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York itself, and which will certainly be improv-
ed, so soon as the people of the state are awa-
kened to its vast advantages—possessing a
capital city which has had a growth as remark-
able as that of any city of the world, and which
now places her next to Philadelphia for popu-
lation—enjoying a commerce which ranks the
state as the third, and tonnage that elevates her
as the second state in the union; not in propor-
tion, but in actual amount. In proportion to
extent and population, Maryland has now a
greater tonnage, and a greater commerce than
any state in the union—what would it be if
the avenues were open, which would
connect her with the Mohawk and the western
counties of New York, with the vast chains of
northern, and north western lakes—with the
Ohio—the Mississippi—the Missouri—avenues
that wait only to be improved, and Maryland
will truly become the centre of the Union, in the
most intimate of all political connections-that
of commerce and profitable intercourse

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