Nebraska advertiser., 1858-03-04

These States and Territories are now represented in
Congress by Twelve Senators, Fifty-six Representatives,
and Three Delegates. Under the Census Of 1850, with
the present ratio of representation, they will be- enti-
tied to Eighteen Senators, and from Eighty to Ninety
Representatives, far more than enough to hold the bal
ance of power IN both branches OF Congress between the
North and theSOuth. Instead of hddling second TO these
older sections of the Union and being set aside whenever
the hOnors and emoluments Of Government are distribu-
ted, the world in future will know there is a West. 1t
only wants concert of action, combination if need be,
like our brethren Of the South, 10 have our proper infu-
ence in public affairs. The valley Of the Mississippi and
the basin of these Great Lakes must inevitably be the
Political as we'll as the Commercial centre Of this great
Nation, such is manifest destiny. The trade of these
inland seas now equals our whole foreign traffic, a fact
which lately announced in Congress by one of our West
ern Representatives was dispatched 10y telegraph to the
associated Press, startling the whole country. 1t is time
this Western world threw off its ~Swaddling clothes and
began to set up business for itself 1t has been in the
hands of guardians long enough. 1t is OF age as we in
the West count years, and its manhood should now be as
serted. We are dependent on nobody for nothing, We
raise all we want to eat and wear, and have productive
resources enough to bread and clOthe the world besides.
We nave a Commerce of our own, both foreign and do
nestle. We have the largest Prairies, longest Railroads
and richest lands to be found ON the Globe. We have all
the elements Of individual happiness and national great
ness that any people can desire, and we only need the
determination to consult our common interest and COM
bine our political power to constitute ourselves the centre
and soul of this rising republic. Shall we do it? Shall
we now break OF our vasselage to other and older parts
of this Union, and take our position as the integral hut
independent part of the nation, or shall we continue on
as a mere appendage to the Government? What say our
brethren of the Press to this subject. Let us hear from
gVu ECnl4CluGu. " E kuUM lnGIG d6 mlDOb among YOU
that do their own thinking. Let us see if we cannot
combine and wake up a spirit in the West that will do its
own cting.-Cle1etdnd PIGindeGIer.
There now, the PlaindeaLer has spoken
right out in meeting" and made a mo-
ton which we second heartily; and as
the question is now before the house, hope
to hear it discussed at length by the Press
of the Great West. AS the Plaindealer
intimates, there has been a great deal of
"hinking'' upon that very subject, and
we can see no good reason why there
should not be "dcting" done also; on the
contrary we conceive there are many
very many reasons why we should act.
As justly remarked, we in the West have
been playing second fiddle" long enough,
and have been suffering from neglect,
while the "North'' and South have
been quarrelEing year after year over
matters in which we are very little, if at
all, interested. 1t is high time we wake
up, assert u rights, and let it be known
''there is a West" a .