The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-07-08

In respect TO the growth of western trade and commerce.
extract few sentences from very valuable address
before the Historical Society Of Ohio, BY William d. GAL
laXher, esq, 1850:
"a few facts will exhibit well a a volume the
dernl growth Of western trade and commerce: Previous
twenty Ave ton. each performed ali the carrying trade be-
tween Cincinnati and Pieburg. In 1902 the first govern
boat (the Odeans) launched Pusburg In 1926 the
waters OF Michigan were first ploughed by the keel OF
steamboat pleasure trip Green bay being planned and
executed hi. year In 1882 steamboat
first appeared al Chicago AT the present time the entire
and their tributaries is probably than under six
hundred the aggregate tonnage oil which is not short Of one
hundred and forty thousand-a lager number OF
than England claim, and greater steam com.
mecia marine than that employed by Great Britain and
her de Tendencies"
And now, fellow citizens, having stated TO you this
nfallble proof of the growth and prosperity OF the
ton ask you, and would ask every man, whether the
LECTION or curse 10 the country, or any part OF IT. le
men OF the South OF all the original southern States,
what say you 10 all this Are you, or any Of you,
fathers were not they who stoned the prophets and killed
them. They were among the prophets they were OF the
prophets; they were themselves the prophets.
Ye men OF Virginia, what do you say TO all this :
Ye men of the Potomac, dwelling along The shores OF
that river where Washington lived and where he died.
and where his remains now res-ye, 30 many OF whom
may the domes of the Capitol from your own homes
what do you say
Ye men Of James river and the bay, places conse-
Grated by The early settlement OF your Commonwealth,
State, you travel TO the North, these halls
Gated their beauty and ornaments destroyed, and Their
national usefulness clean gone foreyerf
We beyond the Blue Ridge, many thousands
OF whom nearer 10 this Capitol than to the seat
OF government OF your own Stale, what do you think
Of breaking this grea, association into fragments OF
States and OF people, | know some OF you, and
believe you all would be almost much shocked
at the announcement OF such a catastrophe as II you
were TO be informed tina, the Blue Ridge itself would
soon otter from its base And ye Of Western Viz
gina, who occupy the great slope from the top OF the
Allegheny to the Ohio and Kentucky, what course do
you propose TO selves by dsunon II you secede,
what do you "seceJe -from, and wha, do you accede
to Do you look for the current Of the Ohio to change,
and to bring you and your commerce TO the OF
eastern rivers' What man IN his senses can suppose
that you will remain part and parcel OF Virginia month
alter Virginia should have ceased TO be part and parcel Of
the United Slaes'
The secession OF Virginia The secession OF Wiz.
GINA, whether alone or in company IS most improbable
the greatest OF all iBprobabes virginia, to her
lasting honor. acted great part IN framing and esiab
lIshIng IN. present constitution She hath bad her
ward and her distinction FIVE of her noble have
each allied III. presidency and enjoyed the highest bonors
OF the country Doorous complaints come ~ 10 US from
the South that Virginia will head The procession OF
secession and lead the southern States Of the
Union This would be something OF marvel, certainly,
considering how much pains Virginia took 10 lead these
States into the Union and considering too that she
has partaken as largely OF its benefits and its government
any other State
And ye men of the other southern States members OF the
Old lhirteen-yes, members of the Old Ibifteen-hat
touches my regard and sympathies--North Carolina,
Georgia, South Carolina wha, page your history in
the history OF any OF you, is brighter than those
which have been recorded since the Union formed
Or through what effect has your prosperity been greater or
your peace and happiness better secured What names
even has South Carolina, now much dissatisfied
what names has she, oil which her intelligent sons
more proud than those which have been connected with
the government OF South Cardinal In revolutionary
times and in the earliest days OF this constitution, there
Stale more honored or more deserving 10 be hon
ored Where is che nowi And "wha, fall is there
my countrymenP
But leave her 10 her own reflections, commencing to
her, with all my heart, the due consideration OF her own
example in times now gone by.
Fellow. citizens there some diseases OF The mind
well as OF the body, diseases OF communities well
diseases OF individuals, thai must be LETT TO their
cure; at least it il wise TO leave them until the last
critical moment shall arrive.
hope is no, irreveren and certainly is not intended
as reproach, when say that know stronger expires
SION N Our language than that which describes the reso
alton OF vsyward SON he came TO himself" tie
had broken away from all the ties Of love- family, and