Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-01-14

-. - oesieved that next year the revenue
wiil be nearly doubled, if the Erie canal arrives
10 the lake IN due season, and its progressive
expansion will be commensurate with the pros
perisy OF the state, and the growth of our coun-
uy' FROM thesc data, just estimate may be
.iiaue OF the rapid operation os ludicous sul-
ing iund in the extinguishIng the whole debt,
anu oi the prospective fiscal resources of the
state.
:, is estimated that 10000 boats passed. al
tne junction of the Erie and CHAMPAIGN canals
w''u'' the last season. Boats with commodities
psooecu at the rate OF IS miles in "a hours; and
ooa's WIN passengers 90 miles i'm the same
'i'ne. As late as the 18th of December, a boat
i s, witt, merchandise arrived at Utica from
Albany"
niue recent attempt Of the General G overumcnt
~ cohect Revenue from Baats nayir,thp ,,,,e
S""ai oov. Clinton the following fo,cib,e
sse-and we may rejoice that circumstances
49,. 'pei',ng New-YorS TO share in the socitudc
e"u protection of the Rights of the States:
cannot passovcrin silence the ATTEMPT Which
11s 7een recently made 60 bring the boats n,x;--
ga :''c our canals within the operation or ,,o
statutes - regulating the coastiug trade of the
United States, hr requiring from such boats en-
roineat and iicease, d:..i The payment of TONNAGE
ouucs. The canals are the property of the state
are within the jurisdiction OF the state have been
constructed by the state, and can be DESTROYED
by The state. They have been ma.ic at its ex
pehse after the general government had refused
All participation and assistance. II cannot well
be I'c'ctivci how the regulation of con,nor..
''with foreign nations, and a,nono tho s,,,.raI
states or with the Indian tribes,n can aut,or;se
an interference with vessels prosecuting an in
iand trade through artificial channels. The
coasting trade is entirely distinct from a trade
through our canals, which no state i'm tlc uuion
"or INC general government itself, has right to
ENJOY witho 1t our consent
:" lie consequence of such assumptions would
be, II carried into effect, TO annihilata our reve
nue. arising from tolls. to produce the most on
preSs'e measures, to destroy the whDie system
OF internal Improvements, and 10 PROSTATE the
authority OF the state governments
After dwelling in detail on the various tonics Of
his Message Gov. Clinton concludes in the foiIoy-
ing grateful and eloquent strain:
eve possess territory Of great extsnt: n soi,
OF mexhaustibie fertility; climate of unioIbt
cd saiuarty; subterraneous wealth almost bound
less; incalcuiable extent of manufacturing pow
err positions Tor prosperous commerce unsur-
passed upon the globe; vast public propertv IL,
lands, stocks and canals; luurisl,inp treasury:
a prospective and certain revenue of millions: :,
system OF laws under which The rights OF ncrsons
ana property are secured, and still susceptible o
great nnprovements-and above all, NAV We moi
our population is religious, moral, industrious
intelligent, enterprising and high-spirited, pro
iounuly conscious of its rights, its duties and IL.
blessings; with the principles aud feelings OF
freedom engrafted into its moral and physical
hc'ng! Enjoying, as we do, these transcendant
blessings 1T remains for ourselves to determine
whether VIC arc worthy of the career which the
Author oil all Good has opened to us, whether
we nave wisdom and virtue enough to become
what he has given us the means and mIicate 4
as ms wIsh that we should become, a main pillar
IN the great AMI glorious fabric OF freedom and
sociai happiness, reared By the vaor, establish
ell by The wisdom, and cenented by the bio ID
oil our fathers, blessing as we are blessed and
'nins,crng as we have been ninistered npto;-
or whether we are to prove recrcant TO these
elevated and imperative duties and by WASTING
our strength al suiling our character in nett
caaals, Intrigucs and local agitatinns, commenc.
ing IN folly and terminating in disgrace. we cast
away the rich hounties OF heaven, uplermine
our own prosperity, and rctard the establishment
OF principles associated with the exalted desti-
mes OF freedom, and identified with the primary
interests of the human racer