Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-11-22
/ honor of completing the greatest work of the

of Ohio-She is truly our sister; her heart has
been with us in our undertaking.
BY William l.. Stone, of New-York. Our
antiDodes whom the Improvements OF the age
have made our neighborS.
BY Major Smith, of Albany. The city of
Albany-Yankee enterprise coupled with
Dutch prudence-slay the union be perpetual.
BY guest. The West Point Band-The
only gentlemen ofscience and skill, Who with
out offence trumpet their orpn fame.
BY guest The man on whom alone would
have fastened all the oboquy Of the .Giihre of
that stupcndous undertaking, the success OF
which we this day celebrate.
Palmam ,ferat, que ne,rat.
By Joseph Alexander, Esq. of Albany. The
heads that planned, and the hands that achey-
ed the stupenlous work that we this day &C.
lebrate
BY guest. CoNNoDoRE RoDGERs-WhO has
this day sent a libatIon from the ocean to the
canals.
BY guest. The union we this day cele-
brate between the luke and the river; that
which is so happily Joined together" let 10
man put asunder,
Air" Oh, haste to the wedding"
We have said at the conmenceme emf
of this description, that Wednesday was
proud day for ew-York, and we re-
peat the remark for, whatever party
rules, whatever political chief rises or
falls, agriculture, manufactures, and
commerce must still remain the greatest
of our concerns, and by the opening OF
the canal, these three great vita nte-
rests are all, most eminenlly promoted
| What wide spread region OF cultivated
soil has already been brought within the
near vicinity of the greatest market CD
our continent How many manufactn-
| ring establishments have had the value
of every thing connected with them
doubled by this meeting of the wa
tiers !" How vastly have the internal re
sources of this metropolis been in one
day practically extended Without ad
verting to any long vista OF future times
how much has, already, at this presen
hour, been effected in the enhancement.
Of the total value of the whole state. l.
we Justly consider the Hudson, flowing
through the densest population and bes'
cultivated territory, an invaluable bles
sing, and indeed leading feature Of our
| ning OF ne7v and additional river, twice
| the navigabe length of the Hudson, and
| reversing a region, whose population
| and agricultural wealth will soon rival
| and even surpass those OF its banks
river, which in one year more viii carry
our trade to the foot of the falls OF s..
Mary, and will eventually give us &C
cess to the remotest shore of lake Supe-
rior!
Thus has closed one of the greatest,
nappiest, proudest, most propitious
scenes our state has ever Witnessed.
Excepting that day on which she joined
ne national confederacy, there is none
like it in her history; nor is there like
10 be, saving that which will commemo-
rate the completion OF the same grand
design, now SO near lis contamination.
The prominent figure ia this scene oil
he public exullatlon, is man whose
name will be preserved from the stroke
of time, by the benedic Inns Of reinolest
poslerity one OF those men whom one
age is insufficient to appreciate whose
thoughts and purposes run through ma
ny ages; aud whose minds are never
fully developed, Till their concep!ions
have been embodied in plans and mea-
sures, which go on to bless nation
from generation to generation. 1t is in
vain that the Efforts of the weak. who
cannot comprehend, or the mali gnan,,
who comprehend only to haze and envy,
true greatness, are combined to BRING
such men into the dust.
" Like ancient oaks, superior in power
To all the warning winds OF heaven they
rise;
And From the stormy promontory tower,
And loss oheir giant arms amid the skies,
While each assalling blast in crease of strength
supplies"
DE WITT CLINTON, whatever may be
his public career, is now private man;
and none OF those feelings which public
life, in free country, never fails 10 rouse,
have any thing to do with claims 20 his
couDtry's gratitude, which res, upon his
measures for in,ernal Improvements.
These claims are clear, acknow lodged,
irresistible. They have borne down op-
position of party feeling, except in heads
aud hearts which nothing can penetrate;
and they will be owned, and paid too
when we are dead, and our squabbIes
forgotten. Why do we love to honor
Washington ? Because he was the head
OF thesFcderal parry? No: but because
he achieved our Observation-Disclosures
he conferred on his country great and
solid benefits, which we and our chill
cren, and our children's children hope