Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-10-29


/, black, is associated an effort to degrade the
white labor. While some are attempting &c
secure the emancipation Of, and others 10
confer the right OF suffrage upon, the negro,
another faction would withhold that right
from the white immigrant, the tendency OF
which would be TO reduce the latter TO So
cial equality with the former, and give to
the negro political superiority. And all
these cooperate in their opposition TO dem
ocratic principles coalesce as a common
enemy Of The Democratic party.
1t becomes the duty of every good citizen
TO repel the vile SANDER put into crcua-
ton by the enemies of our social system,
that white labor is degraded in this state by
the presence of African slavery. In no por-
ton Of the Union is the white laborer more
respected, and IN no section of our common
country are greater inducements presented
TO the working man, in every department
Of honest industry, than in Missouri No.
where in the west is the honest and indus
ftrious immigrant more heartily welcomed
than here. Whether from the workshops
or manufactures Of New England, the col
lieries or founderies Of Pennsylvania, the
extended fields Of Virginia, the small farms
Of the east, the broad plantations of the
south, or the dense and over-crowded popu-
lations Of the eastern continent-whether
laborers, farmers, planters, mechanics, mer-
chants, scholars or professional men, in
coming amongst us, respecting our rights
and to obey and assist in the maintenance of
our laws, they have met and will continue
10 meet with hearty reception; and they
have found, and will continue to find them
selves respected as much as in any other
state in the Union. Statements of an oppo-
site character evince the enmity Of those who
make them to the peace and prosperity of
our state; and the tendency of their efforts
is TO repe the most worthy and conserva-
tive portion of those who are seeking homes
in the west.
II is the interest of Missouri to invite
immigration. We need an increase of pro-
ductive genius and Of productive labor. We
have an extended area of territory yet 10 be
brought into subsection. The development
of our mineral resources is yet hardly COM
menced. Our manufacturing interests are
yet in their infancy. We want an increase
of capital IN all these departments. We
: want the labor, the mechanical skill to direct
1t, and the commercial enterprise to facii-
tate the necessary exchange of commodities
1t matters not to us whence it comes, if il
brings With morai'wortlh and political integ-
rity.
Ours is the central state of the con!edera-
: cy and OF the continent, and is destined, in
the future, 10 be the commercial emporium
of the Atlantic and the Pacifc-the point
Of arrival, departure and exchange of the
products OF Europe and Asia. We have
the largest stream in the world--a river
which steamers can now ascend over twen-
ty-fve hundred miles, with a vast network
OF tributaries winding through the the heart
Of the state; whilst another great stream
happily designated by the Indians the
, "Falher OF Waters" concentrates and pours
the waters Of numerous branches along our
eastern border. These two rivers drain an
extent Of fertile surface greater than the
continent of Europe; and its produc is must
pass by our doors, or find market amongst
us. We have a number of square miles OF
territory greater than all New England, ricl
in the great natural elements of wealth.
, As body of cultivatble soil, ours is no
equaled by any like quantity in the world.
, Our mineral resources surpass in abund-
ance and variety those of any other state il
the Union, and of any other country on earth
The iron mountain alone covers surface o
about five hundred acres, and its ores eX
tend TO an unknown depth. The Pilot
Knob and lis vicinity contain an equa
quantity of rich mineral; ard iron ores @
] the finest qualities are TO be found along tn,
: lines of the southwest branch Of the Pacific
and of the iron Mountain railroad, and ar,
scattered in vast proiusion over all tn,
: southeast section Of the state. Accordin!
( TO Prof. Swallow, "There is ore enough o
E the very best quality, within few miles O
Pilot Knob an Iron mountain, above thu
surface of the valleys, 10 furnish one million
tons per annum OF manufactured iron, To-
/ the next two hundred years" Rich mine
of copper and lead are interspersed through
: the same region; and of the latter, mex
: haustable quantities have recently bsen dis
: covered in the southwest. Besides these
f we have a great variety of other minerals
amongst which are zinc, cobalt, neckel
. manganese and others, including traces o
silver and gold.
o or coal, our supply can never be exhaus
= ted. 1t is abundant in the vicinity of ST
e Louis, all over the northern half Of tn
=, state-along the lines of the North Mis-
5 souri, and the Hannibal and St. JOSEPH
y railroads, in the vicinity of the Usage, nnc
e in other portions of the state. According
y to the statement of our state geologist
t would require three hundred years, at Nh
r rate of one hundred thousand tons per day
to transport the supply imbeded in fou
f counties on the line OF the latter road. II
: also states that "the coal beds of Missouri
Y can furnith one hundred million tons per an
+ mum, for the next thirteen hundred years. :
o Fine marble also abounds in the southeas
. near the Usage, and in other localities. W
5 have, besides, an ncalculabIe supply G
I Kaoin, or porcelain clay, better in quaint
= than that of China.
Our population is now over one million
4 1t has increased with great rapidly durin
n the last ten years, and to an unprecedente
: extent in the last three years. If we ar
n wise, directing our energies to the develop