, 1862-12-23
OPENING OF .TAHE rEqSSuS.
&EPPI.
Conspiracy to Prevent Completion,

lrFoHl INT n. l. 1utlepenlent.1
The opening Of the Mississippi River Is.
!4st now, about as much desired throughout
the country us the capture OF Richmond. This
TyeI Is the great trading outlet Of the far
west, and, lis such, its free navigation is of
the first Importance. 1t is also tie cIcancst
avenue , to this city and to Europe Of scFc-
n "a q our largest grain producing States.
WY II mas been held SO long By tie rebels,
and remained unopened to traffic, has been !,
great mystery to the eltirc commercial com
.nnh-{S Lake maay other mysterious things.
II ms been passed over by the people wifi,
scafcelya murlnur, for they have had conf
dence that they Government knew when it
was best to strike in that direction, and that
1t Pt non,d move move Just at the proper moment
Recent Developments prove that the GOV
ernment, in its long delay, has not been at
fault. Certain interested monouolists Who
haye large money Investments in Western
.,,:siroads, have intcTfered in t1lis matter.
lntcd Mey stand, or have stood. "a mighty
1nents into tho jaws of the enemy at
vicksbnrg. To spin blood in hat par
ticular direction, in their opinion. wan]d
be awful. Better wait untiEthe rcb-
els run away All these railroad man
:gelk are nor having Q good time. They have
turers at tht. East, to make l:rge profits, n
the1r estimation, there never was such an op-
portunlty as the present to pile up money. to
wipe Of old debts, to rrs!ore harmony and
peace among th1r late dissatisfied stock
hoiders, and TO put this special batch Of COT
roratlons on dry land. Patriotism in the ab-
stIact. thcy doubtless think. is q yery eootl
liling; bnt patriotism won't pay dividends
nor old debts. They are practical 1ncu-as
much SO, probably, as any other set Of monoD.
olists in the country. They believe in q tax.
!ng advantage Of circumstances - s' Of clarg-
ing when they can get = chancc,'' and IL
doing Eundry other things, in time Of war
moi calculated to meet the APPRECIATION, Of
majority Of the people. Corporations haze
no SOUS, and, Of course, are not accountable
u this world or Ills next, for what they do,
lhey are awfully afraid ofjudg1neut, in earth
r courts. and expect somehow to slip
Judge at the future Tribunal. # they can
by combination charge fifty cents freight
OF busGel Of corn to this city, that is their
business, their good fortunes; and the public
aparlaen1sEsy m 1he poor farmers nothing
10 10 With II. II they can, by siding with tile
rebels, prey Vent 1he opening of tic Mississippi
River, that is all right, for it will pour a Hood
OF money into their treasury This kind of
patriotism they have exhibited thus far. and
tins they propose for the fature-to the last
moment. II Is PLAIN that all northern rebels
are not yet in Fort lafayette
The government has at last found ont tlst
It mas been deceived by Spectators in resrarl
70 the rel'el stronghold ut Ficksburg.
Inc mississippi River is now to 6e opened,
70 Tie great JOY Of tie whole nation, aid par
ticularlY to the thousands Of loyal farrners II,
those States bordering on its Shores sec
tion which has been almost entirely drained
by tug war Of its able: bodied men. They have
gone to the battlefield to Eight for tleIr eoun-
try-for iiherty-and they now demand that
the products Of the'soi1, lift with their f:,1sl-
hes, shall not remain yalueless, in consequence
Of TUG closing Of the Mississippi and the com
binatlons Of capitalists and railroad s1,ecula-
tors. They are willing that their wives and
their children should gather the coru from
their fields, but they are unwilling that they
khonld he comrelledto sell it, when gathered,
at Fifteen to twenty cents per busl1el, when,
but for the closing Of this great Western river,
il would bring double that price. Eighty cents
IN New England, and fifteen cents for the same
article. in Iowa or Illinois. they very properly
think is too wide Il difference. Let The Mis-
ssissipri be opened speedily, in Justice and to
lhe relief of millions Of our III ost valued and
loyal citizens. Not moment should be lost,