Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-03-19
[VoL. L. No. Ie.

IN the Western country; YOU have given NOR,
+. than 10 600 acres os land to make :, ro.J in
Ohio. The people OF The West have c,li, l.sd 10
ask, and have; Wien, they had cmiars;,s sci
themselves by purchases of lards, tley r-ers.sre
leased from the contracts, as far they .lesrvxi
and further time given to pay, What remained
due. Why. tlien, do Tic citizens of the West
complaint The gentleman saws, that kentucky,
Ohio, and Tennessee, arc now the Chief etagrat-
ing states; IT IS their citizens WHO purchase til.
lands of the United Statcs-an evidence oil their
prosperity. Ono million aida half Paid s..,,t
ally for western lands, will Bnt ;rir oye,isl t:
western people, If they receive annual. a great
er sum. BY paper before nc. K :,,,,,ca;s that
1901 horses and mules. ii93 hogs aud ,,,ii.i.
Der of beefcattle, the whole minated at upwaltI,
OF 100000 dollars. have passed the ford of Gum
bcrlaDd river, from Kentucky and it is s,rros
| ed that stock, to like aincuht in value, I4,i
1 left the state by other routes. Here, ti,cn is
/ the million and half received by a single state
for live stock only. What must be the amount
received by all the Western states. when. To tho
price OF their stock. Is added hemp, their -four.
their bacon, and other produce Tic I've stoclc
here enumerated, has left Kentucky BY "a road
leading through my district, on which 10 public
moneys have been expended, but which, has been
made and repaired by the labor of the people.
| Sir, cannot agree " :th the honorable mon.
Der from Kentucky, (Nir. Clay,) that there is
any danger that the Union Will be shaken by Tn.
| d;sccnteat of the people of the West. Tha
/ time has been, when Carondelct and WIN
/ kinson, Burr and Blanncrhassett could dis
turb the tranquility of the West; butthat time
has gone by. The gentleman Mr. Claw said
that the Cumberland Road lad net ct gene
into any Wcsterg, state. II has gone as far as
rs necessary; and yet ii is road ios the people
OF the West II has gone to the OHIO liycr t!ic
great Western highway by which youlsar noss
TO aay of the Western States. a gentleman
from Pennsy lYania told us of Il nrc.t advn,t.o,o
n rf,, pf.r,i Ill
road; VIC get the mail carried SO dollars {; nile
cheaper than formerly but this road, f2O,niIeS
Ill leSigtli, cost us near two millions q. dollars
the interest of which is I20 600 dollars. or
near ,Ceo dollars per mile; uus, you lose am
| nually, 81 900 per mile the interest of vuur mo.
t ney, besides the cost of rcpairs--and save $50
. a mile in tire expense of carving thc mill
/, Such is the economy recommended by the gen
tlcman.
ihayc heard said, that the lands set apart for
the use OF schools, were not gioe,, by the go, crn.
mont; that they Were paid for l,v those vl, mr.
chased the adjacent lands. This do not admit.
much doubt whether the purchasers of the
Western lands would give shilling, more for a
e quarter section, III consequence OF yonr doi.a-
tions for schools. lfyou about 10 sell a farm,
OF $50 acres land, do you think t.t ,en would
Y improve the price by previously having off 10
acres of it, and conveying those len. acres for a.
, use OF school? should expect you to make
IN the price OF Your .racs
u ofland
e The navigation of the Missi sippi may bei,n-
l. proved, without assuming power 10 make inter-
ia improvements within a-stGtc and Tins cD-
croacing orlst;fte lirisiiction. That river is35s
: here the property OF a state; Ii forms bo,lndar5
to states, except in Louisiana; and there yo.,
j have reserved the navigation. BY your power
D to provide and MAINTAIN navy, you have only
: to build gunboat at louisville, and in you I,
! descent TO the ocean, clear the Mississippi IF
hat.
CATION.
Roads and canals are said TO produce bene-
fetal effects. We'll; the states have reserved
the power 10 make them. Shall VIC not leave
j. to the states the power to make them. Shall
we arrogate to ourselves all power to do eooof2
Shall we manage The agriculture of the country,
the fisheries, and the commerce? The gentle
man from South Carolina talks of the NECESSITY
OF convenient ways of communication hetycnS,
the East and West. They are r.,atle already,
/ The New York canal has opc ued the comp,u,;-
cations between all the states North of tlc OI,;
river, and the East. Pennsylvania has conncc-
| ted the Ohio ard the Delaware By excellent
turnpike roads. You have made the {1u,nber,:pj
roads; and while yea are debating, The i.crisla-
fure OF Virginia have passed bill incorporating
company TO connect the Ohio witt, TIE Ciesa-
/ pcake. That state has also nearly COMPLETED
! the communication hctsconfhcO Ohio and ,yarne,
river. So the argument of thc gentleman, in
| favor OF the waysof communication bct;yecuthe
/ East aid West, comes too late.
The scheme is deceptive. Wh:Icyo,s appoor
to conicrbcneiits on the States, t,oi n but i,c
their money with one hand, and give it back to
thcinwith the other. i should like TO knov
how much OF the appropriation proposed by the
gentleman from Pennsylvania DIR Stewart.
would come TO the share of Illinois or EIssissin
pr. Wonldit cnage one of those States 10 make
half a mile of turnpike road annually, PIC
sumo 1T would not, at the Cumberland rates.
You will give Ncw York share but vot, viii 10,
osdc where 1t shall be expedited aud You NAV
make canal that, instead OF bei, bcficfif may
be aIiH,Jury TO the state. ! iiuj, in q newsnaa
| per, these remarks respecting the proposed Gus
quehannah Canai sc They arc all alive in Eal-
timorc, and indeed throughout - Mar, land orr
| the subject, SiTould tbc CoDagaro aud Balti,
more canal beCompctcd, the interest of PhjA
adePhia VIII be seriously iHjured.'' Let the
1 States beware of the consequences of the power
of internal improv eIi!cDt being assumed by his
! Government as ifnpro} cmcnt, in orc set,iiof of
the country. may tend TO the injury 81 anotIer
Virginia, blind 60 t,c consequences, has decided
hastily 10 cxpcnd bar resources in opcrira t,n
! Ohio and Chesapeake canal, Although il rr+t
rival her great central communication, and ~,
vert the Westcra trade from her a,vi citic T.,
Baltimore, they understand thor or :, Interest.
better: they oppose The Potomac ..aral. but ua-
tronizc thc SusGuehanush ca.,ol. which viii en-
rich Baltimore, while il .n,1fcs Pl,iIadcirli,.
! Canals are not always profitable. 4 ycryur.
iair statement Oh ,re profits OF English canals
has been ma &C, by Keeping ont Of view the
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