New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-26

rock or mountain than any region equally
wat ia the world, temperate in climate,
though approaching the troPic on the south
aid the limits of desOlati0g cold oa the
perth, it is pierced by several ofthe nObless
and most beautiful rivers on the globe. The
gran5est prairies alternate with belts Of
timber throughout its southern half Is
filed with beds of the richest and most ac-
cessible Coal /. and Iron while, further
north, still richer and more valuable Iron
Ore abounds, with the most productive aud
exhaustless deposits of Lead and Copper.
Best of all, hardy and industrious popu-
lation, mainly drawn from the best blood Of
the older States, but attracting some valued
elements from Europe also, has overspresd
and is rapidly overspreading its surface,
Transforming its prairies into vast fields Of
luxuriant grain and hewing its forests into
buildings, steamboats, and less expensive
vessels. The great Lakes whish irregulaay
form its northern border dip far into the
country on either side Of the Peninsula Of
Michigan and at the head Of Lake Superior,
approaching the navigable waters Of the
Ohio, the Wabash, the Illinois and the Mis-
sissippi pectively, suggesting and urging
the construction of canals to connect them
with those rivers. By these deep indenta-
items their own share Of Lake coast is thus
increased to some twenty-five hundred
miles. forming the nOblest chain of cheap,
natural inland transportation ever enjoyed
by man.
But the bOunties of Providence are never
bestowed in uumeasured prodigality. They
uniformly require human care and effort to
render them thoroughly available. The
very absence of mountains and rugged
ridges, which renders the soil so inviting
and fruitful, creates an extraordinary soar
CITY of natural harbors or other shelter for
shipping from the frequent and violent gusts
and gales which that same dearth Of ele-
waited land renders inevitable. Nowhere
is navigation more exposed to sudden and
terrible disasters nowhere are the hardy,
akillful, venturous seamen more frequently
strswed 10 death along the savage shores
from which no combination of foresight.
preeaution and seamanship would have
saved the devoted craft to which they had
committed their fortunes and their lives.
No section Of the globe ever more immi.
nendy needed a wise, providsnt, paternal
Public Policy than does the great North
West whose features we have thus hastily
portrayed. Her Rivers would amply repay
within year the appropriations required
to render them extensively navigable; her
Lakes need but safe and accessible Harbors
at reasonable intervals to insure that they
be rapidly whitsned with the canvas Of
vessels engaged in active, profitable and
most benefcent commerce; while very
moderate appropriations to the Improvement
Of the st. Clair Flats above Dstrsit, tho
shadows of the st. Mary's River below the
Saul, and the construction of Ship Canal
around the Saul Itself, SAY Six Hundred
Thousand Dollars in all-would give an
unbroken line of Steamboat Navigation for
vessels Of liberal draft from the Falls Of
Niagara to the furthest extremities Of Lake
Superior. These improvements, even sup
posing the Public Lands thus rendered asces.
sible and inviting to be given away, would
speedily repay their own cost in the increase
of Revenue from Imports alone. The Lake
Superior region alone would rapidly increase
ITS population to One Hundred Thousand, OPP
ening an immense market for the Food of the
West and the Fabrics of the East, while
sending them in return ample supplies Of
the finest Copper and Iron. The bountiful
harvests Of Wisconsin, Illinois and Michi-
gan would find market almost at their
doors; the new State of Superior would ab.
sOrb the greater share Of their Agricultural
staples, supplying them in return not only
with Metals but with bills of Exchange on
the East; while the timber of Northera
Michigan, the Wisconsin and the upper
Mississippi would find markets in tho new
settlements, villages and Agricultural re-
gions to an extent now hardly conceivable.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT, with fit encour-
agement of Home Production of the Met.
ais, Wares and Fabrics now inordinately
imported from Europe, is calculated, and
we hope destined, 70 increase the Popu-
latiop, Industry and Prosperity of the
North. West in ratio hitherto unknown.
- But Che North West laboYs under
one pexvading scosrge more blighting than