8689. UNION (The Federal), Western interests and.—[further continued] .
Whether we remain in
one confederacy, or break into Atlantic and
Mississippi confederacies, I believe not very
important to the happiness of either part.
Those of the western confederacy will be as
much our children and descendants as those
of the eastern, and I feel myself as much
identified with that country, in future time,
as with this; and did I now foresee a separation
at some future day, yet I should feel the
duty and the desire to promote the western
interests as zealously as the eastern, doing all
the good for both portions of our future
family which should fall within my power.—
To Dr. Joseph Priestley. Washington ed. iv, 525.
Ford ed., viii, 295.
(W.
Jan. 1804)
See Centralization, Colonies, Confederation; Constitution,
Federal Government and United
States.
