Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-08-26
From he Ciacinnafi Gazette. August 10.
The Trade of Indiana.

and the tier of FERTILE counties lying between II and
Indianapolis and send back in exchange Its dry goods,
IT. groceries, its iron. It's salt, and It's small manu-
factures Is Cincinnati to be the recipient of the
benefits which this trade will confer l-or is Louis
VILE or St Louis eastern city 81. Louis,
II Is well understood is waking from long sleep.
aud talking Of pushing railroad into llllnUS, ana
acrpss 1t till the Wabash Valley be opened to The
capital and enterprise of her citizens Louisville,
slow to be aroused but energetic when once fairly
her feet only wants little urging to induce
her To take advantage of existing charter Tor a
road 10 take the Mad sun aud indianapolis track at
judcious point and thus secure the trade OF vast
range of country as fertile any the West. But
with Indian friends, CINCINNATI Is The preferred
point Of connection As was remarked by Judge
Huntington at the public meeting IN this city on
"Wednesday evening, "they stand knocking at our
door, and desirOuS To enter" Shall we lock It
sgainst them shall stretch out hands to
receive them, and assist them to enter # the /
former, we drive them to ST. Lonis, Louisville. or,
more printable than either, 10 NeW York Boston. \
Are we satisfied do this Is 1t the part of wisdom
To let a prize such is promised by connection
with our Indiana friends, slip from hands when
we are fairly begged to grasp 1t, and can 80 easily
do so I!
These are matters well worth con ,idering. We
do not regard the proposed connection of 81. Louis
with Cincinnati by railroad the most important .
scheme of this nature IN which Cincinnati can EN-
bark her money, enterprise. and skill; but we do /
consider the opening of the Wabash Valley aud the
intermediate country, to the trade of this city, as an
object richly worth the attention of people. /
Indiana seeks this communication earnestly, but l. \
not able TO accomplish 1t unaIdcd She wants pecu-
mary assistance from - and something like a
guarantee of this she desires If our citizens
make II appear reasonably certain that such
assistance will be afforded when it l. formally asked
for, she Will resi- content, and act accordingly. 1t
they cannot she must change her plans and direction,
seek aid elsewhere, and an return fOr AZ send her
productions to another market.
We were pleased to the meeting at the Mer-
chants Exchange "Wednesday evening, numer
ously attended, and by the right sort Of men. We
not altogether satisfied with the report of the
committee appointed at the previous meeting, in all
Its parts. but that the great body of the meeting
most palplb!y shown by the fact that motion
made to modify the sixth resolution. failed even to
receive second On the vote OF adoption, there
was no dissenting voice. We trust that this Is an
augury that some If assistce, which will
bic them TO prosecute their important enterprise will
BE- afforded by our citizens.
The official report of the meeting OF Wednesday
evening. is published in the next column. After the
resolutions had been submitted with some remarks
from Judge Hall, Judge Huntington Of Terre Hauie,
introduced to the meeting, and addressed II at
considerable length. He commenced by making his
acknowledgements for the attention shown him during
his stay, and the disposition he had where
TO forward the objects of his visit. He hoped the
purpose for which he came would not be mlsunder
sto0d-it not to eniighen the city of Cincinnati
the subject of her interests, and far less to
give her advice The people of Indiana feel a deep
interest in the construction of this great rOad-it
enterprise of magnitude, and involved the
expenditure of a large amount of money and it was
not to be supposed that the scheme could be
carried out without the cooperation of men of capt.
tai and the active aid Of some of the larger cities
interested in IFS construction. The scheme in its full
Contemplated a bptV
the Atlantic cities and Missouri river at ST. Louis
AT present, 1t contemplated that part of it only be-
tween Cincinnati and ST. Louis. He then alluded to
the origin of this enterprise and the proceedings of
the Convention at indianapolis in May last. A good
charter had been granted for that part Of the road
within the State of Indiana. Under that charter the
Company bad organized. and in compliance with the
recommendations of the Convention opened books for
the subscription of stock. He was satisfied that by
the first day Of September, three four counties of
the western side of the State would have subscribed
two hundred thousand dollars-perhaps more. Steps
had been taken open books at Cincinnati but for
other it had not been done. Consider
lng what appeared To those whom he represented to
be the interest Of Cincinnati in this enterprise it
excited some surprise tat nothing bad been said
done here To push 1t forward. In Indiana they had
not the means to make the entire road-thev must
look 10 Cincinnati or look elsewhere. The universal
wish in his region of the State was, that this noble
city should take the lead and control Of the enterprise
lie alluded 10 our position great commercial and
manufacturing city on the map of the country, and
predicted that the day not far distant when she
might be among the first If not the very first city of
the Republic. But, he added, if Cincinnati retains
her present superiority and aims at such distinction
he had alluded to, she must stand idly by, aud
suffer the trade of Empire (tor such is The west
between her and the Missouri pass by her, when
by a vigorous effort she could secure it forever If
Eastern capital employed in the construction of
Il 1
suppose that they would have a central and d.
rect line to throw trade into Cincinnati! If Boston
controls the road she will control the trade on the
road and give it her own directon-and so of New
York, or Philade phla, Baltimore. He alluded to
the immense of the country which the road
would traverse-its central locaton-its superiority
any northern any southern route and expressed
the hODe that this city would at take this noble
enterprise into her keeping. They would do all
that could be expected of them IN Indiana and he
was anxious to be able to say when he went home
that Cincinnati enterprise and capital would do the
rest. At all events the road would be made-and
made quickly. When made, he was confident that
1t would do as much or business than any road
on the continent. 1t would in process of time be a
part of great line running from Ocean to Ocean.
And when the cost of Its construction Is considered
ana the immense travel and transportation which it
must inevitably command, scheme more attractive
for the investment Of capital could possibly be pre-
scented.
The above is outline Of the remarks made by
Judge IL. We do not present it as a full or perfectly
accurate report Tue speaker was listened to with
great interest by the meeting and trust that our
citizens, and the city council whose aid is invoked
by the resolutions adopted, will promptly give to the
subject the consideration that It's lmDOrtance de-