New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-03-20
FRIDAY, MARCH Goth, 1863.
-uE WEST AVID THE EAST.

We haze Ian a noticed D,th er0'0
;ne apprehension nnd anxiety the
bitter feeling ,oh;ch hos arisen ~ tie
West, tomnrd~ the t.ast, based mpo''
their commercial relations with each
other. 1t gems bu, Yesterday when
tho streets Of our ow" city we're filled
With the penate laden wagons, and
the tow-headed families of the East
bound for the prairies If the "Far
West" Our daily departing steamers
were laden down with emigrants and
their limited chattels. The waits from
the old nations of Europe were drawn
into the great western current, and dis
appeared in the vast regions towards
the setting sun. The people that
went out in o the promised land in the
West, bore with ,hrm the seeds Of a
new empire. The Yankee that drove
his covered wagon. filed with children
and furniture, through Main street
twenty years age, may now he essent
tally the same in characteristics, aud
nay still held the rocky hills where he
Nae born, though lost to sight, t.,
ms emory dear , but the children phe
trent rith him and ,pho came to him
afterwards, haze no such allegiance
to the past They have become sui
eeneris The generous soil which they
have cultivated and developed, has
cultivated and developed them in like
rari", until they haze become distinct
from their ancestors, aud have &C
quired the marked characteristics Of
their natural surroundings. They have
through years of struggles, Of Labor.
ana # revulsions. gradually wrought
their emancipation frm dependence
upon the East. Their last step in that
respect Was one Of finance. 1t was for
years their greatest need. and the most
sacrificing homage ever rendered by
the West was that which wss wrung
from it by dire necessity, and offered
at tho shrine If Eastern capital. Even
this dependence was broken by the
continued honnties which were bestow,
ed upon them, and at last they have
come to be people Of capitalists.
The rapid process Of development
which has attended their progressin the
past, has developed not only their re-
sources and capacity, but also their
needs and their necessities. Their har
vests have outgrown the capacity Of
commerce, and the.' have found them
selves holding the granaries Of the
world, and yet is,latel from the people
and markets, by inadequate channels of
conveyance ........-f .,-
In its sore need. the West has ap-
pealed to the nation for aid, and has
been refused. 1t is hut natural that it
-h"uld feel exasperated and injured
We have long noticed in our exchanges
the growth of this feeling at the West,
until it has become boldly and bitterly
spoken. We notice that in the Illinois
Legislature a resolution WAS passed
few days aga, to appoint Comni ssi ners
to wait upon the Provincial Govern
ment Of Canada, anil, if necessary, Eu-
gland, in order to pr cure an aleq n,te
outlet Of the brealstufFs of the West
into the world Buffalo Commercial
Advertiser.
For many years the press of the
East has, to the exclusion Of the Local
press Of the country moulded popular
opinion liz the West. Instead Of pat
rouizing those whose interests and for
tunes are cast into the scale of being
with our section, we are constantly
doing homage and paying tribute to the
mnnop"lists Of the East, to those who
represent the boarded wealth of the
country. And as it has been in the
past, so we fear it will he in the future
The people seem almost incapable Of
drawing lessons IF wis lpm from the
past. To day 1.-The spendthritts, specu-
lat rs. contractors and cut.throrts Of the
East are crIinu fnr a rnnra .;no.o,,a