New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-19
TIE GREAT VEST.


ia with the great Excursion which, for the moment attracts
the attention Of the American public This fite which
t,brngs Together from all paris OF the northern continent
hundreds o. individuals engaged in varied intellectual pro-
LESSONS and industrial enterprise could not be rivaei
by the ghtes among the mighty pocnta,es Of Europe.
Without hustle noise, in simple but grand amer
Ike everything resulting from the combined action
Of liberty and cssociaion-gucsts have bceo brOug
hher free Of charge from different places distant thou
sands OF miles invited BY hosts them unknown simple
contractors and directors OF railroads and steamboats, No
sovereign could do anything such extensive scale
and II even by supernatural effort he could undertake
-heavens what turmoil what fuss and topsyturvy con-
fusion would impede tic carrying out Of the scheme
This excursion oilers Illustration Of how for great
small Affairs for utility plelsIreireedom AMI free IN
diydual impulse are fax more edcacous aai sue essl
than power, authority, and compusiye order
Everywhere this Excursion wonder produced by the
al!.vyiiy ng power Of liberty and OF voluntary uares
trained acton surround the traveller. The new railway
TO the banks Of Mississippi Is fresh vein extended into
tie mysterious West carry there and really great;
because usclly productive, life. IL among the
oIerunneIs destined spread light these part. the
continent and call them 70 higher dcs.iuie than those
which nature alone has hitherto pro'erred.
Bounilcs- lands vii be opened to tie expan. On
OF civilized free culture. Thousani and thousands Of
men viii be forwarded 10 these regions OF promise aal OF
future power. Mysterious | call it because its future
cal Development, is weight in the dssn.e- OF mankind
end sgniicaOn t!e.encan at present scarcely be in
agiued. Tho ntinuOus setf,encn; OF the Wesi l.
melkei b. Interrupted and real social progrt even
over the hgl. advanced Eastern States. /, ruled by
the sane Jaw wlf Is absolute in The Geological i0rnltons
# ous lasct Since uncouncd periods of time the sue
c..ivey created and superposed strata perec
IN matter vel in animal life than the foregoing
In the the Younger societies and States pour
Ing from the sol the invocation Of liberty Inold,l
By an ore auc principle broader prger, normal.
more and free from old rotten conventionaltcs
sluns and other ragged relics transmitted by the past.
Freedom and labor become at every step the alnos;
elusive social agency ;hey already, and viii become
more completely The sole Of every State
to be hewed out of tiiese immense Western Territories.
The the Eastern American ponetraes into this virgin
world the free his action the less he is encountered
by obnoxious past the easier his movements and the
greater therefore and puTer the social outlines and forms
which are shaped out by him. The Yankee, original
settler is closely followed by the European wanderer in
search Of a suitable and for the first time in his fo
geGi Lome The oppressed, WORKOUT, weary cmigrant
nc ht find in Canada comparative liberty, of which he
did dream in Europe, and soil as rich any
be found in the universities of the unknown West Re
sources Of civilization already scattered in that part of the
East might seem to form induccment erect there his
tent or blockhouse. But The emf grant arrests not
LIS Y0nderings Onward he goes, amidst uninterrupted
bGrdshps and priv atoms to meet toOme cxtenceto
all the strength of his sinows and muscles against
Wild savage nature losing himself deliberately in un-
known soliudos in unforeseen future leaving Canada
behind. The reason is, tina, he finds there remains Of
what lie stunned and detesed in his primitive native
country Monarchy, however it may be mgaed and all
its medieval institutions have broken his heart
lie Graves for state of things wholly new and in every
respect opposite and different from that which crushed him
in Europe and this he will seek at any risk and cost
But what curse clings all human dongs AMI affairs
The natiye-born coIored American hunted wild beast
by his countrymen, finds refuge becomes human being
under the shelter of monarchy. The European pro-
batary becomes touching the soil OF the United
STATES the cOlored American under the banner OF royalty
Why this contrast
The West vigorous and healthy, from day day rises
might and power She is yet hardworkng laborer,
but higher culture OF mind will dawn upon her, As said
above freedom AMI labor the sole creator and css
lators in these latudes they the divine light and the
all inspiring life Under their influence, States grow
more in dey than anywhere in the past in many centu
Hes No naughty conqueros found them special heroes
or great men legslatc for thom All is done by peaceful
industrious inellecs and hands Such choose and
trace out the spots for settlements and cities. Not Of
old, for castles, stronghods Businesses, where 70 hide
the spols ofrapne but these modern orgnaors Of society
select positions the best adapted to become industrial and
commercial con.ers. Such men, whose namcs will
never resound in records and annals to enify school
boyssuCh men have real claims 10 inc gratitude OF
their brethren than the numbeess heroes preserved by
history. Where few years ago stood Indian wswams,
they have firmly implanted the beacon OF civilization and
in few years lis wonders astonish well acquainted
with the workings of modern society elsewhere Unknown
TO their own country, to their generation such
men might vctoriousy contest the OF real citizen
ship and greatness with those who for of centuries
have shone in the worlds history. Only yesterday they
expelled by treaty the great wandering tribes of the In
dams make for steady and luminous Christian
civilization. Already a higher life teens in this firmly
established society and they enjoy the ripe fruits OF their
labor Such men, if they have laboriously ana inge-
niousy made fortunes have also largely contributed to
secure fortunes thousands of others and this without
conquest, boodshed, or spoliaton How many are the
names of the founders of ancient and OF European soce
ties or empires who succeeded in similar manner
Chicago one Of these creations. With lightning like
speed approaches the position OF the principal me'ropo-
lis OF the West Its population amounts already to seventy
thousand Real increases in value at rapid rate,
and in lots sold for $3.50 foot lndi-
yduals who twenty years ago came to Chicago poor are
already mionaires Every thing keeps equally the same
gigantic pace. The city all life growth expansion COM
mercia and industrial activity. There nothing dormant
or lazy. sklfa mechanic who could scarcely earn -
cents week in Europe clears here between $40 and Sl5
As the soil OF the prairie terminates and brings TO maturity
any seed thrown into iso every kind of labor and indus
Try becomes here at once highly remuneratve.
Let the apostles and admirers of slsytry-le the Neb-
rascas who marshal and extend the blessed institution
look at facts Ike these. The States, this city OF
Chicago number lees Of years of existence than
South Carolina and Charleston centuries Charleston, with
harbor on the ocean backed by country with the richest