Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-05-10
From the Columbus tOhio} Gazette.
The Mississippi Ealley-The Next Presidency.

The year 1860 Is RAPIDLY approaching. when
tie people OF these United States " Ill again be
called urun To vote tor i President and Wee
President. IL j. lime thA, tsIe true friends OF
CUR common country We're seriously rejecting
uuuu the subject. There certain grave CON
sidefatiuts that rise far above the atmosphere of
real party, which ought TO attract general at
tcutIou. Standing aiout from the recognized
political organizations Of The day. and claiming
10 occupy q better position Tor calm observation
than can he occupied By any mere PaFtlzan, Ne
have bestowed upon this subject our most de-
lbcr;l;e reflection for some time past. and now
dslrt. in two or three articles, u submit 10 our
readers and the public, the results OF this refec-
lIon. and the reasons upon which they are base o.
We premise by asserting what every lntell-
gent observer Will al once admit, that the cen
tr. and controlling poiIltcal power of this Union
Will -,4on he III the great Mississippi alley
Indeed II may, without hoastiug, be SAID 10
abide here the present time The census "t
Io6U viii startlr the world with the rapid strides
Of the States of the alley IN population The
relative increase of our delegation IN Congress
over those of the original thirteen States, under
/ the coming apportInumeut Will be such dem
onstration OF our political progress and power as
To- settle forever all doubts upon the subject
I And all the signs of the times 90 70 prove tina.
The decade from 1860 TO 1870 will show that the
progress of the States between the AileghanIcs
ana he Rocky Mountains in population Will ex-
cecd hat ot any previous ten years IN the MS
/ tory Of our country. But Inns progress Is IN no
sense confined 10 mere population. We have
ali the essential clements OF material wealth
\ urufgselv scattered over this valley, and Tor
iheir proper developments We have 40 hardy,
/ energetic. and enterprisIng a people, that our
progress IN wealth, material greatness and pow
sr ,yIIl even outStrp our mary cloU> increase III
population We have schools, colleges and pub
/ lie Libraries; have railroads 10y the tens OF
I thousands of miles; have canals. turnplkcs
and tclegraphs. We have vast inland seas the
commerce upon which already exceeds IN value
all the foreign trade of The States of The Union
We have the most stupepdous system OF inter
I nal navigation by means % tae vast rivers that
convey 10 the Gulf the accumulated waters OF
I half continent. We are, by our geographical
/ u,,sitiou the arbisers and the peace makers be-
| tween the sectional interests of the y orth and
| the South We are not subservlent TO The man
I ufac,ures of the one or the cotton and sugar OF
! the other We have strong ties which do now
! and will ever connect Us with each. We can
not afford and we shall not permit them to
/ quarrel 10 such an extent as 70 endangeT the
! lscace and pernlaaence Of the Union. The val
/ ley of the Mississippi, from its position, must
ever remain to-, patriotic and conservative por-
tion Of our country We have vital and ma
terIal interest in the perpetuIty oil tae union oi
these States We have brothers and dear friends
! both at the North and the South We buy from
them, sell % them. travel with, and NIX with
them in all The relations of beslness, and oi So
( cial life \ section of our common country
thus situated las q right 10 he heard, and 70
have her voice respected n the choice OF our ru-
leFs-
/ The States upon our Pacific coast are eecoIn-
+ ing rcstive under the repeated failures OF Con-
Zress to prepare for the construction OF a railroad
/ from The Mlsssssippi TO the Valley oil the Sacra-
neuto. The San Francisco papers already De-
. -In to talk OF a new and independent Republic
uf States west Of the Rocky Sount1ins- We CT
+ the Mississippi VALLEY, from our position nave 4
stronger hold on the Pacific States thar those
upon the extreme Atlantic. We form the great
/ center aud must ever retain our ascendency
( over both the East and the Vest Ia the elements
i OF material wealth and political power Oar
T interests must ever be blended With each sec
/ rioa SO as TO enable us. without prejudice, 10
mcte out equal aud exact justice 10 all The
Pacific States viii. from the nature OF The case,
4 look 10 Us sooner than any other section for as
! sIsfarce in all the measures which Will tend 10
promote their growth and prosperity.
+ The vast and fertile Valley OF the Mississippi
that broad and magnificent domain, which
stretches from the Alleghanies 10 the Rocky
Mountains and which embraces within us bor-
ders the finest, richest, and most productive
lands cf the world. should begin TO assert its
prerogstive and demand its true position IN
giving teRe aud shape TO the destlnles oi th.s
Republic We have the numbers, the wealth.
the position, the intelligence; have We not the
ability and craftsmanship TO command the at
;en;ion, and secure the cooperation OF other
portions Of the Union2 Let Us dwell 3 moment
} on this question.