Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-11-06

ray Eut SUCCESS can Dcver be attained
without perseverance and energy, sup
pored BY wise foresight, and Just libe-
rality on the Part Of the people of the
state. New-iork has presented spec
tacle most anina,ing and encouraging.
The Erie canal now affords an artificial
navigation OF more than one hundred
miles in length, and that distance will be
more than doubled in the course of the
next year. And the canal commissioners,
in thsir report to the legislature, add,
"with the 3 Use and liberia appropriations
which your honorable body has lately
made applicable to this undertaking, it
is not unreasonable to anticipate the full
consummation of the project, for con-
Meeting the great lakes of the west with
the Atlantic ocean, before the close of
ishe year 1928" p,#as
0hiscpmpietes success has shewn what
Q single state can accomplish without the
co-cpcsation ofthe general government.
{oiher states nave followed the example.
.risns, upon smaller scale, have been
nfoleetel and are already commenced
I IN SOME parts Of New England. Penn
fsyNania and Virginia have entered upon
a sss.c-1 of internal improvements, with
a spEit worthy os,he power and resources
OF those states. North and South Caro-
luna are now engaged in clearing their
lflvers and connecting them by canals
| Ohio has caught the satuc spirit, ana We
hope, ere long, our own state will be en-
gazed in these grand Objects of public
utiiily. Few, we believe, among our
own nitizons, but are nfavor of this sys-
tenn NVe wait Tor the coun,enance of
| the central government. We do hope
| tlat tie evident u,ilityIresulling from a
canal, in connecting distant parts of the
country, and strengthening the union by
saddiijoi,sl ties, will induce the national
authorities to appropriate a portion OF
thr pubic lands, or public moneys, to
S,h's object. The distant states of the
Atlantic are Interested in it; for COM
mcrce materially depends on the facility
OF Intercourse with remote Districts
We cannot bqs anticipate, with delight,
these days when he abundant produce
lions oil Illinois will b. transported to the
ocean with little expense, and when the
lands of her numerous citizens will be
aagnsen,cd in va!u; an hundred fold.
Then we shall find atnarkct for our corn
aat our pork Tie tide of emigration
VIII be turned, and those lands will be
made 70 ynId tic, and abundant har-
vest, upon which The print of human
foutssep has scarccix as vet, been seen.
II Friend 10 Litrr'al Iahroyements.
Al an aajoaraea melting Of The 6 hi
nois Association for the promotion OF
Economy" ,holaensat he courthouse in
E&wagdspille, on the 81 day of Nov. inst.
Gen. Reuben Hopkinssoos the chair
The committee appgn,rd at the last
meeting, to draft rulf and regulations
for the society, made the following re-
port, which, on nioiioF, was read:
Ruies and Reguiasiots rehorted ly Tie
Committee.
ARrtcI IL 1. us
The society shall be denominated the
"Alsnois EconomicG .dssocianoa."
ARrIcT.E III.
Sec. !. Any persia on subscribing to
lhs Rules and Regulations Of the Asso-
c!alion, paying .oltha Treasurer the sum
OF i'ty cents, and making the following
dfe'arslio'., tnay Become a member. = I
do hicdge ny aoord efAenor, that IzviA
soaJora 70 lac rules and regulations Of
the '!llapis Ecoaonical .1ssociation,'
ard syih nor cvaae or infringe any
gof The same during my continuance in
menl5s rsdih !; nor a9iN z ieave tie asso-
clatlo's foytAe furhoas Of acting contra
~ fAsreso."
, Sea- After the association shall have
been organized, The members may be
admitted by a vote Of the, society, or
board Of managers. s
ARTICLE III. NJ
The members of this association shall
| nol purchase, mr. cause to be purchased
Tor Weir own, OF the use Of their families,
during three years from the adoption OF
these rules and regulations, any goods
81 foreign manufacture, when they can
procure at equal, or less cost, such Ame-
rican made goods as will be equally COM
Portable and durable, for the same pur-.
poses. They shall not, during the same
period, purchase, or cause TO be pur-
chased, for ti,eir personal or domestic
use, any foreign goods that can without
material disadvantage be dispensed with,
especially such as are intended only for
show, but shall exercise and encourage