The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-03-10

a good many moro taken by individuals not
enumerated SO you zee that the Era does not
interfere with the circulation of the Ant-Sla-
very press in this region. We had ffty-four
votes ut the Presidential election for John z.
Hale and George w. Julian. We have thirty
three Eras at this Office, and say ten at lnver-
ness, in the same township, which will make
forty three, only lacking eleven of our full vote
for Hale and Julian. Now, what can hinder
ali voters at the late election from taking at
least one good Anti-Slayery paper? great
many take two and some three and four. IL
every township in the free States gave the same
proportion that we of Washington township,
Columbians county, Ohio, do for the Era, it
would have upwards of one hundred thousand
subscribers, and the other papers in proper
ton Why can we not support an effective
Anti-Slayery press
Yorkshire, FEB. 10, 1853, Deldpan p. T.
have worked with the Wing party ever since
it existed. At present am sick and tired OF
that way of doing business. Last fall, the two
old parties claimed that Hale might get four
or FIVE votes in this town but we went to the
polls in the morning, and attended to our bust
ness, and cast twenty-sx votes for J. p. Hale,
and at least calculate to keep what we have
got
Randolph co., Illinois January 1S53.-As
many of our Eastern people are DESTROYS OF
emigrating to the West as the writer has trav
eled in about fifty counties in Illinois, and some
in Iowa and Wisconsin, he would call their at
tention to a few of them. There is far more
land to be taken up in Illinois than people are
aware of. Most of the land though which the
great railroads will pass has, till of late, been
held by the Government, and the inhabitants
are not near as compact rs they are in the set
tied parts Of Iowa and Wisconsin. At the time
of the great railroad crash about S years ago,
the emigration was turned to those States.
There are false ideas in the East in regard to
the health of Illinois The high, rolling prai-
riee are as healthy as the hills of New England
Many have lived there for years and never
have yet had the ague Some of the first set
tiers settled in the sickliest places, but even
those places are now quite healthy.
People now can find a cash market for all
their produce in all parts of the State great
many of the early settlers, or squatters, are
going far west to the frontier, many whole
neighborhoods to Nebraska and Oregon. There
are many who seem to flee as civilization ap-
proaches keeping on the frontier, and whose
improvements can be had cheaper than they
could DO made. By the railroads, building
timber, from Chicago and Mississippi river, is
cheaply carried into the country.
Already Illinois, through its northern and
central counties has a strong Anti Slavery in
fiuence. The State numbers nearly 100000
two Representatives, less than Indiana yet it's
Anti-Slavery vote was nearly double that of In
diana, and these mostly in northern and central
Illinois. About thirty of the southern counties
did not cast single Anti-Slavery vote but
that is not to be wondered at for many there
oan neither read nor write; but these railroads
will bring in a class of new settlers, and others
will migrate to make room for a different class
Every man with family (if he CAM ought first
to come West and see before he removes, nei-
Their should he buy in haste. | think Illinois
never afforded a better chance than at present
for emigrants.