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Wanted — Fifty-year Franchises

           

           ThegreatstateofIllinoisaterritoryaslargeasEnglandproperandasfertileasEgypt,borderedbyagreatlakeandavastriver,andwithapopulationofovertwomillionfree-bornAmericanswouldscarcelyseemafitsubjectforcorporatemanipulationandcontrol.Yetamoretrade-riddencommonwealthmightnothavebeenfoundanywhereatthistimewithintheentirelengthandbreadthoftheuniverse.Cowperwoodpersonally,thoughcontemptuousofthebucolicmasswhenregardedasindividuals,hadalwaysbeenimpressedbythisgreatcommunityofhiselection.HerehadcomeMarquetteandJoliet,LaSalleandHennepin,dreamingawaytothePacific.HereLincolnandDouglas,antagonistandprotagonistofslaveryargument,hadcontested;herehadarisen"Joe"Smith,propagatorofthatstrangeAmericandogmaoftheLatter–DaySaints.Whatastate,Cowperwoodsometimesthought;whatafigmentofthebrain,andyethowwonderful!HehadcrosseditoftenonhiswaytoSt.Louis,toMemphis,toDenver,andhadbeentouchedbyitsverysimplicitythesmall,newwoodentowns,soredolentofAmericantradition,prejudice,force,andillusion.Thewhite-steepledchurch,thelawn-faced,tree-shadedvillagestreets,thelongstretchesofflat,opencountrywherecorngrewinserriedrowsorwhereinwinterthesnowbeddedlightlyitallremindedhimalittleofhisownfatherandmother,whohadbeeninmanyrespectssuitedtosuchaworldasthis.

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