The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-06-02
Emigration 10 Minnesota.

The New York Journal Of Commerce
says that the prospect Of great cmigra.
ton this yesr--far surprising that Of 1855,
and at las, equal to that Of ls57-..is begin.
ing TO be realised. The number Of emi.
grants arrived at New York during the
week ending the 18th inst, was 7,l25, max.
ing q total Of 22,325 since the commence
ment Of the year. The arrival Of 900 per-
sons day Ia something that has no, often
been seen since tie best months oil year be-
fare last
This rush OF emigration 10 this country is
the beginiDg Of the general stampede induced
by the European war. Minnesota wants
this Emigration. How shall she get 1t -
She Is ripe for IL, How shall she secure it?
kansur has gone up Conceived in sin, born
in iniquiiy, brosgh, up 10 .rascality, the er.
plosion Of the Pixies Peak humbug which
had famed into temporary blaze the mo.
torieiy which bad expired with the poiti.
calexcitements Of that extensive puppetshow,
has stripped Kansas Of the splendid tinel
in which il was dressed TO perform part
TO which il was not equal. and emigration is
rebounding from It with twice the aacrity
with which !, sought the Elusive promise Of
i,s shores.
We may consider Kansas then ~ virtu-
ally shut by its own net against the emf
grafton Of the present year or Of several
years to come What has traDspired there
is sufficient to show that the spirit of eni.
grafton 10 a. active ~ ever In the States OF
the Union that the disasters Of 1887, and
the poverty Of 1858, have sown far and
wide the feelings u dissatisfaction and rest.
lcssncss which are the motives Of emigration.
We have seen in what has happened there
that large classes OF the industrious citizens
OF the Eastern aud middle States, want to
tmigrate as much now ~ ever before. All
they want now, Is 10 know where TO emf.
CRATE.
They have learned In Kansas by bitter
experience, that newspaper reports are not
to be trusted for the guidance u the emf.
grant. Only two or three OF all the news
papers of Missouri and Kansas which have
fallen under cur eye, have had the honesty
to dcnounce the wicked impoture which
was daily inveiging thousands Of crcdulous
fools into the horrors OF starvation on the
arid plains OF Western Kansas.
How then are these men 10 learn the
truth, and learning II, TO direct their steps
to the frontier Of the great Northwest, to
Iowa, Wisconsin, and above all TO Mime.
sofa, the freshest. the iarest, the best en-.
dowsd by nature aud by fortune of all her
sisters. Obviously the State should take
the interests Of emigration under il own su.
pervision, should place i,s seal upon the
Information which invites the emigrant to
Minnesota -- should authenticate with its
sign manual these facts
That Minnesota il the healthiest State 10
the Union:
That il is the best watered State 10 the
Union
That II is one Of the most fertile States in
the Union. with more arabic area than al.
most any other State:
That II Ia one OF the best timbered OF the
Western States;
That II has more available water power
than any other State in the Union:
Tina. Il has better geographical position
with reference to the future development Of
the continent than any other spot on the
continent
That il commands greater extent OF in.
land river communication. in directions
the most favorable TO commerce of any spot
on the continent:
That it is the Key Of overland communi.
cation between the Atlantic and Pacific:
That il is the best wheat growing district
on the continent.
The publication OF these and other facts,
which characterize Minnesota as a competi.
tor for Western Emigra,ion--uuder the
guarantees OF the State would do NOR
good than all the newspapers combined.
powerful as these agencies are, in the distri.
button OF intelligence.