The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-10-09
wEsrERY CORRESPONDENCE.

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sus.uIx IIosss, cncAso, Sept so,lsos.
Ma Epfoa ,-Passins unnoticsd the places o. Lesser
y. , Sns s s.s ~ .,rss ss. s,,.a snd
sah 10 render other than brief alustn unnteresng.
e principal places Of interest," 70 s Stranger are he
Court House hrys stone structure lcatrd On the uae
fsmed By Randolph, Clark. Washington aDd Ia Sale
strvts The chamber q commerce washlngton street
usshlnstoa ss<t ranns In proosss o construction
The Post Ocs and Custom oose, the cornos Of Dear
bora and Moorus strss The wa,a wosks on line street
which b mounted The famous tescope the hycss In the
country aud only exceeded In she and value By In the
void the Dooxial Mooument Containing ths rmalns Of
Hon. sephea A. DoaSfs situated on lake shore q The
.srunss u Douglas Hsos Dexter Park, Hyde lark and
Lnoin Part, The latter q which on AXE shore tuoand
one half mes north q the Csar louss and The hysss
In the city, containing n Prrssnt about sixty ssres and
the finest paris In The country. kes s name In hon
% q The maryred lincoln We would spsak In detail 81
hese place there not loo many other things that de-
mand our attention. sufce TO say they WIN amply re-
yard the stranger fOs hh u'.s and trOabs IN Visins
them.
Nudity Streets cloudy skies and damp chilling Winds
% the Lake, make Chicago les attractive than usual
Even boslsess eries kvl the effects Of the wretcbed vna-
biz weather and the Gall trade which generally does %
much To sugmeos the sre din AMI hustle searcey Be
nd 70 have open~i, are inbsmed. Rain hovevsr,
cannot dampen political enthusiasm and every night one
o. nose msruns: Ie held IN The inssrsse ns one ssss
\.
btes In wards that several rows resulting a. usun
broken heads and bkek eye, have already occurred Ms
there little common exercised on the ia o. We
peuooatn kadep, and moderation and decsncy On me
part u the parry organs, these dgacefu scenes woud
ma occur. But the leaders vrry rcekles .s they
al over The country. especially hts further seasns
and - III: 'sG element S an: Sss s ::
Iect We nnd sw In our journey other than Repaocsns
O. at least Gran, mcn and We have arrived tne con-
eiusion that eithsr the democracy are no,
~ In
during cur trip vote taken the train TO si he
relative strength u Grant and seymour and hlny.naoe
gave Grant hryr majority The proIn s, - ssssss
win roll up large Republican msJcnt'es On The I'm.
Whatever may be the result Of the coming local contest IN
thess ami other western States, We feel wantsd sy.
ING that they have selected the man foe President and w
ascuish the country with their overwhelming rspubcan
majority the III of November. The People OF ue hss
have but q poorly defined idea Of the popularity OF
Ulysses In his own and hsr ss'er ss y. ,Sss
one Spesiences The mcnoony In rs travelling mere
a. eiscwhere Passing by the Hannibal and 81 Joseph
rad through the splendid farming country u poethsrn
Mlsour W st. joseph. AMI thence by boat We arrive In
Kansas City. The country here Is rolling and the
rGai rather sandy. The streets require more grading
than In most cities Of the West The older strethare not
81 wide noe regularly laid out as anSse nor vosntiy
l. rapily Increasing Any Kind Of mandatory would
foursh here and the rsie with the nterior and over
the plains, has already becote extensive This, like
al men, their being .eventyhve lawyers here and ply
scians In the same tio Just imagine Bdeford suner.
ing frum the ineursioas and deprcdations OF forty
lawyers and the scGuryng 81 n many d. to say moth
.onsthns Of an kisa Of "bleedins Kansas" But turn
nom thIs panful subject tn oters prolific Money
has suppanied the ehvaly Of ancient mes Is The goal
ambition. Time was when, under the banner OF Richard
Co<ur de Loo the rising took his swoci and lance,
orsook his home and cuntry, and sought renown and re-
ward In Christian crusade. The adventures Of Don Quiz.
ode and his man. Sancho Panla, furnish Illustration Of
how vide ,prrad the love o. sdV.n.urS was sno.nes
ynnes ,engvr In those Of Germany, would sing their love
under the httd easement OF their swvsthear and
the wives Of other ut night, the next day 10 receive
the crown 90 Gall dead at the et Of their msrcses in the
tournament Tsmpora nataRtnr az nos mntamEr cum
t. The crusade the ehivalrc days and all have given
way befre the march Of that civilization which ness-
Modern sdvepturer & money To attain he docs not
seek the battle fell dare the dangers OF
docs no. always act 50 honesty AMI airy Nc dbl the an.
eieni siventur but with the mttto, money-hI ne.tly
rossib-but money he leaves his home AMI friends n
uut offAirer Dds AMI brighter Skies where money can
be hal Cor asking In the race Tor this how many are
oclns west one has but little Idea until he makes The
too, hm.eM And here to some EXTENT ~ aads INC goal
nore any than they can he satisfactorily described
The fact the supremacy u this section OF the country
any other In the light VI dollars and cents bsst "
Illustrated by the simple fact that Il 10 rare indeed that
western settler ever returns east 10 live again.
This must arise um the superior facilities In the west
r making money, since nearly all VINO 90 LOOK BACK
their cid homes with feelings NJ love AMI reyervnce and
dream that no country place can equal those places
yvt they do not 10 return. Perhaps In addition 10
the with which competence can be acquired The
fscs that every man, matter how humble his
10 more independent here than In ths older States, lends
charm. do not speak OF Illinois 90 that sction. bus 81
the more rvmoie adhere 10 the opinion expresse
On my last that this part u the west 10 net the place ior
The common borr but that the Car west holds out great
sr inducements a classes than any Other section OF
the country. To be sure, cannot ind the associations
Of the East here yet he get big farm comparative
" cheap, money, gain competence and really
become part and parcel Of the hni anil country he has
adopted as his home. None who bessed with health
nee be pour here Ths vast resources Of this part u
America are comparatively undeveoped II has not be-
run 10 shcv yst what u destlnc 10 accomplish even In
the matter Of pcpsAiioa Tue tide Of emigration which
hss no~sd thhsr hs many year., has made no inrosis
upon The East and shows signs OF diminutou. II
the great empire Of the world and win accomplish the
srsstrst wonders during The nelt hundred yeara Here
the sdventurvr Of the present day may hnd the goal Of
hs snsn,oa, bat he shosh remember, al NOT al Of
liss 10 i've" NAME