The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-11-21
20 ssse west: &c s?se WCSs!s

While looking over orr Eastern xchanges, atten-
ton is ca1 the frequent NOTICES relative te The lever
Which hiss taken hold "a the people for ein.fatlng +" the
Vest since the financial puic in The commercial world
If the + ST. has created such ratlng among the dry
bones We Are n" al surprised at seeing ese para
ruphs hava long since come to the conclusion ID
our minds ,hat our onn srce Vest is The land ri prom
iSe which our Eastern Hna Northern frien look np'"
rs the only place n refuge, where opportunities are al
fnrvt III "f recurerafins from the disastrous effects
rr uccd from the present pressure the monetary M r.
ket of he Eagt which has erievouSy operated asa"s
THEN present rs we'll future prospects III lie. W.
cannot wonder ut the peonie Of the East becoming dis
satisfied restless, Hey look At the hnal.e' "
wilson's AMI miSentuueS which tho failures OF thri'
banks anl business have creatcl; hat they shoul
look vitn longing ewes ~ he West which has stood
rml, amid ali the monetary crashes which have taken
ulaec is not surprising 10 US. We do not pretend Il"
icny that we have had few failures in the Wcs'er"
States the aseri panic ncest but that they
amount anything seri.is certainly do deny, rs '
statistics ot failures the country for the week end
ing the 2oth inst will prove to The satisfaction oI every
reasonable business man, that we nc onlect IN nak'nY
the FOREGOING assertion there being but two fail
nres 10 iowo, III 81 Louis and only one III Chcag"
Gaes. untienlabl fact we'll kno yn ~ the pabl'.
heucc he rg;s II why he the people # the ha*t ~
bunk ny 80 aaxou-ly 10 HE West as The only seab'
plrf oi the country where they build up their tu
lucs an III he ample provisions or their children
tn +, I, hundreds Ut famea, VII" have never dreans
Of Stcking hcir fortunes iii the 'reat West, are n"a
turning their un gidei attention tn it an" WI they
may a. there i, telling wha he ems OF The se nnli
s,ay rc~uif H. 1t is for the purpose # ae,ldns tn
Ian -cr which threatens thcu. hat they ai,xi"u
80 .vayv their "l AoHrs;.ads aI settle down up oa'
broal and rolling prairie, "hre th'y knw there is
Home for al! honest labor
An Eastern exchange te. us thai the mania for com
INC West prevails chi, iy aiming this class Of s" LEI,
hunlyc,.s of whom have suffered from the failures
sl, OF The past month. Il is this class of OIL
Eastern brethren. who, by 'her n!u~'ry, hal rakeo
and scraped together small amounts IT m".y and d,
posted fr safe keeping in banHs winch have gons up
that suffer the nos. III beng the case, whic'' no OBJ
wil prct>ud te dispute there Is hing remarkable Ii
the fact thai they ehou! look the West the coun
try for the poor ian who is wiling to work for an hon
l,ing. We say 10 "nr brethren of the East, pui
up your stakes and West, have plenty Of room
for all who wis, to We may have lew failures
but ye can assure ous Eastern friends hat they anonn
10 a sna, row d Plus Our march is onward and ws
have fear fgr he future come to he West, wher'
you always make living, not how i5ht h'
times may be dubuque Ifib, ne.