, 1861-01-29

The presence A1nong Is Of the spirited
Northwestern delegation now visiting the city
| IA matter Tor general congratnlation- No event
has struck our citizens more fayurably for
long time, and It laS aspects and phases which
complete The entire circle of Interests, and
| touch them all tayor1biy. The delegation Is a
broad aud liberal QUE, ernbracieG. .ucery de-,
parneht Of business, even those which by O
certain narrow construction are sometimes
ruled ont, and set down as other than business
men,: Tho truth Isl that few; men Of any
worth at all att not, in fact, :metnht7a OF the
/ general business firm, and whether .as t1ayel
ing members OF Partners, writing partners Of
speaking partners, they all hare i good deal to
/. do with: the general settling up nll clalms Of
balances. We arc therefore. glad to sec tho
them as full in i bustness Sense, and- no more
than full Less would not Have satisfied our
expectations, nor those of public here OF in
the cities from which they come.
lnteT-conlmunication and business inter-
course come from mutual knowledge. II no
knowledge OF mutual resources exista, nobody
will be induced to venture on o!,enjn. bust
ness, and it is of1eh true that email and apua-
fcntE unimportant Incidents bring people to-
gether greatly to their joint aud several profit.
To the West and Northwest We Shall be par.
ticularlY iuclined, five 1o1fow.:the plainest.
dictates of: interest, There LIE people gather
with astonishing rapiaity, aud the iLeg build
the most splendid Of the stIuGturrea- which :
rich agricalturc gives basis for. They cannot.
live BY grain rnfs!nse alorc, !, however, or on !
grain alone; they need precisely the conditions
which our. oEn city gives to ferm the compile
ment Of their own development. !, In. daily x
change with them, We gCt What We Lack as they
get what they most t1unt, and as distance is Z
small o4sidcration comparatively, and trefghts
cost little, there is NO reason wny re should,
not open q business ten times as t:rcat as that
We now eondpet With tho region Of enterprise
and energy from which ouI, spirited and wpl- 4
come guests conc.
:: 70 tbs work:Iet dur merchants, IS ven is
Ill other membe1s:o8 the general business
,1rns' Of Philadclphia, strajshtway nddness
thef1iselyes. It Is IN ente1prise-that+ viii be
rewarded m Investment that Hill pay. It has |
dozen phascs OF merit on which atatcsman.
or schphFf OF tencher OF the highest duties |
Of Life might hang un apprupriats and itrcslsti-
ply forcible; argument; AZ Is a 1nattet IN |
broader basis even than the bottom Of a grain
or cattle car; though grain md cattle lead the
The proceis sioa as tiiey sholAd;: !:Who Is FcadT
to add anew tie to Mc union Of PhiS4delnhi3
With the Northwest? Who is not rcadJ: in.
decd, for DO man would dare to hint tlat tht
rsmotest dyi1 isedhtlngcn:: dn such ati Alliance?
iii =. :Ftom tho Philadelphia Dalletln,l
IT mot 10 be Expected that the friendly 1
Tlst5 Of The 'NofthWcstefn- -aitft5 to Philaief. f.
'hia should ahow .beI efeial1tsuifs Immediate.
j.. Yet ne knaw TINT already m=hy II thousaud H.
lnllats. worth Of goods have been purchased
y gentlemen who neyer before bought dol
;ssaaSF "a M9Fth 81 f&ssssslRe sss feai5Bs @
ed h Ibis exuutai61 nj GROW til cordfa1ity f.
na 1tnportanee, tan1 every yEars5tiit d i'd PHI
deiphta plotting by Them more and more;,I
Rhent the facilities are increased for tzauguort.
p: mtefri fEEQomI MaTR aud Chicago, tho ttr