Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1855-05-23

81 anguish: yet, ihexoraOle Hate lmPeHe. $50 =
red man onw ard; civllxatlon required his de- q
portnre: the destiny oil his oucsst race bade .
him fly from before the coming white mans
face and take another step towards that cx-
tinction which yawns before the savage tribe.
He raised his voice. once more, in. cries Of an.s
guish--shen joined the mighty lshmaeiitish
uost, and, taking up the line Of march, ne 2
pressed bis farewell foot print on his native
soil, and left behind him on the spreading
plains, the last Indian trail Of Iowa.
Even ye., the heavy tramp OF the banished
nation sounds along the western horison-- r
even yet, hat horizon is blackeued by the re-
treating multitude--when 10 upon TIE east !
long white line comes cleaning up, seemingly
rising out Of the distant ground. One by one,
like sails at sea. the white tented wagons OF
the Immigrant well up into sight. and soon we
shall see their occupants encanped near yon-
der grove. their tents cleaning in the moon
light, and the smoke OF their camp fires spread.
ing like protecting shelter above their deep, 4
un.roubled SAUNDERS. These hardy men with
their aged parents and adoleseent families
moving EDWARDS in the wake oftbe expatriat-
ell Indian, are pioneers Of Iowan civilzation-
the vanguard Of the migl ~ phaanx that is I
vet to come.
The mini grafton to Iowa, remieds one OF the
legendary days OF: the Crusaders. As did the I
verturous knights Of old, the immigrants -.
.ignsthe endearments and luxuries Of home. TO /
build UP for themselves . glorious dest1ay, /
amid the wids of astrange Land. They 9Qto
rescue freu, the ttsolatioa entaii9a uPcn by |
lavish giits; and a those !nisled c!smPioes
i q Nc, 81 40 a6ze q sd. = lsod
Itoric lsss- -ssland Whose iuesteat i9tx NJ tnsl
the heFeditnfy a1a6lsof he pakt. ~ 30
dera aissasf Nssda by wey g tsss!ssl.ae
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in the promises OF the fut0ss: ~ PJeufh share
and the pruning hook are his weapons: his
companions the loved ones or either sex. The
Crusader went to tear down--to demolsh
dynasty--the immigrant to build up State.
The former had History for his guide; the lat
ter had historyto frame and write. And no.
bly, has he written it--jn the unexcelled pros
perity ofthe land Of hiss adoption, in the ma
! gic growth oil her cities--upon her boundie
prairies, as on a vast sheet. has he traced the
records Of Iowas liberation from the darkness
Of the Indiar ages. And lhese are records that
posterity will read with pride. when me crumbs
ling monument and n,ouldering legend OF bat
tie and Of victory wiltbe.as tale Of days for
!. gotten. st
Iowa. once the free hold of the tnwny saw
9 ages, il now a civilized and eettled State.
Il Where once the wolf wen. bounding, now
& waves the yellow corn; ana where the ow1et
: hooted to the solitude, the cabin smoke 70
y floating on the air ~ Wherever the highway
: winds, the marks OF industry. of progress. OF
prosperity, greet the travellers eye. till one =
disposed to rank this Stata ~ contemporary
with many Of her elder sisters. The IMMIGRANT
is no loRgev called or to endure the Weiss
itudes, the hardships. and The dangers o. 2
pipueer life. At every step he meets with CT
vilxati0n--in many places with improvements
: 10 the art Of farming, such as he dreamed not
!, 81 il his eastern home, and often an old fami.
|" liar face--a friend who had been neghber in
s years gone--sreets I is arrivals Yet. be i not
d supposed that Iowa is fuH s. far from y
J. stfi within her vast domain, lie miiiods Ct IN
y tilled acres--unentered-- untouched---urre-
claimed from rrisneval wildness. They await
the immigrani--they call to him, and bid him
e como Shall i, be asked what Inducements
N they hold forth to tempt him, Whist reaonreea
D. they possess 10 repay his iaboyt Wsask. - aht
!. other hand, what do they not bold forth! The
fertility 1t ire soil in Iowa Is unsnfpassed--no
in merely ~ that OF her Kindred States-,ot mere
:. Sin our Union. bus throughout the ~ ord
. The back loan Chat overlies thePrairfes. and
which varies IN depth ossfeighteen inchs = 4
four feet and apvasd., 4ss(8 ~ .tnexhrps,b''
- store houss OF fecundity end s9ricaltnra
. ,.d = ..'s %o, .a:se ysss
- dryess portions ri the year, this moistnrs -
nd ascs 4 al though the suvfact -muck; thus. ~
' Il constant reaction weakening. II not annui'ln
ths sifse.s q thss severely AroqeAt TIL, ws
s,4 yss y shs ny I Il. ssct
be than any either State in the Union hnn hav'n
Der since then been the granary ofthat Union. IN
supplied f.9m her own stores. the exhauste
markets N The East and snaih This ma
ie soausf inered bier fabulenA; and vet, Iowa. Ii
l = ~ At has acturlyvA
ae' lisheda 4!
inc s,cb are the inducements lows holds out
500 tbe Farmer. coupled with q PROMISE to retul
him for immeasurab'v less labor than won
no rcnu;rcd in the East, an unsurrassab'e aha
dance 81 any and every article which the zo
we live in, is capab'e of producing
But again: to thelMancfactnrer she aiso err
Gomez She invites him 10 behold jor n,mse
W her immense coat regions. ano exa'D'ne /.
vii quality OF the coal-to roam hand in band WI
: 10 the Farmer. over The vast mineral tracts; a.
n. 4 while he admires the richness OF he mines,
let the farmer wonder at the phenomenon
on an exceedingly fertile aoil, spread out upo. :
iun immense heds OF Lead. Nor IN this all 1]
tha abundance of first rate water power. and :
/. amount Of building stone every where to
10 found offer such advantages to the emerge
ow- manufacturer AS he may elsewhere seek in va
he These facts have but recently reached
49,, East, and see with what avid3ty men OF ca
~, Ia, are Fastening TO test these ooss,ea 1eso'
tut ces And still the field is open--st'll the CO
his ers Of the earth are full, and he may help hi
self who wall.
- The poor and the Lowry came few We
"a. since; but nov the rich and the lofty flock
Iowa's shores well as they. And thanks
ICED the enterprise Of these the colossal wheel
p. manufacture has already been set IN motion
b in iowa II revolves ~ ye. oa. IA. IN .1
hap -,onhet;c echoes throughout the Slate, q