The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-03-04
From the 81. Louis Republican,
IOWA,

D The State 81 Iowa Is about to enter pnon
, brond and new scale Of prosperity. ibe
Des Moines River improvement is secured
by final settlement OF the land donation
which gives 10 the State adequate mean,
; to prosecute that work 10 For, Des Nome.
/ la flourshing town in The centre of,be rich
est valley in The world, aud in the hear, Of
the State. Bills arc now pending in Con-
gress for grants OF land 10 aid in The con.
! s,ruclon Of the Keokuk aud Dubuque and
! Davenport and Council Bluff Railroads.
These Bills, we would suppose, must ps,,
. Congress. The lands in new States ca,
Il only be valuable as roads are made 10 an.
proach them, and Congress being the great.
est landholder, cannot TAIL 10 he The mos,
, benefited by grant tina. brings so much
I new land into market. Some feeling has
been excited 10 Iowa BY new project Of >
Railroad east aud vest through Burlington,
. and Keokuk papers charge il as plan de-,
{ signed to defes, the bill in Congress, be.
cause the other roads do not pass through
or otherwise favor the city Of Burlington.
We do not believe tina, Burlington would
act from motives SO narrow and ungener.
aus.
Tho projected Railroad through Bur.
lington east and west, is a recent project,
and comes up at n very unfavorable Time
Not long since, Burlington united with US
10 Il Convention 10 ask a grant Of land 10
improve the Rapids.
1 Now the Rapids and every thing else is
jeopardised by this attempt to favor the
lpropused east and west roads through BOr
iinglon.
Congress has rightly taken up the works
proposed by Iowa first, and We hope new
plans aud projects will not prevent then
success.
II is nopart Of our purpose, nor IS i our
province. to interfere with tho domestic
policy ofour sister State; but this new pol
icy has not been confined IN its Iniipenee
10 lawn alone. The jarflug and conflict.
ing propositions which the trIends oi Bur
iington, at least her proiessed iriends,}
have broueh, before Congress, have had
very prejndicisi etiee, upon all dcmsnds
from the West. II presents the Western
people MS divided among themselves, upog
The Objects and improv emenis, that special
Is demand the assistance OF Congress in
The Donation ofpnbIic lands. We nre Ger.
tainiy not hostile TO Burlington, and would
gladly see her Interests advanced, but
: when she assumes Tint other projects Of
improvement, not centreing st partcn-
lar locality. are an,agonisiic to her pros
perity, and when her citizens send dele
gates, or lobby members 10 Washington 70
defeat what they cannot secure 10 herself,
she places herself 10 mn attitude Of hnsii!l.
" To The rest Of the States, and Of IVES
tern interests, that will 10, be prnnoIivo
,f her own prosperity, and which, from its
conf CT, reflects prejudiciail. upon oil other
movements. The true and natural policy
10 The West, il seems TO us, is to lei every
measure stand upon its own merits, sud
! not make one an obstacle to the passage Of
another.
1.-THE influence Of this was confined 10 To-
cali,ies within the State Of Iown-if haf.
fecicl no other interests, il would hardly be
. proper for us to aiude 10 it, But we hap
: pen TO know, that these local claims and
iealonsies have already done much 10 re-
iard the gran, oflands to works ofimprove.
ments in other States that in no wise par.
{ ,icipa,cs or have any interest 10 the jea',
'usies and sectional purposes involved 10
the movement. Up 10 our latest dates
the bill, pending before tho Sen ate Tor
grants Of land 10 Iowa for railroads, had
been long and arcen,Iy discussed and not
brought 10 aconcIusion; and all other pro.
j jects for like purposes, have been deferred
until this would be disposed Of And 10
Whatever shape il may pass ono House
the baltic will probably be renewed in tho
other. md thus we may expect that Inc
session will DO wasted in contest not on
" unproductive TO tho parties contend'ns'
but greatly detrimental 10 all others 70
neiphboring States. The State OF Iowa.
in condition 10 advance with unexampled
rapidly, If she will not bring her domestic
broils into the general legislation Of the
country; doing this che not only Injuries
herself, but retards others.
i Another matter Of importance TO Iowa
is a finnl decision Of the Supreme Court OF
lows, establishing the decree title TO the
RI Half. Breed lands. This settles disputes.
! relating TO very important tract o.
i md in Lee county, including the site o.
the CITY Of Keokuk, and thus secures the
Z accelerated prosperity Of that fioursh'ne
city.
lfihe appropriations are secured ,or ~. In
proving the Rapids, these works WIN IKE
wise greatly increase the demand for labor
and the future commercial facilities o. 'ha'
State. Tho good understanding which ex'
lists between Iowa and Missouri, ana es,
pecially between Iowa and this city, should
i he cherished and sustained. STATES west
J Of tho Great Father Of rivers must have
united interest, md they should present u
ni,ed voices 10 Congress in favor Of eacn
other. We are so linked 10 present md
future destiny, that il is RICH, TO concen-
,ra,c our efforts; and this is the more no.
cessary because We arc yet SO ieemo :"
numerical representation, and la'' 70
strength when wo como in conflict WI"
tho interests Of States sending ten times
our number Representatives.
We have thus spoken Of Town as young
and prosperous State, and we like her BET
ter because she is on our side Of tho rlver'
and nlso our "next neighbor," our "pro'