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many generations its rulers a brave, thrifty, intelli 

 gent, and economical people are building up the 

 Northwest with a rapidity which is most wonderful, 

 and with a strength of basis which cannot be toppled 

 over. .They have contributed nobly to the nation 

 in putting down the rebellion. They will contribute 

 even more largely to its future welfare. They draw 

 to them, by the irresistible magnetism of prosperity 

 and happiness, hundreds of thousands who enjoy 

 little of either at home ; they assimilate readily with 

 our interests and institutions. Let them continue to 

 come. ~No long period will elapse, nor many gen 

 erations pass to the great majority, before they will 

 be bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh wedded 

 into our great unity : an element of new strength, a 

 means of more lasting national coherence and vigor. 

 They are of the pillars which support the power of 

 the present and give promise to the future.&quot; 



It was the cheap Government lands which drew 

 to us all this mixed population of Wisconsin, as well 

 as the overshadowing immigration from Germany. 

 The still cheaper lands that can now be secured, will 

 bring them hither in even greater numbers. The 

 census of 1860 shows how powerful has been the 

 attraction of cheap farms. The percentage of na- v 

 tive Germans in this country at that period was as 

 follows : 



Wisconsin 15 . 97 California 7.10 



Indiana 14.94! New York 6.G1 



Minnesota 10.59 Maryland 6.; 



Illinois 7.65 



Iowa . . .5.71 



Missouri 7 . 50 I Michigan 5 18 



Ohio 7. 19 I New Jersey 5 03 



