, 1863-03-13
TIE WEST AND NEW YORK.

New 1ork Legislature IN 1ace u LIE ie
monstranccs Of the West against the longer
continuation Of the present commercial
system that New York has adopted; in
face Of the fact that Illinois and the sur-
rounding States hare inaugurated, are pur-
suing and are determined to carry out,
with the aid Of the Provincial Government |
on our Northern border, plan that will
release us Of the West from the commercial
domination Of the Empire State; and in
face too of the heightened political dissat-
isfaction consequent upon the trade dis
abilities that the West, by the greed Of
New York, has been compelled to suffer,
the Legislature Of that State seems deter
mined to strengthen ndperpetuate all our
causes Of complaint, andby its consummate
folly, give discomfort here another and
stronger reason for pursuing its purposes
to their logical end. The crying need Of
the West is cheap and quick communlca-
zion with tide-water and market She
demands Of New York, in the name Of her
suffering farmers, new, better and cheaper
facilities through the territory Of that State
"a reduction Of 1cr canal tolls and en-
largcd and improved channels Of commu-
Eication; and these are necessary to her
life. Without them, she must die Of mani
lion. She hoped to find them in the exc
cuiion of the plan for the national enlarge
ment Of her canal simultaneously with the
enlargement Of our own; but the dog-in-
1hc-nlangcr policy that Pennsylvania pur-
sued, defeated her expectations; and now
she meets in the lobby at Albany power
ful jobbing and contracting interest, likely
10 prevail in the Legislature, that demands
continuance Of the old system, in the pro-
posal to spend additional millions in the
duplication Of the locks between Rochester
and Syracuse-thvir duplication on the
pld, not enlargement On the new plan de-
manded by the ever increasing trade Of tue
country for which we speak. We do moi
thank New York for such a tender. VIZ
see in it only a justification and promise
of the perpetuation Of the robbery tha
our merchants and farmers have endured
Tho Improvement, though costly, an
though held up as an earnest Of good IL
1cntions, will do us no good. Unless NJ
cnly these particular locks, but all other
On the Erie Canal, are so widencd, length
ened and deepened that boats two hur
dred feet In length and Of twenty-five fet
beam, can pass through, they had better b
suffered to remain as they are. We do nc
expect, do not ask, that the enlargemer
tc effected at once; but VIC ask, in til
legislation that New York may enter upo1
some assurance that our wants are hcedct
that our demands are heard, and that sh
is willing to do us justice in the futur'
upon condition that We forget the past. ]
she is in earnest, she will, as fast as sh
can, give us the increased facilities that v
need, and when she orders an improvement
order it upon plan that will prove thu
she is animated by desire for the good
the whole, not by that mcanness and cupi
lily that now compels the West to seek
the hands Of foreigners the fair treatnlc
that is denied her by the city and Sta
that her industry and enterprise have e
xiched.
We zee in the spirit that controls t
Legislature Of New York, new reasons
pushing to a successful issue the plan
relief that Illirois has adopted The de
utation from our State to Canada is rea,
10 start out. It will be seconded in VIII:
ever is patriotic and laudablo by deleg
lions from nearly all the Northwcste
States. They are ill assured Of friend
my cordial reception; and we have
reasonable doubt thai the object Of til
mission will lc ccomrlislcd, and that,
scon as Spring fairly opens, VIC shall ht
that thousands IF men are at work up
the channels that will give us an outlet
the ocean and the markets of Europe, Fl
That is the result for which all Of the "
should labor