The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-08
TuE CITY AND TuE HrArE.

THE CITY AND THE aTAT1-
That Philadelphia, and the State Of which
Il Is the commercial metropolis, should main
tain the most intimate relations Of amlty and
intercourse, win be slly admitted. That
they are not united as cordially and completely
as they ought 10 be, Is not less indisputable.
But TO say that they are entirely divided
against each other, and that the people Of this
city are chargeable with the fact, is TO utter
not only manifest fslsehood, but a gross
slander. IH
We believe that there Is much good feeling
existing between the people of this cOmmu
nifty and those Of the interior; that both appre-
ciate the mutuality Of interest which asso-
ciates them and that they are desirous to cul-
tiyate that sentiment of common goodwill
and fraternity which should ever animate the
inhabitants Of the same Commonwealth. II
they have not been az well acquainted and as
closely affiliated In the past az might have
been wished, there were natural causes which
kept them asunder.
Pennsylvania Is Of vast territorial extent
and its surface Is covered by dense forests and
intersected by huge mountains, which were
not long since formidable barriers between the
populations occupying Its remote sections.
This difficulty of intercourse prevented that
sense of community which is the growth Of
constant and familiar commerce. But now
avenues Of cheap and commodious communi-
cation are opened with the interior; the peo-
pie Of all parts Of the State have been BROUGHT
pA ha nf Nha
country have been developed; great trade
has sprung up between the producing regions
and the prosperous manufacturing and ship
ping mart on the shores of the Delaware; and
the consequence Is that the relations Of the
metropolis and tho rural districts are i'm
proved, aud the sense Of isolation and es.
arrangement which once separated them Is
rapidly giving way to lively consciousness OF
near neighborhood, identity Of welfare, and
generous reciprocity Of benefits.
We should rejoice at this condition OF
affairs, and wish that it may go on improving
We are satisfied that Philadelphia will inter-
| pose no impediments. Yet certain persons
here are perpetually charging this community
with repulsing the people of the interior, and
doing ell In their power TO provoke their
| jealousy and aversion. The accusation Is al
once false, unjust, and mischievous. Our
citizens have always manifested an earnest
| disposition to cherish and promote the best
possible understanding and relationship with
the citizens OF the State generally. They have
not gone and mingled as freely with the
people OF the country as they might or should
have done. But this Is attributable to no un-
friendly repugnance to such intercourse.
| Our merchants and all other classes are
stay-at-home set, and their interests doubtless
suffer immensely from this cause alone. Bu
If they have not been seen as much In the
country as they should have been, they have
been felt there. Their money and their liberia
enterprise have built the great highways
which are opening through all our border:
the fertilizlng streams of commerce, and they
are stimulating and sustaining that industry
which Is rendering available the eXhaustles!
mineral treasures of the Commonwealth
Several millions of the revenue Of the city
exclusive Of a vast amount Of private capital
invested in the railways of Pennsylvania, il
proof enough Of the large stake Philadelphit
has in the prosperity Of the State Of the gen
erous share of her substance which she ha
contributed TO advance that prosperity, ant
of the interest she may be presumed to feel il
fostering the most amicable connections will
the whole people Of the interior.
Those, therefore, who accuse Philadelphanl
Of a want of State pride, and OF putting re
Iulsion and enmity between the city and tht
State, by SELFISH niggardly, exclusive policy
lot merely grossly wrong and libel this com
rnunity, but they excite suspicion of unfriend
illness and opposition where 1t would no
otherwise exist, and produce the very evil
which they affect to deplore or deprecate.
the people Of the country are continually toll
by our press, or by individuals, that W,
have no disposition TO cultivate friendly re
lations and intercourse with them; tha
We have done and are doing nothing to Great
such ties that, in fact, we regard them witt
contempt, If not with hostility, and are con
ceited, close-nsted, and mean-spirited com
munity altogether, they will begin to los
faith in our character; and, in spite of tn
many evidences Of llberality and desire f3
fellowship with them which we have given
they win gradually dlstrust, dislike, and with
draw lfom us. Let us be careful. then, hOy
we uniustly accuse and condemn ourselves il
this matter.