The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-07-19
From ae st. Louis Intslligeneer.
Prospective Value OF Lands in mtssouri.
Illinois, and Iuxxa.

Ii is quite evident we think, that there il soon 10
be very great and rapid appreciation In the value
of the lands Of these States. Aside from the gen
eral prosperity with which the whole country ia
blessed, there causes at work which cannot fail
10 enhance immensely the value Of real estate All
the West and especially in the States we have
mentioned. There are, in the first place, larger
bodies OF rich lands in those States than in anv
other in the Union Heretofore these lands have
been less valuable than they would otherwise have
been, because Of the difficulty Of transporting their
products to market. This difficulty is soon to be
obviated by railroads and plank roads, which
now about being constructed through the best por-
tons OF each OF those States. These improvements
Will invite emigration TO extent hitherto
known in the West With rapid increase of po-
pnlation viii come also corresponding increase
OF actual cash capital which will at once be felt in
all the departments of industry. AS the popula-
ton increases, the comforts of life will be more
easily attainabe. We shall have better schools,
more churches, and will enjoy in a greater degree
all the blessings OF refined and cultivated society.
II is these which render any country desirable az
home, and which will attract the beat class of po-
puaton from abroad. With rich and cheap lands,
situated conveniently to market with enough of
churches ond school houses and with good society,
the States We have named will present irresistible
attractions to the emgrant The chief of these at
fractions we already have. We offer 10 the emf
grant, at very low prices, the mos fertile lands on
EARTH beautifully varegated with prairie and for
est, and which will soon be traversed by railroads
and plank roads where they not already wash
ed by ma gnihcent water -coursee
We already have many excellent colleges and
academies, affording the best opportunity for the
education of youth. Churches are to be found in
every village, and in almost every neighborhood,
and are rapidly increasing in number On the
score OF good society, all more populous coun-
ties will compare favorably with any to be found in
the Older states, Indeed, our own opinion is. that
society in the West is in many respects far better
than Is to be found in more populous countries
We have more Of frank, manly courtesy and open
hearted hospitality; more of genuine social feeling
"a n oil sK.fA l.
fashionable folly and far less Of gross crime than
il found in older countries. These inducements
will not be overlooked by the enterprsing emf
grant. The inhabitants of the older States who
now cultivate poor lands, and an Indifferent
subsistence by persevering labor, cannot shut their
eyes to the attractions which Missouri Illinois and
Iowa offer to them In emgrating to these States
they no longer go into wilderness to contend with
all the privations of frontier life; but they go
amongst an intelligent hospitsble population, en-
joying in an eminent degree all the comforts of
liie They obtain, in exchange for their sterile,
worn out lands, new homes amongst our beautiful
prairies and majestic forests whore nature smiles
most kindly on the labors of the husbandman.
They will settle in healthy and delightful eli
mate, and amongst thrifty, enterprising popula-
tion where progression is the order of the day in
all the walks of life. The advantages of such u
location cannot and tciH not be overlooked.
The demand for good lands in those States will
rapidly increase, and, a necessary consequence,
prices will advance in a corresponding ratio. And
why should il not be so? Take Lafayette county
in this State, for example. Why should not the lands
in that county bring as high prices the lands in
Fayette county, Kentucky? The land is as good
and we believe better. The society is as good
the opportunities for educating youth and for roll
gious worship are as good, and in short time the
convenience TO market will be quite great. But
our railroads will soon enghten the public mind
on all these subjects, and then every will be
astonished at his want of sagacity in not having
anticipated the result. Our advice to those who de-
sire to purchase homes is to do it quickly. 1t will
not be long until the price will be enhanced one
hundred per cent