American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-26

as is the case OF the new hork caua, "o
very long ieres that they have been aoie 70 oo'an
Upon the whole, it is likely that we are about 70
commence an era of time of unusually interest !
inc obaracter-when two great rival states are com
mencinc struggle to who shall be foremos. 10
and wealth that they hope to OBTAIN
in consequence Of such improvement POOR h.ee
delaware cannot have much to do with this matter
in any way as her interest or her pleasure VIII DC
dsregarded although one OF the parties IS Wiling
enough to make use OF her territory wnen II suns
her convenience, and the other party Will no douot
find the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal an advan.
in her intercourse with the southern states al
Ia future day yet being SO little Interested 10 inc
result OF this contemplated struggle. We' OF Deia
ware may look on calmly, and estimate the eho,ls
That ambition interest, and genius, will excite the
differen, parties TO-, for the purpose OF accomplish
ing their ends and perhaps the time VIII come
when even this petty slate so little regarded IN me
lgrea, struggle and the town OF wilmington, whose
Iinteres, was wholly despised in the location oil the
canal that they were obliged TO carry through the
Estate Of Delaware, to effect their own purposes
NAV be able to participate in this trade oil the GUS
lquehanna eagerly sough, alter by me 'ofmauoh
OF canal from the mouth OF the Ociorara INTO
| Ch,stiana Greek, which certainly is much more
possible than carrying canal from inc waters Oh
the Delaware the Blue Ridge and the Aiiegha-
nv Mountains to Lake Erie But it at future day
our children succeed in making such canal, from
the mouth Of the Octo:ara, BY New Ark, to the
christina Greek, then will they have succeeded IN
tapping the Susquebanna az very important poin'
at the lower end OF its g eat trade; and OF form,
ling connection with the Delaware, more sG1e ana
more suitable for the up and down trade Of the
Susqnehanna, iby boats han by means OF the Chesa
peake and Delaware Canal. And if, in ADDITION
10 this improvement. union can be formed between
1.-The Octorara and ConestoGa. (aod which no doubt
lis POSSIBILITY the trade OF the City of Lancaster and
of Lane aster County. may eventually be made TO
pass by US, and contribute to the accommodation OF
this place-and hence. the efforts OF both N. York
land Pennsylvania. TO improve the facilities oil the
trade of the Susquehanns, may IN the course OF
levents, be made TO subserve the interests oil VIII
Imington.
| When this shall be the case, town may grow
40 at the mouth Of Chrls,iaua Greek (Which IS the
most important harbor between the Capes OF Della
ware and Philadelphia and which will then offer as
many OF more facilities to the Merchant than we
lean now readily conceive, from its near connection
with several important canals, and water powers
Iegpaliy cpnipaigat hose the capital OF Penn
1 ylvsnia A canal may then be opened perhaps
hfough New Jersey, from the opposite side OF the
! Delaware. TO connect with Salem Creek and Mau
| Ices River, and become source OF considerable
business Many persons may be induced to con .
,der this whole essay as the vasary OF the imagna
iIan- the am sement Of an idle hour; but in the
lcountfy in which Providence has been pleased 10
l3lace us. AID uuder the torn OF government that
Iare blessed with. there is no knowing what may be
detected in a single age--where the mind and body
Iof the citizen are left SO entirely free to operate
yh,t Is desirable to himself s The writer
the reader Of these speculatons, that he has seen
much greater w1nters effected in his day, than all
hat is here contemplated At the time OF the birth
LOT The writer this country was almost wilderness,
I(comparaisey) and Lancaster was, in idea, what St
4 Louis, on the Mississippi. now is The United
States were then dependent Colonies subject to Great
, Britain-whe Spain and Portugal held all South
I 1merica and 10 man, perhaps, contemplated what
has since taken place. At that time there was not
canal law in operation in Great Britain; did the
!, q. States a, that day ship single bale Of cotton.
Now, what 10 we see. Twenty.four independent re-
pubcs cover the face Of this country which spreads
from the Atlantic 10 the Paci6c Ocean, then ely
= known, and The mouth Of The Oregon but vision
: in the mind of the geographer. Now, all South
: America is free from European dominaton-canal:
growing up year after year, in this country, like
. exhalations almost; the exports OF the United
States have advanced from II to 100 millions O
81 dollars in my time, and from an almost total igno
J. rance Of the Article of cotton, our export, now
d amount to near 100000 bales annually He who
I, has all this, and much more, take place in the
II short period Of Go years, will doubt the ca
pacity of this country TO effect all that it may be
fSI"esHaOie 10 eSecAte-eSpeclaHV Wnen we reflect
t that at The commenc of the above period, tn,
at population Of these United States did not much ex
e coed millions Of inhabitants, but that they nov
OF app zach TO twelve millions and what ma,
IN not twelve millions of people effect when two mil
at lions Of dependent coionsts and their descendants
al have effected much, and within the life time
$. ona Of their citizens? An Old Man
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htl FOR THE wATcHMANs
y None doubt of the entire nanmty of the people
this county, upon the subject of the State Tax We hav