St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-02-27

orange and myrtle, willing to encounter
debilitation of body, and Generalization of
mind, rather than longer endure the sharp
but strengthening blasts of their native
land.
This natural prejudice can be met only
By addressing the reason Of n,onkind.-
Those Eastern citizens who contemplate
emigration, must learn to deduct from
their judgment of our State that all is un-
just they must learn to balance our ad-
vantages against our disadvantages they
must learn that it is to their intere:t to
come among US. To do this no high
wrought pictures, no appeals to their en-
thusasm or imagination will be of any use
we must lay the facts before them, careful
II collected, sklllfully classified and must
prove to them the certainty of their own
future prosperity, by the results already
attained by the population now here.
In the volume just published, the Com
missioner Of Statistics not only repeats his
former argument, that the growth Of pop
ulatlon in the Eastern States and in Eu-
rope must as demonstrated by the past,
consume annually certain quantity ofnew
territory but he goes farther and shows,
that the habitable OF arabic region of the
continent can be divided into two great
portions the first of which, bounded on
the east by the Atlantic, on the south by
the Gulf of Mexico, on the north by the
4Sth prrallel, and on the west tby the great
rainless desert which commences on the
western boundary of Texas and Kansas,
contains the area occupied by the United
States, with the exception of California
and Oregon, and by the populated districts
of British America. The other great ara
BILE region commences at the northwest
ern boundary of Minnesota and extends
in a northwestwardly direction until it
reaches the Pacific Ocean in Russian
America. A glance at the map found on
page Is of Mr.. Wheelock's report will full
ly explain the position Of those two great
areas of finhabitable land.
We there find that Minnesota lies at
that point where the great district already
occupied "corners upon" the remaining
district yet to be occupied. That is to
say, emigration has reached its limit of
direct western advance to seek new re-
gions it must bend northwestwardly it
must enter Minnesota or it must pass
over and build up new communities be-
yond and tributary to Minnesota.
In this great fact lies the key note of our
future.
1t requires a broad mind to conceive it !;
persevering industry to develop it; edu-
Gated skillto clearly present it ; aud this We
have in Mr.. Wheelock's Report.
When once We have forced home upon
the public mind of the country the fact
that Minnesota is the gateway between the
present and the future; between the great
results already attained and that immense
field of Development where, alone, all Of
the North American continent, theatre
remains wherein these results can be re-
peated, VIC have at once fixed the destiny
ofour State. The delusions of Kansas er
Nebraska, or even of Western Iowa will no
longer divert emigration from our midst.
We become the sole avenue for the accu-
mulated emigration of the continent
But while Mr.. Wheelook's work thus
addresses itself to the great national fea-
lures upon which our future must depend,
and to the broadest conception Of the hu-
man mind, it does not, at the same time
neglect those plain and irrefutable facts
which prove even to the humblcst intel
lect, the certain advantages of our State.
Take, fol instance, this table, found on
page 81, showing in what manner the
wheat yield Of Minnesota compares with
that of Ohio aud Iowa Ills
| 1846 1856 1858 1859 1860
Min. av'ge 'ldprscre " 10 2205
Iowa Is, )" :" ia lab I 4.8
Ohio "l2 1912 1O.47.8
Or take this other table showing how
the highest yield in Minnesota compare.
With highest yields euer known in othel
States. .-...-. H..
Bush. psr aor,
. Minnesota, 1850 " %
j Ohio, 1850 .ss# .. Ezsss.s. 17.3
NichiRan 1242 10