Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-01-15

While atthe same tune THESE In prove
ments thus placed under the care and super +
vision of the State would be merely Of local
and sectional benefit.
IF these lands should at once be survey
ed, brought into market and sold to actual
settlers, al a low price by the General Co.
vernment, thatyast region OF the State now
a wilderness, would very soon become rs (
much cultivated and improved as the older
settlements are at the present time. The /
products Of the North and Northwest
would have to, Of necessity, come to, orI
pass through the avenues Of the Central,
southern and Eastern portions Of the State,
on their way to market, thereby creating
hourishing and profitable internal commerce
and interchange Of immense advantage to
all parts Of the State, and that part now
occupied would not long remain, as ut pre-
sent, the outpost and limit, out be situated
upon the very line of trade and travel
When we shall have developed the agri-I
cultural resources Of our State, and made
our products an object to the buyer and
the carrier, we shall doubtless be furnished
with all the requisite facilities for taking
them to the best and quickest market ii
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regarded, our farmers, IN short time, will
have a suIpluscapital, like the farmers in
the older States, to invest in Rail Road
and other profitable stock Improvements,
within our own State; and that, too, per
haps long before the public works sought
TO be benefited by these Government
grants shall have been completed, or some
Of them commenced. It would be bet
ter and a wiser policy for us, if practicable,
to ask Of Congress a grant to the State Of
portion Of these lands, to aid in the improy-
ement Of our Rivers and Uarbors. and make
these natural communications we already
have, and in which the whole State are
alike interested available, anC render our
immense Lake coast on the North and East.
secure to life and property. This State has
already had committed to its supervision.
important trusts by the General Govern
ment, for the benefit Of schools and for the
improvement Of the Fox nd Wisconsin NV
ers, for the proper management and securi-
~ Of which requires much legislation, and
constant vigilance We should demonstrate
our ability to take care of these beneticent
grants. before seeking Others Of q less gener-
Il benefit. [ would much prefer that the
General Government would reduce the
price Of our vacant Lands to simply cover the
cost Of their survey and sale, and bring
them at once into market, Is an induce
mcnt to emigration from the more densev
populated parts Of our own country, and
from foreign countries; and in tins way,
add to the population, wealth, and product
i've labor Of the State; and subdue and cu-
tiyate this rich domain, than that they
should be granted to companies in large par
cells, to build up sectional interests and sub
serve private purposes. Our State presents
greater inducements to emigration from
abroad than any other, from the considera-
ton that our lands are cheap aud rich and
that here they can find space sufficient to be
IN neighborhood with their own country
men, and the great number Of our present
population Of foreign birth affords the assur-
ance that thousands upon thousands more
viii come and settle in our State. They
viii bring with theln love Of liberty that
will easily assimilate them to our own peo-
pie, an industry and enterprise that will
soon be seen and felt in the substantial
growth and Improvement Of the State, and
an attachment to home and stability Of pur-
pose, that viii make them fixtures to our
sod.
In this connection, ! would recommend, +
that the Legislature provide by law, for the +
establishment of an Emigraut Agency, t. I.
operate both at places Of debarkation at ohe +
East and in Wisconsin; and that shall
take proper measures to attract emigrant (
from abroad to Wisconsin. as we'll rs to pro