, 1861-11-19

efeud free soil and free labor from all foes.
With regard to dan ger from the NORTH, none
IN he apprehended unless from Great Britain
: the wsy Of the st. LaW1ence, the Canaaas,
srals and lakes, unless it be through many
undred miles,at leaat, of a efmilar population,
'edded to the GoyeTnment Of the United
crest Ean weave around free people,
lance 1t the map will show that We are near-
, four hundred miles from the nearest point
# British territory By water. They can only
each Is through narrow pass, TIE straits,
llunys at hand and Of necessity always to be
ound UPON the laEes--our steam Tugs (aome
Of which are already trane fesred to the Navy
Dn the ocean) and our Lake Marine, so Is to
be actually inaccessible to any naval force.
which Great Britain can ever send against Us.
Chicago ia as secure from its natural position,
with our Tugs and Lake Marine, If naval
stores and material to arm them ate at hand,
deposited at this point, AZ any place which can
be named in either New York, Pennsy1Vanfa,
Ohio OF Indiana, or even Wisconsin, ct all
suited for the distribution OF arms or military |
OF naval munitions. .....
IL Conveniexce-In one day, between Sun |
and sun, with our present facilities, NC can |
trsntpoit any qusntity Of military or naval |
munitions which could By possibility be re |
quired, to eitker Cincinnati, Cleveland, lndi- |
annapolis, St. Louis, Cairo. Quincy, Muscatlne, |
Burlington, Rock Island, Davenport, Da- |
Fond du Lac, Detroit, Monroe, Toledo, San
dusky, or anJ intermedlate point By rail, while
By water, Green Bay, Mackinac, and the whole
northern frontier Of Lake Superior aad the
other lakes, are accessible at every point to
our shipping, than which, whether steamers,
finer, faster, or better appointed vessels in the
merchsnt service in the whole world. It any
communication is desirable with the interior,
the Illinois and Michigan Canal, without
necessary tTsHEhipment, connects with every
point On the Miesissippi river, on the Ohio,
Tennessee and Cumberland rivers On the
East and On the Missouri and all it's nAgigable
tributaries on the West, as well a. with al the
other streams emptyipg into the Great Father
ct Waters from its mouth to its source.
In these respects as depot and a. point
Ct distribution Of arms and the munitions OF
war, Ctlcago would feem unrlVal1ed. Beside
| this, however, but little more than twenty feur
hcurs By rail even now we're it not for the
border rufIians Of Northern Missouri, traufere
arms, &c, to LeayenNorth and Lawrence in
| aveDging Kansas, and will, by connections a.
ready e1iAtiDg OF spssdily. to be co%9plq9sed} g
| Or Greer Bay, and aI no distant day even at
| Superior City, ii lille all points east, this side
Of Cleveland, Erie and Buffalo, can be reached
more EASILY and readily hence than eyen from
! 11{[eDDfEQ OF IuCuUAEL
From the lessons already taught our Gov
eminent, large supplies Of the material Of war
| must ever hereafter ba deposited somewhere
in the interior. For months, this State as
well at Ohio, Indiana and Iowa, after h2stili.
ties had actually commenced, was At the
| mercy of any five Thousand laWlese, determined
disciplined men, bent either On conquest o.
plunder, notwithstanding our population to .
| m8n was ready ever to use every means, and
to yield their lives even to defend free soil an6
| free labor upon our Own ttrr1tory. From th1t
point, arms and munitions Of war sufficient
fo1 the two millions Of fighting men {au mer
fight here who are true to the country in th
great No11hHest,) can be distributed With
twenty -four hours with our present means 0
transportation alone, and this without com
FeliDg any Of the two millions to march NOR
Than sir gle day to arm themselves. # TIL
is not strictly true to day, i've yeara after tn
i. conclusion Of this war, should It become Hee
eeeaIy, will make 1t matter Of history. Wha
more need be said on the matter Of conTt
nience.
Of transportation and accessibility, which i
that eyent-Whfch renders military 1nunition
: neceaeary-makes time money; yea, muc
l. more than money. I will add that as to mat
' rIals for such manufacture, our facilities are,
i not greater, not behind those Of any oth'
u locality.
