, 1866-10-19
TllE FAST ANT, A'tGa: syg.sr.

t;chcsn1 Butler, In lis address Oh Wc;lncs-
day to t'mt:ll'cagn D"ard uf Trade. OK x1,rr.zcl
n conviction Which il slowly, hut surely,
growing in the minds of Ea..c5n public men,
10 tl,c effect that the eccptre Of poliitcnl and
commercial rawcF wis fastening to tho
West as Its permanent resting },lncr. A ca,l.
did confession nr tho fact, anl graceful
acceptance ur thu situation by the pruplv of
lhr Eastern 2tatcr, viii R,nuH.h Tho way fDr
tint gcncrnl tcn,oilc1lng u ut,r political n,n)
commercial rystrnl~ tin,lu l,rcrHsnry by tlio
great cf,nn2cs whirh tiuae as,I tlr E.n.raI I,.
icaf ttan1irr lsnvc tladc csrentlAl. Gcncrnl
Dntler gtaccf1lly acknowledged the change
hy tayltg:
ave af Tho New tngla,,d asnscs frr,y admit
that t,n rccltso Ut p1Wos, b'th p,ttrnl ktIl cUui.
'nrcia!, mist pass from ~ 10 III" i"'ad pra,tics
9t, w. M"; VI +, si," % y IT," IT,, ns,1e r. ~ s" @
ihtrtnal commerce 0f thla nl|b FHh.i "xrr"i Inv
e1tcenHt c''taanerc; MI III, srat rltlr. Whtrh NJ"
shr pro".ess Of time. and ~ very eln! j.'t:sa.s
oE tMe. must tar exceed tbs e!iles "f I'll" East.
nnh We nf l''c Enlil'ca>i VII" hare sent mt s'ar
nor muir feeling thsn shaalA II" ntA l!bulr.tsal
have low ard thc luw hnli-.. :frnl.r ill., p,n.'or.
tto1. robl.r ia srchtcctu'. l,loa=er y a. toun.
daiiOnE. and wider In IT. rAlrhi. which ihs son
builds when he leaves tbs 1t.lt"r', c 'ta.e."
This is the language III Il practical >tat.5.
man. II Ii 4 concession Of i Iact to which,
unfortunately, too many public men Of the
times .I,stinatcly clnse their ryes. Thes,.
men 20 OIL lcgl-latin. and plarni.g f'r the
future, upon the assumption that III. im.
litical and commercial interests nf tas in-
habitants Of the Atlanta shape are
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"n " ~ '''u1e =. A fap'u paet ns'efs susesc1'
NY osvaues ~ aiaa nee', IN, "" seAs
f'aee ea'eaSo la: on ue' A'i.aas eo7an'ae
ceiepfate the s'F!'F"l ncse u wv A'sI tos.
anol'e''o1 l1'eeas'' io-'Ay eA'sa1'l ec,is
Ing hef 7allroads toward 9he tac'hc- o!na!s:
once III the uneRp'ofe" feces'c' u '"c s!s''ta
country, ls no" thc EASTERN te'hlla"s u u
hsst OF the series OF railroads 10 tue fac'h'
Inc va'ses OF Tue Missouri WAL soon tee'
WIN popa'al'on equal 10 lnat o. ING sa''e
OF Inc sus9uehahna. las Ntss'sS'fpi' l'o
us heaa "a'es' 10 the ''a!'' WI. DC opca
!Fce men' ana no longer oe aeh'ca with III
man slascFs' AuauslFS anu 1rsca"i
hand III hana' arc planning bras
aud" deep the tonada-''ns
Republic which Will t'cty tue niach'"ai1o
ofenem'es foreign OF domestic. I'M, inua
Try ma freedom arc not sectional, but Il
tional; they arc not OF n class but Of the Win
people; 1t is tue Industry If frssncn th
is TO build mp here an empire in whica ?;
sonal ftccd":n, curichel by Intelligence
to he guarded and projected by III: peoi
themselves. 1t is to he Republic
Which mankind is 10 be its o,
governor, doing all things ncedl
.or the social good md c7adicAti
all things injurious to the general we3fAr
The ro;lrcad system ef the prescn. day
but In It's infancy, and when General But
speaks Of the necessity of q Ship Canal to
East, ns an auxiliary to the railroad systc
he speaks Of \ measure only Of trlnpora
relief. Wherever = canal is needed. where
er = rai'road track il required, wherever a
artificial means Of communication nj
be called for by the pnblic interests,
may 60 back and tell his people, that su
work will be constructed when the sccp
shall have been formally passed to the hal
ofthc West. This country has been too ID
governed by sectional interests. Til
should be no East having interests higl
than those Of the whole country. The {
great sectional interest whish oycrshadov
all others Inns Just been swept out Of cx
cncc. Slavery Is gone, and the natio'
Tree; tree, not only from the shame
aiasefy, but from that bonda se which K
the limos oi thc growing giant shacklcd {
restrained. Henccforth the destintcs
the nation arc to be dircctcd by
Hew powe-, which. free fr1Dm 6cct{oualiSu