The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-30

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I 81 oeseruoas anA E1sgTAsae0.
Y.h.. heaa fasosiss argumens With gsatlt
IN, a.s;rs ths Ssaas 70 sndsrtAks The co.
M .-...;o, AZ railroads, that II thsy we're hui
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.h.r. any foundatioa IN reassa ee s.psrsns
As :. "a Argument! We thlnk nse ssassasa'
.hov that railroads have not. q snsmesNs
".,.,;.Tv increAssl the population ei any ssas'
-. ,..,..., Nav HampsAirs, New Jssssy, Csnnss
n - -, Rhode Island, Mains, Delaware. .ssy'Ane
- v..;ni. ara sheeksred sN over wssa sase' ~
y. ronu.,iou Of each Of these Ssa.'' as' 80
s ~ ~ s..,....d s;pss the reads were oe' Ans.
aA e.. .......h.a ronula,io they have s'spacs<
AAgs q .,.ae and drawn it from the -
sss+ - ,...., S:.,,;.,. into towns and villages Ds
.-.-.-.,v c,eAeuasieat whether this haa
- -, ,..r.st An advantage. One sf tna
Ia .v,s AZ our ,ine, 10 the disposition 81
s- -. ). ...k their livelihood in cities and
1 -. and this evil the railroads have agsrava'
atsss hd.
M u A. nat run away from their homes, and
ass ~, ,.,,. ,h.ir resideness merely because they
s4-ss. n. means for doing il. Were this 20.
~ England. New York, Pennsylvania, would
- -. -, depepulatsd thirty years ago. for,
. -. ". canals. the lakes, and the Ohio river,
! e,s., NJ. so,,,.h.d % easy and ehssF means Of
sa. vr.nsi. during that time. - me rAiroaas ever
s = Is,n. People change their residences whenever
sunnol han IA
ssFss nd wherever their inserssss '"Pea sos" 70 %
s They are slusnssd In their action quite -
sns.as nah bv tho price ct which they are able to
- va property, - they arc BY the prics At which
Ih., .re abe 70 buy it, The motives that lead
gs MI 4. .mirrsion are pamberless; but We never
Z. 80 that ITO bs near . railroad" was one Of
- es ,.m ssne men emgrass because they be-
.. IN that their property is not adequately pro-
-. md By the Laws; others because they think
AS " DO not enjoy freedom Of conscience; Others,
VA H Mn, because they wish TO enjoy greater liber
a# Fs.. IN trade and conmsros; and oahHs bseauss
s&g.A ~, wsh TO avoid unreasonable and oppressive
.--.sass. ksion.
ERA he movement of population has its aux
44es. naux, iss ebb and its Aow like the tides OF
100n sssan, aad ii is amost regular in its Pc
- Three years ago il was At its highest
l0m - II 10 now at ito lowest ebb. 1t will come |
ss y u upon Us, doubtless, in . few years. but tue
ru Of oil the railroad companies in the uni.
tgss q, nm could net hasten its coming day. This
40 i neat tide Of humanity. originating in Seanda-
Y, and ~ ayh and Germany, from thousand causes,
, non..~ sny Of them wholly incomprehensiblc to U.s.
iess. Z ka,hers momentum and magnitude it comes
81 pn.i i. bursts the chasp and fertile lands
5ssss y The West Such has .sways been the Law of
4 i movement Of the human family. Emigration to
: ~ TjF'eva depends 10 great measure upon the |
1T amour: of foreign emigration to the United |
A Bates All Of the Northwestern States are in.
Il DsSsed very much tor their prosperity. 70 this
bsgn emigration. The Germans, S~edes,
ii srusgans and Danes, mostly, come, directly
~ hpsu landing upon shores, to he Western
I'D IAsc and most Of those who do not come
"a hsusevss. dispa0s native citizens in the old
~ Ass who do come. Unfortunately, We are,
50 this time, almost wholly deprived Of this ele.
hS,ssa hns Of Increase and prosperity. Foreign i'm
ss as.hirsdon has almost ceased. From the first
~, daJ Of January last TO the 10th Of the present
Dssy month, there we're only 1926 foreign immi-
ranu landed At the port of New York. Be-
49, Essn January Let 1854, and the 10th Of Dec.
THAT year, there we're landed at the came port
= S,la foreign emigrants, and more thaa sO0,.
4* " during the year,-snough in that single
- = Af organize State and entitls it to three
sss representatives in Congress. The average an
ssss ~ 6seign emigration to this country, from
,ehoD1 ssaV lSa9 to January 1856. Was about 275,-
~ w. making total emigration for the seven
=. ans ,S25 900 soals. Admitting that 5000
y - w snigrants shall be received during the
sks s'sst year, and adopting $4,000 the aver
.A.yz - annual smigrAtion for the ensuing seven
safs the total amount received W0uld be $780,
ges o, Or @sS,ooO lsss than we're receive dur
-.-.sss the seven ysArs before named. Now We
1o1ha VIII the building Of railroads in Iowa bring
81 foreign smigrssion up to tho standard OF
= - 1855! II will, then they may materially
assalaths population Of the State; not other
no State Census Of 1856 showed that there
49, ssaa unsxampled Immigration 70 the State
sasssn !uss, 1854, and June, 1856. This vas
Hsis there had been mile Of railroAd built
81 y ssate. There has been no enumeration
- shabitants BY authority Of the State
4 - 3s; but If one we're taken se-day We are
enusssd il would show that the immigration
sanns the latter part Of 1856, and in the years
80 's' and 1855, vas nothing compared with that
- 1874 and 1855. AHd yet, for the last two
~ ~ ysn ws have had the stimulus and the adyan-
3 q sss II it be one in this respect, Of several
- ssss sf railroad. Il is very singular, If the
y Of the railroad advocates u csrreet, that
= estsa very towns, cliss and counties thai have
sa'ansass Of the roads, have not only mot .
s3 s'saafd m population daring the past tsoI :
u Oct sssr local census shews that they
nIp l. IL
pAnsa railroads have really such wondsrssl
'ass' 10 increasing pspulasonS
- = kaifoads. uDQssssonAblys isorsass the value
=. rspsrty, but that, By NO means. iacressss
& saabsr Of inhabitants. It hes presissly ,
opposite effect. Prior 70 Juss, 1856 We
as cheap lands in shis State The passage of !.
u " isss Land Graas Act BY Congress. was the
IN sN Tor rassg the price Of Ghem all over the /
W: - "ss' Tor in the Imagination Of the ownen.
"a' quarter section vas about to enjoy oil the
s. 'S'0'asss that. could be conferred upon q by '
~ "Gaad. The Land Offices we're closed against /
sS r'ss entries, and tie State, dsring that and
r. 'ssessding yeas, was overrsn By land spee. 0
. - whilst persons desiring 70 bec0me sss- 0
Q .s'e driven away because thsy could NOT
~ s''fe hsass sacps At second hand aad q I j.
. 80 ses'.sss prices. The result has bess that 0
asa go n'0 A.s sought the cheap lasds Il His
' A'asssstd y. Ssbraska. greatly TO the de- 0
GMeht OF ocr s,.te r, a. -, z