Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-05-24
The aorth-west-Ils Growth, Progress and Future.

The North Vest has ceased TO be merely the
States comPrebended under the ordinance. OF
Itc'- Ono has ceased To be merely Western
state, and Cincinnati l. longer the cIty of
tie est, but has become the city OF the centre
a., Ohio, and Cincinnati are stIIl i5 the North
west aad viii be until the great regions be-
tween the Rocky Mountains and the North Pa
cItc. shall be known such. At present the
otd Northwest has simply enlarged ais borders
IL mas extended lis skirts beyond the NisSIs-
sIppl: 1t l. gradually drawing toward, the
Rocky Mountains, and the wIids uf PembIna.
and the falls of Missouri already begin To loom
up on the distant horizon The territorial ex-
tent u this y urh western centre. II really Is
l. immense its resources, either for agriculture
commerce cor manGiactuTeS, equally great, and
ITS destiny Is apparently grand aud comprehen-
slve. over the sandy plans of the South, aud
the fever districts OF the Gulf. (even If the sys-
TEN OF negro slavery had no adverse inlucnce.)
population Will never advauce as fast as the
North Ou the rocky coasts of the Northern
Atlantic. commerce may creaie great cities, and
wealth may accumulate, but Population. IN the
interior. cannot advance much fu3ther. II long
since 6een 20 overlsw, and continues it, stream
OF migration To the Northwest. The Northern
Goths did not overflow Europe, in a more steady
ami voluminoUs stream, than DO the people of
CIV England y lev York and Penusy ivanIa III
up the rich plains and valleys OF the Ohio, the
Mississippi, the Kansas and 81. Peters For
more than halt century, steady aud unn-
leFril1iC1 current bI Gfsltibu, country.
has flowed on lines OF latitude. with the com
parailvely few exceptions made bv doctors law
yers. traders seeking their fortunes in South
ern towns The farmers, mechanics and labor
ers neither like slavery nor have the means 10
indulge In that luxury. Their fortunes must be
made by their own labor, applied that rich
land which II open to their possessions aud
nerved by that vigorous health which constant
industry and cool brcezes confer. In the same
channel moves the great German column, which.
accustomed 10 domestic freedom Tor thousands
OF years, loves not the gale tainted BY slavery
The migrating masses tend now. as they have
done constantly to the Northwest. They move
on lines of latitude. establish the same link of
civilization, build up towns grow into States.
and accumulate wealth beyond anything known
IN history. LABOR applied 10 the raw material.
being the only source of wealth, and seif-dlrect-
ed labor being far more productive than forced
labor, 1t follows necessarily that these new
States. filed mp w:'h a free and industrious peo-
pie. must rapidly become rich, ana outgrow COM
munIies founded on principle inferior IN pro-
ductIyeueSs and strength such, unquestiona-
bly, has been The faet. The North west has not
merely grown IN numbers; it has grown in
wealth Just much Cincinnati. sixty years
ago n small aud dirty village, can buy more
than one State IN the South. and has gone be-
yond New Orleans, TO which all eyes were Ions.
turned, as the Great city OF the Mississippi Val
ley
Ohio. which became a State ffty-fve wears
age could TO-DAY buy out eight States. half in
the South aAd half IN the North. The eventual
result of this growth Is to place the political and
moral power ot the United Staies-lR the States
north OF the Ohio and Missouri. Missouri will
belong to the same subdivision for, as Senator
AichISon anticipated the fate OF ri Missouri was
decided IN the contest for Kansas. All north
OF the Arkansas will belong to the great Gordon
States. which adopt freedom as the primary ele-
ment et social organization, aad voluntary labor
rs the great means Of wealth. The world has
never seen these principles carried 10 the same
extent, or developed IN the same rapid manner
as they have been IN the Northwestern States
A brief review of these States at the present
moment Will give the reader an idea Of their
rapid and powerful advance towards the control
of this country Taking the sources ot the Ohio.
and these of the ST. Peter As the boundaries
east and west, we have the following exteut OF
territory