The Arkansas advocate., 1830-03-31

a great and salutary measure of preven ton. Sir, should fear the rebule Q
 no intelligent gentleman of Kentucky were to ask whether, if such an ordi nance could have been applied to hi Town State, while it yet was a wilde
 ness, and before Boone had passed te
 gap of the Alleghany, he does not sg- pose it would have contributed to tn ul-
 timate greatness of that commonwelth9
 It is, at any rate, not to be doubte, that
 where it did apply, il has prodssed an effect not easily to bs describedor Inea-
 sured in the growth of the Sites, and the extent and inc'ease of tfelr popu-
 lation. Now, sir, this grea measure
 again was carried by the N,rtli, and by
 the North alone. There were, indeed, individuals elsewhere fatorable to it; I but it was suppoted as measure en-
 tirely by the vfes of the Northern
 States. IfNewEngland had been gov
 erned by the nfrow and selfish views
 now ascribed tg her, this very measure
 was, of ali otilds, the best calculated to lthwart her purposes. It was, of all things, the vel means of rendering cer- Itain a vast ebigration from her own population tohe West. She looked to that cbnseqpsnce only to disregard it.
 She deemed he regulation most use Iful one to the States that would spring 
 lup m the territory, and advantageous
 to he couttry at large. She adhered ! 1eAle rsipciple of 1t PerseyeIingiyy, year later year, until it was finally accom- 1 iished.
 Leaving then, Mir. President, these two great and leading measures, and coming down to our own times, what is there in the history of recent measures of government that exposes New Eng land to this accusation of hostility to Western interests? l assert, boldly, that in all measures conclusive to the welfare of the West since my acquaint- ance here, no part of the country has manifested more liberal policy. l beg to say, sir, that l do not state this with a view of claiming for her any special regard on that account. Not at all.--- She does not place her support of mea- sures on the ground of favor conferred far otherwise. What she has done has been consonant to her view of the general good, ard therefore she has done it. She has sought to make no gain of it, on tic contrary ,indiyiduais may have felt undoubtedly some natural regret, at finding the relative importance of their own States diminished, by the growth of the West. But New England has that as in the natural course of things, and has never complained of it. Let me see, sir, any one measure favorable to the West, which has been by New England since the gov enment bestowed it's attention to these western improvements. Select what you will, if it be a measure of acknow- ledged utility, ] answer for it, it will be found that not only were New England votes for it, but that New England votes carried it. Will you take the Cumber- land roads Who has made that? Will you take the Portland Canal, whose support carried that bill! Sir, at what period beyond the Greek kalands, could these measures, or measures like these have been accomplished, had they de- pended on the votes of Southern gentle men? Why, sir, we know that we must have waited till the constitutional no- tions of those gentlemen had undergone an entire change. Generally speaking, they have done nothing, and can do nothing. All that has been effected, has been done by the votes of reproach- ed New England. l undertake to say, sir, that if you look to the votes on any one of these measures, and strike out from the list of ayes the names of New England members, it will be found that in every case, the South would then have voted down the West, and the measure would have failed. l do not believe any one measure can be found where this is not strictly true. l do not believe that one dollar has been expend- cd for these purposes beyond the noun tain, which could have been obtained without cordial cooperation and sup. port from New England.
 Sir. 1 put the gentleman to he West itself. Let gentlemen who have sal here ten years, come forth and declare
 by what aids, and by whose votes they have succeeded, in measures deemed o essential importance to their part of the country. To all men of sense and can.