I am compelled to say that 75 per cent of all the money expended on this stretch of the river has been a waste both from a financial and economic standpoint. The trouble is the system is wrong. The following lines are taken from a tribute to Missouri Territory written by Mr. Schooleraft in 1819. after he had visited Ste. Genevieve. Potosi. St. Louis. and all the upper Louisiana Territory: "All countries and climates. the bond and the free. The people. the wilderness. closely agree. From Maines rocky borders the emigrants pour. And are leaving the fruitful Connecticut shore. The Hudson.
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