New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-14

Hare N, People Of tie tnited States a RIGHT 81
ansit through other States than hat uh,nein h'y


Hare m, Pecpi, Of tie tnitod States RIGHT 81
transit through other States than nat uh,re,n hry
sertraVy r,s,d.l There can 10 10 gravcr. no
more practical question than this, whefcon the
Senate proposes soon to ac, drcisiycly. If the
first clause of W, Art. ~. ofthe Federal COnsti-
tuition has any real furce-il 1.-THE citizens al
each STATE" are in very deed "entltled I" oil
privilege. and nmunities OF citizens in the 'cy-
cral States"-then no state has any more right
To ohstru-t or burden the intercourse across her
territory Of citizens OF the adjacent or remOior
states than she has 10 order all such citizens Ia
be shot who venture to travel her highways.
The exactions during the feudsl ages, Of the
knightly robbcr, whose ruined castles now form
80 picturesque feature of the scenery Of the
Rhine-ihe Sound dues, 'Scheldt dues, and
other such imposition. which Christendom II
now engaged in cxinguishnc-thc lonc-cuduEh
piracies of the Borbary Powers on Christian
commerce IN the Mediteunnean-wcre but
bolder assertions of tho identical principle which
underlies and upholds the claim oG New-.ler-ey
TO forbid Intercourse by railway between New
York and Philadelphia aaye 10y tie line Ia which
she has sold a monopoly of the privilege OF thus
carving passenger lVm one TO the other OF
thcse two cities.
Now-Yors aud Philadelphia we're niahiiesily
designed fo- The most Intimate. extensive, and
benefccnt Intercourse. Though les, than
hundred miles apart, they not Only are, but
seem destined 10 remain, the two principal cite,
ON this continent. aud rapidly growing IA
population and business. Each has both Com
merce and Manufacture; but N"w-Iork -
vastly superior in the former, while Pllladci-
nha ha. facilities Tor the latter which defy com
petition. Coal and Iron ~ hand IN iMcShust-
be proflsion, q mill climate, fertile vicinaGe,
and central p0.iton render inevitsbl"a steady
increase OF the production and population Of our
sister City. under the ncw and wider horizon
opening to American Manufactures; Phiadel-
pha, with her suburbs. has over One Million 81
inhahitant5: Newly OK and her suburb, have 10
least Fifteen Hundred TAouoand; aud every
day ;ncr, a.cs tho iugiIally hcnc'icis, traffic
and trarel between dcse two great cities.
We're three good lincsoi do,hir-t9sck railroad
between them to-dsy N operation, corry ing paa
seueers at the rates OF fare which axe deemed
sulfcien, by al The ollcr great lines csntoE.ne |
spon our City, there would le ample aud r.
nuners;iye business 10. them all.
The money unjustlyexro-tei from rhe lrayeI- !
ing public BIZ the Camcn end Amloy Monopoly |
4,
whereof TIE State 1r"-sury receive, perbap. a !
sixth; perhaps IN susl SUN j. distributed
among those whose support il deciucd essential
10 the maintenance oil he monopoly: and The |
residue i divided sm"'g the monopol.si ,eiihcr !
fairly in extra dividend and Wat"rsd stock or
clandestinelr 10 the taDred .cw in 'Ae gll!se @.
contracts, Jobs and allowances; bat tlie damage !
THEREBY inflicted ga ih public iar exceeds this ,
amount. Ii The monOoiitts would sell out Tor
any reasonable sun, i;would be advisable 70. !
our City 20 buy them A. and thUs s"cnre Nh
additional influx Of vittors and Gust n'fs III |.
stead Of having MANY 5opled atPhilaIc'phs or
baltimore by Tho eKcr,ivo cost q! tra'cvsiDg |
New.Jersey imposcd aui maintained BY hex
legislation.
OF course, any bill hs, s.rles at o e'Ininl
and powerful II moUpoly encounters opposi'
ton. Those too seDiblo or too shame. faced
boldly to justify a Aaiant wrong Inay Jet sns-
tain it BY cayiling a. any and every Means de-
yised fox It's oyc.thrw. ms measure ia too
radeol and sweepinq-that ore too timid Ard
halting--thc other hs sinister aspect, and
will neye. subscrve ii eyowed purpose and so
on. We all understa,i these guerrilla tactics,
ard know that theyca b~ made effective. We
can readily admit tho plsusibih,y and qualified
force Of these cavils II you overthrow
chronic wrong, you Ill necessarily and pal
pably relieve parties wo specially suffered there
from; and 50 yon vii mot: ,he ;cpEoach OF
working in their interet and behco.. fou VIII
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