Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-04-23
&" Westward no.

We have a ttw irirui'y sacs -ton' u
make. o, our Young men who have had a
touch % ths Western w. and Az inclined
70 sex their fortunes in O., far Wet
"Alxavs look before you lcaT,' Is an old
maxim 'u.t a., good now ,s .tvasa hundred
year ago. and iis application % the sob.
-; under clu.iIsrat'rn, may h' useful %
tho, WI, contemplate .ca,ir- New Eng
land f,r dr.'an, bone. T. leave bone.
with an 10, rnIcorm.ut.. 20 t.l farewell 90
our relative. and friends, 20 turn our backs
up5n tie majestic hills, silver STRAINS, anl
placid lake, % our own native state % bid
{" good hy," TO theol School House, wherc
W. have learned O. take the hr,; dnushts
at The P.srian spring" and the old vil-
La, church. whers We, and our father,
have hlued in reverence at the sacrci altar,
20 - away from the religious influences and
moral restraint. peculiar - The descendants
Of tbe r.' srlm., b. matter q ioo '"rious
nature o. De- triasi with. The crca, lead.
in-. gown. idea with those who cmicrate
O. the Western world j. faais ri11sy and cfi
rleA . AMI /, b. because they honestly think
ihi. can %. done. that they leave the land
Of their nativity. To -st ri,h d not all the
busine.. oi llc IN ample eomTetcncc,
which will place Us and our families In
what are familiarity called "casy circum-
stances" j., certainly desirable. Poverty,
though no, a crime, i, a misfortune. IL j.
.oueth1. tat every man is certainly iust'-
hcl iu avoiding, ifI1.-il.e. But j. &c NOR
ally certain tha; every man who E'rs oat
INTO the Western worlIviil bsclmsw wealthy
Ar there r1 contingencies connected with
an euierrrl.e OF ga. character H.; those
who hAy, triel thc experiment answer.
Doabl,ss. many have hs,.eT,t iheir pecu-
mary condition, a Few have auas'si srca;
weai,a, while Others have only made a mod
crate fortune, aul So. another class lost all
and gained nothing
But 10 man j. O. "pull up stakes
leave all, anl sex hi. fortune Ia another
part Of tbe world. are there no other con.ii-
era,ions 90 b. taken into the account, exc
erpt the single item of making a pile -
Isa man willing % iorrso all the comforts
and conycnisuce Of HE JUS, flr 'be sake OF
heap OF gold, which he can neither eat,
drink o. wear! II man goes out West,
be has spt % encounter numerous difficult
tie.. priyatilns and troubles tina, Ne in good
Old New Enelaud know nothing about. In
the dr,t place. society In the new states a.
natter Of necessity. D., poor and extremely
un.-tilci There y none OF the stability
that attaches 20 Name and her sister States.
Th re the homogeneous mass Of human be
Ing, that are continually moving in and
moving out, render, the morals Of these new
locali,ic. OF very doubtful character. FL
uau0n, % necessity, in every new country,
is greatly neglected, the sabbath, and It,
institutions not properly observed.
This i, no, all. Emisrants % the West,
fnl themselves with o.; few yf tie home
comfort, they have le,i behind them. In.
stead q the neat cottage, and the oommoii-
Gus farm house, they End the los hut AMI
boyel, the temporary tent, or dirty cabin
made Of mud and rubbish Upon ;hi. pom,
we choose 10 leta New England cmisrant
speak for himself In letter 70 the New
buryport Herald he said
"Hrre j. the whole story. We complain
Of hard times and ~ west 70 better our con.
dition. II We would live In a log or mud
house With no room and 10 door, sleep on
straw. ~ harciootcd. wear the cheapest and
eOarsest clothes, and deprive ourselves Of all
the comforts OF lie. anybody might squat
upon two acres Of common pasture, aud
with the same labor, he as rich in seven
wears a. upon any half section Of land in
Kansas aud II there were hundreds thus
squattius. they would get or Land fever,
speculate IA lots, and have the pticvs ~ up
as they 10 in the West. What people save
in the new States they crush out Vt them
sel,es, and that they do anywhere. All the
sdEantase they have Is the privilege OF liv-
ing a. mean, and beingss mean, aud having
TIER children as mean, as human nature
will bcar. with nobody 10 find fault with % ;
while here. living in the same manner, they
would s-parits irOm the mas-s-, az much a.
the gipsies do. II any Of our people wish
20 learn practically about this matter. let
them taxa a view Of the basket makers who
drive into marke. from New Hampshire,