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parties. There is no antagonism of interest between tliem; but, on 

 the contrary, a unity of interest. For a city to grow large, rich, and 

 prosperous within the borders of a State that owes a debt to be paid 

 by all parts of the State in proportion to the wealth of the respec- 

 tive parts, of course can not be against the interest of any part of 

 the State or country; and vice versa, for the country to become rich 

 and prosperous, it can not well hurt the cities; for East Tennessee 

 to flourish, can not hurt Middle and West Tennessee, and so on. 

 But, on the contrary, the prosperity of one is, and must be, advan- 

 tageous to the other, not only so far as paying the common debt is 

 concerned, but in divers other ways, such as the country patronizing 

 the trade and manufactories of the cities, etc., and the cities, in re- 

 turn, buying what they may consume of country products from the 

 country, and offering a near and convenient market for many of 

 their products that can not be shipped to more distant markets, be- 

 sides shedding or radiating an increased value on their lands in 

 every direction, for miles and miles. To attempt to enumerate the 

 various reciprocal advantages is useless, for the mind once directed 

 to the subject, they become apparent by the scores. 



"And here I desire to call the attention of the farmer or country- 

 man to a fact that many have never thought of, which may tend to 

 abate their hostility toward the cities. It is this, to wit: While it 

 is impossible for a rich and prosperous farming country to surround 

 a city without contributing to the prosperity of said city, yet it is 

 possible for a city to be located within the borders of a State and 

 grow to be rich, prosperous, and large, and to add great value to the 

 lands around and to the State, w^ithout receiving a corresponding 

 value from the country of said State. In fact, such is always the 

 case where the city is large. Tor instance, the great city of ISTew 

 York is not indebted to the country or farm lands of ISTew York for 

 one hundredth of her prosperity and wealth. She reaps her wealth 

 not only from all the States of the Union, but from all the civilized 

 parts of the world; yet she don't contribute a dollar to the payment 

 of current expenses and State debt of any State in the Union, or any 

 part of the world, except the State of ]^ew York. She gives in her 

 immense wealth to be taxed solely for the State of ISTew York, there- 

 by relieving each and every farmer in the State. St. Louis reaps a 

 majority of her prosperity from other States than Missouri, l^ew 

 Orleans reaps four fifths of her prosperity from other States than 

 Louisiana, and of Memphis it can be said, she has reaped of what- 

 ever wealth and prosperity she has, from a half to two thirds of it 

 from Arkansas, Mississippi, southern Missouri, and southern Ken- 

 tucky; yet she does not contribute a dollar directly to the payment 

 of cm-rent expenses or State debt of any of these States, but it is 



