. Book of the Royal blue . Orleans. High rates of transportationacross the mountains placed the Easternmarkets beyond their reach. Public meet-ings were held throughout the PittsburgDistrict, and a petition was presented tothe President and Congress declaring thatprotection and allegiance are reciprocal;the people have the right to demand pro-tection at the hands of the Government inthe prosecution of lawful commerce ; thatthe Government must either take the THE RISE OF AN INDUSTRIAL EMPIRE. 11 peoples produce at a reasonable price orrelieve them from contributions and taxes;that delay is crit
. Book of the Royal blue . Orleans. High rates of transportationacross the mountains placed the Easternmarkets beyond their reach. Public meet-ings were held throughout the PittsburgDistrict, and a petition was presented tothe President and Congress declaring thatprotection and allegiance are reciprocal;the people have the right to demand pro-tection at the hands of the Government inthe prosecution of lawful commerce ; thatthe Government must either take the THE RISE OF AN INDUSTRIAL EMPIRE. 11 peoples produce at a reasonable price orrelieve them from contributions and taxes;that delay is critical; and that imperialnecessity may therefore compel us, unlessrelief is afforded, to resort to measureswhich we may deem calculated to insureprotection to our trade, though they may States immediately afterward, and wasfollowed by the opening of the New Orleansmarket to the world. Previous to thepurchase the outrage had reached a pointwhere many favored taking forcible posses-sion of New Orleans and the MODERN PITTSBUKG-SMITHFIELD STREET. FROM DIAMONl result in consequences unfavorable to theharmony of the Union. The effect of this drastic declarationupon the Government will never be known,but it is a matter of history that LouisianaTerritory was i)urchased by the United VOLUME OF TRADK IN 1 Manufactures $266,000 Produce brought to market- • 92,000 Exports 180,000 Imports 2,50,000 THE RISE OF AN INDUSTRIAL EMPIRE.
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