Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1860-01-02
Navigation of the nis.I,sippI.

/ Some o. OR Westcrn friends are much dis
turbsd with spprt tensions as 10 the manner ia
which se may use the advantage OF our position
ia commanding the mouth OF the n ssiSsipni.
Some Of th' n even so 50 far as to set ~ this
geographical taci BE al iBsurmounisble obstacle
70 the division Of he Uaion. There is much blus-
/ ter about the West rot permitting the South TO
control the uavigl alton OF the river, aud prevent
the free exit and entry Of ships owned by ciizsns
OF other States, and the deposit OF their produce
in our port. On these points We Thick the diff
culties greatly az ggerated. The secession of
Louisiana, her resump i'm Of her sovereignty,
vi |, Of course, carry Eith it all The powers and
rights which recrue to soveseigE and sindepend-
ent nations. There will be 10 I'll ulty 10 main
tanning those rights whenever they nav be ones
toned or assailsd Bat there is little reason 10
apprehend that they ever will be assailed Lou
siins will never claim or exercise any more
power over the navigation OF that portion Of the
Mississippi which flows through her tsrritory,
than has been exercised by the United States
and her oEn State authority.
The ships ana steambos's Of the citizens OF
other States who are friendly 10 US will Be al
loved the same free entry spd kit which thew
have always eri)yed. Ny. more; e commerce
between them and Us, under the rec trade ro'icv
which viii be one of the leading fca.urss Of he
political system OF the sOu'h, Nil be isr Greater
than il ever has been urder tie New E.gland
n e IA
this Government fer the last forty Years AZ tie
West largely produces what We of the South
largely consume, IL will be 10 our interest 20 in
vite and encourage the free Importation of West
err produce intOOu ports. 10 enable our West
ern ueighbors 20 cell their pfoducs 10 us on he
cheapes. terms, we intend 10 give them aaotbeg
which they DO lot now enjoy We
ntend TO opta cur ports free 10 those articles VI
foreign groWto aLo msfnt4cture upon which the
w estern people are low compelled 70 pay duties
)f twenty and twenty five per cent 20 bolster I'd
Eastern capitalists and manufacturers. We il
CId at one blow 70 release tEem from this bur
len. We ia'eBt 10 make trade free; and on. Of
he creates; blessings Of hat system will be, that
Eiil create 'i aid relations OF mutual interest
nd friendship b Seen the South aud great West
Thich no POI. ici revolution can destroy
The valley Of ;he Miss ssppI is ore aud in
Tvs bic 10 ieftrest, and political divisions or
Citations vh-ch ignore this identity will ever Re
erm ment Whether VIC are members Of the
ime or diieFest political communities, com.
lercial rea'i3Ls o. tie closest character will
yer be maintained between the States that lie
long this great srtery OF trade. Such az leas.,
IN be the policy OF tee South. Woe be 20 the
ckless fanatic and madman who shall seek 70
lauge these relations into those OF coI fict and
osiility.
New O.leaus is the natural and Geographical
sPot OF the trade Of the Mississippi valley. The
'thcial system OF protective tariff. and o.her
cil.iies AID aids OF the Federal Government,
I'VE diverted that trade to the Eastern ports,
ID imposed upon 1t the burden Of a more ex.
sDsive transportation TO those ports. Itvillbe
e aim OF the new policy Of the South to abolish
ese interierencss ard obstacles, and to make
ade ss free as the current OF the Mississippi.
our Wsetern friends can not perceive the oper.
lon and advantages OF this change, they have
I less shrevdness and ssgacity than We have
ven them credit for NeT OyIsans Della,