Illinois In 1837

Author : Samuel Augustus Mitchell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781527666528
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Illinois in 1837 written by Samuel Augustus Mitchell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illinois in 1837: A Sketch Descriptive of the Situation, Boundaries, Face of the Country, Prominent Districts, Prairies, Rivers, Minerals, Animals, Agricultural Productions, Public Lands, Plans of Internal Improvement, Manufactures, &C. Of the State of IllinoisTan immense resources of the Western Country, the vast increase of wealth, population, and influence in the New States, have long been, but are more paticularly at the present time, topics of great and increasing interest throughout the whole of our vast Republic, and are arresting the attention not only of our own citizens, but of the inhabitants of foreign countries. Such are the admirable facilities of the West for trade, such the variety and fertility of its soil, the number and excellence of its natural products, the genial nature of its climate, ' and the rapidity with which its population is increasing, that it has become an object of the deepest interest to every American patriot. To this region the speculator is attracted by the increasing value of property; the politician anticipates the time when, through the ballot-box, the West shall rule; the young and enterprising, turning from the eager competition of industry and talent in the older states, see here a less occupied field of action; the philanthropist feels a benevolent anxiety for the intellectual, moral, and religious condi tion of a population thus collecting and increasing, and destined to fill the measure of our national glory. The greatness and importance of this region is bursting into vision in a manner scarcely less wonderful to the present generation than was American prosperity to the slowly progressing European.A single glance at the Map of the United States will show, that the direc tion of our government will shortly be in the hands of the people of the West. The thirteen old states have an area of about square miles; while only eight of the new number about the same, and the whole region, stretching westward to the Pacific Ocean, contains not less than square miles of territory.No state in the Western Country has attracted more attention and eli cited so many inquiries fi'om those who desire to avail themselves of the advantages of a settlement in a new and rising country, as that of Illinois; and none is filling up so rapidly with an industrious and intelligent popu lation, from every part of our extensive country. When the public works, which are now advancing with all possible speed, are completed and in successful operation, Illinois will vie with any state in our republic, and no doubt excel any in the West, in the amount and importance of those artificial channels of intercourse which serve to connect the extremities Of our wide-spread territory, and bind our population by links stronger than iron, by lines extending thousands of miles.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.