Year: 1869

er him nor the county now 1t is well
that he is Secretary of War.


THE new STATE OF SUPERIOR.


Is it desirable that Michigan should
part with the Upper Peninsula, and Wis
consin with all above Townships Thirty,
to form new State of Superior? 1t is
doubtful.


The demand for such a step comes prin-
cipally from few who assume that they
represent the feelings and views especial
ly of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
The claim is made that the interests Of
that region suffer from connection with
the Lower Peninsula in tolls collected to
pay for and keep in order the Sault Ste
Marie canal, and in larger amount of
taxes assessed on that region than the
State expends upon it. 1t is further
claimed that, geographically, and In its
peculiar mineral interests this Upper Pc
ninsula is utterly divorced by nature from
the Lower Peninsula. Such probably are
| the most potent arguments for setting off
the new State.


Per contra, there are some objections
to the organizing of the rev State as
proposed. The few who assume to rep
resent the views and feelings of the Up
per Peninsula may DO so for the majority
of voters, but they do not represent the
property interests i,uoEred Taxpayers in
all that mineral region know well that the
voters, who would control their interests
are very like the voters Nho control the
interests of New Y ork City, and that they
need the protection of their interests
from this influence as much as the proper
ty holders of New York city need the
protection Of. New York State, from the
majority Of the city voters. Then the same
class, now. clamoring for new state to
escape the oppression of Michiganinvolved
in an oyershadowing and unnatural allan
ce, desire to take large part of Wisconsin,
into Ike unnatural alliance and to over
| shadow that part, as now the Lower Pc
ninsular does the Upper. Another evil
which the men of wealth of the Upper
Peninsula would dread IS, that they could
not. unaided, elect member Of Congress
who would give them adequate protection
from the mass of uueducated, irresposi-
bic un-Americanized voters, who long to
have the handling Of that civil influence
which shall place chat vast mineral
wealth at their control.


The nation at large would be wronged.
Those few thousands of as unscrupulous
a class of voters as New York City itself
affords-for they are entirely similar
would place two senators in the Senate
chamber-possibly men Of ordinarily good
/ capacity, but probably men no better
morally than the most to be found in the
lowest branch of Congress without even
the prestige OF either wealth, talent or
common culture to support them in their
dignifed position to which the lowest act
of the dcmagogue would be sufficient to
raise them. Are these two States pre-
pared, by alternating a large portion OF
each, to form new State, to inilict such
evils upon the interests which they now
guard better than separation would,
and to make room for new hunliliations
in our Senate and house of Congress
while giving to a really small coterie of
low politicians power more formidable
than that now welded by the Tammany
ring in New York City-because while
entirely analogous in its local effects, it
would reach the whole country by its rep
resentation in the Senate with a power
equal to that exerted by the whole En-
pire State itself2


1t is to be hoped that great social
changesw will be wrought before the propo-
sed State of Superior will be admitted to
the sisterhood of states.


The Republican victory in New
Hampshire is more complete and decisive
than was anywhere anticipated. The
Democrats endeavored steal a march and
elect one OF the Congressman, and make
large gains in the Legislature. But they
failed in both objects and are sheckingly
beaten. Nine-tenths of the State is
heard from The majority thus far is
3,764. Full returns will probably swell it
to 4, 900, which doubles nealry the majority
given one year ago. The three Repub-
lican candidates are elected to Congress
and nine out O. twelve Senators and
three quarters of the House are Of the
same politics.


New Hampshire has fred the first gun
! under the new Administration. Connect
cut and Georgia come next -hoth on
April 9TH, when four members of Con
gress will be elected in one and eight in
the other; aud We doubt not there will
be good results The people are deter
mined to support General Grant S admin
istration in its effort al revenue reform
and political purihe lion.


7-A very interesting exhibition was
| given last night in Professor Mile s. Vel
i ocipede Riding School. Zouave Haik, the
principal attraction being the, riding OF
two young ladies. Chicago Iost.