Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1840-10-27

New York has long stood without q rival IS Ito
point of tfade for the hole or nori, western,
country. Her ready communication with the nkea
by means OF the internal improvements of the sinto
has given her an advantage, in This particular over
any other of the commercial Giles of the onion
The facilities of transportation are such that it il no
doubt, the interest Of the western merchant 10 mn
chase his goods in the city OF New York and under
present crcnmStanccS twill continue So BHt iudr-
ing from the cnlerpriZo and epiril exhibited by tho
citizens OF other cities, think il viii not be long
until equal facilities will be offered by Them. ana
whom such is the case, the market ill be regn acd
only By the price of goods. The western merchant
need not then be confined IN his operations and that
city Will secdro his irade which offers the greatest
nducementSin The price of goods
1t will not he long until Boston is connected with
Buffalo, II continuous line of rail road Boston
possesses an advantage over New York in u much
shorter and quicker connection with Europe. She
will no doubt be able 10 oer goods equally if not
more advantageous terms than New York and tko
moment she offers equal flcilites Of transportation.
she enters the lists the rival of New York in the
growing trade of the west. PHILADELPHIA, also. VIII
not much longer be without a connection with tho
lakes. 1t requires but hUle continuation of III,
improvements within her own borders to ctlecti and
her enterprise has long been struggling for an outlet
in Ibis direction. When the connection is effected,
she too, viii stand The rival cf New York. andbe
ready 10 put in her claims for portion of the trade
of the west.
Since the construction Of the E 10 canal the rapid
growth Of the west is without parallel. Whom NO
say west, mean the whole portion of country bor-
deriag the lakes west of New York; and in fact.
we might also include The western part If New York.
Villages, towns, and cities, sprung up and the hum
If business aud industry, usurpcd tho place of com
Iaratiyc solitude AMI silence. From populatin1 tho
states Of Michigan nd Ohio the tide is rolling on.
Wisconsin has felt it, and her territory is rapidly fiji
ing and increasing in wealth and ENTERPRISE. TIig,
has almost wholly been the result Of The construction
of the Erie canal--the connection of the lakes with
the great commercial emporium, New York. Tho
enterprise and wealth long confined within a narrow
compass sooner found an outlet than tLey sprcad
themselves over the whole country thus opened
What nay then be expected from an intimate con
ncctlon Of other COMMERCIAL cities with tho great
western thoroughhre Of the lakesl Not that the city
of New York will be robbed of any portion Of Tho
valuable trade which size now possesses. On the
vii! not such connection ie the natural
result OF wealth seeking an outlet and so closely in
these matters, does effect follow cause, will it not IT
once, by the additional facilities oGcrcd so increase
the trade. thai none will be losers? The west has
yet unbounded resources, undeveloped, v hich offer
very inducemcnt To industry. Livery improvement
then, connecting The lakes with the Atlantic we look
upon, not calculated 10 deprive any city OF any
portion OF her present trade but BY the grca. add.
Iional wealth and industry furnished the resource.
of the west, by their rapid development to increase
the trade of all