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“ited this State some three years ago, is equally enthusiastic in his.
~ published letters to his paper. We give two extracts from those
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letters.
‘seasons ‘healthy, may’ well “account for the enthusiasm whieh.
eee inspired the above eulogy on Minnesota. \ ys
- The accredited correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, who vis-, .
“<¢ No wonder the people here wear such smiling countenances. They ‘are.
full of hope. I have yet to see the first despairing or gloomy face. Mel-
‘ancholy belongs to. the overcrowded cities, and there is plenty of it in
“Chicago.
ah,
. Ts it not astonisbing that so many able-bodied men should hang about
our large cities doing nothing, because they can find nothing to do, and
nearly starving to death, when these broad and fertile prairies are calling
* “*- upon them to come and release the treasures which lie within the soil.
| ‘©The resources ot this State areimmense. It has every variety of wealth,
and every. facility for profitable exchange. There is no’ more. productive
_soilin the world. ‘Then the State has an abundance of ‘pine timber. It has a
“vast amount of available water power, and offers every facility and encour- *. °
\ agement to manufacturing industry. Ithas mineral wealth on Lake Superior
of iron and copper, in inexhaustible abundance. There is no region in this
country, or any country, that I am aware of, that is so well watered. And __
lakes, and sparkling streams,
‘\- the water is everywhere clear and pure. It isa land of great rivers, pellucid
a a ‘All this may sound enthusiastic, but every word is calmly written and ~'
, justified by the facts; and it is strictly within the facts. If the advantages
“3 of. this region were only adequately made known, there would surely be a
_ great flow of labor from the cities and places where it is not wanted, into a
region like this, where every variety of labor is weeded and where it is cer- _
' itain to meet with a rich reward.”
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In the second extract we give, this correspondent expresses him-
self in language very similiar to that made use of by General Pope.
He says, still speaking of Minnesota: .
-“T know of no other portion of the earth’s surface Where so many adyan- .
tages are concentrated, and where the man of industry and small means
_may so quickly and with so much certainty render himself independent.
“Here you have a climate of exceeding purity, a soil of amazing productive- ,
ness, abundance of the clearest water, with groves, and lakes, and rivers and
. Streams wherever they are wanted.” Then the great railway lines are begin- ,
. Hing to intersect this country in all directions, and thus furnish the farmer”
ree with a cheap and immediate outlet for his produce.”
vi _ We will close these brief extracts—taken from the writings of a
persons well qualified to form a sound judgment on the subject
they were discussing, and totally unconnected personally with the’ |
‘interests. of Minnesota—with: two extracts from a speech of: the -
Sy - distinguished statesman, Hon. Wm, H. Seward, delivered in St.
Paul, the capital of our State, so far back as 1860. Pet ge,
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