The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-11-28

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ly blessed with, previous to our two last
which here, as everywhere else were unusu.
ally cold and unpleasant. .
Although these financial troubles began and
have mainly spent their force in the Atlantic
States, they have extended, in an inferio,
degree, to the West also. The steady stream
Of capital which had been flowing westward
for months and years was suddenly stopped
and the new States and Territories, with oil
their teeming, pushing, and enterprisine
population were left to rely upon themselves
Real estate, which had been our great arti.
Gle Of traffic, suddenly found no buyers, and
corner lots and choice locations were left
upon the hands Of their owners. Thus far,
our people and the people Of the West have
borne up under the pressure nobly, and SEE
no reason to believe that they cannot con-
tinue to do 30 hereafter.
The emigration into Western Iowa and Ne.
braskn, the past year has been comparatively
small. Early in the season, the great rush
was all for Kansas, aud when the hard times
came on it ceased, both there and here, to q
large extent. The country, however, has
been steadily and sensibly improving, and
the amount Of land under cultivation in the
valley of the Missouri, both on the eastern
and western side has largely increased over
former years. The growth of some of the
principal towns has gone forward at rapid
rate. In this city, the improvements both
in new buildings and other respects have
been of the most substantial character, PROV
ing that even in the midst of financial trou-
bles, our course was still onward. A large
number of brick buildings have been erected,
together with numerous wooden structures,
adding not little to the favorable impress
sion which our young city has always made
upon visitors to it. In our sister city, Ona-
ha, similar spirit has prevailed and its
growth and importance cannot fail to strike
the behOlder with surprise and pleasure
The Territorial capital has been completed,
fine Court House put up, and an elegant
and expensive hotel erected, besides numer-
Gus other buildings by private individuals.
And what 10 equally important, the title to
the land upon which the town is built, has
been mostly secured from the u. S. Govern
ment, and owners of lots are receiving war
rantee deeds from the Mayor of the city, in
place of the simple quit-claim titles they
have heretofore held. = &c.,. a."
Although the present crisis has had, and
must continue to have for some time an in
furious effect upon the growth of the West,
vet it must ultimately be benefited BY it,
That its population will be greatly increased
through its influence, is as certain as any
future event can be. Hundreds and thou
sands of those who have failed in business
in older States, will seek the West with the
remnant of their fortunes, and here labor
with renewed yigor to retrieve them. And
tens of thousands of hard hands and stout
arms, deprived of employment in the East,
will here find a new home and a safe and
unfailing avenue to competence in the
cultivation of our fertile soil, and the
upbuilding of our towns and cities. Let
them come, there is room enough, we have
climate to offer them, and with these within
their reach, what folly is it for the industri-
Gus operatives of New England and the Mid
die States to remain where they are con-
stantly subject to the caprices of capitalists,
and the ever recurring fluctuations of COM
merce and trade. If man really desires
to place himself above and beyond all these,
let him become the owner Of q portion of
that soil which God intesded for the benefit
of all, and from which alone springs that
native independence which should ever mark
the character of an American citizen.
And in conclusion, let me say . word about
the s'diatribes" that have appeared in the
eastern journals in relation to western spec
ulations. The writer's of them know as little
of the subject about which they get of such
flaming paragraphs, as they do about the
Polar Sea that DIR. Kane imagined one of
his men saw afar of, in the hyperborean re-
gions. They have never seen the West, and
know nothing of its resources or Of its great
ness. They know not that it contains the
seat of Empire-in truth has already become
an Empire of itself-larger than that over
which Napolean ruled, or Alexander con-
quered. Its rivers are the largest in the
world, its plains the broadcast, its soil the
most prolific, its cities the most enterprising,
its population the most persevering and I'M
conquerable. Its greatness and its power
cannot be reached either by bank suspen-
sions, or the panics of eastern cities. Its
course is steadily onward, and its power is
rapidly increasing, and the day is not distant
when it will rule the Union. Fortunate are
those who have an interest either in the
farms, the towns, or the cities Of the great
West, for unlike banks and railroads. they
will neither suspend nor assign, nor can their
value be permanently affected to the amount
of dime, by the contending factions Of
Bulls and Bears in Wail.street.
,ggg Yours, truly, d. C. B.