New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-23

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eee a corA a Chriotian community exist and stand
80, :, the family of civilized nations and STROUD US
shores In utter dArkDessi FOR WA, 90 We see ~
ve lock around Hsi The british Isandr oiallhs va
r,'srd Al three hundred hghts-France with more
r. ono hundred and 6ffy-the Baltic, the hednerrS
n|.r The Euxine all illuminated and even IN ne ITO
z,n North Imperial Russia lighting me american iats
ner on hi. pathway through me VIM ~ 20 souh
tCrn East 10 West ie encrcled with these ving on%
rents Of humanity aud civilization And eoua Ainsi,
s Young and vigorous America refuse 20 iend ' ""1
10 such work. - =, r-..;io-, of
the United states If any expects from me any dls
respect to the memory OF that dis ii,h =.
viii he disappointed am aware, mar aons ~ ~
,erou and ofen fugitive writings, coming from hs pro
Esc nor M different periods Of his lie passages may
roeebly be found which would narrow the powers hoe
rrlv Of the Government Of the Union out OF All otheT
Governments Of everyiescrpton IL may even De trle
tia, some OF his political suggestions would not "hoy
suit COUNTRY so progressive az ours. lney certainty
would net harmonic with some ST the greatest sets
his ovn ad straiion. For who will deny tnat the
ACQUISITION of Louisiana greatest OF them al ana
vet This syne act Of craftsmanship only the exer
ti,e by Mr. JEFFERSON of the constitutional power 70
facilitate and protect and in that way 10 regulate tne
commerce Of the Union
,en,pornry transferred 70 spain Experience mas sun
ceuy taught the two Americas the effects OF spanish
dominion UPON human progress Inc flata' me Aina
yor the Oronoco have fully told the story IN one Oh me
ether. NJ, -,
sens Accession 70 ofce. the American people then Just
heririnc 10 descend the western slope OF the Auegh
MICS found their access to the Gull Of Mexico through
the Ns,issipp Distracted only by snags and sand
barr as Of preeent but by an impairment SUI worse
spanish governor at if mouth, occupying 'he pom Vi
steam had not then entered the world 10 subtue ITS
waters nd not veese was seen throughout tne "ioo
length OF the Mississippi hut Indian canoes ana OO
sy hare or MackinHw boat hdeh Win I"i 'NN ~
prt even this intant commerce Mr. JEFFERSON deemed
il H., Gn.y TO regulate, protect, ana sel'ts'e' an A
tco WITH no feeble hand. Earnest efforts were la nos
fr rho rur Csc Of removing the physical inipenensln
the e,rcrr for in the then existing state OF inc hs'ga
ton n ev were less important bur to buy from Sp ne
ncr. If y, " Orleans outright But entreatie> ana even
y ,e.,s were unsvHing ard we should certainly have
rcne 70 war for the sole purpose OF obtaining the neces
ssrv facilities which our inland trade required ou lOr
the fortunate retrocession OF the colony 10 france
the Government Of that country az that time controlled
nv NAPOLEON Mr. JEFFERSON immediately sent out
sietil ministers instructed 10 purchase New Orieais-
surely not for the purpose Of adding 10 our territory Tor
every enc thought Rad enough-hut solely TO secure
tlis iudi{ cnale sppendage TO our inland commerce
Now. was not this something physical and Vls5le'-
,om, ing beyond the abstract Invisible and merely
legal power to regulate commerce by adutngthe rates
Mr. JrrTTPsoS did not ut fSt succeed NAroLEoN
rfr ell 10 sell New Orleans unless the whole OF Loui'.
lana from he Miss sppi 10 the Pacific were purchased
IN.
