The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-04-16
Domestic Commerce.

the STATES cannot nave escaped the quick
intelligence of The American people. That
one simple argument skaters at a blow the
specous reasoning Of those who seek TO
prove that dissolution Of the conrederacy
of these sovereign States can possibly work
good 10 any portion OF the country. Snn.
pose. for the mere sake Of argument, HAT
that diSunion project OF the late Worcester
fanatics WAS 10 prevail and the free labor
States were separated from those in which
negro labor Is believed To he valuable: on
What common basis wonll Massachusetts,
and Illinois from common unonl On
what common basis Of interest or DESTINY
would Oregon and Maine form union?
Coming South, where would he the mate.
rial for n union between Maryland and
Texas! The Grand Trunk railway of Cana,
da finds its terminus ri Portland. The
baltimore and Ohio Railroad binds Mary.
land and OHIO together with bands of IRON.
The Mississippi, IN its eternal flow, reflects
the inSeparable interests OF Minnesota Iowa.
Kansas and Nebraska with those of Ten
nessee Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louis.
ana. THIS glorious Union, based on the
material interests and geographical necessi.
ties OF the people, has n future and desti.
ny, under the protecting influence Of wise
Providence, which man may not set aside.
The States are 'joined ,ogether" hy the
memories of our revolutionary struggle for
independence, by the patriotism of The peo-
pie, and by the laws of trade.
Washington, in his Farewell Address,
pointed out the connexion Of interest 10
which we refer between the planting States
and the commercial States, between the
South and the North. and this interest has
assumed still another form since the vas,
increase of The cotton crop and the growth
of manufactures in New England. The
commercial necessities Of The country. how.
ever, from tho very beginning, constituted
one OF the strongest reasons which led TO
the Union. "An unrestrained Intercourse
between the States themselves" (argued
one of the writers of the Federali>O will
advance the trade of each by an interchange
of their respective productions, not only for
the supply Of reciprocal wants, but for ex
portauon 10 foreign markets" 1T may be
replied to his" Ohe same writer adds J
that, whether the States are united or
disunited, there would still be an in.
innate intercourse between them, which
would answer .'e same ends but tins IN.
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