Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-09-16

men u the FIT and elsewhere, come to
the West q any rate. You can buy
land 81 private holderA everywhere
throughout the West ct low figures
for less than Il y intsiusicsily worth
and on indul2snt terms.
Let 10 for . moment take more
practical glance ct this matter.
Eighty acres of the best land, which 10
quantity more than sufficient toe the
cultivation Of one man, and the support
Of family, can be had on time 10 good
localities for 45 per acre, amounti0g to
s4OO. 1t would require to break go
acres tl20,cheap fence and house, $500,
team, etc., $50, making 5000.
Any man in the East or elsewhere,
with . cash capital OF from $500 to
5000, can come to lows, be comforta-
BILE from the bcgioning, and with iudus-
try and economy can buy land and from
the proceeds Of bis labor upon it,
pay for it in from three to FIVE years II
without capital, labor is in good demand
and BY means Of it any industrious man
can within ct least two or three yeare,
procure the means sufficiently to improve
tract of land for the purposes OF cult
walton. These great Inducements and
advantages cannot long be overlooked,
and one OF the inevitable results Of the
present national calsmities will soon be
the rushing hithersard of thousands Of
men to till the soil, and develop the re-
sources Of the West. Though the West
is at present depressed, l can see nothing
which threatens permanently to impede
its growth and progress. 1t is surely dis
tined to be the agricultural center of the
country.
III could make my voice penetrate
the thronged cities and to the remotest
borders Of the country, would say to
the thousands who eat the bitter bread Of
poverty, who are willing to work, but
who are able to find either no employ
ment at oil, or none that is compensate
~: "Ho! come one, come all, to the
rich and boundless prairies of the West!
There il work for each and work for
all. Come, and come at once to coun-
try whose climate is salubrious, whose
soil is marvelously fertile, and
"where Toll doth call The oharmer Health his
bride,
And Laughter .okles Plsnty's ribless sids."
But to avoid disappointment, do not
come as too many have done, under the
erroneous supposition that the soil pro-
duces spontaneously, that bread can be
plucked by lazy hands from trees alrea-
dy grown, and that mama falls unsought
from generous skies. Come with the
distinct understanding that water gush.
es from tho rock only to labor's tails
manic stroke. That he Who would reap
must yet plow, plant, and cultivate. By
ordination of the Creator man wss made
to labor. Whether in the intellectual
or material world, labor, hard, dry, rig
ged labor is the price Of everything
which is really useful or valuable. La
Dor, and not rest, is the law Of mans be-
ing.
DISASTERS WROUGHT DT DEBT AND
SPECULATION-TdE LEesONS 1dShGn1
TAUGHT ETC.
1t makes no difference whether on
the tented field, in the forum or on the
farm, the man who does not labor is OF
no account; and he is Of account gene
rally speaking, precisely iu proportion
to his diligence and industry. And
when the man is found who shall enjoy
the singular and exalted historic honor
OF conducting the Nation successfully
through its present perils, it will be seen,
however richly be may be gifted by ma
ture, that he is man CT slcepless vigil
lance, Of deep earnestness, and who
works eighteen hours and sleeps six in
the twenty -four.
Farmers Of Iowa! it the bitter expert
cnce OF TIM last few yesra teaches any
thing, it teaches that not only you, but
all classes of our people, must rccur to
primitive principles. Speculation, once
so rife, is dead. The royal road TO
wealth which opened so invitingly be.
fore Us all instead Of conducting to flow-
gro beds of ease,to fine gardens aud pa
Iatial residences, has led US to the miry
slough Of bankruptcy and ruin. The
era Of prosiac toll ,ofslow but steady gains
must be re-inaugurated.
Permit one whose vocation leads him
! daily to deplore the condition to which
the country has been brought by Specu-
lation aud Aebt, to offer word
Of counsel. The advice is % strongly
applicable to other classes as to farmers
and that advice is this, to nvoid debt as
ysu ,oould a coming pestilence. Live in
the old house till you have the money
at hand to build new. Patch up the
old feoce rather than run in debt for
lumber to build another. Wear the old
coat, SO it be but comfortable, if to get a
new involves the necessity Of making q
store debt. However desirable il would
be to have the quarter section of land
which abuts your farm, buy it not on
time. l can point yon to repeated in
stances on the judicial records Of this
county whore, like the unwise king of
old, who seeking to get his neighbor's
pro vince was defeated aud lost his own,
ma hy farmer coveting more land has
moftgaged that which be before had,
and thus lost BOTH Speaking of mort
Cages, let me here say in brackets, that
! have frequently been astonished at the
eagerness Of men to incur debt, aud the
facility with which, to secure . debt
perhaps medically created, they would
mortgage their home and every thino