote from
the hand Of a friend, which is as follows:
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