Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-03-28
INDIANAPOLIS. mAnCH as, 1850.

entirely geographical and sectional in their character
Is TO our minds (as heretofore printed obvious
ly reterabe 10 the anticpations of the effect of the
census 10 be taken this year. change the balance
of power in this Government so as to interpose be-
tween the Southern and Northern interests a third
The pow er Of which will be found To be greater on
some questions, than both unired-that of the Great
West, the population Of which has been growing
during the last ten fifteen years. with rapdity de-
fying all computation and outstripp ng thought itself
Though, provdentiay. this growth of the West must
strengthen and effectively consolidate this Uninn.
whilst Il will add to the general prosperity of
part Of it, it is not all unnatural that il should
awaken some feelings in the minds of statesmen and
ambitious men in other divisions Of the country. or
that 1t should be regarded with some jealousy their
part"
The above remarks of the Intelligenccr full of
truth and significance and il is well for the North
and South to know that the offspring which they
have mutually raised and which has taken the title of
the "Great West" has cast off the swaddling clothes
of infancy, and lays claims to healthy indepen-
dent maturity. The day has past when either the
North or South may rule The Union, and they may as
well yield The heretofore alternating supremacy. with
graceful bow and contented smile, become fac
tous and make exhibition Of naughty feelings about
that which they cannot help. Hereafter the West
must be consulted upon all important matters, and
may be she will feel inclined To be little ofhcous IN
some affairs that the North and South may thiak
clusivey their own. The yea and the nay of the
West will settle all the undigni6ed disputes which
may arise between the s. chvalry" and ''doughfaee
sections of our country. and will each somebody some
very useful and conservative lessons the science al
democratic republican government. Especially will
the West see 10 The perpetuity Of gurnus Union.
and if need be- will trihe of her ply force
in vIndicaiiOn Of her WILL Should the North and the
South get by the ears about the WimOt prnyiso OF
any other humbug, the Wes; will probably ferl it In
cumhent upon her pull them apart before they
unnch iuiurad nd thon uvff fha North in ham
and the South in the other. will hold Them up
Uis just out of striking distance, until the grin o
the niger has made the one party sick, and the
impotency of abolitionism has made the other fee
foolish, and then perhaps they will be inclined to fol
low good advice and go about their business, and n,
more disturb the peace Of great people whose gov
erpment was the conception Of Washington nnC
whose constitution the labor Of his llusirous
temporaries.-C -CdnnetOn Economist
We have several occasions made expressions
similar to the above and the Western people b.
too frequently reminded Of such truths. until they ful
ly realize their importance. We :" have held th'
hats" of quarresome '' fanatics" Of the North ant
South about long enough, and it is time for to TAX
some other part in the game, if we can't settle diff
cultes Otherwise. We have put in check the Tariff
ties of the North, and the great interests of peo
pie should be alike guarded against the great mone
interest Of slavery Herein is one reason of The
titude which have thought proper to maintain
during the present excitement, and previous it
breaking out There is some IN the threaten
ing movements of the South and moreover il
the rascality of Webster The South desire naturally
enough to retain the control of the General Govern
ment. so as to ensure policy favorable to its ow
great sectional interest. We do not blame the Sout
for that. 1t is just what desire the West shoul
attain to- and just what after 1852 she will have tn
lawful power rightfully to take.-unless-unles
Webster shall succeed, seeing that the East must los
the most proporionally y-unless he shall succeed i
making bargain with the South, which, for ten @
twenty years longer shall perpetuats the "equilibri
um" F." at the expense Of the West.
Capital, however invested, sympaihises with cap
tai. The capital of the North and of the South, wi
naturally enough colleague for its benefit.
has sympathy for the labor of the free West II onl
desires to control and it. aud it seeks this powe
through the possession Of the rens Of the general go,
ernment. All this will come to pass, and the limbs
Giant Labor will be thoroughly chained, if mem
bers of Congress permit Mr. Webster to succeed in h
schemes and if our people suffer themselves to
amused or blinded by any hue and cry-abolitiunisu
disunion, or what not. That is all fol de roll L,
all it that progress and prosperity is ne
checked by any foul arrangement for the perpetuato
of Congressional Legislation for the sole benefit
the capital of the North the South.
SALARIES OF GovERNoKs.-The salary of the GO'
crnOr Of Maryland is two thousand dollars, and a
attempt is now being made in the Legislature to il
it to "a 600, which formerly tie sun
The only Governor the States whose salary exceed
1900 is the Governor of Lnulsiana, 5000. I'll
Governors Of other Siates receive salaries follows
Maine ], 800; New Hampshire 1000; Vermont 10
Massachusetts z, 800; Rhode Island 400; Connect
cut 1,G00; New York A. 600; New Jersey 1000
Pennsylvania 1900; Delaware 1893; Virginia 3, 333
North Carolina 2nO0; SDuih Carolina 3 500; Georg
$500; Florida 2.51O; Alabama $500; Mississip
1900; Texas 1000: Arkansas 2.5e0; Trnness,
1000; Kentucky 2.500; Ohio 1870; Mlchiga
800; Indiana SEQ; Missouri 1000 Iowa 1 90
Wisconsin 80.
Whatever Constitutional Convention may do
the matter of salaries for Governors, it stod do o
thing which we believe has yet nowhere been don
II should, wherever practicable. establish mininu
and maximum, between which the Legislature mig
operate, but beyond which it could not 60. Viii
we should retain all present advantages, such cau
would in some degree check that miserable class
demagogues, who never can get into any Office exec
by raising cry Of "high salaries" which they W