Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-09-13

A gentleman at Union Town, in Pennsylya'
MIA, writes the the Editors of the National In.
tenigencer that Mr.. Shriver. with his Brigade
of Engineers, is now near the confluence oil
the Youghiogeny and Monongahela rivers,
and expects to reach Pittsburg in about two
weeks. The writer thinks that all the results
ofthe present summers operations, have prov
ed much more favorable than was anticipated
even by the most sanguine friends of the mea,
sure, and that the work, if possible, is be.
coming more and more popular. An exten.
sive meeting of the citizens of Fayette county
convened at Union Town on the 9th ultimo,
and after adopting a preamble expressive Of
their general sentiments on the subject of in.
ternai improvements, unanimously passed the
following resolutions:
1. Resolred, That we view with deep regret
and serious concern the conduct of a majority
of the list Legislature, in refusing their assent
to the which had received the sanction OF
the u, ID States and of Virginia and Mary.
land, relative to The Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal a measure so well calculated to pro.
mote the prosperity and glory Of this Safe,
making her territory the theatre Of one ofthe
most splendid and magnificent works ever ac-
compI shed by the art or ingenuity of man
2. Resoired, That an entire communication
from Philadelphia, by way of Pittsburg, to the
Lakes, can be effected, at a small expense to
the state, by connecting the Susquehannah
and Potomac, and thus avoiding a resort to an
Oppressive system of land taxation, which
our people, under existing circumstances, are
so utterly unable to bear, and, at the same
time, accomplish the declared object of the late
Convention at Harrisburg, viz. The Union of
the Eastern and Western Waters of the State
s'by the nearest and most practicable rugte."
5. Resohed, That we regard the union of
the Eastern and Western Waters, across the
Allegheny Mountains, as a national object to
accomplish national purposes, and which
should be effected with national means-that
the burthen should be borne, not by one State,
but by al equally.
a. Resolred, That when we look to the
peaceful and prosperous situation Of our coun-
try, and the Aourishing condition Of our ma
tjonal finances, we view, with peculiar ap-
probation, the late measures of the National
Government on the subject OF Internal I'm
provements generally, and especially in refer.
ence to the proposed connexion Of the Eas-
tern ard Western waters, believing, as We do,
that the surplus revenue of the nation cannot
be applied to a more important, or patriotic
purpose.
5. Resoired, That if the proposed National
Canal, uniting the East and West did not
touch the territory Of Pennsylvania, we owe ii
to the General Government, as citizens and
fienas ofthe Union, to yield to the measure
our cheerful and hearty cooperation, and that
aditferent policy might justly be denounced
as unwlse, contracted, and iniberd.
8. Resolved, That any attempt in Pennsyl-
yania 'eo tax the many for the benefit of the
few" or to impose unnecessary burdens on
the people, and especially on the agricultural
classes, already sufficiently depressed, to &C