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eitent, thai it is, nevertheless, an interest of the whole Union T 

 only clajm that other interests, alike local in their exercise 2^,,, 

 be entitled to the same benefit. If the gain by the war of a rltt 

 tfZ'^'1 '^""^•'="y«<='^ from descending th^e MisTfssippi r^lr 

 had been to the people of the West an object of profit as great as 



be'e^nrnf '!" fi/l''"-"'"^ -«- by 'hi same'war wo^d have 

 been to the people of the East an object of loss, the interests as 

 concerned the whole, would have been equally balanced bt'in- 



enZtl "' '"'' f. ""r'T' P^-^^-ons'Llread; and b ore 

 enjoyed, is paramount to that of making new acquisitions the orin! 

 cple of equity, as well as the spirit of union, would ha;e d'cLted 

 as he true policy, that of mainlaining both interests in the state in 



rn'e'trtj^tt'u"" T^'T "'^ r^*>""^^ '"^ thtt "of'sacrifid g 



f/t "■ ""^ P™''' "'^ another. 



It the comparative value of the two interests had been as dis- 

 proportionate as they have been represented by Mr. Russell and 



stin?hiT. t' ''"r ''f '^^" °° ''•= '''' '<' which he ass gilst' 

 the Fn,/* m"" f "1*'' ■■'^'"''ininS ">e same, the small interest of 

 the East could no with justice have been sacrificed to the greater 



wioIeUnii'^' '^'''' "'"!!"" -•"P-^'"-"- For although the 

 tTemallTothT^ possess the power of preferring the interests of 

 the many to those of the few, they have no power of arbitrary dis- 



ff bl/f, ^' ''^f r "/ "'-^ '■"^"^'t P°"i»» °^ *e commu^nky. 

 If,_by a solemn article of the Constitution, it is provided that the 

 pnvate properly of the humblest individual shall not be taken for 



fs the orohih™; ""Vr,''="'"P*"^''"»"' •'"'^ ■""<=•> ■»»■•« i-^Pe^O"^ 

 hoo7of a frw°fi f '"'""^ '''^"^ ""^ ^^^'"y "■«' hard-earned live- 

 lihood of a few fishermen, even were they annually decreasing in 

 number to bestow new and exclusive bene^fits upon a distant por^ioa 



llK'rbe7eted\Sr'""'"^''^'"^ 



