The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-06-25

has bssa opsssd BY railroads; shs incrsdibls
enhancement in the ratio Of annaal immi-
grafton tho diGsreaes II ~ sxtsat Of pop
ulation, vsAlth, md egsstiye means; then
who win SAY hat : purchase Of one, two,
three, four tines the amount Of land q
speculation now more than in 1850 holds
greater psopoFtiea 70 the amount OF pepula-
ton, their means and demandf
Now let US look ct another side OF the
picture. In an Ohio paper lately We saw ths
fact stated, - disclosed BY the assessors,
that in ono single county money TO the 81.
tent Of nearly $s0O, 900 had been sent Wss
for purposes Of Investment and enploynen
in business during the year 1856 alone, AMI
> due proportion Of people had come alonl
with it to take care Of and employ it.
careful computation made at the East hal
satisfied intelligent interested parties thers
that mot less than 100000 persons, Of thu
most active and cnterprising classes, and
go 900 900 Of money, will leave New Eng
land alone this season for the Western Statel
and Territories. II 80 many como from
New England alone, how many men and how
much money will be transferred from the 60.
tire East to the Western fields? In all this
we may be permitted to suspect some interss'
in decrying the West; in exaggerasing oul
dif6cultiss and belittleirg our advantages. -
What 10 our gain, 10 their loss. 1t is not sur
prising that they should sndeavor 70 restrain
the mighty currents Of wealth and population
which set 30 strongly for the West, and
which are daily increasing in strength and
value. We are justified in considering their
arguments a. the arguments Of those who
Uish that to be true which they assert.
And now, from our own point Of view and
interest, let us say, that although We have
not the space or time to reason out tho facts
or to present the detailed statistics, yet those
things are Individually true Of Iowa, viz: VIZ
are indebted less 10 proportion to our popu.
lation than We were few years ago; the
production Of wealth in proportion to ths
population il! greater now than then; com.
pairing the advance Of prices with the pro-
gross Of population, the advance lssserly hal
not been more rapid than hitherto; consid.
ering tho ratio Of population and the com.
parative development and condition OF thu
country, there 10 no greater difference be.
tween the actual values and market prices
Of real property now than then; II there il
undue and injudioious speculation 10 town
lots, city sites, and all that, taking into &C.
count the comparative condition Of the West
i. 10 hard to say that the speculation 10 great
er now than then or, II 90, that it is sui6
GENTLY exaggerated to be : source Of mate
rial danger. And what 10 true Of Iowa, il
probably true Of the great West taken to-
gethar.
There is one thing which greatly affects tbs
West. It affects the West more seriously
than the East. That thing is the farm crop
A partial failure in the products Of the earth
embarrasses us much. To speak particular
" Of Ioss, there never was better pros
poet for an abundant crop, and better aver
age prices for 1t, than there is this year.
And believing TINT all other circumstance.
pertaining to our material condition are moi
more unpropitious than usual, taking year
with year, We say with renewed con6dence
what We have said before, that next fall,
when the present crop has been gathered and
marketed, or next spring, when the settle
ments have been effected and oil the expen-
diturcs Of the unproductive season have beer
made, Iowa will be in better pecunisry con-
dition than at any two corresponding period.
hitherto. We are now morally certain Of 4
good crop. And with that harvested and
marketed, and the Influx Of the coming sea
son - assist ", prices viii be Sustained, W
shall survive the sscrisis,' and No defy allth,
croakers and tremblers and detractors in th,
land to produce a sscrash."
BsTAer RuGslans after the Gsrsnans
II seems that the Germans a. we'll ~ tn
Yankees are to come in for share Of tn,
tender mercies OF the "law and order" ruff
fans Of Western Missouri. That grand prin
ciple, tho love Of liberty, which inspires TIL
descendants Of the heroes of Bunker Hill, il
equally dear to the hearts Of the Germans
and this sympathy Of sentiment 10 behalf o.
freedom, sxoites the hatred Of the Pro- Slave
~ Locofooos wherever it appears.
We clip the following from the Kansas En-
terprise Of the Goth June:
Rlor IN WKsrPoRr-FoUR HousSs AND !.
LARGE AMOUNT or PRoPxRrY DKsrsoyEp.--
Our neighboring town Was the scene, Of
Wednesday evening last, Of one OF the mos
disgraceful mobs Ne have known to occur i
the upper country.
From al We can learn II appears that
fight occurred II butcher shop kept BY
German, between the butcher's son and
citizen Of the town, named Bucher. This le
to rather free eight between the friends Q
the two parties. In the evening the friend
Of Butcher attacked the house Of The butcher
drove his family out Of doors, destroyed hi
property and complstely demolished Il
premises. They next showed = smother pal
Of the town and dsstroysd three other Co
man houses, upon what pFotext ~ have be-
unable to learn, except that the occupan
we're Germans.
gTlt 10 said that there Il slave girl
st. Louis for whon her owner has been o
fered 6ve thousand dollars. She il repr'
scented = exceeding beautiful. and il i Il
charm Of loyslinsss that 20 enhances b
price in the Southern market.
Doubtless the ministers snd elders OF ii
South, "who own slaves Of choice,s q
"belisve slaveholding right according TO d
Bible," can explain on 'sGospsl principles
Why pretty slave girl should DO worth g.
times a. much rs one Of ordinary appsa