ir labor can
procure these necessaries. Tropical climates are not adapted to
supply their wants. For this reason trade either with the East
or West Indies cannot give effectual relief: it may furnish
luxuries, but England is overstocked with them already. The food
of tropical climates, with the exception of rice, is not
calculated for export. The people of England, if they are to
import food, need the production of a climate similar to their
own. In this respect America is well adapted to supply them.

"All parts of the United States between thirty-seven and
forty-four degrees of north latitude will produce wheat. But
that part of the country best adapted to furnish an abundant
supply is, beyond all question, the northern part of the
Mississippi valley, and the contiguous country south of the
great lakes. It has been styled _par excellence_ the
wheat-growing region of America. Within its limits lie the six
north-western States of the American Union, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, and Wiskonsan (including as States the
two territories of Iowa and Wiskonsan, about to be admitted into
the Union.) These States, exclusive of two hundred thousand
square miles, the title to which is yet mostly in the Indian
tribes, cover an area of two hundred and thirty-six thousand and
eleven square miles. The country is, generally, an undulating
prairie, interspersed with groves of trees, and unbroken by hill
or mountain. The soil commonly rests upon a strata of limestone,
is fertile beyond description, and abundantly watered by the
finest springs and streams. Its climate is clear and salubrious,
and the country as well calculated as any other on the globe to
minister to the support and happiness of civilized man. As
already explained, for an inland country, it possesses
unequalled facilities for foreign intercourse and commerce, by
means of its great lakes and rivers. The most distant parts of
it are now reached in twenty days from Liverpool. The energies
of the American people have been chiefly expended, during the
last few years, in opening and taking possession of this region,
which they consider destined to become the future seat of
American wealth and greatness.

"Wheat once formed a leading article in the exports of the
United States. The trade of that country with Great