The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-03-13

the Southern shores Of Lake Superior in
healthfulness Of climate, and they have NO
agues or bilious fevers, those scourges Of
most new climates. Many Of the objections
now made to that section Of country were
formerly made in reference TO Chicago, which
as late ns Is years ago was described TO be
one Of the most hopeless and desolate places
ON the face Of the globe. In 1885 her q.
ports were but 81 600 in value; in 1910,
nearly quarter Of . million; and in 1858
| she Is the greatest primary grain port in the
| world, while her lumber feet 10 valued at
u ,5OO, 900. Five years ago she shipped 81
tons Of marble and stone from neighbering
quarries last year 5000 tons, employing in
the trade l,345 men, and 81 ,5OO, 900 capital.
Her popnlation, from 1,47O in 1910. and
%, 269 in l848, has increased to Ia, 900 in
january, 1858. This demonstSates the inn
mense wealth Of the region lying Just beyond
and tells what may be expected Of that and
other Western cities when the Country shall
have become thoroughly settled.
The lecturer then showed how slow in
comparison had been the growth Of the most
energetic European cities-as Amsterdam,
| q great mart which took several centuries to
reach . population Of 10000; - London,
which contained in ll4l, only 40, 600 people,
! in 1000 but lbs ,000-or gained in $50 years
what Chicago did in four and . half years
July, 1853, to january, 1858. For some
time these Western cities must 90 increase,
for continent lies unsettled beyond, rich
in all the sources Of wealth.
| The lecturer next gave advice to persons
going West. To those engaged here in the
pursuit of prosperous business or profes-
tusn hn
| lettering remain where you are. You have
ali that i needed in this Journey of life that
is soon to terminate. But if you had mod
ton of your children-if you have energy
and courage, and are willing to labor and
wait-then it is certain you can live more
dependence and wealth moro surely in the
West than you can this side Of the Allegha-
mics. The State Of Iowa presented the most
desirable field. Handicraft will carry its
skill to good market there, and the mean-
while, the broad acres which few hundred
dollars will procure on her productive ter.
ritory, will grow in value as the country fills
up around and before him, and will cut up
in farms and fortunes for his descendants.
This was the history Of American progress.
He had no fears for the capitalist in new
country, for his investments would in the
end return him hundred fold. And Mr..
Greeley says, that 'sfor the hard handed
plough,j logger, who is poor in coin but rich
in children, there is NO country, to-day, so
inviting as the broad, free West.' 81
The East and the West then, said Mr..
Sargent, need one another. We want your
emigrants you want our meat and bread
stuifs. We want your manufactures and
Transatlantic imports; you want our space
Of territory and our open opportunities
We want your capital; You want the increase
our labor can impart to it. Nay, more, We
want your stability of character; you want
our restless inactivity. We want the guild
ance of your thought and self-restraint; you
want our daring enterprise and our lively
impulse. We want your steady brain; you
want our ardent blood. We want your con-
sentative moderation; you want our pro-
gressive instincts and rapidity Of movement.
In short, Providence clearly intended that
We should be the complement and helpers Of
each other, supplying each Others defects
advancing each Others Improvement.
In a free and cordial interchange and in
termixture, lies our true path Of honor and
advancement.
Gentlemen Of Boston: We have one country.
We are one people. Let fresh conviction
of that grand and inspiring truth form the
practical lesson Of this address. l stand
here gratefully and gladly, on the native
soil OF my fathers; grateful to have this
venerable New England for my birth place,
glad to have the youthful and vigorous West
for my home grateful for the sacred mem-
cries that bind me to these Eastern shores,
the dwelling place Of my ancestors; and glad
that beyond tho banks of the Mississippi
there may be an inheritance for my children.
There, young men, your kinsmen, your
sons, your brothers, are my neighbors and
friends. Daily they are planting themselves
in prosperity around me, or are pushing on.
in hope, to new and fertile regions still
nearer the Rocky Mountains. The best
treasure they carry with them, everywhere
10 the influence Of your New England schools,
colleges, homes, churches, on their hearts
and lives. Their best capital Is the charac-
ter you have nurtured and matured.
Shall We not, then, have one heart; one
common aim, one friendly and patornal
spirit, ~ We have one land and one destiny?
Whatever jealousies and arrangements may
be begotten by passion and madness between
the North and the South, at least let the
East and W est stand firmly and aifectionately.
They rest side BY side with their Astounding
vitality like the two-fold breathing lungs in
the living breast Of man. Their unity is
organic. The great lines Of railway, the
rivers, and the chain Of lakes are the cords
and membranes and arteries that bind them
in one. You cannot tear them asunder with.
out rendiDg apart the very channels of their
life blood, and breaking up the fountains Of
their peace and joy. So everything that
makes their union closer 10 blessing to
both. Every freightof produce that We roll
down to you, over the iron road, il more
than mere article of merchandise; it rises
to the dignity of moral mission, and takes
the character of social and public peace
maker. Therefore its price cannot be told
in dollars nor in diamonds. Every new ia
cility of communication il more than COM
mercial convenience, for it brings Us nearer
to those We love, and strengthens the tie Of
our mutual dependence. Every wheat har-
vest that waves its yellow signals in summer
glory over our prairies, 10 pledge and :
prophecy of permanence in the concord Of
the States, and of reciprocal confidence in
our whole political system.
And on the other hand, every bale Of
goods you send to 10 10 messenger Of good
will. Every Westward moving train 10 Z
transport Of solid welfare. Every mail bag
comes charged with your best ideas, your
learning, your wisdom, your eloquence.
And every time you journey to %, We
hail your arrival - tho proof Of your broth-
erhood, and the prcsage Of better years to
come.
We open our hearts welcome to YOU a.
wide as our genial acres. We spread our