The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-01-05

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the south Tbr n,,r;nt;. and i,., ,n..,, ,,bo
participated in That ac, were Influenced
by motives far above all sectional iealousies.
II was the truth the great event which, by
= completing for us the possession Of the val
ley of the MisS:s>ippi. with commercial nc.
cess TO the Gulf of II ,xico. impatt.d unity
and STRENGTH TO the whole c,of.Irr,ti,n
and attached them together 10y indissolub,s
ties the Ea,t and West as well as the North
and Eouth Asto Florida. that was Lnt tine
transfer by Sp,in to the United States of
territory on ia. east side of the Nlississippi
in EXCHANGE for , lo,re Territory which The
United States Transferred to Spain on the
west side of that river rs the entire dilo.
matte history the Transaction demanded NV
the commercial interest and the security of
the whole Union shows In the meantime
the peoplc in the United StotcS had crown
up to proper consciousness of their
strength, and in a brief contest with Franco
and in the second seriols war with Great
Britain they had shaken off all which PC.
manned undue reverence for Europc. and
from the atmosphere of those trans Atlantic
influences which surrounded the infant Re.
public. and had begun TO turn their attcp.
ton TO the fill and systematic devclonmcn,
A & At
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t,on His nrnyision ceased 10 remain os, las,
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shonId he smsccntiLle NJ snld; vision i,tn \
plurality or st,tcs Whatever odv,n,,rcS
The interests Of the sonthcrn states roinrGbv
this were far inferior in results 70 that nm.
folded in the nrocrcss of time m those yybich
spring from ureyious .onccss ions made bv
the south. TO every thoughtful friend 6f
the Union To the true lovers of ,hcir conn.
try. to all who labored long for the fnll suc.
cess of this great experiment Of renubIcan
inctitu,ions il was n c,usc nf conrrstnI,,;on
that such an opportunity had occurred to il.
lustratc our advancing power on this cont.
nent and to furnish to the world additional
assurance Of the strength and stability of
our constitution. Who would wish to see
Florida still European coony? Who would
rcjaoicc to hail Texas as the Lone star in
stead of one Of the Galaxy pr states? WHO
does not appreciate the incalcu'able benefits
of the acquisition of Louisiana? And yet,
narrow views and sectional purposes would
inevitably have excluded them all from the
Union.
But another struggle on the same point en-
sued when our victorious armies returned