The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-08-18

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From the New York Evening Post
tan"is and RaiIrsrds-Their Innsenee A,
cesnentisK the Union Of tine states.
When the confederation of the origina
thirteen States was established, the princi
pal portion OF the territory beyond the AL
iegheny mountains, and embraced within
The limits OF the Treaty Of 1888, was ;
wilderness. But enough was known O
the extent Of this territory, the fertility o
ITS soil, and the facilities of wafer commu
nicaion by its lakes and rivers, 10 satisfy
The sagacious minds which had achieved
freedom and established the Union, thai
this wilderness would, in few years, be
changed into five new States, surprising
many OF the old ones in all the elements
which constitute the strength Of free PEG.
pie.
There were those, even before the pur.
chase of Louisiana, who apprehended that
by muluDly ing States, and covering SO great
an extent Of territory, the Union might fall
TO pieces from its own weight.
In the farewell address of Washington.
alter an exhoTtation to the north aud the
south, the east and the west, to flown upon
all attempts to ALLEVIATE one portion of the
Union from the rest, the following seems
specially added for the region referred to,
VIZ "Ihe pesf derives from the east SUD.
plies requisite TO its growth and comfort
and what is perhaps OF still greater conse-
.quence, il must, OF necessity, owe the secure
enjoyment OF the indispensable outlets for
il own productions TO the weight, influence,
and future maritime strength Of the Atlantic
side of the Union, directed by all indissOlu-
bic community OF interests, 81 one nation.
Any other tenure BY which the west can
hold this essential advantage, whether de-
nved from It's own separate strength, or
from an aPostate and unnatural connection
Wilh any foreign power. must be intrinsi-
calIy Precarious.
The purchase of Louisiana was strenu-
ously opposed, particularly at the east, as
an acquisition hostile to their interests and
dangerous to the stability of the Union.
Instead OF witnessing any Of the dlrelul
anticipated at the period TO-
tered TO, there grew up in The territory
northwest of the Ohio, five States, of gigan.
tic proportions, teeming with an industri-
Gus, intelligent, and prosperous population,
as ready to discard the proposition Of Burr,
for western confederacy, as they were
prompt To defend themselves and their coun.
ny against tiIv assaults OF the Brush ana
Indians in the war Of 1912, and to answer
the call Of their country in the more recent
conflict with Mexico. Instead Of weaken
ing the coniederaoy, the addition of these
States has added immensely to It's strength.
In letter to the Governor OF Virgins,
after the peace, Gen. Washington, who had
visited this State as far as 0swego, says
81 need not press the necessity OF applying
the cement Of interest to bind ell parts Of
the Union together by indiSsoludle bonds,
especially Of binding that part Of it which
lies Immediately west of US, TO the middle
States. "The western settlers, speak
cow from my own observations, stands, as
1t were, upon pivot. The touch of a
feather would turn them any way. Until the
Spaniards threw difficulties in their way.
they looked down the Mississippi and they
looked that way for no other reason than
because they could glide gently down the
stream; and because they have no other
means Of coming TO US but by long land
transportation through unimproved roads"
II was reserved for the State Of New
\ Ork, on It's own resources, after soliciting
the cooperation of other States and the
Union, and being denied, to accomplish the
great work of furnishing the western peo-
pie with a safer and better channel TO mar
keL than was afforded by their British
neighbors. The system OF canals, which
commenced about twenty five years since,
and the more recent improvements by rail.
roads, are producing all the beneficial re-
suits which Gen. Washington anticipated,
"by applying the cement Of interest, 10
bind all parts Of the Union together" The
constant intercourse between the people OF
the west and our own, through the canals
and railroads, creates and keeps up a COM
munity Of interest and begets kindly feel.
ing, which will not yield to any efforts to
ALLEVIATE one portion from the other, -
Whilst we are r-g;--e me people OF the
We. nUm twenty 10 twenty five millions Of
dollars annually for the products Of their
industry, and are receiving from them an
equal sum for merchandise, tolls, and trans
portation; we not only "bind that rising
world to our interests" according to the
desire expressed by Gen. Washington, but
we are bound to theirs.
Mr.. Fulton, in 1908, writes as follows,
in answer TO circular on internal improve
ments from Mr.. Gallatin. Numerous
have been the speculations on the duration
of our Union, and intrigues have been prac-
tised to sever the western from the eastern
States. The opinion endeavored to be in
culcated was, thar the inhabitants beyond
the mountains we've cut off from the market
of the Atlantic States; and being remote
from the seat Of government, they would
not enjoy their portion Of advantages arising
from the Union, and that sooner or later
they must separate, and govern themselves"
"What stronger bonds Of union can be in
vented, than those which enable each ind.
vidual to transport the produce Of his In
dustry, twelve hundred miles for sixty cents
the hundred weight. Here then is certain
method of securing che union of the States
and OF rendering it as lasting as the cont
nent we inhabit."
1t is worthy Of special notice, that Gen