The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-05
MinnesOta-Her Destiny.

Minnesota-Her Destiny.
We regard this Territory as destined, to
become the New England of the Vest
We infer this from various considerations
In the first place old New England Is be-
coming every year farther removed from the
centre Of the States with respect to terrific
~ and influence. "The march of empire
is westward" Time was when she sup
piled the old States with their education,
their laws, and their religion but these
things she now does at a comparatively less
extent than she has; and her supplies in
these respects must continue to diminish in
the same ratio that they have heretofore
Whence shall come the demanded supply
of these moral wants? We think they
must come from some other meridian so
constituted by nature as to produce it.
Again, New England has heretofore sup
piled the old States with certain wares that
cannot be expected from any foreign source.
She is now becoming too remote from the
Western States and Territories, to warrant
their carting the heavy products of their soil
from one to two thousand miles to make an
exchange for articles 10 be carted back again
the same distance. She must look for these
supplies in some other quarter. Where
shall that quarter be? It must be in me-
ridian where the arts will naturally flourish.
Now survey the map of our country over
the space west aud south of the Hudson
river, and what country will you find SO
similar to New England as Minnesota! 1t
is situated in about the latitude of the State
of Maine; but considering the fact, that this
climate is shorn of the influences of the sea,
our latitude, virtually corresponds with that
of Massachusetts as near as we can est
mate. 1t is the universal testimony Of inn
migrants from the New England States, that
the climate seems here almost precisely as
it does there. If there is any difference, it
is in favor of Minnesota. But in respect to
soil, it is superfluous to say that this Terri
tory is incomparabIy superior to Massachu-
sets.
Will the New England character find the
elements Of its subsistence in the South
No! 1t dies out upon the savannahs Of the
South. 1t can no more prosper there than
the orange or the sugar cane can flourish on
New England's gravelly hills. The leaven
of New England intelligence, morals, com
mercial and mechanical enterprise, requires
to be constantly renewed by new supplies
from the original source. The professional
talent Of the South can generally - traced
back to Northern origin. And, - to me
chanics, who believes that Lowells and
Manchesters and Lawrences can grow up,
OH her low, champaign soil; in her languid
sultry clImes? But these towns must arise
the teeming millions Of the West must
have supply for their moral wants and
their physical necessities. Whence shall
this supply come? We answer emphatcal-
ly from the North-west-the region west Of
the great lakes. Minnesota we foresee will
be the destination Of the largest current of
emigration from the Eastern States, until its
lands and its water privileges are occupied.
Here they will find, an unqualifedly heal
thy climate, fertile and well drained lands,
and upon the Mississippi the best market for
mechanical produces IN the Union. With
such population viii come not only the
arts but science and nsralA Our Falls of
St. Anthony with hundreds IS water powers
upon other streams will b &nzaas& to manu-
featuring purposes. Thirty sswss will
arise upon them. Our undasatisg 1rairies
will rejoice under the hand of husbandry;
these hills and vallies will be jocurh vith
the voices Of school children, and churches
shall mark the moral progress of our Land.
CELEBRATION AT THE FALLS OF ST. A.
rHoNY.-The citizens of the Falls have ar