The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-07-31

me POiIs wherc you are now vOnhS, and--N
you like that picture of b,other'y loue, vote Yes
and ths political fusion of the races is complete
If you don't want to be elbowed fom the polls
by colored emigrants shipped here at the expense
at the Canadian government, vote NO!
The Western Fever"
It is necessity with Eastern journals to de-
cry the heavy emigration westward. Their
ixnd-holdcrs find it difficult to procure the bone
and sincw to carry on farming operations. The
masses nre becoming awake to the fact that a
small amornt Of money, with ordinary skill and
cxertion, will put farm in their possession in
the west in less time than it will take to earn
An acre of the worn out FOIL and sands, or the
rnfruitful rocks Of the New England States.
Capital bcgins to feel the departure Of Labor,
and as the latter is ever followed by Thrift, it is
no wonder that the East is painting in horrifc
.colors the p,ivations Of residence on the from.
tiers. Scarcely paper can lie taken Up pub
'l'shcd on the sunrise side of Lake Michigan.
hut it contains some account of distressed
family who soda "sweet little home" probably
an acre and a half D "in the vicinity of New
England village" 200 years old and population
Of l25 , "moved to Iowa, got sick, aud wrote
10 their eastern friends for money to enable
them to return to the home Of their youth, con-
tent to leave the inberless prairie wids to those
~ho are satisfied to dwell cut of the reach of
schools and churches and all the educational,
moral ard social Influences that good society
lrings in its train y The decryen of the west
81 morally add, -tilnt thousands would 60 back
sss they have done, If their means were not ex-
,haustcd g
This is gloomy picture, and our friends east
must imagine US to be situated very uncomfor-
sably. to shy the least What are the facts
No man ever leaves Iowa or Minnesota, and We
may include Wisconsin, unless he is too undis.
eliminating to observe the difference between
rich prairie land at one and quarter to FIVE
dollars an acre. good for 90 bushels of wheat,
50 of oats, or ~ of corn on the first breaking,
without cultivation, rocollect,-and the manur-
ed. night-soilcd, boned, plastercd, guano-ed
'toritoy Of sands and hemiock and beech
CT, at enc to two hundred dollars the acre -
Tho man who wants to hear the bell that tolled
his great-grand-fathcr's funeral-he who pre-
fcrs to be regarded as the Russian scrf,-a fix.
ture OH the land of some city absentee, should
never move West. He has not the energy OF
character necessary to sustain himself in self.
dependent community, and if his dreams should
persuade him to emigrate hither, he is sure to
he overslaughcd by the rcsistless tide of vital
atty that is the lcavcn of all our Progress. Such
n man sneaks back to his guardian Landlord,
and to justify Lis retreat from country which
promises reward TO those only who will be
active, he, coward-ik writes a homily on the
folly of leaving the finely improved farms Of
the eastern States, when perhaps the poor devil
never dare hope to own Eve acres of the soil
that has extostcd his admiration He tells,
that spectators have bought up all the best
portions Of the country and hold it at enormous
prices'-that "towns are laid out and lots sold
at extravagant rates''-that there is "no soci-
ety." and . thousand other things that arc cal
,oalatcd 10 frightcn the timid and unthinking
from . participation in the hcalthful excitement,
the pecuniarily profitable employment Of build
ing up q new country from the sod!
What hope has the man of small means in a
country where CAPITAL commands, and Labor
obeys The land at go, leo, or even $50 7 CT
ucre is beyond his reach. He mist work OF
staryc. His associations require style Of
dress for himself and family that is not dc.
manded in new country. His rents per acc
are cqnal yearly to three times the price o.
western land at "speculator's prices.' He bcgs
the privilege Of toiling out life that must end
within sI leaking distance Of a poor house! Hi
children grow up to fill still more dependent
eituation than their father, or if warned by hil
example, they scatter over the illimitable west
and never have the qualification of those family
reunions that lend such charms to life. There
is no denying this. The facts are palpable and
If they have not assed under the observation
of the reader, it is because the observing facul
Hles were left out Of his brain. Land. richer
after it shall have been cultivated thirty years
than that Of the old states with its tons of rlas
ter and cargoes Of suano, can be obtained al
from . to % per acre even of "spcculators "
This land is already cleared and much more con
yenient to Timber, than productive soil il, t.
him who commences a life time of chopI inf
and burning in the forests that lie east Of til,
prairie region of the Mississippi valley. In on.
case you can break up the soil, and harvest
crop that lays in one season all the expense o
purchase and improvement. In the other, ate
toll, the hardest know to human sinews. 20,
have an acre or two of stumps and roots from
which You may gather few loads Of pumpkins
Of no actual value. and BY 6 crib of corr,
provided you watch the Coonsand Squirelsnigh
and day, from July till November:
We know men who are making homes b,
just such labor, and ifthty live. they can not bu
succeed, but it will be at the cost Of ruined
spine. rheumatic limbs and broken constitu
tion. There are others who prefer to wait OF
Capital-to rent-to live in the shadow of ,
wealthy landlord rather than to secure for them
selves and families speedy independence.
"fhc West" is grand reality, and its progress
II rapid because sleepy man do not often fine
Il.
The r. Road.
We have nothing new this week
Deacon Clinton and DR.. Peck are on the
Cedar convincing crowded audiences Of
the importance of putting this projected