The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-02-22
The Great West.

Mr Theodore Tlton. Editor of tho New
York Ig3eperlsrt has just returned hone
from his ylsi, on; West. Tie loi,ow.n- ac-
count OF his trip shows that he is slightly
"enthused:"
A trip o. four thousand miles through the
heaFt OF The West awakens q kinainr
thought Of the greatness OF the RcnuhIir
The West Is the Empire. a fact unackror.l-
edged AZ the East because The East know
not the West. But an impartial traScle.
soon perceives that the East is uet OBJ,
country. New York and New England ara
lut The thumb and i0reLnger. Tie West ls
the rest OF the hand
A Western visit in summer is best for
seeing tie country; In winter. bes. ior -ec-
iag the people. And are they mex the neli
,hleSt friend.iest. most hosnAh,e Oi tlc
human race, What Scotch welcome
may De We know not; but II better trau
Western welcome. * Is better than PLAIN
man deserves. JOstle a Nesterner in tie
street, aud ~ once you are acquaintance.
meet him the next day and Won arc ol
friends, A shake Oi The hand ia the West
has more grip In 10 than between New Nore
lnd Bangor Child OF The Last. The West
IS the chief crown OF The parent Ilc uni-
1eIs New England element westward is
not only the best part or the West. hlt ia8
best part OF New England. for ONLY ilc
courageous. the energetic, and The conquer
lag have had The Will 10 QUIT Eastern homes
ior Western pralries. Thus the clg.y ll-
grims 20 New Englrni have their tuei,
sons IN the later Pilgrims from New I'm
gland. Yankee therefore. does nst
come 20 his fullest stature iu Yan6ee'lai.
N..a .Hn.. .atHr4 A.Ir.l L a. sI
East be is a gerauum ln a POT. thrifty ant
nrim; at the West, a geranium IN a garden.
where he grows rank. cxuberlnt ana gem
erous New countries greaten mems souls
Does tie West seek a heralilc si-ng Iot
T. choose shock Of corn. d hountclls
land ot small houses and BIZ barns 50
.Drti.e is the Great Valley that as JeTo.i
SAYS al Australia. "Only tickle The earth
with hoe ami she langhs with a harfe.L'
Though beaten down from their flll hc.ght
10y SHOWS, cOrnstalks are YET stanaIn. in
January So high that one riding among
them on tail horse and rising ln The -iiI-
rups, cannot touch the tops TIE praire5
commonplace sad and sull.me-are the
garden oi the world Mll they over make
farmers rich, and cattle iatf
Trade The aker OF cities las amnl.b-
lols opportunities IN the West. The Nls5-
l-sippi aud lis tributaries Yield loTiy-e.-ht
thousand miles OF waters augerel hy steam
boat "heels-a channe. OF navigation long
cuoug 10 twice giri the globe Already
The great lakes are partners with the Attain
ne. ~ direct trade with Europe. The
railroads are wearing out their tracks with
hard work, and paying State debts niia
their profits. Chicago counts $50 trains
coming and going daily. al her dcpots. and
ffI a At4GE 4arL ~ .r /. d
half So many" And "A New Yorker mls-
say 10 this wondrous waier-.ly of Lake
Michigan "All hail Chicac0 bazaar % the
West. and miracle o. cities
he daily paper OF New York scaiters
- leaves very thinly through the West
Nr Greely's Weekly Tri5iaie goes every
Enere, but the metropolitan dlliies set
westward only until ike "a tiie-sfreak they
meet The c0unter-current OF the Cincinnati
press, chiefly the Commercial ANA Gurefe;
which IN turn cover the country as ile w.lt-
ers do the sea, till they meet The wide spread
Chicago Tribune; which in Ike tmanner
devldes tue Southwest with the rf. Lolls
HcpuLiscag and the Dep0cr0. 81 Ihose
Journals are able and influential growing
richer than their brethren in New York
Tie great influence which the New YORK
press undoubtedly eXerts upon tle whHie
country is. IN the west. an influence nor di-
rccty upon the people but upon tlc jsur-
mails. But even this influence is dmnl-l-
ing. not increasing. New York perhaps
will always remain the metropolis of ihe
Union; but it can never become lke Pans
t0 France
With sorrow We confess that The Lcrisa-
ture Of Illinois j. a body OF finer loDlins
men than the legislature OF New York -
.Ir..H.
Washington should be captured by rebels.
The Missouri Constitutional Convention
would be no bad exchange for Congress
for then we would get the proh.Jirory
Amendment without further DELAY. Through
OUT the West, patriotism bugns like q fame
as II it caught extra fire from the sunset.
We may be pardOned for mentioning tlll
good woman now living IN Abraham Lin
coins home at Springfield planted hand
iuli Of morning glory seeds al the foot Oi q
pillar 10y tie rear stOOp, and was surprised
% ini the mass OfgrOwlng vines Towering
into three distinct stripes Of c0i0r-rel
white and blue; not from any design !l
planting. but from mere accident Oh growth;
a patriotic freak Of nature. made IS u ~
give "a beautiful proof Of the Indigenous lgv-
atty Ofthe West-the very soil ~ the Pres.-
dents garden testiiyng what fag ought ID
wave over the land Resting our lert ol
tie grave o. Elijah LovejOy, martyr of lJ-
ertY. aid looking forth from that L.-torc
dust mou.lerng in one OF The hun lrel ll-
toys ~ Alton. We gazed on q majestic laGi-
-cape wherein the Mississippi AMI tie MIS-
s0url join their iar-c0ming Goods. Those
n Ehty channels flow ln the se.i--aMe cllI-
ue.s now. as when that grave was new
made. but the thoughts Oi a m gntY people
.l0v 10 how changed course since tncn 1.
Iweuty-,eyen years ago, Illinois AMI MIS-
souri cl4spel guilty hands iOr t44t assa-l-
nation. bnt now 10 Is 10 prophetic secret
thar Illinois before Washington next birth
day, viii blot her black laws from lel stat
lfe book, and Missouri. las already Gle
thc world with the shout of her freedom
And what Of the west beyond The west
Tie Mississippi IS the center, not the e 81
% tie country. The map Of The onion l4i
al empty haL Shall not o multitude O'
cities crowd tfel, SEEDS Cfcelfu-y plants
ceas.ng 10 follow. die. Tie Great Republic
i- ou ~ march across the continent Free
i0m lover " mountains. Sis lu tie -le.!,
Neradas, utterlng the CRY q the age7
q. Westward HO r. Whereunt0 God ADD.
bis own command, Cast mp. c-s- up IL,
highway.
Al order vas received a. Camp Douglas
Chicago. On the sth top-epare rolls ~ tl'
exchange of 4 900 prisoners a. thar pos' Il
,1-. o. ~ gnD oach The ir-rrurf ions wrr