Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-02-26
r.,c wE>T AMI THE EAST.
r. The Emf .lo Commercial Advertiser

seems but yesterday when the streets o.
,ur own city were Fl led with the pen
Ate. laden wagons, and the TOW headed !
f.m,l,es OF the East, bound fer the pra.-
,,es IL the "Far West" Our daily dc. |
ps,tng s,eamers were laden down with
eanorsnts a,d their limited chattels.-
The waits from the old nations OF Eu
rome were drawn into the great western
current, aud disappeared IN the vast re,
yions towards the setting sun ihe
people that gent ont into the promlseo I
and IN the West, bore With them me !.
seeds of new empire. TIE ahhee .
thu, di owe Bis covered wagon, Il led VIII
children aud furniture, through Malo
eleet twenty years ago, NAY now bc g
senuailg the same 10 caaraetetlslles,
and NAV still hold tue rocky bills where
he Wis BON, ",hongh lost i fgh', 'o
memory dear" tm tie chii}rc. rho
aeeat nth hia.. AID 'cdo came % ham
0Jierlcard, hare no such dileq0nce %
f.s past. Tney have become sat genet1S.
The generous soll which they have GU
tlysted aud developed, has cultivated ard
developed them IN ike ratio, upt'l he4
haze become distinct from Weo dlteeS
tors. aud hxye acquired the marked chsf.
actertstics OF then material Surroundings
They have through years OF struggles,
Of labor, and Of feynisl ons, gradually
Urou .ht heir emancipation nom dePet.
dence upon The Est Their Last step N
tina, respect wss one Of finance. !, WAS
for years their greatest need, and tn"
most sscrti ;lng homage ever rendered
by ihe West was TINT winch was wrnng
f,om it by dire necessity, aud offered
al the shrine OF Eastern capital. Even
this dependence was broken by the
continued houn,ies which were bestow
ed upon them, and nj last they lave
come to be q peope Of capitalists.
The rapid ptoees, Of Development.
mhich la, attended their progress IN
tie pas, as developed not only Their
rs 1nrces and capacity, mt slso Their
needs and Their necessities. Their bar
vests have outgrown the cnla lily Of
CPitul1iISf auI tbtA law itAHb bts4H
se,es holding the gtanaries OF the woll !,
and vt ISOLATED from the peope and
mafiels, by al ital,qlatc channel II
conveyance.
IL - sore need, tile West has app a
Cd I. tic nation lot ant, and trs been
rrtu "a. ii i. but natural hat i shon III
feel exaspcra'ed and injured. " h9ec
tang aohcf3 N orr frcLd0gs He qrotsth
Of ttS tstiiny a6He UcsL u0bi It has
1eco0te boiG4 and bUtvW Spoitu. We
notice that 10 the Illinois Legs. yture q
res0lui on was passed q few DAYS sgo 10
appoi I mipiss o0ers 10 wat upon the
Provincial Government Of ,pada, and,
u necessary, England, IL order to p,o-
cure an al, qlate ontlet OF the bread
stoii' OF The West into the word.
The apprehensious that are sprinaing
up 10 The commercial cities OF The East,
a,e vel founded The luexorabe logic
Of trade proves TO the Western proJuc-
ers aad dealers that 80 long as they rely
upon the cal ila OF the East, invested
10 long lines Il railroads. stretching
from The Atlantic coast away to the
fIr,hest boundaries OF our western pra,-
ries, TO move Their produce, they NAY
hope lor neither favor nor profit The
Western people staod ready to pay then
portion OF the taxes Of the government.
but they are unwilling TO paw those OF
tie East also. The tax Il on railroad
Ii e., and The capital Of railroad men. !,
heavy, but rot heavier than upon an,
other c,ass Of indy daas, ii proportion
to their property. Let them ply TIM
tax Themselves, and not charge II a
three tod TO the W eslern producers, .,
is noa done In days past, before ii
navigation Of tie Msshs pti was sGs-
pended, II cost about $50 TO ship
barre Of pork from THIS city to Ave.
poo or Glasgow nov it costs NOR
than SIX dollars TO ship the same on I
tity Of freight TO tie city Of New York
TINS il fair sample Of tie wo,kta {
the present system. How long are th
people of the West 10 stard such a
enormous taxation? No longer tia
they can possibly help it, lfthere is i
otter way to transport our produce ii a
over these iaiiioads-if there isro oil
et wsv tnan to submit 10 these impos
lions, then they must DC endured bl
ihn Western people think there isa wa
TO throw of the oppressive burdens. AZ
IL Is time that Eastern papers We,
sounding the alarm, If they expect
pcrpetna,e irstcrnal bonds aid uodlm
i.b,d Interstate trade between The Ia
and the West.
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