, 1860-09-03
The Resurrection Of the West.
,Fr,rn +t,n u e r,thu-.,

From near]5 all quarters conc cheering ae.
counts OF the great cTup now harvesting in &hig
inportaot fection Of the country. Wheat,
plump MD sound in thu berry, is pouring into
Chie'Ko ~ fsss =. the lorg trai1s can bring it
from the South- West, and in the North.Wes
tho farmers are gathering in yield Of from
thirty to forty bushels to t6e acre rs rapidly as
reaping machines aad men Can do it. Tie corn
fields rustic With some nine huadred mi'jo of
brahes Of grain, still in The ear, and oats, bur-
lev, and other cereal products are in the s&me
scale Of abundance. Never were tho prospects
since the settlement Of The cou,t-y,
WAS it more needed. or mora gratafull5
receised. 1t now lecones interesting
to ftud5 the probable effects o! this magnificent
crop, and as we examine the subject we find &
prospect uniolded 10 tho Eiew extending b.
yopd anything hetherto claimed by the future
ure have passed a.ay: Tbs disheartentd far-
mer looked Gloomily ut lis unprodpctive fields
and cur.ai1ed his expenses. Labor found but
scnnty employment and poor pay, and the trad.
ers eaw atmu>t IN extinction Of businesA Emi.
grafton fell off uormous15, lands became IN.
salahle, fnd everywhere snd upon cveEy.hing
zsttlea down \ thirk, dark cloud Of adreraity.
Look no# ~ the ferers. picture, It, fields
smiling with nopious yield, At farmers rich
and PROSPEROUS, ut well employed labor, traders
busy in preparing for sure traffic, sud rail
way9 which had hui lille uaore than earned
running expenses. now lacking rolling stock to
bali year has seldom; if evcr, been witnessed,
and the grea! West, recently 70 prostrate, Is
again erect. simultaneously with this sgrical-
tural prosperity, /. happens that Enrnpe-uot
only in Great Biitaiu, but IN portions Of Franco
and dSpain-is tlrea'eued xith a deficiency which
will take good portion Of our great .nrr1uz.
The probability il, therefore. that not ouly will
hpr . nd .%o,> 1,..+ -
will command good price The result. 10
| far as VIC can srfire at anything which has
/ = future, will be, that the West will. for
the present, at 1fe2st, spring from poT.
! er.y ind stAguation to comparative wealth
| aud activity une Of tue causes which coutfib,
n.ed !zsgsly to The crisis Of 1857. giz: the rapid
| extension Of the railway " stsm, ID nom To aei
with quite - much fozcs ia bringing the country
to health md prosperity, for the expanse nov
.ppened by the rails Of many h ,tY enterprise
will furnish the world wlsh the rich product o
soil which other~i.e had no way to mar
;ket. Thus M expenditure mads n tan years
which IN the natural course oi things shoult
came rain and disaster TO thou8ands, il turnes
to our advantage. 1t has bean quite pop
ular to talk diparagingiy of tbs West
to hold up itg bankruptcies and lis rorert,
in 4 stroux light, and to speak Of it
trade ~ alo'ost. unworthy Of cultivation
The tone is now chaoginR, Rud tho ostr1clse
Republican merchants, who refused to suhni
to The black. mail operations Of Tie Atlanta Cor
ttderaey, .re por upon, - good footing 10
trade rs those who permitted the exac:ioDs q
thxt ephemeral aheet. We depfEcaie compar
sops waieh elevate o1e section Of the country
the expense Of another; but " sn.intain ths
| tho n eet has been uuderrated By the ccmm.l
;, oiaiworld, and white 70 ERE not disposed to d.
| ny to tho South the possession Of cotton beli
aud unliuised . niggers," we may claim goE Il
West Ill The Advantages which reault from q fri
| aod uuterprising population, earnestly at wos
| upon ~ prols6c soil a. the wegtd c&n show.