The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-05-08
kE,o East EnTicssed and lsic West
Impoverished Esy shc WAR.

kDe last Enriched and The West
Impoverished Esy sRlc war.
Francis 7. Blair. Jr., the we'll known
Republican leader in Missouri, and rank
ing among the first in Congress. gives 4
faithful picture going to show that the
people of the Abolition States are made
quite happy by this war--since it gives
them money, the most desirable of things
according to their calculation. 1t leads
also to solution of their desperate efforts
to envenom and provoke the South to eter
nal resistance, by threatening them with
confscation and utter destruction of their
political rights. Mr.. Blair shows that they
can become rich by prolonging the war
and that the West has to foot the bills oil
the war and build the Yankee factories. -
We make a few extracts from his speech in
reply TO Mr. Morrill,, of Vermont, who op-
poses Western Improvements for National
defense:
Except for the burden of the MorriI,
tariff. we would have go: along very well.
Why, sir, the Eastern and seaboard por-
tions OF the Union have made money cut
of this rebellion. The great severit,es OF
this war have fallen upon the people of the
West The natural avenues Of their com
rnerce to the ocean have been closed By
this war. and while they have been closed
the East and the seaboard have enjoyed
profits which they never enjoyed during
lines of peace.
Ii seems to me whsn never any measure
is proposed III this House for the banefii
of the West, that we find these gentlemen
demurring to 1t on account Of the times
The freight of railroads has been going up
constantly since this war commenced
Before the war be fan, the railroads would
take a barrel of flour from the West for
80 cents. whereas they now charge 50 SO
Yes. sir; it now costs 50 SO to get bar
rel of flour to the East from the Mississip.
pi river. The East has taken the entire
profit Of the labor of the West Yet the
West has come forward % supply her FRO
ducts it, place Of the cotton which hereto
fore served the balance of trade from
being against us. We have relieved the
Government in that and every other way
BIT the West has gained nothing by IT.
The entire profit has gone in the freigh
charges to the East
The gentleman Is opposed to every mea
sure by which the Yves, M .ht find reiei
le Is opposed to he ship canal with LAX,
Michisan--the Michigan and Illinois
ca.al
We are, as has been remarked by othe
gentlemen, engaged il a war out cf whicl
will grow other waIs. and We will have :,
be prepared for them We can not post
pone this if We intend to have a connectio,
bei ween the East and the West, betwee
he Atlantic and Pacific seaboard, whicl
viii be able /" prevent our possessions II
the latter. Looking TO what it has done
,nd what it has suffered. the West has
light to appeal to the national Legislature
have spoken of It's losses, have spoke
Of is sulIerings, | have spokee Of 1t
trade destroyed Yet while the West ha
suffered the East has enjoyed almost ex
emption Your victories have been in tn
West. The soldiers of the West hav
T given their due propoi ton Of the victorie
in this war. They have poured out thei
/ blood on almost every battlefield. Ye
that people have been Disseminated agains
since this war commenced.