The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-30

rnE BALANCE ~ FOWKn-1nE WEST.
IS Awriter d the north loNA Umee. IT,
0esonnta upNn ~ aspects ~ a9Airs il Nv
England. Hes sites from Coneosd, - =
evidently ! men of Oaoee ard aceuFato a..
servation; who feals with regrst, whi1e be
admits u be true, the drearY changes which
seem to be stealing over tie general pros
perity Of our native Cline. Every SON OF
New England may Justly sorrow to End his
own, the cline To. teach the grand Political
Lesson, that without broad, comprehen-
sive and brotherly spirit Of ssUnionn there
cannot long be 1strength' especially
where Nature has bean - relatively spsring
of her bountiee. sssFggs
In the impartation Of this lesson, howev-
er. tie Great West will undoubtedly become
the holder OF the Balance Of Power in
the United States. ssss
We append an extract from the CORES
pondence alluded to-:
"FrOm Vermont, Connecticut, MAssachu.
sets, Rhode Island and our own State, an
unbroken food Of emigration still rolls
Westward! It ID taking away our active,
entefprising choicest citizens. Their
loss and that Of the sssinews Of war" which
they carry with them, drains heavily in our
prosperity. II 10 sapping the vitals Of East
ern prosperity and pouer. 1t j. an alarming
fact, but her own sons must admit, that 10
these New England il already in her decG-
dencc. Hitherto, from her compact p0pu-
lation, commercial advantages and countless
avenues of learning, she has welded an
influence much greater than her size would
warrant. Once, through her mighty mind,
in either house Of Congress, she had a strong
influence on the policy Of the Nation. But
now show are the mighty fallen 20 she
sends demagogues and tricksters to occupy
the place of Statesmen, and with this ssnew
order Of things her political influence has
GONE, and all her other influences in its
wake.o
In commenting upon the above, the editor
of the Times champions the West in sterling
language-the language Of true western
! ssWhen there is no more to live for be-
low, than there is in the worn out cities of
New England, are people of common sense
and limited means to be blamed for follow
ing that celebrated ''Star Of Empire" which
figures in all Western descriptions? The
Philadelphia Ledger and other Atlantic jour-
sWestern Fever 'Speculations,' Financial
CflS1o &C., uut NHcA %lOV VI WOHth4 III
claim) will secure home to him who has,
no hope but serfdom eastward, sthe brave
heart will leave the rocks and guano- docter-,
ed soils of a country now uncomfortable from
the Loneliness of one class and the abiect-
ness Of the other, and emigrate to the fertile
farms made by nature in Iowa, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Kanses and Nebraska! A man
with life in him, and all men must be lively
in the West or they VIII be run over, can
make himself, in five years as independent
on Western quarter section Of land, as the
proudest he that tyrannizes over thousand
acres Of rocks or sand in the e.orginal
Statesp' 1t is acknowledge of this fact
that draws the oppressed laborer towards
the Mississippi country, fills our cars and
STEAMBOATS, with living freight and enables
the Incompatible WEST to save from star
walton the unfortunates Of less favored re-
gions. Let them come 70