East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-03-14

| tho North II civil war Is aNoideu' III Is
possible that system of commercial
treaties, aud oompacts Of reciprocal obll-
CATION may continue to us inter State free
trade common postal arrangements and
a general copyright aud patent LAW
but 90 make this probable, no such OPP
pressive system as the Morrill, Tariff
should be in operation at the North.
Indeed, no such system, framed to
sustain those protected industries from
which fanaticism has driven OF home
! market of twelve millions of consumers,
could ever be endured 10y the commercial
people of the producing States. This
problem is before those who are willing
to drive the South out Of the Union:
can New York City as the Emporium
of commerce, or New York State be the
avenue of interchange between Europe
and the West, while the tariff blocks up
the ports of the North, aud those of the
South arc thrown open?
We speak Of condition Of affairs in
which the existence of separate Confed-
eraces will be established facts. Then
there will he no alternative. The wall of
prohibition, which surrounds the North
ern ports, must come down, We must
batter them down in self defence. They
will no more serve for protection than
the porcelain walls Of China. They may
obstruct Commerce; but they cannot pro-
tect manufactures,
Wether New England consents or not;
and even though Pennsylvania should
unite TO keep them mp, the great and
growing Northwest will decree their fall.
New DIRK is the port of entry, not of the
State alone, but Of all the West, on
line reaching far below its own parallel Of
latitude; and the interest OF tins section
demands freedom of trade.
The aptahy of the men who look upon
the disintegrstion of the Union with
calmness, because they do not realise the
consequences, is wonderful. They cry
ont for liberty, while living upon an arti-
fetal system Of protection. 1t comes in
a shape they did not expect, and it
sweeps away their prosperity like tor
nado-Thus far, they do not realise it..
When they do, it will be too late.-At
Jany -Atlgs s. AyyHs.
The New Apportionment of Representatives
in tiie Legislature
Is as follows The county Of Wayne,
nine; the counties of Ienawee and Oak
land, five each; the counties of Calhoun,
Washtenaw, and Kent, four each; the
counties of Monroe, Hillsdale, Branch,
st. Joseph, Berrien, Kalamazoo, Jackson,
Macomb, Genesee, and st. Clair, three
each; the counties of Cass, Van Buren,,
Livingston, Ingham, Eaton, Barry, Ale
gan, Ottawa, Ionia, Clinton, Shiawassee,
Iapeer and Saginaw, two each; the coun-
ties of Sanilac, Huron, Tuscola, Ontona-
gon, aud lloughton, one each. The coun-
ties of Muskcgon and Oceana shall COM
pose a Representative district, and be
entitled to one Representative; the
counties OF MontcaIm, isabella, and
Glare shall compose a Representative dis
trict, and be entitled to one Representa-.
tive; the counties Of Newaygo, Mecosta,
Lake, Osccola and Mason shall compose
a Representative district, and be entitled
to one Representative; the counties of
Manistcc, Grand Traverse, Leelanaw,
Emmett, Antrim, Otsego, Crawford,
kalhaska, Mssankee, and WcXford shall
compose a Representative district, and be
entitled to one Representative the coun-
ties of Gratiot, Midland, Gladwin, and
Roscommon shall compose Representa-
tive district, and be entitled TO one Rep
re5entativc; the counties OF Bay, Ogemaw,
losco, Oscoda, Moutmorenci, Alpcna,
Prcsque Isle, and Chcboygan shall com
, pose a Representative district, and be
entitled to one Representative; the coun-
ties Of Marquette, Chippewa, Schoolcraft,
and Delta shall compose Representative
district, and be eaticled to one Rcprescn-
tativc: and the counties Of Macknaw and
Manitou shall compose a Representative
district and be entitled to one RcpreSen-
tative.