The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-07-17
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SKETCHES OF TRAVEL.


Concluded
Hero was detained at this stream from
nine O'clock 10 tho morning until three IL
the afternoon. Citizens Of Scoit, Cedar.
and Clinton counties, !. is infinitely shore
trouble 10 cross some Of our pal,ry creeks
md sIouyhs, which remain nearly o. quite
lry during half the season, than J. i til
ross the Mississippi at .be highest stage
,f water over known. Cilizeus Of Dayen
por. in particular, is il not shame that We
psrmi, ourselves to be pent up, hemmed IN,
and shut out from all social and commercial
intercourse with vsst, fertile, and veal.
Thy region Of country, laying Al our very
doors, a. i. were, which we may command
~ well a. no, BY building some half dozen
permanent bridges across a. many creeks
and sloughss You who profess TO be so
deeply interested in the prosperity Of Dav.t
export --will you ncrer wake up 10 the i'm
port snce Of these public improvemen,se
With every avenue Of trade closed up
40 sinst Us for half the season, how can We
ever expect 10 thrivei You who have land
property in Davenport and i,s vicin;t!
/, possible you do not see that you may en-.
nance its value almost infinitely by sccn.
ring t, yourselves the facilities Of c"msnn-
lnicniion aud traffic with few Of tho inte-
rior counties, lying contiguous to Scoi'i
OF these improvements, a mail route d,
rect to Iowa City, claims, Of course, our
first attcntion; afterwards those routes
should be attended to, which, though i'm
por,snt in themselves, are yet not pressing
,nd exclusive ia their demands upon our
attention nj present. That which entities
The Iowa City road to our prime considers
ton will appear ia this: |, is we'll known
that Muscatine fears Iowa City and Das-
,nport as rivals in view Of the contempla-
ted Railroad 10 Council Bluffs. This Is
,lainly discovcrabie in the whole course Of
policy pursued by Masca,iae in reference
| 10 the removal Of the Seat Of Government
south to the Forks Of R,ccoon. Misca,ine
we'll knows that the seat Of gnyernmen,
sill have u powerful influence in directing
The course OF this railroad. Her object,
then, 10 CO. ,perating with southern low,
/. he E,eEa IS l.
10 throw herself as nearly into the line d
tho proposed Railroad as possible. She
knows .ha, il the prejec, for the removal Of
The seat Of government fails, her Railroad
scheme fails with il. She knows, moreo
yer, that, unless the seat Of government i
thus removed, to Davenport, and Iowa Gil,
sill accrue all the benefits and advsnt ages
Of said road. She would even rather The
railroad projec, should fail altogether, than
ha, il should be thus disposed Of. She
feels that should Davenport and sown CITY
succeed in this scheme, she will no longer
be regarded as the grasiiating centre q
commerce. Hence she will regard with
deep interest even the establishment Il D
mail route TO Iowa City dircc, from ,his
point, since il will certainly have ,enden.
cy 10 build up our interior and give Us q.
commanding influence over the intriguing
and ruinous policy Of Southern Iowa
Hence arises the jealousy Of Muscatine in
regard to every improvement, having for its
object the mutual bsne6; Of Davenport and
Iowa City. Hence her affected con,e mpt
for the one, and her Incorporating hostil
ty TO the other; and hence her cooperation
with Southern Iowa ia the removal Of the
sea, Of government.
Il would DO easy to show, by reference
to old files Of the Bloomington Herald
formerly published in Muscn,ine, that she
lis taking an unnatural, and awkward par,
in this extraordinary play-that time has
been when all her interests and sympatbies
were enlisted for Northern Iowa, and she
cried OH, rs Justify against the one sided
md Liberal policy Of Darlington and III
rest Of Southern Iowa, and was as strong
y in favor of retaining the seat OF govern
nem where j. now is, as she is at present
the friend of tho one, and the enemy of lhe
other.
Pardon me, Mr.. Editor; it was my de
sign to write sketch ofmy journey; bu,,
instead Of that, have rambled as far from
my subject as can possibly get. Ire
turn.
Twas speaking last Of roads and streams.
I suppose most Of your town, and perhaps
many Of your country readers will be in
,erested to know how our farming commu-
aity are getting along, what are their pros
poets, &c. What will they say when in
form them that on my upward trip passed
A field on the 25th ult., and found men
planting corn. Il was the field Of Mr.. Par
coll Az a vu.p uho,,t tho diuner h0;lr Il