Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-11-18

ton, ana II oeHerTes 70 De Hlu6y EG4Qi-
We commend the folloEing extracts from
this able article 70 all who have al inter
est In the eoatinued prosperity Of the oOun-
Try sad It's speedy development:
HLses "a never forget that all our great
ness has been derived from the protective
power Of the Rep16lie. It's uuity OF COZ
situation and Of law has made the people
Of this country until nov = band Of broth
ers, and the obstacles 70 our progress have
been comparatively nothing: netting in
the character Of oar Institutions has ever
retarded il for 3 moment. Thus all our
public works have bad \ noble national
character. Our Erie Canal, though purely
4 State work, opened a pathway 70 remote
States, and actually beue6tted them a.
much, II not more than ourselves II de-
pressed The price Of lsnd East, and raised
il At the West, II Iessened the value of grain
here, Il enebRueed It there, yet its eORstrue-
ton increased the comfort, the wealth and
the happiness OF millions, aud these in .
reciprocity, guided oy interest, have crow
ded our marts, and have given rs . full
share Of their general prosperity. So Of
our railways: these have been stretching
themselves along mile after mile, until all
the SlAres, North. South, East aud West
Rere connected BY sPparen'ly indiSsoluble
ties. The pulse Of business beat regularly
through the body polite alike through all
its VEINS, aud the earrent of life and aetiV-
ity vas fall. healthy aad strong So in the
navigation Of our rivers and lakes. The
steamers built ia New York piled 90 South.
ern waters as il in their native element
TIE merchant was one Gay at his counting
house in the city, the next day trausaeting
peacefully his business At St. Louis, and
two days Afterwards At New Orleans In
form, in all varieties Of action aud BUSH
ness relations, We were Homogeneous,
frieudly aod prosperous. All the States
bad one grand and powerful representative
al an REis that protected all.
'.Oars vas = national GoVerument, With
strength aud authority enoEgh not only TO
decide all domestic differences before u
common and . Venerated tribunal, bat 10
shield the humblest citizens, native OF
adopted, in every part Of the world
GBut let Us Imagine for moment what
is 70 become of Us and ours IL the Union is
70 be severed, aud what Is 10 be the eud Of
even peaeeable separation.
.In the frst place all further security in
our future political engagement and CON
tracts is gone forever. Ii the solemn agree
ment of the people 70 remain forever 10
perpetual union flor this was the COM
Paet,) can now be broken With impunity,
what in this world can We ever trust again?
sBut besides destroying all future conf
dence in political constitutions. It will have
the States in the most unprotected and
hopeless condition. Internal differences
which cannot possibly exist under the con-
stitution as it is, will rise up in endless
forms when we have none. The weaker
I ct,
strongest, will have TO seek alliance aud
protection from their nearest and more
powerful neighbors. These. IL human ex-
perience is guide and history not lie,
will not give the required protection
without some equivalen: for the service,
which will be q state OF vassalage
At once. The question of boundaries
will be q source Of perpetual wFangiing,
] the navigation of the western rivers which
pass through many territories and empty
into the Gulf, those which dsbouehe in the
Atlantic or the Lakes, will be interrupted
by local duties, as on the Elbe and the
Rhine, for each party will seek to dimin-
ish its own taxation by laying it on others.
Long lines of connecting railways will be.
come an impossibility without tribute Of
tolls, or payments for right of way, aud for
the same reason. The tariffs Oh imports
| will be as numerous as the States that are
in want of money. The currencies and
coins OF these will also be different, aud as
unstable as the legislation which creates
them, for this will always be for local adj
vantage, aud of eourse always selfish. Trav-
Ell from one part of the country to the
other will be embarrassing, restricted by
passports perhaps, and At very few miles
IN advance it will be through sections po-
liieAlly unfrieUdly. Confidence in com
merciAl transactions will depart, FOR Waul
of agreement in interest, from uncertain
ties in collections, aud the costly necessi-
| y of appealing TO foreign tribunals for the
recovery of debts, for such the courts of
the States would then practically be. In
short, perfect chaos would be produced
out of these fragments Of our ruined re-
public.
"Nor would industry nor even capital
be protected in this condition Of things.
Every State, and every association of States,
would be compelled for selt-defense to com.
mence the construction Of forts on it's bor-
ders, just as we have seen them construct
ed already in the States which have been
the seat of war their capitals would re-
quire Notifications, just as Washington and
RiehuOHd now do; every pass in the noun
tains would have to be guarded. aad 6ris
tie with artillery; every naTignble river
| open 10 tne sea WouIu require batteries At
its mouth, or on its IFS. The whole
county would have to be trenehed to pro-
tect the States against each other. And
forts and navies would require hundreds
OF thousands of soldiers and sailors to man
them. Who then would escape taxation Z
Whose pockets would then be beyond the
reach Of the coIlector2 And in addition
70 all this, each State or association of
States would be compelled to establish for
itself system Of foreign relations aud di.
plomatic service, crowding the capitals on
this continent aud the Courts Of Europe at
an enormous expense, With third rate dem
agogue ministers TO keep mp the seublauce
of sovereignty and Independence. What
advantage could be gained by a change to
such 4 system of small repubiies7 Also
lutely nothing, buta loss too great TO be At
present computed.