rn,isters sent home for fresh authority which Mr. JEF
rrrsoS prc mpty gave and the whole purchasedtor
sixteen millions Of dollars Looking at II now,it was not
door ard would nOt have been az twenty tunes the cost
Put where was there word in the Constitution, giving
afenlrnce Of authority 10 buy H. save in the vast and
bensfcont power regulate with foreign na
tcns and among the several states'
The anne xaon Of this vast domain TO the preexlsting
territory of the nted States vitality altered not only the
relations Of the Sstes TO the other but also the rel
atye position of the nation TO the great powers OF tue
world The chsnge not then apparent, is now obyi
Gus 10 us all The United States of America then be-
cfnc Continental America not only IN name but In fact
She stood before the world Of it. imperial powers,
uniting for ell the purposes of national sovereignty the
continent between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
New let us look system of nnvgable waters ma
modified ty this cardinal fact in civil history-the
doubling Of territorial exten-snd do not ask you
10 do tile for eny idle purpose OF historical inquiry but
for the snkc OF stating fundamental proposition which
directly the matter in hand shall seek
TO Prove which H. that by that great event. the eonstits
onnl respo inhibited Of the National Government IN re-
poCt The regulation Of commerce on IT, navigable
winters were almost immensurahy increased.
II il net that the political supremacy of the sates on
the Atlantic was then extinIished-for thanks
glorious Constitution II ha taught TO know no Eastno
Nest-hut il IT, that the immense called into
being by the concentration then effected OF all the waters
of the Msisspp under one common authority, renders
that Of tie Atlt ptic comparative by Insignificant.
The commercial movement on the Atlantic we all
know, for figures measure H. but who will count the
movement OF the Mississippi when its valley shall be
fully ICCplcdf Can the broken, uecOrdan fragments
of di.united Europe furnish the ruler Why, the
Mississippi valley II laid down upon the map OF Europe,
would al but every kingdom, princpalty and
power ii confirms, patches and all from Cadz to the
Ru sian frontier We may know the aggregate lex 9Th
of the river aud It's nhygnble tributaries for en
neers tel us that il sixteen thousand seven hunre
mile "A line long enough 10 oncrce Europe, AMI leav'
a remnant which would span the Atlantic but who will
measuTe the gigantic Of products which sixteen
Thousand hundred mes ofnayigabe water spread
out in unbroken net work will receive from popu-
stions united by millions and tens OF Millions and con
cent? aiing oil their commerce in a singh channel
Ny friends, the interior was becoming too large.
SpICc becoming inconvenieut. If NOT dangerous;
and was time for ROBERT Fulton 20 come into the
word md build steamboat; and 10 he dh, in 1907
four years 6fter Mr.. JEFFERSON bought Louisiana |
cannot but think God holds worldly wealth in light sc-
count for those great men both died poor-but a ma.
tCns gratitude will make their memories rich for
The Hudson was the scene of Mr. FULroNs first sue.
but he always said the Mississippi would behold
hi final triumph His ardent aspirations were duenched
by his early and lamened death but the great river
will ear witness forever to his genius.
The cunent Of that stream swollen by its tributaries
which come rolling down from the broad decliytes of
the AileEhsny and Rocky Mountains go strong as
nearly TO destroy its value for the purposes Of com
merCe IL ascent from New-Oreans 10 the territory
north o. the Ohio unaidedb by steam often required from
two 10 three months Mr., FULToNs invention reduced
il TO four days
1t was that great victory over nature. virtually an
initiating time and space, and equahzing the condition
81 tht POI uldlon OF tnh Wldesprca valley which has
mpfrted 10 the Mississippi its highest Gttrbute-its
power n bind the vast communities on It's banks In per
petunl political union.
Tie geri object Of the Constitution WIS 10 natonsize
the and navigsbe waters of the United Stas
ly uniting them al under a common authority 10 be-
uniformly exeTcied, and il therefore expressly pro-
titcd the separate states from interfering In any way
with that authority. Toany who may contend that the
State poesess concurrent authority which they may
lawfully exercise until shan be superseded by the par
OF the Union, we will merely answer that
tie authority Of the Union, at any rate becomes SUI
prone when exercised
The waters OF New-York have furnished signal
eyis nee OF this The State Legislature TO reward Mr.
tULToSs services, attempted grant him. for term Of
year tie exclusive right VI navigating the Hudson by
ttetm Connecticut and New-Jersey immediately re-.
fLt6d. They passed laws of a hostile and even beH.
eerent Character and tie OF the Confederation
ara the Chesapeake seemed about 70 be repeated A
stcantost fIom NewJersey, bearing the significant
..r.- u IL H. 1T. 49,