Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-01

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A eorre.pos at q the IevisSuss Ere.
writing from ISva. ssyA: a
Clerks who have ened Staations h vir-
ginia, ~ unwiosly by comiag West, where
the sssck is shese, epnsiutise Of ms who
will take for situation any thing they can
get. You can clear more money in Virgin
is than You can anywhere in the West
BESIDES YOU have good society In which 10
circuhte-s thing have not seen since
len Virginia, Here. II you circulate In so
cisty ct Oh. YOU keep the company Of young
men who universally drink whiskey, play
cards on Sunday, which i done here IN
almost every house. and almost every other
yice-no respect tor morality. nor Tor any
one who may have claims 10 n--bad SO
cie.y
For curiosities' sake give you the price
OF provisioas Flour. tl5 per Dbl. Corn
~ per bushei Potatoes. - per bushsl;
Beans. &c, and everything else in proper.
ton.
In fact. many families up the country
cannot get supplies At any price and live on
ish and roots. Fact hard times concen-
rated. Board $40 per month - Winehester
{ ra) Republican.
REMAnKs. Eastern ignorance Of the ma
,erial wealth. power. and resources Of the
West, as well as Of the refinement that gen.
orally prevsil., has reached It's acme Of ex-
preston in the few lines above penned.
III" writer was moral coward. and q con
cei'ed ass, with little or no regard for truth,
and without spark ofthat manly feeling
which makes the hearts Of men palritate
with pride, pleasure and ambition, who
ce<ae into this Western field Of limitless &C.
tivE,ss. He was probably some bull cali
Of books. who, for the first time in his life
had left his mothers apron string, and got
lost in the world Of hustle and enterprise
which he was untitled either to understand
or participate in.
He complains of want Of good society in
the West His ignorance Of what that kind
of society is, renders his falsehood entirely
excusablc No where ia the world is there
more talent, refinement, morality or propri-
ETY. of manners, than in Iowa Her popu-
lation Is made up OF an aggregate Of the
best talent and virtue of the Eastern States.
Men who come here to seek larger field
for the display If their talents, and the en-
ploymert of their energies. School houses
are rs abundant in proportion to population,
as in New England Churches are more
abundant and as well sustained In Da
venport, with population not to exceed
while New Haven, the seat of learning
and Of refinement in Connecticut, with
5000 population has but little more than
half 80 many This poor clerk from Nirgi-
MIA came into Iowa with notions Of life and
its demands, that proved his greatest enc
my He Is doubtless of the opinion that
there is too much genuine social equality
here, too much individual independence
and less regard paid to the rusty old usages
that hang SO like an incubus upon the neck.
of the .Virginians lie did not open hi.
eyes, While Virginia is receding in popu
lation and wealth, Iowa is springng for
ward like young lion in the race, with a
population of half a million, and in few
Years it will be more than one million
This Virginia clerk did not see the million
golden harvest fields freighted with a
wealth that will pour gladness into the
hearts of Eastern consumers and gold coins
nto the pockets Of our farmers lie did not
stop long enough TO see cities spring up
upon the open pralries, and III a most in
trade, aud emporiums OF traffic, with ex
panding energies and activities unknown 10
the dull routine Of business in the East Noi
| has he stated the truth as to the prices .
the commodities named lie has doubieo
the true figures III each case. But he wa
like hundreds of other men who come to
the West. believing that We are all barha
rians, Spectators. cut threats and gamblers
No more absurd notion can he entertaine.
of n reality, even hy those who believe in
tn, tales OF the Arabian Knights 1t takes
about four weeks To take the starch clear
out Of such fellows. and when il is done il :
pitiable sight to behold the collapse a
man who can come into Iowa without feel
ing and exhibiting irrcpressailc emotions OF
wonder and delight, has little humanity in
his nature lie is Il mere machine. These
swelling prairies decked with the golden
iruitage of husbandmen These silver
stream whose gentle meandrrings end in
the two giant streams that wash our Eas
tern and Western boundaries, This soil OF
depth and richness that renders manurine
unnecessary for years to come, where the
rlow. the reaper and mower, do the work
Of "A thousand hands. and with saving of
thousands of dollars, are all silent teachers
To any but such creatures as the corrcsspon-
dent of the Lewisburgh Era Not five
years will elapse before Iowa will have
more miles of Railroad than Virginia will
ever have Here bone. muscle and MIND
energised by lofty purposes and enrolling
enterprises, and tempered with sound mo-
rality, have full fields for action and dcyel-
opement. Here every man is honorcd and
respected for what he is, and not for what
his father was. The man is measured es-
teemed and accepted for his capacities for
good, for his ability to do, and not for the
blood flowing in his veins. Eastern journals
are grossly imposed upon by their Western
correspondents, and we fear that they are
too miilin9 to be deceived about Western
soci ETY. and Western life
There can be no doubt, but that the
black republicans as party are in favor
of negro squaiity. Henry O'Conner.