Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-02-11
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1913 WAY A~SASSSsSASAA4~ N~-h '"Aul ~NSs
curry
Bristol, Kenosha Co., Wis. Nor. q, 81.
SIR:-Ere this had expected to have
been in Leicester, among my old friends;
out suppose our money panic has reach
ID you, so that you will understand why
had to turn back, and defer my visit
next fall, or better times. / suppose
hat many of the people of Leicester
ave formed curious, and often errone.
rus opinions OF this crisis; but that 10
not surprising, for political economists
,ere differ materially both in the cause
| md cure. But think that it may he
Ill traced to reckless speculation. Ma.
ling haste to be rich isthe curse Of this
ountl,, and it fully accounts for all our
present distress. But my object is not
% write an essay on political economy,
nut to continue my Notes on Wisconsin
II particular, and the United States in
general That we shall have some dis
ress here this winter / have no wish to
leny, but may safely aver that there
viii every littleexeept what might have
leen prevented by care and sobriety.--
Dur cities arc cursed with class of peo-
| lie who have no self.respect-no thought
Dut for present qualification; who spend
IN the groggery the money that should
| carry them through the winter, and then
when out of work unblushinely become
burden to the sober and moral. The
only thing that yeXes me when called
foreigner here, is, that it classes me
With this degraded class. Outside
Of this there is but little real dis
ress, though large amount of i'm
lginary i'll Wisconsin. But very few of
)ur banks have broken; but few of our
merchants have failed; and we have a
arge supply of surplus grain TO sell next
spring. | sincerely hope that the stock
ing frames of Leicestershire, will be in
full blast so that you may be able to
buy. have seen nothing yet to make
me alter my mind about this, as place
to emigrate to. You are too thick on
the ground there. The glory of Old
England, the pockets of the capitalist
and the landowner, may require large
amount of surplus labour to keep down
wages; bnt | know by experience that
it is better aud more comfortable to be
a patriot with full flour bin and pork
barrel, with plenty of potatoes for sauce,
than with an empty cupboard. Work
ING men need not fear to come to Wis
consin; and those who have a little cap
ital to start with will find profitable in
vestment here. We are yet but Young
people; few years ago, few traderr
huts and Indian villages contained all
its inhabitants. It's southern part is now
decked with cities and villages, and
churches and school houses dot its prai-
ries and woodlands; and such is its geo
praphical position, that the lake.shorc
cities are already coming which shall
be the future Liverpool of the vast com
merce that must travel over her rail.
roads to the Far West. The interest
of trade is the gaint of the present day,
and there is 10 Cornish Jack with in.
visible coat to stay him. Not even the
dauntlesS Greeley can stop the progress
of free trade. The giant will Is al
ready saving, That rock at Niagara
must be surmounted; way must be
made me; | can no longer be scabined,
cribbed, confined" by that little ditch.
the Welland canal; cannot wait for
wheat from the west until it travels to
New \ ork, it mus. come direct. Some
! of our nei2hbouring cities say, that Re
nosha stands no chance in this race for
for commercial supremacy but wait
awhile; we can afford them few years
start, and then come out ahead: at pres
ent, all our national funds are wanted to
support slavery, so there is none to sup
port or to build up free labor har-
bors; SO the burden falls on the citizens,
aud in Kcnosha they are not yet able
Though they have done much) to make
their harbor all il should be. have no
wish to be egotiStical, but and the sur
veyin9 engineer of the United States
have decided that we have the best site
for harbor on Lake Michigan. So we
can offer to any of the tiadesmen of
Leice>tcrshire who are tired of con-
stanty returning seasons of bad trade,
of heavy taxes, and bad debts, thri-
wing city with exceeding large expecta-
tons, and II number of natural advan-
tagcs for commerce unequaled on this
side the world. But this latter class
are not the ones feel most interested
lin. We want for Wisconsin in gener-
a, and Kenosha city, and county in par
ticular, any amount of sober, industIi-
Gus, healthy men, women, aud children,
especially plenty Of children, TO the
men we offer in tho city lots of work in
summer and wages enough to keep them
through the year, with chance ofowl.
ING a house and garden Of their own.
In the country good hard work and high
wages. with which you can buy farm
away West, which when done you may
put your hat firm OH your head, stick
your hands in your pockets alter hard
days work on your own land, and say
YOU don't want Queen Victoria for an
uncle. To the women, Jerusha.!! /
cannot tell how much we offer Where
can get hired girl? | think some
times farmers wives have asked inc
lques.lon SO often, that they sa, III IN
stead of How do you do Then for 1,,1
children, we have good school-houses,
and libraries, and teachers in winter,
with hoes and rakes and good wages
in summer. But in this enumeration
If good Things, politics are getting the
90 by. | still love to hear how the
British parliament grapplcs with great
ques ions, and 10 doubt your readers
will be glad to hear how we get on POI
lltically so near sundown. In our State,
ne Lave just elected our State officers,
including Governor 1t is nncei tain at
present, at least to us, whether Mcgee
>n and Wliskcyism have won, or the
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