While I am sure you read this with your jaw slack at our survival we must put aside, for the moment, the welcomings and move on to the pressing issue that has had our great and growing nation in squabble and controversy these past two years, during which I have been away upon the beauty of our first defining investment. The splendor of this new world of our own is profound and awe inspiring, yet many, having not felt the crisp clear waters of the rivers, laid their eyes upon the dream-like falls of the Missouri, or breathed the air atop the Grand Rocky mountains, speak, without knowing its magnificence, of this entire ecosystem’s worth. I can asure any reader with the senses to hear the shuddering roar of the rapids, to feel the shivering cool of the clouds, and to see the staggering heights of the mountains, that no investment in our short history has been near equal in value to what Lewis, Clark, and myself have experienced in our expedition across The Louisiana Territory or the value of what is to come …show more content…
Our nation's economy will grow skyward as we grow westward being that included in our Purchas were the Missouri and Red Rivers. These drain the region east of the Rocky Mountains into the Mississippi Valley (both now also our own). This land, having been never before settled past the light touch on the natives offers fertile farmlands, prairies, pastures and forests ripe for the tilling. Furthermore, the geography of the Purchase is optimal for mining, as below its elegant surface its holds shining deposits of minerals. These features of this great land’s terrain will strengthen our economy, ultimately resulting in our investments full return and