Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10
a Down Castor Out West.
EDEN IN TINE WILDERNESS.

4 Down Easter Out West.
EDEN IN TINE wILDERNEss.
County and City OF
Lexington.
We are indebted to q friend for o
copy of the Springfield Republican,
from which we extract tho following
written from u city BY u
special correspondent who 10 evident
ly q close observer, and to some x
tent, at least, free from the prejudice
W hich governs the average New Eng
In his estimates Of our State
and people.
We give the letter entire, and
without apology for the paragraphs
which might have been excluded:
Mo-, Aug. 9Th, 1873.
My letter Of the 10Th was hastily
written, under circumstances highly
unfavorable to careful compositions,
aud l much feared after II was dis
patched that some of its conclusions
were too strongly expressed. The
published copy, however, received
Two days ago treasures Inc, u l an
nov prepared to rcatiirm and main
tain every opinion therein expressed.
New EngIandcrs, notwithstanding
the facility with which individuals
adapt. themselves to the legal and
social requirements of the country
IN which they elect TO live In pursuit
Of fortune, IRE pre-eminent as n
class for social and political preju.
dice. Previous to 1870 the blight
and faint Of slavery which 70 ted
upon tue State Of Missouri was suili.
cient TO repel them from its hospita.
bic soil aud climate aud drive them
into the hyperborean regions of the
extreme Nortl W 9 ~ b re ih,y labor
ed, and continue IL LABOR, under the
disabilities imposed by d rigorous
Northern winter, with the privations
of pioneer Ito s~upcraddcu thereto.
After three weeks travel within the
State Of Missouri l feel ito hesitation
i'll asserting that the State would to-
day have been tho wcalthicst and
most populous of the Western els
tcrhood if it had been opened with
out prejudice twenty-five Years ago
10 New England.
EMIGRATION.
The rapid strides, which it has
made in the race of progress since
uatur, ~odvautag.s aud tI,o nntn,-
nrisin& ne,nle iJnu,t
pronose now To dwell nnnon tho rnnii
hcvslonn,ent Of tho RESOURCES nf t.hn
Stntr NJ iarun fin, n,;the, ,;mo nn,
srace would nermit. bmt simnlv "I to
c,n a,,ont;", ~ ,hs f"c, p,y ~
otorv ~ What nr,,"Sa ,n rneu
'n,,, Tho o",,s 100 uMe..
"po"' ",;.n ". ao'0 SHOWS "
m,., ,L' 500 ns MI us.c'op-
%nnaan o",imn ".;,n ,nn. ou'I IL. TUG
i, Wv n,t..mS.a., ca, man
10y o."" S.a.o W. VIC euerat
C".H"' INV i'ns'a"u'hS INC nrsI ilaiI
OF the decaue was spent i'll q state
OF civll strife, TIC consequences of
winch were visited upon the fair
est portions OF the State i'll the total
vi every material inter-
est porf aiming to scctions. Fu-
nilltaritv with these facts led your
correspondent TO give TO the Stale
"hi us resources more thorough
'crutlhf liam would Otherwise have
orSh aceoraca \:
inc o'a.e VI M.ss"u!i embraces !ne
S.."'.a ~ "a 'eiti.oi! 'iinS
80" ono y" Geo no'.. h
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80; 49, -" =! - $50.
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wEici, r. Eor.irs, cScent in resnerf
OF climate. which IS less vigorous a,
you uo southwark from The Iowa
line. The section known as the
pIattc Purchase. mkraciuu the cx-
tremc northwest counties. is d u
try Ut wonderful fertility and beauty,
but alnenabic TO the objection which
applies to the state of Iowa aud tic
whole OF the extreme northwestern
section. The winter climate is tou
rigorous. The portion lying south
OF the river Is diversified, and with
the exception hereinafter more par-
ticularly referred to, is pre-eminent
for its mineral resources and pastoral
advantages, rather than for lis terlil-
ity OF soil. The section Of country
for when l have been anxiously in
Iuirlng, and which Ill my Judgment,
meets The requirements OF our New
England people, is found within the
following boundaries: If you will
take any correct and authentic map
OF The state vi Missouri, and draw u
line from the city of B%oonville due
west, the section OF country embraced
between this line On tile south, and
the Missouri river Oh the east and
north, and the Kansas line OH the west,
comprising the three counties OF Sa-
line, l-aia! elite aiu jackson, is incom-
,r., lrs a.. 3D.. "