The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-22
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scatters her blessings with perfect equality.
The tropics, afflicted with miasmatic diseases
and fatal serpents, is blessed with a salubrity
Of temperature and fertility of soil which
act as a compensation for ievers and scorpions.
The sterile soil Of the frgd zone is com
peusated for by the vast shoals Of fish which
annually resort to its unpropitious shores.
The barren rock-covered counties Of the
western portion of our State counterbllance, by
thor oil and mineral wealth, the fertile fields Of
Chester and Montgomery. But tupon some sec
tions Nature has been more than lavish Fertll-
ity ofsoil, healthincss ofclimate and richness Of
mineral stores we occasionally find combined,
and when thus united they form site where
men love to congregate.
The western part OF our country IL thus
particularly blessed Arizona is thus favored
above al the mighty prairies Of the land Of
the setting sun. Rich in silver, productive in
soil, and salubrious in climate, the attraction
it exerts is felt even in the highly civilized
capitals of the old world. From the huts of
the German peasant, from the novels of the
Russian serf, from the ice. built dens Of the
| Norwegian, and from the manufacturing towns
of old England, come their inhabitants TO try
their fortunes in the El Dorado Of the West
ern World.
The history of Arizona is interesting. As
| carly as 1857 the Jesuit priests led by the de-
| sire for the conversion of the benighled
Indians, and also with longing for the "hlthy
| lucre" which was so thiclly scattered through
the mountain gorges of the unexplored West
settled the land now known as Arizona, the
! silver bearing.
In 1857 the Jesuts presented a map of their
towns to the King OF Spain, and we find by
reference that more than forty towns and VIII
lagos were laid down on that chart. Many of
these were of considerable size. The Indians,
however, after suffering long series Of brutal
| expressions, rose, and joining with the tribes
who had never been subdued, drove out or
massacred their Oppressors. A superior civil
lization disappeared before their devastating
career, and to-day a few almost obliterated
ruins alone attest the site where once the enter
prisinq European worked aud died. But civil
lized man will risk his life for the hope of gain,
and again are the fertile prairies of Arizona
peopled with a race never to be elected from
their homes. Its population has so largely
increased as to render a territorial orginiza-
ton necessary, and we doubt not that ere long
we shall see a silver star appear in the CON
stellation on the American banner.
We would say word to the natve-born
emigrant who intends to leave his ETtern
home to seek fortune in the distant West.
Ifhe can live with any approach to comfort
in his birthplace we advise him, by all means,
to do so. To go amid the wilds of barbar-
| ieY 10 M apfiO tnr him Ha will Irnlx hack
/ and pine after his old home If he goes
- expecting to pick up gold without exertion he
will fail Toll, energy, and indefatigable per-
y severance are the only guarantees of success,
II whether he labor in the crowded marts of the
Q. Atlantic cities, or plod his way amid the pri-
meval forests of an uncivilized country.
II, however, with determination TO better
his condition, and mental and physical con
~ stituion capable Of undergoing fatigue, h
" starts on his long journey, he will return
- richer though rougher man. He has the wei
49, wishes of all he meets on his outward route
w. Society always helps the man who it sees de
~ termined to succeed whether she aids or dis
M countenances his efforts. The world assist
~ the man who helps himself To such thu
- West opens vast field for success, and hl
i,
The rapid increase of our number of State
=, astonishes Europe. The immense gain in oul
=" western country is, wonderful to say, accom-
ue plished without any loss in the old settled
os States. In every State has an increase beer
AZ visible. Vermont has the least and Massa
ceusetts the greatest in proportion to size sine
70 1850, The smallest gains are in the Cotto
States. But the census of 1870 will tell anothe
he tale. The enterprise of the North, which wi
" be thrown into the sluggish tide Of Southern
er- society, Will more than compensate for til
nd loss of the tens of thousands of her som
w The foreign emigrant will seek the free an
We balmy South in preference to proceeding :
e. the iar-off West, where civilization is in IL
Il, infancy. While the West will slightly los , il
e. her gain for the next decade, the Who'll
re country viii be more benefited, as her hithert
y sighted portion will increase with the mos
E. fourishng of all her members.