, 1863-02-02
WHAT NEW ENGLAND HAS
DONE FOR TK4B WEST.



From the Jacksonville GIA Jour1,all .
We maintain that the West. and especially
the Northwest, is today more Indebted to
New England for her wealth, her vast popnla-
ton, her immense net work of railruads. her
chief canals, her oldest aud best colleges,
semtnasles and schools, her noble system Of
1fce common schools, her Institutions Of re-
ligion, benerolence and charity than to any
other section Of the Union Compared with
New England In this regard, the Mid
die States have done but little, and
the south comparatively nothing. And, In
the first place, every one will admit that
the present wealth Of the West is directly
traceable to the introduction and the opera
tions Of Its railroads aud canals. It is truo
that the natural elements Of our wealth were
| here before, but they were almost Vaiucless
until they were developed BY che opening OF
railroads and canals, and thus oIougn5 un91s 1;s,
Such la true Of Illinois and the other North
| western States. And to whom does tue West
| owe her railroads? Where did the capital
| come from to build them as well rs to operate
dollar of It !! Did 1t come from the Middle
States New York City excepted, scarcely a
dollar Of It was furnished by them. Did The
Vest furnish the money to build the rail
roads: None but an ignoramus will claim
i. The facts will support the assertion that
in the whole West and Northwest, that
vas wholly built with Yves ern capi-
tal. Western moneYed men have always
chosen to Invest their money in tland spec.
nlations," and never, with rare exceptions
~ railroad or canal enterprises. The State Of
llnnois herself undertook, more than twenty
years ago, to inauguratc a great system Of
railroad enterprises on her own account. inde-
pendent of the East, and the experiment was
Agigantic and ruinout failure. The State Of
Illinois to-day owes the Illinois and Michigan
Canal to New England capital and enterprise.
That canal alone has added hundreds Of mil:
lions Of dollars to her wealth, and laid the
foundation Of the greatness and wealth Of
chicago, the commercial metropolis OF the
State. Without New England votes in Con
gross and the powerful support Of Robert
kanfoul, Jr., Of Massachusetts,, in co-opera-
ton with Senator Douglas in that body, the
General Government would never have made
the vast "land grant, to the Illinois Central
Railroad, and which By one act, In day, add.
cd hundreds Of millions to the valuc OF Illi-
nois lands and doubled the value of her future
crops Of grain md her droEes Of stock. Tho
south vas hostile in Congress to the Illinois
central railroad, has always been to all West
ern roads, canals and internal improvements;
whether hn our rivers or lakes. The South,
too, was always hostile to liberal policy Of
the Government with Its Western lands, aud
was almost unanimous in her opposition to
| the Homestead bill, and to the Pacific Rail-
| foad bill. New England, on the other hand,
| tatiycs in the National Congress, for the last
twenty years, yotcd for the interests Of the
West, and for all measures to deTelop and
build up her greatness aEs prosperity. Her
Representatives have alr e / invariably voted
with those Of the West on these questions,
~hile those Of the South and many Of those
Of the Middle States have been arraycd in
shlid column against the Western interests
and measures. The former class-tlose from
New York, New jersey and Pennsylvania
we're animated by Jealousy Of the growing
West, while The Southern members we're b
pro-slasery hate and sectlonalism. Again.
New England votes in Congress not only
secured The passage of the illinois Central
Land Grant. but New England capital fur
nihhed the larger portion Of the money, di-
rectly and Indirectly, to build the road, and
thus to open magnificent thoroughflre Of
least developed, positions Of the State. New
England capital has also very materially
helped to build many other important rnil-
rcads in this and other Western Stntcs. The
Michigan Central Road III Michigan, and the
Hannibal and st. Joseph Road In Missouri.
may be mentioned rs representatives Of the
class. As to tho important benefits conferred
By these railroads thus built In the West,
through New Eug1and's generosity, enterprise
and capital, there needs to be nothing said,
1t is confessed, that they have trcb{cil the
value of Western lands and farms, more than
doubled the value Of Western produce and
stock, reducedly onc-half the cost Of goods Of
Eastern and European manufacture. and
brought millions Of euigrants from the South,
The East, aud from Europe to help swell our
population mud develop our Immense ag1icul-
tural, mineral and mining resources.
New England bcneyofencc and philanthro-
ry have furnished hundreds of thousands Of
dollars towards the establishment and enlloY.
ment Of the Oldest and best colleges and
seminarlcs Of the West, aud many Of them
would never kaye existed but for these rea-
sons.
Illinois College at tlis place, Shurt1eff Col
ltge, Knox College, Lombard Co1lcgeat Gales
burg, and the Monticello Female Seminary.
are examples III point Of What the State Of II
lincis owes, in great degree, to New Eng
land philanthropy and generosity. The whole
West abounds in such noble examples. Who
| cnn point to similar monuments IN the West
| Of Southern muni1cencc aud philanthropy?
Or even from tho Middle Statcss In her eur
lier history the West had TO depend Tor her
teachers and schools almost wholly upon Yam
| key ''school1nasters" and ''school. l.marms,"
| Until within the past ten or fifteen years, it
! may be safely said that tl,rcc.fourths Of ill
| the capable teachers in the Northwest we're
natives Of New England. The noble system
IN operation throughout the West, il borrow
cd from New England in all its substantial! fea-
| lures, and not from the South or the Middle
| statee. Its highest aud best dcselupcment
| has been attained, as Il general rule, under
| New England teachers.
| New England has, within the past forty years,
| donated the West hundreds Of thousands Of
| dollars She has sent thousands Of 1er
preachers Of the gospel to all parts Of the
| West. She has built and help build, by hcr
charity and bcncvolcncc, thousands Of church
| I'M hc md ftt,1e r7Je oF
thousands Of people within the reach Of reli-
| gious instructions. What hns the South done
| for the West in either an educational or re-
| ligious point Of view? Nothing! She has
bad 10 charity that she could well spare from
home. The Middle States, especially New
both the above respects, for the West, but are
| far behind New England.
| The Institutions in the West for the relief
| Of the Insane, the Deaf and Dumb, and the
Blind, are all models of similar ones in New
England where they ali originated, and they
| the activity and zeal Of natives Of New
| England in their behalf nginst Southern pre-
| judice and Ignorance. But We hare SAID
enough already TO support the position, We
| assumed at the outset Of this article. The
| the West is more indebted for her present
| moral, intellectual and material greatness,
prosperity and wealth to New England, than
to anr other section Of the Union.
| But We do not wish to be understood as in
| timating that New England is not dependent,
in q large degree, upon the West for her pros
| peritv. Both sections arc mutually depend
| ent upon each other for the attainment Of
| their highest soeial, intellectual and material
| greatness and perfection. Their interests
under the same Government and as common
parts Of the some glorious Union Of States,
have always been characterized By friendship
a1ld cordial good will. In attachment and
| devotion to that Union, they are proud to be
Jealous and honorable rivals. They are alike
loyal to ii, and proud Of its history, and emu
lous Of bearing an honorable part In the str.,g-
those vile delnagogues and traitors who
would SOW discord and hatred between New
England and the West in these times that
try mems souls' be accursed. Let their arms
be .ralsied, their tongues be paralyzed and
their memories be forever damned. Their
wiekedness and sinfamy are immeasurabiy
blacker and deeper than those of Southern
traitort.
Senator Wright.
From the Philadelphia Press, 26th.]
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