The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-07-05
&IsOM THE FAR WEST.
DEs MorNEs, 1owAl
June ~, 1861.

June ~, 1861.
Ems. TIFFiN TRtpUNE;-
Ihsve sometimes thought that the far
thor west went, the moro elevated /
found the conceptions Of the people in
behalf Of their own section Of tho COON
Try. Whatever may be their inConvon-
icnces 70 market, or their diseomtotts
for the want Of the ncecssories OF lie,
il is all about the sane, They 0epi to
hope against hope, aud tell you that they
are sure of some new mill or turnpike,
or Railrosd, or other improvement whieh
will make them alright. These arc mi
nor objects which capitalists will Be glad
90 bring to their DOOR; and as for fertili-
" Of soil, good water, materials for build
ing, climate, general health and progress,
they are ineomparably in advance OF the
outside surrounding world Ihad spec
linen at MOrengo. We were At dinner,
and on my len sat a gentleman interested
in store there, but residing at Iowa
City. The conversation turned upon tho
relative Status and prospects Of Ohio and
Iowa. Ho said that Ohio was great
state, bat that Iowa would, IN ten yeuTa.
be ahead Of her in wealth aud popula-
zion, requested him to be so generous.
at least, SS 70 give Ohio forty or 6(y
years, because if she must lag behind,
il was but courteous TO grant her sufiic-
lent time to retTograde with doeehcy aud
self-digni6ed eoRposUre. This brought
him OUT and We oil enjoyed il. lie was
of portly mein, and Voluble UttcTaneO,
with veEy considerable saHyity Of deport-
ment. He repeated his first pOstulate,
and added that Illinois was really the
greatest State in the Union--that her
Railroads were unrivalled--thSt she pro-
dnced more wheat, com and pork, than
any other State; that in twenty years
she would be in advance Of Ohio in pop
ulation. aud all the elements Of rcul
greatness and us climax TO the whole,
that in twenty-five years, Cincnnatian ms
would 60 TO Chicago. (where he formerly
ITesided) instead of New York for trade
and merchandise and also, that within
the same time, majority of'tho popuN-
ton of the Unit States, would be west
Of the Mississippi. must confess that
/ was somewhat humilated from sheer
sympathy, but with becoming modestY
and to the visible satisfaction Of the
gentleman present, Iventured under pro-
test of my sincere disposition to acquire
information on the subject, to suggest
the possibility that he might be onticlpa-
ting too great and rapid a development
and progress. Not at all said he, adding
with.emphasis "Sir, person like your.
self who has resided thirty or forty years
in little town in Ohio, without genera
reading and travel, cannot appreciate
what is going on in the great west no
be safe guide as to lbs real position il
reference to the central and eastern
States" cheerfully admitted the truth
fulness of all this of course, and, as fo
my ignorance Of books, ana neglect 4
travel, it could not bo charged to me as
T fault, but must be charitObly imputed e
me as a misfortune. But still, 10 tn,
; roguish amusement of those within hear
ing, assured him that thought It bu
reasonable to indulge Ohio with littl'
moe latitude of timo for her SseoadGrl
position. He began TO understand me-
choked at my HOAehaldRee, and we all re-
tired, and with a single exception, were
really gratifed with the interview.
Again, when at the Farley Station
west of Dubuque, was compelled on
my return trip to Anamosa, 70 delay more
than an hour for a connection Of the
cars. found traveller there from Min.
nesota, originally from Maine, with the
unadulternted Yankee twang, and we
quite naturally, entered into conversation
about the present rebellion. The OBJ
struction Of the lower Mississippi enghg-
ed our attention, and I expressed regret
at il, and assured him that two govern
ments could not possibly occupy il. Al
though imbucd with patriotic Union sen.
timents, yet he dissented entirely from
my position. He agreed that It was our
duty TO support the national government
if for no other or better purpose than q
ciyilize the South, and teach her people
some salutary lessons Of humanity
But said he, as to the Mississippi, WI
need care little about il, for the time will
come, and is not distant, when caupi,
shlP canal, will extend from Lake Miehi
gan across Southern Wisconsin to ths
Mississippi, and that the great North
west could then dispense with the lowei
section Of that river, without serious in
convenience. l must confess that this
took me down. Il was 20 me original
and / assured my travelling friend thai
although 4 had heard the subject moote'
Of constructing ship canal from neal
Chicago across Southern Michigan 4
Lake Erie, and believed itpracticablc
and that it would be made at some Gay
perhaps not far dStant, yet, that his pro
jeet appeared to me really qnixOtic, an'
( altogether impraetieable, He persiste'
however lA hls first position, and assure,
me that the Yaukees would construct It
ovca though II maae them beggaEs,--
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