Caution Against Moving West
The Asotin Spirit, a paper published in Asotin, Washington Territory, talks thus sensibly in regard to moving to a new country:— "As a rule, immigrants from Illinois will not take kindly to this country, and we have always said, and say yet, that families having their health, and well to do in any State in the Union, had better stay where they are, among friends, schools, churches, and all the conveniences to be found in old-settled and fully civilized communities, than to take chances by moving to any country where those things have to be built up. We have seen so many people break up by moving, that any one should think twice before advising people to leave a good home for any country, unless their pockets are well lined with gold, then their experience may do them good although they may return to their first love. We have always cautioned moderation in descriptions of this country's advantages in climate and soil, and as for saying anything to encourage immigration, we think there is no necessity of it, as people are coming full as fast as it is profitable to have them."