The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-03
Lecture t. Euc0Urage Emigration.
BY I0NATIUs DoNNELLY, ESQ.

Under arepublican form of government what is every
bodys business is nobods business and hence matters
Of the highest moment often lose themselves in mere
discussion through the Of some one to take hold
and Ike them bis own In minor alirs this state OF
things is excusable, bat where circumstances arise tha,
nearly the direct welfare of the community,
the part Of every wel.maning citizen TO contribute
his gotta Of thought and ac,im to its assistance.
There is denying the fact that all looking
earnestly and hopefully to cnmng spring emigratio
to E psF 'niosdpe Il that tide Of life which has u
sady semed from tn. willern as. Aud as gene
al thing Ne all anticipate such = tide. There is .
belief tLrsug6 the Isrrory that we will
I ceive It spring larger immigration than has
yet erred Minnesota in amy year. This may b.
80; but there certain signs in the horizon which, t.
-'me eyes, seem t. betk.n otherwise. Tlerc is n,
lu oning the fact that the utter disrupture Of c"m
ercial ties and public cont euce which ha occurred in
the East. and the fearful rain Of individual disaster
"n>tquent upon it, will drive an immense number Of
astern people Westward during the coming spring
This is conclusion justified by the experience Of former
mics, and by the information daily received from the
'drr parts Of the country! But this punt granted,
rgues nothing for Minnesota. The emigration may be
# degree unparalleled in the histry ii the Usted
Isaes and yet il may be directed into such cham. Is a.
will b. "f advantage whatever the people Of this
Territory think many Of my hearers will agree with
the when say that it is evident there ia now going
through the colnms OF Eastern newspapers deep laid
md systematic scheme to misrerresent and iuure
Territory. We can hardly pick up an Eastern journal
without coming upon some horrible story Of destitution
md suffering in Minnesota some accounts Of men.
women and children frsu BY the dozen some ludisn
outrage, incredible th.rmometrical statistics
show ing degree Of cold under which an E,quimaux
would succumb These things wonld be amusing, could
we but lose sight Of their nur ous eftots most.
important interests; they wm:d even be pari"nnbae
it pos-ble ascre them ignorance on the .r
w.
contrary conclusion They are TOO per istent an
roo continu t be accilsnt a They have stangible
within the Territory. any even analogous
Oh which t. 6nd basis. Moreover, the juru lls per.
petrsting them refuse publish the eorreti0us aud
afterwurds set forth in our own press
d. my hearers doubt that these cau-ss have already
produced serious detrimental resultsY will quite M,
extract from letter lately addressed BY s. NJ Co Of
CRANKY, Mass to ex-0ov Alex. Ramsey. After some
remarks he goes on to SAY s- a.f al.
Since my return tn Massachusetts,, rom Minnesots)
have Rcome pretty thoroughly convinced ihas lsrge
emigration will push Westward another spring. aud ~
folly convinced that Mnnesa viii MT receive her ide
coateract some Of the that just ut this time,
operating against her. have already encountered the
agents Of the illinois Central r. Il. Go who are nov
the Estern States for tt narp Of getting
settlers for their lands aad ss sou are we'll svare.
Kansas has her recruiting Of" crs al through the Etst
>oy. SIR under these circumstances, dues il aos behnve
the friends of Minnesota 70 enter the Geld to assert her
ulaim.y ii ,71,+-.gs se-ge,f 1
five aeed testimony to corsoborsts Mr. Cook asser
tions We have Gat t. take up any eadng Eastern
a, English. H. French or Sw s l. and We Will
I'm soue such paragraph the following; ssas-a Il
Iowa MoviNa.-srhe people Of sDub buque have just
got up p.pklst en tiled y .rthern Iowa, containing
6ints and information to Emisrants, which they are
arranging to scatter broadcast over the Eastern sQI
Middle States -. =" s2''ste
o. column two devoted 70 the advertisements Of
the llliuQs G. a.ral T. r. Co, setting forth the 1t
tractve an heslthful characteristics of Southern I'LL
n"s perhaps letter from some indIs&rious cofres
po'.dent in Nebraska Of KsRsas detailing IN golden
style the beautea Of thoss chosen rgions; while nm
editorial squib in the aide columns touches up the
n,ncial opndn Of St. Paul, pictures our unhappy
people struggling through the horl0rs q Siberian
winter. q - s71 -, S, - -
tan an, thing exceed in ero.s and
injustice, such items as the following ia, e res "a
.THs WtAruss IN M,ssEsorA-Th Prairie du
Chin L~e4sy. says: asa7 70 sssaseb .,.,.s;ss Ii
We learn that SNOW between L. Crosse and Winona,
last week, fifteen nohes deep back Of W,n n,
IN drifts eight feet and more ST. Paul feet,
and in the pneries four fsctsin depth. M'nday thv
stage got l'st back Of Winon' and passrd the agAtn
the snow drifts. he 4passeagsn asuS red Intensely,
Sats Who us'urasd Wednesday evening from the upper
,untry r sg+ o. assss - b. -.sou.sia Eess.f
Or this from one Of the principal ppess Of the last
From Minnerosa, We have 5. Paul sdvicss to the
ath The merc.ty MaFked y deg below ro, and
there had been good seisLn.a fr for,nigh' Wsn.ed
hardly say that the Mississippi Was only nAviVble IN
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