The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-03
GOV. roorE AND THE NORTHWEST.
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GOV, FOOPG AND IttE NOt'a INV f'9A'
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rl, ,y,-l between 60 terminous S ates have alway
loc1 marked In n peculiar manner with devastation
had cwelty. Witness the early contests between th
rfc,an States: those between the STATES OF Iial
loutguous % Rome; the fierce conflicts Of arms be
Iqeol neigh5orng mdous, which marked the Medic
MI uriol IH Enropci the terrible DNd.f was ln laod
Ip tmee, between Scotland aui England. between
nance and spain; France and Holland, and even th
Hates and priuCpgltiCH OF Germany, speaking iht
.me language. Aud yCt commerce has been Stil
arTiod on between these 0rmet cOaIllctlnJ comnunI
..s. whtneytra cessation Of h0t1Ues hos taken
,mcc; friendly relations have been seen to spring inif
.yi4itucg: even political clnledcHcir7 have been
ometimes formed between them and iu severe, in.
.ucet 70 permanent consultation nationality he,
.n,Ipd So the people on the upper Mississippi river
l hereafter made, with ihe peopc on the l0Wel
|. asssipp IN ypte OF all The hatred ana prejudice
lUw existing; kindly intercourse viii be restored III
bite VI an hat can be done ID prevent d. aud, posi-
Nv al some remote day, political unions wiz De or
.anlz. q uctwatn thos' wno are now eager TO shed
lrh others blood. lf this be true, is 10 not better
l The war 80 least so i as The states on The Miss
.spH are concerned, should be brought TO an end as
Doi ls p03siblc3 II commerce ij hereafter 10 Ocre-
5owed Is 10 MT better that ths commerce should be
'pmRted Gy solorn hcaiy sdpulatioust If all the
BASES situated upon TIE Mississippi river are 10y the
bnlie IaW ot the world, entitled and equally entitled,
navigate thi great channel Of trade tj the sea- is
not w Grand better that they shjal perfectly ull-
ler'aud each otberon tht saDleGt as eaiY as POSI-
e. and avoid all mproi'Gbe % u Sons lh iotuttf
ILcht is, that tho identity oil interest eXistiI g
|rtwtcnhc States on The upper Mississippi and Those
the South OF them In the same great valley, has
,u always so evident that iu lbe councils OF the
edelal Congress tne representatives. "l lu' "hHe
aIey without muca rKWd - ths me "' #P",oh
lawpeu the suYeWddlug ana non s'aVehJidNs region
rg.I iona .iaI tf fiIi IA "a
ial questions oI naUoNal hBi'ldt'od' 4HA was
uIc1dY the cst ~ iegJlt 20 questions conn ,tl'd
Du as cilur ANA WtHnoI tlide lhe lauut ana rye
|aproyglueutpl the navigation Oh tAt gran artery
inland commerce, tae Mississippi rv3r Mf. Clls
ou (ar the most sngAcous statesman lpat 10 Slat9
Ili produced Ia The present c0u4siy) eas Than iWea-
/. Yeas a-o, wpcn auenuhg lhe gleat commeicm
nvcuilon hch ~ ih3 Guy ol Memphis, Genominat' q
'le Mississippi river "a great nlWd sea- he Uttered
mst ptoouuI ana important ltutu, ana lorssAld
wed iH spit OF lmuosing prophecy, ta| uplm.
'wgrmme OF the lutWe'. 10 ~, lndee'b aa inland
cl ana me- USIlS 9l Navigation Wlcu ulP'Hap 20
\, leloug a4 I'D dil those VINO owen up)h ltf sloes
/ is the Mcdomutai sea ol Atstern Americas no
state on Nation VINO may be lound dwelting upon lis
|hlrts null time 20 come, VIII nave rgh5 ID mo-
.opulHe its imde,or he allowed exclusively To PEE
l'rho he mWs by wWth i,s naYKntl0n is lo he rt2l
ltd' Ihe general nlafs y NFthWe 'e.h people
fuc originally very closely osamlh'ed lhe popnla
on OF Inc slayehudmg States in manneis IA scnti,
lCut and in s1rial haMudc' The double iuunda-
on with witch tile Rtlles ol the lpp0 Mississippi
aye been Oyutlowed rom tle domain OF POiiilhlan
nd from iUCgn hnds has produced some change in
|he character OF the people an introduced, to some
Ntynt the eeds OF jealousy and nnandnes5 towards
he South and her institutions, But lhc alienation aad
lttusl thus eugendeod, are not near o extended as
hauy superficial persons suppose. But lor the lglse
lcaChAgs Of unpnncpled demagogucs IN OHIO, lnd
no and Illinois, 6bo took tarlicaae pains to diMse
'molB be people oil those Smt'l the notion that ii
We should sncce,d in, our struggle for Independence,
We would inMubly deprive them of the free myiga.
ION OF the Mississippi river, they would never, Ia my
.pujon, ave become palte. tn this war Had we
abcu proper steps 20 relieve iler minds from error on
h@ fuigett va ueeafy per o the struggle, the peo-
pie OF lhe Northwest would have lolR ag0m made peace
with us. so believing aud upon what deemed the
uost authentic testimony, 80 soon as took my sea-
% the Confederate Congress introduced the rsolu.
ions which you have done mc the hontrso warmly %
commend, Since the liwtm0yomcnt on this subject
'ccuutd, Eeat political cenllQns nave iahen place,
DO which the opposition ci the great bjdJ Of the
Northwestern Icuplc o tho mthet continu ice Of the
tar has been m8do 30 manifest, that no reasonable
ueu now douhtit ioi our Government propose %
nce TO The Northwestern states 80 guarantee, hy sol
mn treaty slpuGin0S the nee navigation Ql The
d tI@sslppi rYfI aBieen open iEe markets OF I'VE
south 90 The peopleol tuat great nl growing region,
hmuc,d ln value by tOe permanent exclusion 9I all
woueW ol New EnglHnU ggONW or manuiAclnei
md give assurance OF prompt military ald 70 these
tlcs SHOULD they pc attacked Ivy our 'omaon emo
lcV aud such results VIII be seen at once toarac as
il rcLderit altogether lmpoNihle lor ilo Ancoln
cSernmemt imther 20 carry nn ihe war
ammtHied thal KNOW 'he people ol tHe Aorlh'
'ebIefn States as WWl W. anI ulah HOW hNinS' nave
jonmed Wnng ihem Jay d'lttreqt times Tor consider
Die periods nave p'en l"ntpuy asalclAlea WIN
,dthwtslcm men el Wtt lutpuheu'e quu lhNucnos
% lhe regions beyone tle hNty mooe'aAt 1 nave
admuch aud gaHRing inigcunge OF political sent.
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be SoEhweae,@ s,Os " 9 0I el eslsaao " '95 no % Ss