Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-07

stood wou Otherwise have been npreed
upon The other act was the acquisition
of Louisiana by ThDmes Jefferson, which
MED out and c.'n,petsI this great and
indisso,soe system Of natural relation,
~ mutual dependencies between the
Vest and all oiher parts of the Uni IN
These two acts land the deep an | broad
found 'ion upon which To buid up this
great con ervative power, IN compa rison
10 which the strength of written cons,i,u
lions aud artificial regulations are bu,
AS ropes oil s.nd.
am not quite. sure if the Ohio halbc
our boundary, and our original l,nits
| ha otherwise remained unchanged. ,ha,
The Cnnst,iuiJn would have been strong
4 enough 10 ep the North and the Soura
from parting before now. b ,ha, dan.
ger Is now p,s', or last disappearing un
der me increasing strength of this con.
scrva,ive power. The Union is Gas, an
chored upon II. and YOU cannot break j.
from its m,orings. Massachusetts and
South Carolina, the North and the South
nigh, Tor auuhl ] know. find divid no
'ine that would be mutually satisfactory
10 them; but, sir, they can fluid no such
line to mh Ich the Western country can
assent. Where would YOU draw IL,
Would you make the OHIO tho boundary
as Was originally proposed? Can tn.
people on either side OF the Ohio, C nsent
To that?
Let me ask my friend from Virg MIA !.
(hr SrEgNR D,) now Immediately be-
tore me, who represents AN active, thriv-
ing, and cn,erpr,sing people. whose CAPT.
tai and labor have already sought on,
many forms Of application, will they con
sent To be cut off from their connexiu n
with their brethern OF Ohio; that the pro.
ducts oi their farms and wo kshops, while
descending that river which we all now
nav'gaie IN peace and harmony together.
shall pass under the muZz'es OF Paixhan
guns AT every bend hat brings its channel
under III Ohio shore! What benefit.
what hut unmitigated evil on all sides,
should we gain by that? No, sir; we of
the West On both sides orihe Ohio are
indissolnbly one. We have ever lived in
harmony together. and over shall No
power can parius. Nor cAn the line be
drawn any where else. fihe a,temp, Al,
separation be made at the North or South
IN Alassachu>etts or South Carolina. il
VIII be put down by the hand of this
great central power, impelled to action
by an everything necessity. 1t must put
~ down, or lose lis own inGepen dence,
aud Its people become hewers of WOO
and drawers OF water for the people of the
new empires at the Moth aud The South.
Mr.. Chairman, if ] had the power TO do
~, would impress upon The mind of @.
very main beyond the mounta ms The oreut
conception that to preserve the Union is
| The glorious destiny Of Ihe West. n |
c1uld, would Fl the public mind there
10 overfiow:ng with this sacred sentiment
with hrm resolve, with Il holy zeal, TO
prove Itself faithful 10 the great mission
TO which II is called. would transmit,
II from i"ther to son to the latest pos,eri.
~. woul !, il could, mike them feel
that, like The yestal virgin that kept The
sacred lire. the high command is upon
them to keep he Union, to watch over
1t, TO maintain aud defend it forever.
But, sir, Why speculate about resistance
10 separation oi the Union? Why talk
about secession al the North or South! Is
II not fact that both are SO wedd, d and
bound 10 the West by nature and ay arr
that neither can break away he conntx
ION! Lay DIVA The map Of the country
bSiore you; look, SIR, at The wonderful net
work uniling tho West with the North
and The South, and then let any Northern
or Southern man tell me where he would
begin the work Of its destruction. Let
HIN show me how he could do il without
bringing ruin on the part broken off
Out this sell preserving power OF the Un-
Ion has its limits. Just So far as This mus
tual and Indispensable cOnnexIon with and
dependence upon this grea, central and
conservative powe: can be- extended, so
lar and no farther can you extend the
limits OF this Republic with any hope of
permanently preserving its unity. When
you reach hey ono The confines of this
mutual conneXion and dependence and
break INTO other geographical systems. no
matter whether the communities added
be slaveholding or non .slaveholdipp.
they will Inevitably prove, IN a Cows
eminent like ours, resting for ITS main
tenance on public opinion and
s"nse oil common interest, an element of
weakness-a centrifugal and disturb no
iOrce To the Union By art we have overs
come the barriers ofiho Alleghanies. and
that great valley beyond them. spreading
out Tar beyond the conception of our faIh
ofs, instead OF being great centrifugal
power, as they thou ht il must ever he
aud Prehaps would have been if those
bIrrIers had not been sufmoun,ed. has
now become, and as have shown musl
forever remain. itscf the great conserve.
i've power OF the Union he hear, and
seat OF our glorious empire, an empire in
prospect such as the world has never
seen.
But we have also within The present
UNITS OF our republic centr' fIgal tenden.
cIes whose influence we have not vet fell,
"nd cannot full, estimate. need moi v
mat refer 10 Oregon. Can It be brought
INTO this great system of mutual conncx,
ion' an4 made To feel lis dependence upon
what viii be 10 II the great ca tern valley
on ihis side OF the Rocky Mountains? If
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