Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-03-31
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SATURDAY, MARCH 81. 1855.
THE people LErnARolC.

Tia. Sioux CIT, i endowed by nature
With those sdvsutagss which tend 10 build
up and make great aud prosperous city,
10 . degree greater than soy other place
Ga tho Missouri River, cannot With pro-
pristy 30 questioned. Tha. other towns on
the Missouri ars now far ahead Of her 10
population and In ,he possession Of those
indications Of prosperity and complete
ness which this city lacks is none tho less
true but that her ei,isens are compelled
to the latset ADHESION is mainly artsibu.
table to the fact Of her being much the
junior Of her compeers; not entirely how.
ever, ~ il being daily demonstrated By
the means adopted BY the citizens Of 9th.
o. places to secure those results, which
have ouly fallen to the lot of Sioux City
through pure accident, while her citizens
have remained perfectly lethargic in the
matter Of doing anything Tor the place
beyond what was absolutely necessary for
the purpose Of supplying some individual
want.
This failure OF tho people to compre-
bend tbs. The best naturs! advantages un-
improvsd,ar insufficient Of themselves to
produce great aud thriving town, has
been during the last six Or seven years .
grea, drawbacks 10 our young city, and
We have no doubt that If nature had done
leas, the people would have done more,
10 the way Of securing its material pro.
gress.
Just now We are happy to say there are
strong Indications Of the city throwing of
ito depressing ls,barsy; buildings, and
those to,, Of q character which shall be
an ornament to tbs. place, are in progress
o! being erected, and other Indications
Of internal improvement are daily m ak
ing themselves apparsn. Ba: this Of it,
self is no. sufficient. What We require,
and what our growing necessities sSso.
lutsly demand, 10 an eastern railroad cen
nsc.ion. Until we have secured this, we
fall iar short Of what our geographical 20.
sition "a center Of trade and travel in the
North-west,) and our many other advan-
'ages, should justify Us in expecting
To secure this We should make use Of all
the legitimate means within our power to
prevent those roads which naturally tend
Ia this direction from being diverted from
~ by the exercise Of measure Of euer-
81, q some other point, which 10 have
been too indolent and listless to call into
action.
Let Us then - citizens Of Sioux City,
having the best interests of the place ..
heart, unite upon some plan which shall
have for its object the speedy cons.ruc-
ton Of . railroad to this point. Let 10
no longer sleep on our right to be recog-
nissd BY the railroad interests Of the West,
and BY 20 doing allow other tosos 20 Sc
cure tho reads which our own inertness
has alone prevented from coming here.
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Mrs. Jane G. Ssissheln is editor Of q
paper published in Washington. called
Tie Reconstruction,st. Mrs. Jane G..
Svissbelm also hsld \ cIerk.bip in the
quartssmasters department, with salary
Of some $1,000 q year attached. Mrs.
Svisshelm has tongue OF her own, as
most women have. Mrs. Swisshelm
"~ags her tongue sometimes, as soma
women sometimes will. When the Pres
idsnt vetoed tho frsedmen's bureau bill
Ars. Swisshelm fol. her soul atirred to ito
Utmost depths. In her agony, Mrs. Swiss
helm gave loose rsins to her "unrulj
oember," and thus she spoke through her
"organ' the Reconstruc ZIONIST:
The ASA ssination Of Mr.. Lincoln was 4
change Of base, in the trsieor wa, for The
destruction Of the Union. The veto is
the Sumter guns Of the second era of the
var, and it will probably be followed by
= Bull Ran and Balls BIuff-by disaster
and perhaps apparent defeat to The loyal
millions whose weapons are once more
turned upon them, BY their tru .tsd ayan...
Andrew johnson has bis plans matured..
He is 10 full sympathy with the South,
and will follow up his pressn. advantage
70 the bitter ond. Let the people nerve
themselves to do what they can. They
can and will save the government but
there is great danger Of repetition of
tbs mistakes and delays and drsadfu!
disasters OF the first stage Of this war.
A. > specimen Of free Speech that is
beautiful but the way Mrs. Sris.helm
walked out Of the quartsrmaster's DEPART
mont and bid goodbye to its 81, 200 q
year, was still more beautiful. There
wansn't room there fer Mrs. Ssisshelm
and her tongue Poor. martyred Jane
state destinations In indiana.