There Are Towns On
It, And On Its Tributaries, Already Holding More Than One Hundred
And Fifty Thousand Inhabitants.
The number of Cincinnati exceeds
that, as also does the number of St. Louis.
Under these
circumstances it is not wonderful that the States should wish to
keep in their own hands the navigation of this river.
It is not wonderful. But it will not, I think, be admitted by the
politicians of the world that the navigation of the Mississippi
need be closed against the West, even though the Southern States
should succeed in raising themselves to the power and dignity of a
separate nationality. If the waters of the Danube be not open to
Austria, it is through the fault of Austria. That the subject will
be one of trouble, no man can doubt; and of course it would be well
for the North to avoid that, or any other trouble. In the mean
time the importance of this right of way must be admitted; and it
must be admitted, also, that whatever may be the ultimate resolve
of the North, it will be very difficult to reconcile the West to a
divided dominion of the Mississippi.
St. Paul contains about 14,000 inhabitants, and, like all other
American towns, is spread over a surface of ground adapted to the
accommodation of a very extended population. As it is belted on
one side by the river, and on the other by the bluffs which
accompany the course of the river, the site is pretty, and almost
romantic.
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