Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-08

eBHu GRsasassf Ist and @olls ho,sAse 0p.a'
.Pahha,,by deseriptTUn oil the present pros |
per.us state Of our country
The important aad diversified cbjecss OF at
tention combined with the good government OF
arepublic, 20 extensive in territory, SO fertile
in resources, and so susceptible OF improve
mont. as that In which our lot is cast, must im-
rrexs YOU deeply and solemnly with the magni-
nude. weight and extent Of the duties assigned
90 Sou by the voice your country, and incui'
cate the necessity Of improving the presents
nent advantages, and Of mitigating the evils In.
cidrnf to our situation. The great seourges oil
mankind have rarely visited Us with destroying
fury; peace. plenty and health have presided o.
YER our land. War is stranger, and famine
and the ne silence that walketh in darkness are
never experienced Instead of scarcity, there
!. generally a superabundance OF subsistence,
an excess Of production. The cordial anxiety
of Henry 4,h of France, that every peasant IN
his kingdom might have fowl In his pot; and
the benevolent prayer Of a sovereign OF Great
Britain. that his poorest subject might have e.
ducatior 81 ficient 10 read the bible, were, at
the times they were uttered, considered chime.
"a. of the imagination. In lhis fortunate land
thew are realized so far as they apply to the fui-
lest latitude and to the utmost extent. hese
distinguished dispensations of Divine ProVi'
dence ought indeed to fill our hearts with gra"
ti,ude. and cur lives with devotion to the an-
thor of every good and perfect gilt, and the
prospects Of the future, and in the distance are
adapted To inspire the same commendaoie sp.>
II, And in this view of our situation the ST.
,n,,,aneous commencement Of the natural year
and YOUR anniversary meeting are calculated 10
,rotiuce emotions of solemn and impressive
character, and well adapted TO animate your
zeal, and iuyigorase your efforts, IN behalf Of the
best interests Of our country.
The Governor Their lamen,s The present state
evil NAV be ascribed to the re eligibility Of the
President, 10 the mode of conducting The Pre-
sidential election, and to the facility that now
exists Of bringing F" the final determination Of
the question into the House of Representatives
IAN ample 6eld for the operations Of manage
suspicious and impu,atous, which ought never
stain Tie character Of our coaStry."
Added to this sample Of his Excellency's po-
litics, we have Immediately following
Nor are the claims Of the National Govern.
men, in derogation Of the constitutional autho-
rites Of the States, calculated to quie the agi-
iations Of the times; nor to ,ranquillize the APP
prehenslons OF The community. Although rash
innovation ought ever to be dscounten anced,
yetNsslatary improvement ought to be unhesi-
tatipgty cuitiy ated: And, until some adequate
preventives and .fficacious remedies are engraf
ted into the constitution, we must rarely expect
q recurrence of the same tranquility which for.
merly shed its benign influence over our coun>
try.
We have just before had picture Of the state
Of the nation, and what, we would ask, but The
protecting and fostering care Of the National
Government has produced this scene OF unex-
ampled happiness and prosperity! Why talk
of"the claims of the National Government in
derogation Of the constitutional authorities of
the States" when no such claims have ever
been advanced! We are sorry that the Cover.
nor has permitted his zeal for the party which
he has espoused to carry him beyond the limits
Of reason and prudence. The stale allusion to
management and intrigue" above all, should
never have disgraced this state paper, more es-
pecislly since the most abandoned Of the oppo-
si,ion are beginning to be ashamed Of charge
, which has recoiled on themselves.
The subject OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT, fa-
vorite theme with the Governor, is ably dis
cussed, and will no doubt be the most interest,"
ing part Of the message 10 the people of New
York. He recommends several additional ca
nails, and renews in the mos, earnest manner his
former recommendations On this subject. In
refuting some objections to the system of inn
provement adopted BY his State, the following
remark is made:
The Erie and Champlain canals have cost
between 20 and $4,000 dollars a mile, and this
enormous expenditure will never occur again.
All the mysteries Of such operations are deve-
Hoped, and all the difficulties diminished; and
il may now be confidently pronounced, that the
maximum expense, Of any given canal, will not
exceed 10000 dollars mile, unless il passes
over high mountains by locks, inclined planes
or deep Cuttings, or under them by extensive
tunnels. The opposition to the extension OF in-
,ernal navigation, is based upon an application
81 the same ratio Of expenditure on the con-