, 1861-11-07
Total ....... a,351.54a 6,40a, ,4s5 o1ss1

It is thus seen that about one:half the popu
latlou OF the loyal States. Ia now found west of |
the Allegheny mountains, and the ratio OF In |
crease points to . day not distant, when
The country is vast plain, without natural |
barriers to defend 1t, or any Of those mountain
Businesses which In other countries have often !
been proved the stropgholds Of liberty and M |
tiona1 Independence. At this moment, ,its citI-
zens are atrayed In aIms, to defend It from vast
equally open to attack. Il abounds in wealth,
pa1ticulsrly In grain aud cattle, which are
most tempting to ambitious military leaders,
and starving a1mies Its position most nearly
resembling Egypt, once free and powerful,
nation. az.
The commerce Of Chicago alone, which only
dates back about twenty years, and ia still
in it's Infancy, amounts In value, during the
year 1861, to $500, ,00o, 600 and added to that Of
other cities on the lakee. makes total Of over
merce Of the thirty -four United States WITH all
foreign countries; get this eaa soadla has no
other defense than one urased resse, mounting
il would not be difficult to show that under
thepnlicY Of ftheGovernment hitherto pursued,
the great interests Of this extensive region,
both as regards encouragement and protee-
ton to commerce. and afordiRg means Of
se1Edefence, have been greatly neglected, and
it Will be In vain to hope that compensation
ftr this neglect can he made by establishing
smother National A1mnry in any OF the East.
EN- States, even If located at Pittsburgh, on
the western slope of the AleghRnies. II the
situation Of Pittsburgh were further removed
than It Is from the boundaries Of the States
In rebellion, and from Harper's FeHy where
Ao oo IT, csgtS%Es5d 5 Il Eitn99a IN s. Ss
navigation Of the Ohio river were less uncer
| tain, and the single trunk Of railroad connect
| ing that city with the West less exposed than
it is, it would still be true, that go far as the
be more surely, chesply and rapidly supplied
with AIMS from New York or New England,
than from that point.
| a glance at the map Of the Northern States
ehoWs that Pittsburgh Is actually LII miles
nearer Philadelphia, On the Atlantic coast,
lines Of railroad and water navigation, BY
canal and lakes, have more abunda1t fa:ilities
| Of transportation, than the re,ad and canal
lesdipg west and TO Lake Erie, from Pitts
bu1gA;
war upon us, IN common with the Southern
States, the communication between the East
era and Western States might be greatly en-
barrsssed, If not interrupted, at that neck ol
land between Lake Erie and the Ohio river,
by which the two sections are connected
It is true that manufacturers Of troa and
other metals have not, % yet, been established
| in the Northwest, On q. scale 80 extensive a
| In the older Eastern States, but as the crude
materials. and the mechanical skill, are found
here, and only require the fostering care O.
conceive this fact 50 far from being an argu
ment sgainst our request, is, indeed strong
reaeon Why an Armory and Foundry shou1t
be located in this region.
Il, All manufactures established here viii no
only bind the Western States mora firmly t.
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