Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1857-07-02
ruE GREAT WEST.

Few Persons who have no. made m actual
visit To the w,st can realize jus. idsa Of
the enterprise and naguiaesBss Of ths. wen.
dsrful region. Itsurpasses all that the mos.
vivid Imagination can dslineste Men live
and move in an inspiring atmosphere, and |.
requires all ,ha, reason aud philosophy can
do TO rePress the Wild enthusiasm insepsra-
bio from view Of the hustle aud activity
which Pervads every portion Of the Missis.
siPPi Valley.
hecarring to events connected with the
great Railroad excursion, the Baltimore
American presents the subjOinsd truthful
picture:
The West Is great World, perhsp. scarcely
eOmPfshtndsd even by the kseBesi Of the uen Of
forecast and enersy who have grown 10 i,s DIST
asd paftaks Of the amAEisg energy that 10 turaI
Characteristic oi ils atmosphere. and certainly TO
the great bulk Of the people Of The Aian,ie slope.
al enigma which iOils their asiulene,s BY a va,,
ness that ALLOW, Of no s,aRdP oihI from which ,h.v
may grasp its colossal propostioa. and subject
them to the sPeeih- examination necessary to a
right ssiimA,icn Of the whole Bot In the West IT,
self, the mied has the Aid OF Aeiasi impressions
and as conclusions are shlstsed by tie vsfi6eaon
OF PsrsOasI sIanina,Ou asd IL iaeh learns to give
due aigsiheasee TO the imPressiE, facts that there
in ID" VESTS concentrated the prod Ieing ca
Paeity OF the eOunty that there viii soon Be loea.
ted The majority u our population asd that here
wilbe 'hs-seai of the political power aud the busI
ness supremacy Of the nation-there the true Em.
pirs OF the Republic.
I'VE may not new recognize the fact. but u /.
nevertheless auuih, thatIhe next twenty years will
develop With all the appropriateness Of an impor.
isht realty that beyond the Ohio and in the r,,a,
central Sas!a ;hsoash which the Mi.si,,ipni roll,
and into which are poured the streams that r,,Asr
East 10 the Ansghanie,, and West ia the Rocky
Mountains, 10 concentrating aud inersasiag, fed
BY amishy volume OF emigration, With rapidly
thatin any o,h,r country would ppear miraculous.
the population which !, TO govern this country.
under whose control, tempered by the sovereign
rights belonging TO all portions OF a tree people,
viii disappear our present sectional distinction. Of
North and South and ue will Ieara TO looz 10 The
West as the eenttal aud sastaininE power OF The
eoun'ry, unlimiIed 10 its capacity nd un,haeklet
In It's benehcenI iaalenses upon the Republic and
the world.
The people ofthe West seem TO understand how
greet - the prospect which the tutarr holds outs
the sore accomplishment Of their de,tiny Amid
80 much tina, temps to eHuayasaues, both o.,
thought and action, ne may expect 10 fad some
ihing oi unsounl speculation aud Of iIdirecl,d ef
iorI that goes beyond aud defeats is o. n purpose
but these are the mere irOlh and foam Of The sur
iase. The steady caTTeut runs on, powerful in its
unrestricted strength, gaining weight aud momen-
lum a. advances, ami reaching surely snI rapid
~ to The Ultimate plish msnI OF is Object
The Western man, with the substantial evidence,
OF this Astonishing progress eoRSlan,ly before him
talks assuTsely Of the grand destiny OF the West
ahe presents his views in What appears the mere
Tauniings Of sectional and social sgoti,un uatil
better Information forces upon you the true relative
positions Which be add yosTself occupy, and his
boas'ing' become Vsrilies, authenticated By pas,
knowledge and more than verified in each eayis
Progressive experience
1T 10 veil Tor Us that this unlimited growth of
the West briggs with il no inrIiori,y or dsesdspe.
iof The East-ihat though We cannot found new
States nor reclaim from their non productive rus.
gedae'S vast territories that yet as the factors Of
the West, and, 10 large extent, the manuiseur.r,
OF hsTaw material, share the result. of N,
greatness and grow more and more prosperous in
an rnjoymsnio Of the wealth and progress which be-
longs Siih u add ~ TO q common country