The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-07-15
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY IL. 1854.
The Great West,

TUESDAY MORNING, JULY IL. 1854.
The Great West
In a letter from Chicago, published in the
New York Tribune, Hon. Horace Greeley
speaks as follows of :he growing West and its
stirring inhabitants :-"T The West, vigorous
and healthy. from day to day rises to ght
and power. She is as yet hardworking Ia
bOrer, but higher culture of mind will dawn
upon her. AS said above. freedom and labor
are the sole creators and legislators in these
latitudes, they are the divine light and the all
inspiring life. Under their influence. States
grow more in day than anywhere in the past
many centuries. No naughty conquerors found
them, no special heroes or great men legislate
for them. All is done by peaceful, industrious
intellects and hands. Such men choose and
trace out the spots for settlements and cities.
Not as Of old, for castles, strongholds, fastnes
scs, where to hide the spols Of rapne, but these
modern originators Of society select positions
the best adapted to become industrial and COM
mcrcial ccnters. Such men, whose names will
never resound in records and annals to terrify
to the gratitude of their brethren than the num-
berless heroes preserved by history. Where a
few years ago stood Indian wigwams. they have
firmly implanted the beacon of civilization, and
in few years its wonders astonish one even
well acquainted with the workings of modern
country. even to their own generation, such
men might victoriously contest the crown of
real citizenship and greatness with those who
for scores of centuries have shone in the worlds
history Only yesterday they expelled by
treaty the great wandering tribes of the Indi-
ans, to make room for a steady and luminous
Christian civilization. Already higher life
teens in this firmly established society. and
| they enjoy the ripe fruits Of their labor. Such
men, if they have laboriously aud ingeniousiy
made fortunes, have also largely contributed to
secure fortunes to thousands OF others, and this
without conquest, bloodshed or spUlation. How
many are the names Of the founders of ancient
and OF European societies Or empires, who e, er
succeeded in :, similar manner?'
The GADsDES TREATY.-The following are
the leading points in the new treaty with Mex
leo. for the carrying into effect of which an ap-
preparation of Sl0,O000oo has just been voted
by both Houses of Congress:
1T. Mexico cedes to the Unite, States a strip
OF territory, known as the Mcsilla Valley, which
is supposed to be rich in precious minerals and
possessing fertile soil.
| "a. The United States Government is releas-
ed from the duty enjoned upon it By the Qua
daioupe Hdal go treaty, Of protecting the Mex
ican frontier against the Apache, Cammanche,
and other Indians.
Sd. Gives the United States the privilege of
transporting mails and the property of the
United States across the Isthmus of 1ehuante-
pee. free OF inpoSts. 1t also provides that no
| higher charge shall be made upon the transit
| ofcitzrns OF the United States and their pro.
perty than upon the persons and property of
other nations. Passports are not required of
passengers.
4th. The free navigation of the California
! Gulf Is accorded to vessels of the United States
This clause not only opens MaZatlan and Sono-
ia to the traffic of our people. but admits them
to the pearl fisheries for which that gulf has
| been celebrated.
| KANSAS AND NEDRAsKA.-The greatest excite
ment preIa in the up country, OH the subject
OF the new Territories. Kansas is more spe-
| Sidlly uSitatlHS tuc puDllC Intnu. Inc cltlZPnS
OF the border counties in this State have held
meetings, and resolved to stand by and protect
each other in their claims of land and their ne
gro property. Strong resolutions were passed.
and an apparent determination to sustain them
at all hazards.
Private letters state that at about ten thou
sand people are OH the move. Five hundred
crossed over at Weston. last Saturday. and
about the same number on Sunday, while the
4 r0als arp filed with f,r tho
new Territories. A determined effort il to be
made to introduce slavery into Kansas, while
there is a general disposition to let Nebraska be
free. The Indians are very much dissatisfied at
the influx Of the whites and we learn three
white men had been killed. meeting was
held not far from Fort Leavenworth, lat Satur-
day. which was thoroughly slavery in its tone.
lankees and ahOlitionists were denounced, and
the writer thought it poor place for either.
Much excitement. violence and bloodshed is
anticipated. But this is always the case in the
settlement OF new countries Present appear
ances are in favor of Kansas becoming q slave
territory, which will certainly be great bene-
tit to the slave interests of our State. 1t is ru-
mored that the government reserves a mile
square at Fort LeavenwOr Orth.-GLasgo,D Times.
| ELEGANT EXTRACT FROM CHANNING.-The
grandeur ofman's nature turns to insgnifcance
all outward distinctions. His powers of intel
lect, of conscience, oflovc, of knowing God. of
perceiving the beautiful, of acting on his own
mind, on outward nature, and on his fellow
creaturcs-these are glorious prerogatives.
Through the vulgar error OF undertaking. what
is common, We are apt, indeed, to pass these
by as of but little worth. But as in the out
ward creation, so in the soul, the common is
the most precious. Science and art may id
vent splendid modes Of illuminating the apart
mcnts of the opulent but these are ali poor
and worthless compared with the common light
which the sun sends into our windows, which
he pours freely, impartially. over hill and val
ley. which kindles daily the eastern and west
ern sky; and so the common lights of reason.
and conscience, and love. are Of more worth
and dignity than the rare endowments which
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