In this respect of reputation, Wisconsin has been conspicuously fortunate, for it is certainly preferable to enjoy a certain definite character, even though it underrate one's merit, than to be puffed and defamed, (if the words are not become synonyms,) in alternate breaths. From the time when her mineral treasures first attracted the attention of Western adventurers, to that, when her voice was heard at the doors of our National Legislature, asking to be confederated in a State capacity with the Union, and ever since, the report which rumor and travel have borne thence, has been not only favorable in the aggregate, but also uniformly consistent not one day uttering enormous improbable tales of Arcadian beauty and fertility, and the next, equally extravagant and ridiculous stories of Saharaan sterility, and marshes fraught with ten thousand agues and fevers. Wisconsin: Its Resources, Condition, and Prospects.įew, if any, of the younger States, have made a more favorable impression upon the mind of the American public, than Wisconsin.
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