Evaluate the Impact of Transportation on the Growth of the United

question 32

Essay

Evaluate the impact of transportation on the growth of the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century.
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Source: J.H.B. Latrabe, 1811
In the latter part of September, 1811, the New Orleans, after a short exgerimental trip up the Monongahela, commenced her voyege... the voyege which changed the relations of the West-which may almost be said to heve changed its destiny On ane accasion, alarge canoe, fully maned came aut of the woods... The Indians, autrumbering the crew of the versel padneded after it. There was at ance arace, and for a time the contest was equal... Steam had the advantage of enchurance, and the Indians with wild shouts $\ldots$ gave up the pursuit...
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Source: Jah C. Calhoun December 19, 1828
We cultivate certan great staples for the supply of the general market af the warld; and they manufacture almost exclusively far the home market. Their abject in the Tariff is to keep down fareign competition, in arter to obtain a monopoly of the damestic market. The effect on us is to compel us to purcha5e at a higher price, both what we purchase from them ant from athers, without receiving a carrespanding increase of price for what we sell. The price, at which we can afford to cultivate, must depend an the price at which we receive aur supplies. The lower the latter, the lower we may dispose of aur products with profit; and in the same degee dur capacity of meeting campetition is increased; an the cantrary, the higher the price of aur supplies, the less the profit at the same price, and the less consequenty the capacity far meeting competition. ... The case then, farly stated between us and the manufacturing States, is, that the Tariff gives them a prohibition against foreipn competition in our awn market in the sale of their poods, and deprives us of the benefit of a campetitin of purchasers for aur raw material. They wha say, that they cannot compete with foreigners at their own doars without an advantage of nearly fifty per cent. exgact us to meet them abroad unter a disatvantage equal to their encuuragement. But the oppression preat as it is to us, will not stop at this point.
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Saurce: Andrew Jacksan speech to Congess, 1830
Ta the House of Representatives:
Gentlemen, Ihave maturely considered the bill proposing to autharize ansubscription af stack in the Maysville..Road Company," and now return the same to the House of Representatives, in which it aripinated writh my objections to its passage.. Such grants [af money by the federal government] have always been [passed] under the control of the eeneral principle that the warks which might be thus aided should be "af a general not local national not State," character. A disregard of this distinction wauld af necessity lead to the subversion of the federal system... I am not able to view [the Maysville Raad Bill] in any other light than a5 a measure of purely local character... It has no connection with any established system of improvements; [mi] is exclusively within the lirrits of a State [Kentucky]...

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Saurce: Saruel Marse to Senatar F.O.J. Srith Februrary 15, 1838
This mode of instantanedus commurication must inevitably became an instrument af immense power, to be wrelded far good or far evil as it shall be properly ar improperly directed ..If no insumountable obstacles present themselves in a distance of une hundred miles, none may be exgected in ane thousand or in ten thousand miles; and then will be presented for the consideration af the Government the propriety of completely argarizang this _new telegraghic system as a part of the Guvernment. attaching it to same department alreaty existing or creating a new ane which may be called for by the accumulating duties of the present departments...
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Saurce: Jasiah Greg Commeres of the Frairies, 1842
It is from this period -the year 1822 - that the virtual commencement of the SANTA FE TRADE may be dated The next remarkable era in its history is the first attempt to intraduce wagons in these expeplitions. This was made in 1824 by a compary of traders, about eighty in mumber, among whom were several gentlemen of intelligence from Missauri, who contributed by their superior skill and undaunted energy, to render the enterprise campletely successful. A portion of this campany employed pack-mules: among the rest were awned twenty-Eve wheled vehicles, of which ane ar twa were stout raad-wagons, twa were carts, and the rest Dearborn carrieges the whole conveying 50me \$25,000 ar 330,000 warth of merchandise. Colonel Marmaduke, the present Lestenant-Governor of Missouri, having formed ane of the party, has been pleased to place his diary of that eventful jauney at my disposal; but want of space necessarly compels me to pass cver the many interesting and exciting incidents which it contains. Suffice it to 5 ay that the caravan reached Santa Fe with much less difficuly than must have been anticipated from a first exgeriment writh wheeled vehicles. The raute, indeed, appears to have presented fewer obstacles than any ordinary raad of eqqual length in the Urited States...

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