St. Cloud Democrat., 1864-09-22
S1INRESOTA PROSPERITY.


s11NrEsorA PROSPERITY. |
From tie Philadelphia NsrM American.
If the people Of Minncsota represent
their condition rightly and tstHthfally,
either in public joHrnats or private cor
fespondensse, there is at least one spot
IN the world where the light ofthe Sa,
turoiao yet falls. Ii "a period which
actual disquletudes have conjured ap-
prehensions Of evil which do not exist
elsewhere ; al timo when the hearts
Of many influence their heads to paint
with gloom and darkness tie tie oo1tife Sur
rouudiugs and all the future of life :;
when bankruptcy is prophesied on one
hand and famine predicted en- the 9th
er, it Is snineHtly cheering to hear
such sound, healthy, hopeful and ra-
tional speech as comes from Minnesota.
III the FIRST place they have glorious
weather. and as natural sequence, the
corn crop is growing finely, potatoes
are drst rate, and So ARE vines This
is solid substratum for good feeling
aud good spirits, aud it only commen-
ces the happy catalogue OF good things
which exist in Mi6nesota. Emigration
is pouring in from other States, and
coming directly from Europe. Farm
hands are badly wauteds in fact, labor
ers Of all kinds are in great demand
aud none to be had at any price, That
is, although the increase Of population
is pouring in both from the East and
Europe, the development of the coun-
try causes demand thst outruns the
supply and greediiy seeks more. What
must the activity be which justi6es
such comment, and using up such sup
plies, is ahungered for greater? The
prosperity Of a community 60 situated
and So thriving under such circum-
stances cannot but be healthy aud en-
during.
This docs not exhaust. the activity
and good cheer Of Minnesota, however.
The people are happy optimists and see
beyond the vicissitudes of war. and see.
irs, prepare therefor. Work on the
Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad is pro-
crossing finely, and izooih is being laid
at tie rate Of an eighth Of mile pei
day This adds to the excellence of
the recital, and strengthens the cour-
age Of the day. More business, more
activity, more travel; still greater
population, and mightier crops with
more accessible markets, are wrapped
in their railway sigof: Phes hold oh
to all which they have, and plot and
practice bravely tor those things which
not possessing, they yet desire to en-
joy.
Perhaps the facts which glow ii the
pleasant atmosphere Of Minnesota are
not equally true everywhere. 1t may
be that they have not so felt the heat
and burden oftbe day as other section S
To some extent they must, nevertheless
inevitably have. suffered. Their quota
has been called into the field as imper-
atively as that of any other State, and
has been yielded with what greater
difficulty attaches to recruiting from an
agricultural people, where every man
counts almost double, through the great
need Of labor, over manufacturing or
mercantile region, which has ordinarily
saperhuous population.
Their taxation has proceeded upon
the same level with ours, and could not
be more readily liquidated. Still, the
State is not cast down, its courage aba
ted, its welfare destroyed, or its inter-
ssts stepped. All these have grown
and tlourished, and the people have the
fact exhibited to them in unmistakable
signs. Their energy has worked and
is working wonders, and their faith and
selfreliance deserves tue prosperity
which is chronicled. -@.< .'>'..&'. ,"
II must be remarked, too, before we
have given all the credit which this in.
stance descrves, that Minnesota is a new
State, but partially reclaimed, and lying
on our northwestern frontier. 1t pos
sesses no accumulated savings as cap
ieai, but lives by youth and energy,
1ts history is to be made. Z" p
: THE ''WH1TE BOYS"
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