= II We need lron-the rav material, wheth'
: In the bar, the pig OF the ort-it can be tran
- ported here cheaper than the Manufacture
:. = article. Iron from Pennsylvania even, takiI
It sll things into consideration, including pac
o ages, csn be transported to be manufacture
# here for 10o, ,000 rifles for from one-third
- cne-half the cost Of transporting the man
~ factured arms. In our grain trade, freight (
iron, coal, salt and such articles Is often me-
lynominal when compared with other frefgh
t being ditficnlt for vessels to procure balla
BetideS, We are By no means dependent
Pennsylvania. The choicest Of iron Is fou
in WiEconsin and Missouri, and the iron
T. the Lake Superior country is unsurpassed
h its richness and purity. This State, as well
N Iowa, Wisconafn and Missouri, abound in le:
which, in . protracted war, is almost ss ls1
u an article Of consumption as iron: Woods
IN the finest quality for the manufacture Of
Id arms, are found In the greatest abundance
of the forests Of Wisconsin, Michigan, and In
~ ana. Coal OF the cheaper varieties enrich
ur borders Of our caaa and underlies our r
w. roads, and can be cold in this city at pr
"a. at three dollars per ton, while If tue choi
" varieties are necessary, five dollars per ton
u sometimes less will command the best
at anthracite AID bituminons coal, except, T
which may be somewhat hig her; but upon
OF of 1t the consideration Of transportation,
ce ready alluded to, is materially affected by
ere large and everi1.c1eas{ng grain trade, nh
he must always make freights up the lakes CT
pa1atire]y light.
GAsE &1AE lhI HVElEEA kA0 417l4 ACIC7a1
for tie manufacture Of aTn6, but the princi
,1v adyantsge Of Chicago es location over E:
- e1n citiea, must ever lie In the matter Of 8
'7l' sistence. Other things being equal, where
en- the necesearies Of life are chesp, there Ia
Of must be cheap also. For time loca1 In
ps ~ stances Of limited extent and merely Il
EN- considerations, sooner or later must yield
ter, this great Law J; and today, aside from
her fortnitous circumstances Of the War, I do
;va If in the whole country, any place eau be fo
-, where constant, reliable labor can be obtai
de- at 70 cheap rate as in Chicago.
b. For the purpose Of habitation the vi
and bouEdless prairie TO the Mississippi is cpe1
extend our city as far as any onf cau nj
ON ard habItatione on the north, south and .
,sic vil1 only be limited by the nse Of steam
one ho1se railroads, and he convenience Of 1s Il
1no cumatances land for the habitatlon Of tht
borer can never be very dear:
4 Of Fuel, for the reason stated above can NJ
abs be ye high fs Ta ofn he,' et
be stone, brick, lime and lumber-are az ch
and or cheaper, than In the inland cities Of Nj
,r 81 chueetts, New York and Pennsylvania.
ce1ies and dry goods are not generally d
ut 1t land and Celais, o. perhaps Augusta, '
ex- the prices OF the latter under We1teru g,
~, prise, stimulated by what must prove a
'ou tective tariff, entailed upon reluctant
TOO for the next fifty yea1s BY the great rebel
afest must yield, a Wen eB under the other
va. ences, which am endeayoring In this
mun1catlon to elucldate.
On In al the other staples Of life We hay
immeree advantage over tha other
States Of New Yo1E, Pennsylvania and n
chufetts. To-day, corn OF last years grc
and 1T for shipment, is selling at 90 cen
- store; oats at 15@l6c; re, SO1<@31c;
3 IN | sprirg wheat, 70c; No. 3, 66c; -four,
and spring, IS TO@5 80; beant, navy, $I25@
sar, common, 75c@$1.15; eggs, 9@91Sc = do
sAle chickens, live, 81 25@1 50 per dozen; br
shall fair, 5@6c; shipping, 7@Sc; extra, 8
this. choice, 10@117@c; apples, 81 5@25o pa!
the bssf st cattls: 1so o11@sA }S Per pon1d hogs,
sa1 to Ssc. cooI ~ oflc N ne4 bns11e1 ~A0'~' '~At
Perhaps I have elaborated this en-
There arc other suggestions which mig
made. might refer to our Lake Conn
exceeding In yalue the whole foreign
to1s- me{ce Of the count1y-defended now b
oer Of little steamer Michigan armed bY flnglt
+ that might speak Of the immense trade whit
specie Sapthn ~ su1 a-1set haTe thno%n mn
voted nntH nur Tarehouses and means Of tra,
about taticn are Ill overdone, and Va cy,
StAse enough! apd R1cn mus. se tsS MarId rGt1r N
1850 3ss M tfoM LIP nsss = ,nI tsa al Ixw1ens
1t his OF the i've OF six mi1lions Of loyal T
hends who now inhabts West q ne l4kes,
teSable eestein ooannAy u AnI 1;,b;o tsn Iea,
the cloee Of the present rebellion, Will .
Ing upon new land wRxrant8 over the
elected nrd:mcuntains west Of that boundary
Adiu. rate its valleys and hilstdes to the
Hen1 Pecifc; md Also, Of the twenty-fTe, m
.Sa who will inhabit the area, within the ne