New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-18


svir IF 10 eops 'hs; but few years sicce were
bu, little more ought of han IL they had been amo "
tie Rocky mountains and hoee already maze prove 10
be but The precursors cf oher ard more ion ortsn ONES
about 10 be constructed To the making Of thu Read
NC road vs have been Indebted TO- the cop-true'i
OF hst 70 Caia sss Willamspert and Elmira-tor hat
Lebanon and Tor the ore nos in process OF consrac
tion, BY which this city vi be cooneesed viz sun
| bury and tie whole Sssqlehsnna valley. To the
Prnnyvapa c. niral railroad sc are Indebted for the
.np6eld and the Broad Top re,ds aud for that pro
jec,ed from Tyrone To Rio g~sv through pa OF the
ate that hes until recently been almost as much snut
On. from communication with the world ss the Ne
brsst territory Esch step ia but the reoaraton FOR
| Lew apo greater ole Look where we may, the
zane picture meets our view, ana where, but few
: Years CO. our State was almost entirely destltue
Of comm unic ations we may conf iently assert
that b. fore the apse Of second future period of i've
year, only shall be in possession of system that
will give 10 every county In II more perfect power OF
communication With every part OF the Union, north
south, east and west than is enjoyed BY any SINH
extern country in any portion Of the Union. II our
readers doubt his lei them take up map OF the State
end satisfy themselves, as they may, of the fac.
The shortest tine Of Communication between the
East and the West lice through Pennsy lyaes, and no
road can be made that rW not furRssk local trade
that EU pay the cost Of construction Ia ibis lies the
difference between roads and those of Ne]lOrk.
The latter depend TO great extelt on the distant
trade, and ust become dependent upon 1t from
year year her interior towns and cries decline,
and With the dmnution Of the way trade there must
be increased ibcuty in maintaining the distant one
Our roads, tie contrary must become lees DEEPEN
deLt with every year, auo tho less their dependence
on the distant trade, the more cheapy will they be
able TO ,sry the products of distant lands TasgreG
hghray Of the Union IS destined to be through
PeHnsl irania, and New York lie BOW uninention1lly,
dong all that lies in hfr power 10 scare that such
.hsL be The case in the shortest possible period For
years past the whole efforts Of that State have been
given 10 building up her great city at the cost of
sacrificing all her other irteress Ii the city desired
10 have mint the representatives of the State will
insy shut u cir eyer 10 he fact that tue cotton and
wooden mi Is OF the State were being closed Ii the
city desired TO have large appropriations for s'e,m-
ships the refentatves of The State ready 10
sac flee the interests Of the iron producing counties
for tie accomplishment of that great object. II the
c eesred 10 for itself the brokerage OF the
proc ucts of Canadian aDds the senators of the State
were ready TO cose Their eyes to the fact that the
cIrooity treaty must g1eaty diminish the value of
The lands of New.Yok and must produce hssvy
drain, both of population and Of wealth, from It's in
terror counties. II the great city builc palaces
the representatives, of the State find that great fact
abundant COZ ISOLATION for the decline Of inaad VIII
lages, towns and cities.
As rece sssIy consequence of this course of policy
the interior of the State lie rapidly declining in both
wealth and population az Ia shown by the lac
Roche sttr and Albany, Troy and Lockport, Auburn
ard Syracuse, but recently so rapidly advancing.
have become stationary, or nearly so; and as the
cspses hat have produced this state of things must
operate from year 10 year with augmented force, IL
may, think fairly be asserted, that the next five
years viii exhbi, a'erisl dimlnution IN the pOpu-
latior of The State ouside % the cities OF New York
spd Buffalo, and perhaps Oswexo. How this viii tell
upon TIE representation OF the State aud upon its posi-
tiop in tie Union will be upon the examination Of
facts ba' we derive from one OF her city Jour
nails From si0 81 1850 the total increase Of the State
WIS s7O, COO, of which New York and Buffalo gave
500 eco and the remainder of the State 36 600; and
Notwithstanding this increase the STATE lost one men,
Der Of Con,rts At the next census the total populs
ton of tie Uuiop will be greater by at least fifteen
per cent unless she ain nearly 100000 she must
IOse n thsn one member at the next apportiou
ment. That her whole Increase will be greatly short
Of half million we fully believe aud should such
provo 10 be the case she mua. fall from her present
repre- seDtation of thirty three to OF thirty one
Directly the reverse OF all this is what being done
in our State. While New York is breaking down all
her interior towns and ciiies, We are not only building
H. those that exist but creating ones sud
otbers must Of uecessi be created the various lines
Of road in course OF construction. Each of these
becomes market for The produce of the vicinity, and
thus not only offers Inducements to the already
there 10 Iemaip, but for Others 70 come from abroad
ana thus, while New-York l. diminishing the az
tsction Of her FARMS we are building 10 our
towns and increasing the attractions Of our lands the
nece, sery coDst quence of which must be rapidly
sns s.s and to lo 9aT
per cent with gain Of one member of congress.
In the present decenIial period il must inevitably be
much greater ard we shall find ourselves greatly in
error If il do not prove sufficient TO give two addi
tioral members Of congress. Should il do go and
il hes begun tire representations under the of
1890 will stand tbrtyone TO twenty. seven, giving
difference of only four against ten under the census of
1870, and eight under that of 1e50.
With each succeeding year the difference Of growth
uDst we think, become more manifest TIE grand
difficulty with US las been TO obtain roads but that is
DOW happily III course of being rapidly surrounded;
ard IL State is bound, 81 We think, to present sttrac
lions for in migration equal perhaps might say
peror, TO those OF any portion Of the CDion-such at
fractions A. will secure that under the of 1870
nOV Only fifteen 3eas distant she will take her place
in The u ion being not only the Keystone, but the
Empire State. To those who may feel disposed 10
doubt that such will prove to be the case would
suggest the expectancy of fun shne to the
fol Ow ing question: If Pennsylvania, almost totally
nnprovideo with roads, has steadily gained on New.
York for twenty years past is she not bound to gain
upon her with Itniteiy greater rapidly that she
II, or about TO be, as well supplied with roads as
New York herself
Before closing, we may be allowed to add word
about Our neigbbor Ohio. 1t must be within the
recollection Of mspy Of readers that prior 10 the
last cepsus there prevailed throughout that S'ate
confident belief that the time had arrived when she
n gft contest with Pennsylvania the second place in
the CriCn. Tie actual enumeration of her people,
however, dspelled this agreeable uson, and brough
with it the Notifying fact that while Pennsylvania
OBJ aimed one more member, Ohio had for the frat
time in her history become stationary. The cause
for this is obvious. Her whole efforts have been
given to making roads for people TO pass through
the State and make their way 10 the cheaper lauds
of the West, while diminishing the inducem mt TO
rfmatn ana cultivate her own lands With aouud-
apce Of coal and iron ore abe closes her furnaces a1d
with abundance Of fuel TO furnish steam to drive her
mile, ard ihus make a market for her food and her
wool sbe appears In Congress sc the advocate OF a
system that makes her depeL dent distant market
for the sale of Der wool aDc her wheat and for the pur
chase ofibe cothii for her men, women and children
end The iron with which TO msse her roads, How the
icy is now eraI Dot only On her, but others
OF the Western States, sho@n in the follOTiog para