Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-01-02

J. Some COUNT there are on the tributarie,
d of the Tennessee. and trade in some thing:
= with Cincinnati. That region viii be found
S when the Gcor Ia Convention assemblies
s for the Union. S, will Northern Alabama
e in the valley Of the Tennessee; aud 50 t. 4
much greater extent will be found Ken
2 tu,ky and I,nue -sse-States whose whole
r commerrial existence depends on the p,liti-
ell integrity of the Mississippi valley.
Here we may revert to past history. in
: illustration OF the utter impssibility of any
severan,c o.; the States of this valley
Before the purchase of Louisiana. when
Spsnish Governors ruled in New Orleans,
an association was formed in Kentuc to
Iro -ure the free navigation of the MissiS-
Il .pi Some Of the members of the asso-
ciati,n werr distinguished and influential
/ 1t proceeded 81 far tha- a eurru.t CORES
pondrnce with the spanish authorities was
held. The whole p ,litical idea Of the Wes-
tern people ceutercd in the desire to open
the Mississippi; an it wls ppm BY proposed
to sever the Union with the oil States, in
order by the union with the Spinish pro
vinccS to found an empire on the MiSsssip-
pi and its trade 1t Was considerations of
this sort which hI'tened the purchase of
Louisiana, and thus cut off all sch mes of
disuniou from the old Suites. in arler to
procure the full dominion of Mississippi
Turn now To the present time and what
has been done? We Fought Louisiana
founded ncs States aud aduli ted them in
to ths Union. The empire which was
ught and anticipated. has been obtained.
A g.eIt nation has arisen ia the Valley Of
the Mississippi. ceneuted together by every
tie OF commerce, Of intercourscs. Of cOnSau- /
suinity, anlof interest. which can ossi-
bly, exist among neighboring States. and
the whsle crowned with inqunerahle bles- !
sngS Of nature In the midst laving eve /
~ shore flows that sublime type OF power
and wealth. the Mississippi. which. COM
mencing in the little sandy lakes of Min
ne>ota. and. with its tributaries. touching
ghteeR StdteS. makes its outlet into tse
Mexican seas. How can that be divided?
How can the States upon its shores he sep
grated? 1Ley obviously cannot If it
was an al important olj,ct tn secure the
fr navigation Of the Mississippi in the
infant settlements of the country, how much
more impjrtant now? There are no / s.
tLan 'tr,lre miLiio"s ctPe pile in the States
Of the valley, and nine -tenths Of the whole
number live Gbore the States whose leaders
propose to secede. Can any mortal in his
senses surpose that these ten millions of
people who live abov; will quietly see tt c
mouth Of the Mississippi block i up or in
os ession of foreign power, and custom
US : put there to tax Western produ, e?
Tn: thing is in;on;eivlhIy absurd. Su h
at event attempted would not onl pr.duce
war. but war Of terrific import. lie
" Jol. People of the West would be in a {
state Of Indignation. Could they NIT
States which had ken bought Of foreign
country. and reared into vigOl ly the gov i
srnm ut of the Union, with unnatural in =,
gratitude and the clearest treason. thus to .
strike the people who raised them into be-
inc? 1t would be no question If Slavery. u
II at would be bauishcd at oncc. 1t would h
ermmcrcial death to kentuc y, I,unes-
;ee aud Missouri to permit such separa- :
ion, while the States NORTH of tie Ohio il
will never separate from them. 1t would
y impossible. The plea. too. of State |
verciguties, when applid to those which Il
.amc in under the Louisiana purchase. be- o
.omeS still more absurd When was Lou n
81 IA ever dep, nd, mt and sovereign? :,
We have seen that South Carolina and n
7.orida, with a large part Of Georgia and t,
A.ahama, are comparatively isolated : +,
Hence their danger AMI excitement. Re- m
emily. these States have cpmmrnccd and
,irtially eomfletcd. an extensive railroad :
ystem. Had that been few years earli- v
#. the disunioB sentiment would be much A
esS. But the IN st important plrt-that 5,
omecting South Carolina directly with =,
)hio-iS not dine. -
he principle of- commercial communal v
ati"n on ilIturrl routes suggests i future e'
lng'r to the Pacific States. The great Sc
eme-ly National Rliiroad-slvuId be "
applied We should omit no -,
leaus of strengthening the bonds Of COM "
nercial ani friendly intercourse. Let Us 81
K warning from the present. and pre- IN
ent the evils of the future in. Ga ii