Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-06
From The National hieAigencsr.

There are manv lhdNiuualS VI ~ ,r
persons, whom have last addressed IN otnH.
of the Chesapeake and OHIO Canal VINO au" ~
thai &c accomplished, its uii,moie effect VIII De
,:.oa,Iy hsre6cial 20 themselves and their neigh
buurs, but who deny that us '""'''a'
ton will prove so.
Were II practicable suddenly to place the ci-
80 of New York within the heart OF the us
trict of Columbia, with all its merchants us
ships, and its active capital, these enemies VI
lbs canal would not, indeed, complain. But
they arc unwilling, it seems, to purchase Den
eft for posterity, at their own expense.
Although it be altogether impractlcaoT 70
transfer that city from the shores o. the iiuu-
SON 10 those of the Potomac, 1t Is not 50 Is -
its merchants, its capital, and It's ShiPs VT II
these CANNOT, and it is not desired oy the au'hoi
IS the,e rssavs. that they should be brought
awav from New. Y DIRK, to whose prosperity e,-
en- this remote canal will hereafter greatly
contribute. they can be invited, and VIII Ger aim
" come from wherever they exist, and ind less
nrofit bile employment, than would await them
Ia the extended market OF the Potomac,
were the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal comPie-
ted.
That new capital would flow into the District
&C fast AZ least. as the productions that would
r,ou;re its use. a little attention TO the nature
of this subsection will render probable For,
rive produce that would nsrer reach the us
trict markets, we're the navigation Oh the 70
tomac improved by continned canal, as that
nrodue e already exists, and even no" so's
broad, though by different channel, the caps,
tai which at present gives X motioh, WIN
can,;nue IN do So To transfer il 10 the Poto-
mac requires the Intervention OF ont very
sir,rIe instrument of commerce, called an IL
land hill Of ,xchaagc, or negotiable order Tor
The navmt Mt If money. IL is an lnrisunent
with paper wings, and It's flight fr1 one city
=, asofher. perf rms its office with sanal GER
mai is destined 10 create, of which bread stutts,
indeed will form some, though bht an lncon
siderable part, i; is very Obvious that this ra-
MD process for transferring money or credii
which serves lis purpose from place to place,
will enable it to overtake the axe or the plough,
engaged in opening new fields, or turning their
culture from grass into grain. 1t viii unlock
the strong box Of the distant merchant, or
the vaults Of the nc.ghboring banks, before
the iron and coal miues Of the Potomac viii
have seen the light, OF its mountain i:osts have
descended TO the water.
If the ultimate effect of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal is expected 10 be Of universal ben
eht 10 the agriculture of the country which
frequents its markets, so will be, there fore its
immediate operation.
To all that part Of the neighboring country
which can substitute, 20 advantage, its fossil
coal for wood, in domestic uses, il will supply
ne,g EsAis an those forests, now reserved for fu-
ell; and Il should not be overlooked, that its
lime red"c,ed in price tn that Of ordinary COM
post ma, xiv. Ike fertility to those which have
been very long exhausted.
II IT'S praximate, as well as its remote advan-
tages be dislrihuird in unequal proportions, and
the lsi ges, will belong to the inhabitants Of the
= r.
partake Of its improved navigation, still i,
should suffice 10 aliay all discomfort, tha, its
benefits will be, as we have seen, most wide
ly diffused, and that il will more than repair 10
each individual every loss which il mag occa-
sion.
War, is, indeed, but a contingent calamity,
and 10 us il may be, as most devoutly wish, a
remote ono. While, however, millions are an.
nually expended in sustaining an army and a
navy, and in constructing permanent fortified
tons along our seaboard, those whom these We
ry costly preparations are designed TO protect.
and who annually and largely contribute To
their growth or their maintenance, should not
wholly disregard, in their personal estimates
of future profit and security, the benefits of in
land navigation.
Those enemies to the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, whom l may have, as yet, sought in vain
W WI" y '"! a. Suheh', may oS otouSh'
10 unite with me, BY their own solemn re-
collections. I refer not at present, though |
we'll might, to the indellibe disgrace brought. |
not only on them, but on the whole A me-
rican People, by the hostile destruction of |
the Capital Of their Federal Goyernment-bu,
/ allu1e to those calamities Of war, which are,
TO great extent, iDsepara5le from it's occur
renee: to the very high prices of those neces,
saries af life which reach US from abroad, or by
domestic channels, remote and Difficult, in Them
selves, and liable to be obstrucled or endanger
ed by the fleets Of an enemy. l alluIe, in fine,
10 The enormous price with which, more especial
", those three necessariss, salt, sugar, and iron,
came loaded to US. Let those who do remem-
Der il, reflect that the first OF these commodi-
lies may be had from Pittshurg, the second from
Louisiana, and the last from the base Of the Al