The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-07-18
From the Chicago Real Estate Register.l

The Crash and the Crisis in the West.
The crash has arrived in good earnest
throughout the entire West. In this city,
in St. Louis, in St. Paul, in Dubuque, Mus
catine, Davenport, Milwaukee, Rockford,
Freeport, Rock Island, Keokuk, and in fact,
in every city, town and village throughout
the entire North West, there is q crash-a
most tremendous crash. But we expected
it, for the wise men of the East have pre-
dicted it for long time. Rut we are happy
to say, it is just the kind of a crash that we
Western people like. Hank ! we hear the
crash now. Those twenty workmen are
crashing away on the top of yonder building.
There there is another crash softer and
milder. What is that Oh, it is the iron
front in yonder building, which the busy
workmen have just set in its solid bed of
stone and mortar. There, again, upon our
honor goes that impudent crash right along
over our most public streets, in broad day
light; but it is only the crash of about one
hundred teams laden with imaginable articles
of merchandise, manufactures and building
material What an awful crashing sound
they make. Hark! we hear another crash
away in the distance. What can that be
Oh, it's only one Of the one hundred and
twenty-five trains of cars that arrive and de-
part daily to and from Chicago. Here again
we hear another crash. What sharp, ugly,
screeching, crashing noise. What crash can
tibet be? We sect is one Of those abomi-
nable little tpGrhoats, sowing into harbor one
Ct the thousand lake vessels that bring to this
city millions upon millions of feet of lumber
each year-and that the other industrious
little fellow there, that is putting, splashing,
crashing and making such noise-that is a
tug, too, pulling away at that large vessel
that is laden with wheat and corn, and bound
for Buffalo.
Well, we do not know what we shall do
fcr the cash has the impudence to stare us
in the face everywhere in this city, ard the
great trouble is, it is no better anywhere in
the West. For if we start out on some one
of the railroads, and think to get to some
quiet little town away off in the interior, it
will be the same thing, we fear.
We WILL at all events, try it. We start
and the first thing we know, We afs crashing
sn1 rambling along The railroad. We arrive
at our destination, and here likewise they are
crashing away-building houses, making
fences &c, and the farmers are crashing along
the roads with their teams laden with grain.
1t is all crash, noise and hustle. We stop
day, hut the impudent crash continues
What shall We do? Well, we vii, taA e a
trip up to Minnesota. That must be q kind
OF d quiet State, away of up there by itself!
We start and we crash along the railroad
until we getto the Mississippi Nowwe think
We will get rid Of this abominabe crash. We
will Just step on board that splendid steamer
and have such nice time admiring the beau
tiful scenery along the river for we know Mr..
Crash will hardly venture SO far away from
his friends-the wise men of the ~ast. Oh,
but we are mistaken, iar here he is Oh the
beat. les, and there he is at that new
town on the bank Of the river. We go ON :
little farther: Here he is asais: GSAssSa3
the fellow. I'VE find him at eve-;
aGy note. Arrived At g. ~ point OF
most as laroc - Vt. Paul, he looks al
did = %, and just as impudent as he
al Chicago and St. Louis.
| Well, we almost gave it up and our can
did opinion, is that the only way to prevent
the great crash in the West is for the Old
States to keep their boys and girls at home
and some of their old men and women too
because they will make a noise, and be-
have rude and naughty too, when they get
so far away from their old homesteads-
Well, the wise men of the East must hit
upon some plan to keep their people at home
for it is in those folks away down East, and
from the Middle and Southern States, that
are entirely the cause of all the crashing.
There is another thing we noticed in con
nection with the abomnable crash, that is
giving the wise men of the East so much
concern at this time, and that is the Crisi;
for he keeps company with Crash. There
is no joke about the crisis, for it surely ha;
arrived at the West. The crisis has ar
rived in the West, where thousands of thu
best citizens of the older Safes are making
their homes. That, We think, however, NOR,
of a crisis for the East than the West.
The crisis has arrived in the West whel
the whole country west Of the mountains il
being run over with net work of railroads
and dotted with cities, towns, and villages
The crisis has arrived when the mighty Yves
can stand up and declare her strength ant
greatness equal, if not superior, to any othe
section Of this vast republic.
Fear not, We wise men of the East. TIL
West will take care of herself, and, in spit
of your crisis and your crash, will come on
all right.