The North-Carolina standard., 1844-04-17

the NUMBER OF states, the bond OF union Is strong
er; for the opposition of any one State is mach
less dangerous and formidable, in confeder1cy
Of thirty States than of three On this subipct ex
peTience is the best test of truth. Has the Union
been endangered by the advance in the number o.
States from thirteen to twenty-sx2 Look also al
taltt the new States that have been added to fhe
Union since the adoption of the constitution, and
tell me what one of all of them, either in war OF
peace has ever failed most faithfully to perform
ifsdnties and what one of them has ever propos.
| ed or threatened the existence of the government
or the dissolution of the Union2 No rebellion OF
instruction has ever raised its banner within their
limits nor have traitorous or union-dissolving
conventions: IN war or in peace ever been assem-
bled within the boundary of any-of the new States
! OF the West; but IN peace, they have nobly and
faithfully perfornied all their duties to the Union
and in war. the spirif parry has fled 6efUre an
ardent patriotism, and all have rushed to the stan
dard OF their common country From The shores
of the Atlantic andlhe lakes Of the North; from
the banks of the Thames and the ST. Lawrence,
TO those of the Alabama and the Mississippi; from
the SHOWS Of Canada to the sunny plains of the
South-the soil of the Union is watered with the
blood of the brave and patriotic citizen soldiers of
the West. And is it England would persuade US
our territory and population will be too great to
permit the remuneration of Texas2 Let US see how
stands the case with herself and other great pow
ers of the world. The following facts are pre-
sented from the most recent Biographies:
British empire7-area, 100000 square miles; /;
population 2OO,Oo0,OOO. -
Russian empire--area, $500, 900 square miles;
population X, 100000.
Chinese empire-area, 100000 square miles;
population 25O,0OO,00O
Brazil-area, 100000 square miles; popula-
lation 100000
United States (including Texas) area, 2,318,-
600 square miles; population 100000.
Here is one monarchy, {the British empire
nearly four times as large the United States in
cluding Texas and one monarchy and three des.
our area, also including Texas; and to assert un-
der these circumstances, that our government is to
be overthrown or endangered by an addition of
oneseventh to its area is to adopt the exploded
gument Of kings and desPots against our system
of confederated States
President Monroe citizen of one of the old
thirteen States in his message of 1929 thus speaks
of the effects of the purchase of Louisiana
"This expansion of our population, and acces-
sion of new States to our Union, have had the
happiest effect on all its highest Interests That
il has eminently augmented our resources, and
added to our strength and respectabiIity as pow
er, is admitted by all. 1t is manifest, that by en-
larging the basis of our system, and increasing
the number of States, the system itself has been
greatly strengthened in both its branches Con-
solidation and disunion have thereby been render
ed equally impracticable. Each government, con-
fding in its own strength, has less to apprehend
from the other; and in consequence, each, enjoy
ing greater freedom of action, is rendered more
efficient for all the purposes for which it was In
stituted" 1t is the system of confederate States,
united but not consolidated and incorporating the
great principle which led to the adoption Of the
consttution-of reciprocal free trade between all
the States-that adapt such government to the
extent OF a continent The greater the extent of
territory the more enlarged is the power, and the
more augmented the blessings of such govern
ment. In war it will be more certain of success,
and therefore wars will be less frequent; and in
peace, it will be more respected abroad, and enjoy
greater advantages at home and the less unfavora-
bic will be the influence on its prosperity, Of the
hostile policy of foreign nations 1t may then
have home market, which, as the new and ex-
changeable products of various soils and climates
are augmented, will place its industry less within
the controlling influence of foreign powers. Es-
pecialy is this important to the great manufactur-
ing interest," that its home market which is almost
lis only marker, should be enlarged and extended
by the accession of new territory, and an augment
ed population, embraced within the boundaries Of
the Union, and therefore constituting part of the
domestic market. By the census of lS40, the to-
tai product of the mining and the manufactures of
the Union, was 1882. 1914 1856; and of this vast
amount by the treasury report but SO, ,469 1862
was exported and found market abroad. Almost
its only market was the home market, thus de-
the vast importance TO that great in
terest of an accession of territory and population
at home
Nor is it only the mining and manufacturing
interests that would feel the influence of such a
new and rapidly augmenting home market; but
agriculture, commerce, and navigation, the pro-
ducts of the forest and fisheries, the freighting and
interests, would all feel new i'm
pulse; end the great internal communications, by
railroads and canals, engaged in transporting ouF
own exchangeable products, would find great
of their business and profits and lead
onward to the completion of the present and the
construction of new improvements-th ident-
flying more closely all our great interests, bring
ing nearer and nearer to each other the remotest
portions of the mighty whole, multiplying their
trade and intercourse, breaking down the barriers
of local and sectional prejudice, and scouting the
thought of disunion from the American heart, and
leaving the very term obsolete. Indeed, if we
measure distance by the time in which it is ira
versed, this Union, with Texas reannexed, is
much smaller in territory than the Union was at
the adoption of the constitution Then, thesiour-
ney from the capital to the then remotest corner of
the republic could not be traversed in less than a
month; while now, much less than one-haIf that
time will take US to the mouth of the Del Norte,
the extreme southwestern limit of Texas. Such