The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-23
" ilton, July 2o,h, 1854


Territories of this glorious Union and especiai'
to the beautiful state IN which you have tn
honor to reside and publish the Daily MineI
Express an able and valuable publication.
you think this letter would be of any service I
your 'urishing City, Or of any interest to th
readers Of your paper, y"u are at liberty TO max
such use 81 il as our jondgmeni may dicinte.-
The subj ct of enIigrdion frnm the New Eng
land, middle and indeed all OF the older state
of The American Union, as we'll as from most Z
the European governments, into what has in pas
years, more than the pr, s"nt, been termed tn
| Wilds of the west-has been debated SO Ion
that the subject dose not admit of doubt, bu
the Western statts-otfer stronger, inducemenl
to al of the industrial persuits Of man (excer
Navigation) than any other part of the globe.
1t will not be contend, by any one v no hu
travelled in the New England and Western state
but that the soil and climate of the latter ar
preferable in every respect I the former. An
If the converse Of the proposition were true
then the west would have decided advan
tage over the East ln these 'wo particulars, t
wit, that the West is Few aud it's resources arr
| not yet exhauste nay more, just beginning t.
be developed, while the tide of emigration from
ther states and nations is rolling in upon thu
West, giving lite and character to the county
cul'ivaiing its vast prairies and converting III
iimbered regions into residences of the fines
class in the World
During the next ten years the state Of Iowa
Wisconsin, illinois and the Territories Of Min
aeso,n Nebraska and Kansas, will become the
garden Of the Union The writ has visited
most OF the states IN the Union with view td
select one for his future home and after consid-
erng the soil, the climate and geographical 10
cation of the state Of iowa, has come to the con
cIusion that no state in the Uaion presents &c
mentioned.
Mr.. Editor: Whoever visits the state Of lows
is at once pleased with it's equal proportions c
prairie and Timber ami is compelled to admire
the numerous streams and Rivers flowing Eas
ward to the Father Of Waters II Westward to tn.
Missouri, which forms the wes'ern boundary
of your State. No western State is hetel
wa,ered or possesses greater commercial advan
tages than Iowa with the Mississippi for il.
Eastern and Missouri for its W. stern limit, thu.
admitting steam navigation ON two sides, to say
nothing of lis internal waters capable of nav
CATION, while its Railroad facilities are unequ
tt,J III, he,
IN the south by Missouri and on the Nor,h by
Minnesota, It's climate is peculiarly adapted 4
emigration from the New England and middle
States and also from all the nations of Europe
The soil OF Iowa for its productive qualities il
| unsurpassed by any other State 1t is admira
| bly, calculated for agricultural purposes. Their
can bt no doubt but what it can be as good
stock state as can be found, W lie it produce
wheat, corn, oats, p, as. beans, barley, potatoe
&c, in abundance, and at the same time j
capable of becoming manufacturing state
| thrr mineral substances.
This state in the sta istics II health, rank
Sd on the list of thirty -one, which is one o
the prominent reasons Of its recent rapid settle
| me nts.
| But, Sir, have already exceeded the limit
of common correspondence, and were dis
posed TO enlarge ain not sufficiently acquain
ted with the elements of your STATE to give
minute description of its productive qualities
| will therefore close this communication by
single reference 10 the city Of Dubuque. Thi
city is oca'ed on The Western shore of the Mis-
sissippi river in latitude 42I deg North. i
The State Of Iowa, about 4n0 les north Of 81
Louis, Missouri and about the same dstanc
south from St. Paul, Minnesota Ter. Thi
from six to ten thousand # is one Of tn
finest cities of its size that have visited j
twenty-four Safes.
| 1t excels other cities Of the West in man
the year. lis streets are wide and orderly, il
sidewalks ample and convenient and for plac
of the age of Dubuque, there is unusual de
gree Of taste and style in he construction Of il
|
proportion of the business ana dwelling house
are sufficiently large and com,nodious TO serv
all practical purposes when it shall CONTAIN
population of hundred thousand. In th
respect it excells any city of its age that hav
visited. Dubuque has cis'erns and wells of th
very bes, qu,lity, aad what ia more essenti;
than pure water to the health, growth an
comfor. Of citizen. In this respect your cit
,excels most ot the cities in the Mississippi
Valley
/ Wien the New England Traveller lands upo
the Levee Of Dubuque, after taking view
its magnificent buildings and handsome street
the eye slances to the mighty Bluffs, which
the form of crescent encircle, the rear Of III
city, covered with grass and wild flowers ar
shaded by the Oak, the Locust and other orn
mental trees upon the Bluff; and among Il
trees stand already many grand residenc
overlooking the Mi sssppi River for miles al
as far vision can extend into the state Of III
nos and Wisconsin. There they stand Il
Eternal sentinels of HIM, who assesses pisdo
To design, tu'y to adorn and power to e1
, cute
The natural advantages are not all that r
commends Dubuque 10 the traveller and stra
ger. She has Intelligent and enterprisir
, population ever ready to receive and nlere
,he stranger. The learned professions will n
sutfrr in comp! rison with those Of the old
and wea.hier atcs. They are made up
., of aris 'ocracy, but Of industry and good sem
and the same hing may be- said with equal pr
priely Of the mechanics and merchants Al
upon he whole, | think that Dubuq1e is de
tined at no very distant day to become one
the mighty cities Of the North W-s,; indie,
she has every possible requisite to that end
= combining natural advantages with personal e
terprise--we shall be disappointed If The Ci
: of Dubuque in the next fifteen years sha
not number hty thousand inhabitants TT
y star Of Empire being westward, Rail Ro;
communication centering Ia the valley Of q
e Mi .sissipp, Transporting from the old to u
new eta,es thousand daily of the most entt
-. L., Al, y l.