New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-14
THE GREAT WEST.
srmisranss' and settlers Guide 10 the
New stnscs and TerritorieS- sntro""'-
,.rx-Our Foreign Tmmi grafton.

r.xx stnscs and Territories
,ory-Our Foreign Tmmi grafton
nunder the sharp discipline OF civil war,
,s,, President Lincoln, in his last annual message
btbe nation is entering npOn new life"
Mover before in the history Of our nation has there
.,,ted 30 unprecedented demand for labor as at The
present time. n,,a
The supply however, seems fully equal to the ueiaiu
HE number Of those who are fleeing from the hAfu'
ps exactlons and want Of the Old World TO the prom
he'd plenty and equal rights OF the New lar oA'e''
hose of any former period in our history Ihuoe0 ~"
picure presented in the ports Of Europe TO-DAY iS an
snomoy in the history Of immigration Never was
stampede known to this or any other counll! "huoi
khe sun The carving capacity Of the se'er PaSseh
ker vessels and packet lines are entirely maueqa'e "
she pressure for transport The boarding ana oogng
houses Of Liverpool aud Bremen hH G,, 49,
borts are filled 20 overGOwing WIN tnoSe seehng
passage 10 this country. -. I'D ~, .ho sraod,
Termination Of the war; the 9penS yp VI .o
hent Of rs rich and seemingly inexbausabe treasures
81 cold and silver; the reclamation OF onethird OF our
Sntire populated country nom the curse OF Saver! s.
r. preparation for the Introduction OF free
labor, under the pressure Of want and distress abroad
and growing rmsess of belief In the manifest destiny
of America and the American people-under suoh IN
and will set into this country more strongly thah eve
before. -.
uuent upon the speedy termination OF the heDeln"h
these hosts armed with the implements Of a new crea
zion will fill every emigrent ship and throng every SEES
board wharf Their trampw res0und across the Con
nent with more than the power OF ths msste
and line the shores OF our mighty inland seas iho.
bill roll onward TO the foot OF the Rocky Mountains
kith the MISUNDERSTANDING wealth creating germ
longer
he dark curse Of Slavery they will press eagerly sonth
hard TO the rice fields OF Carolina the sugar plantation
f Louisiana and the everglades Of florida alu ale
by the balmy breezes Of the Gulf viii forget that tLe
here ever Inhabitants OF colder cline NO man, gut
81 with less than supernatural vision. can iVIcse1 W
sufficiently estimate The extent OF hs foreign ny ~ I
hhe total number Of foreign immigrants arrived N n
United States during the past year amounted 20 lV"OfV
IT. In the midst Of gigantic contest WIN the tetros
Prescription pAraded before their eyes oy theI owl
6oyerninents aud journals. the young men OF Europ
Are attracted in such numbers what may we not e2pee
khen the is brought TO close and the South io"i
open to immigration.
D. ascertain where this population IS 10 settle
What section OF the country Is 10 be flooded by TINS va
pf men and women, compared with wmcn the iertI
byerOwng oftheNie brings only death and barrenness
Heretofore the immigrants to our shores have lnYara
BY turned their footsteps to the West and est
tewing out from their dense forests or budlhg uP OF
kher broad praries these vast States great IN Oil IN
Elements of Young and growing power which are seate
by the borders OF the lakes or on the upper waters
BE Mississippi and its tributaries. This mighty col
hmm of humanity which has been steadily marching
Eom tho Atlantic 70 the West laying the foundation
6 mighty empires and filing the wilderness with al
khe flowers and fruits Of high and free CIVILIZATION ha
had its direction determined and been restrained IRON
spreading the South BY some invisible but impassab
barrier. 81,
1t has not been because the region south Of the Ohie
River is inferior TO that north Of il. either In climate
Fertility Of soil wealth Of mines, large naygable rivers
Or any OF the clements Of material wealth and strength
In ali these respects the South by general consent
hyperion to the North; and the Immigrant in seectn
the spot for settlement, has deliberately turned ava
Eom richer material advantages and fastened TO con
baratiyely colder more barren and rugged clme an
toil We ell know the for this seeming stTang
phoice Of the less fertile and bcaker lands OF the NORTH
West in preference the richer soil and more gsnio
ar OF the South But Of this II is not within my prov
tnce to speak 1t is my present purpose % furnish u
brief and comprehensive form, descriptive sketch
our several new States and Territories OF the Nortl
West with their respective advantages as fields 70
Immigration and settlement leaving the great problem
of Southern independence and Southern settlement g
be solved by the patriotism bravery and stout, stroo
arms, Of our brave soldiers in the field
And first a few words about the vast domain EN-
braced within the limits Of my field OF observation
known as the Great West.
Our territorial domain In the Far West may truly b
characterized great In the ten Territories Of De
kota Nevada, Colorado New-Mexico Arizona, Utah
Oregon Idaho, Washington. and Nebraska, there ar
26 305 square miles. comprising col 90 200 acres
which 7574sl SOP vet remain 70 be disposed o.. ldah
alone win make six States as large as New1ofk and
Sch IN gold silver and precious stones, Wae CO0Tad
And some Of the other Territories are almost. Il 10
Quite az prolific as California. The following tabua
btatement compiled nom official sOGIceO shows IN
number of uafe miles total number OF acres Of pub
band &C., in the States and Territories named;