Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-03
From the National Intelligencer.
COMMUNICATION.

The event, long, reasonably, and ardently de-
- hE !he Rfa4 ri Ibis a he X
tensi,e country, has been consumma,sd. The
Congress Of the United States have given the
as<ed-for encouragement 10 the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal. The bill passed with saluta.
ry opposition, & ma jority which enc ourages,
greatly, The friends Of Inrernal Improvement
throughout the Union. They may expect that,
wherever a work possesses obvious general i'm.
por,ance, commensurate aid will be promptly
extended by the paternal'hand Of The National
Councils.
1t was not TO be anticipated that the meas
sure should be accomplished in Congress with
out opposition. This would spring from va
rious quarters and motives; and whether these
became craftsmanship, and befted the spi-
rit Of the age, we leave it 10 those who are so
disposed to inquire. The opposition we con-
sder salu,ary, inasmuch as i, induced visilant
circumspection on the part Of the friends of The
bill; every measure was we'll weighed-eYerv
step was cautiously taken: and thus, we say.
that the opposition, open, bold, and positive,
Vas happy in It's influence on the success Of the
measure.
Contemplation the most prospective, direct
ed by The closest scrntiny of the whole ground
will not enable US toexpress, though aided by
the language of sanguine expectation, an adj,
qua,e sense of the consequences to dow from
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Whatever
can be expected to result from the direction Of
the amplest capital from the opening Of the
largest sphere for commercial enterprise, from
the iruit OF diversified and ceaselrss industry,
may be looked for here. This is no monopoly
for the rich-this is not field tor greedy spe.
cuaors 10 fatten on, while il is cultivated by
the unrequi,ed sweat of the poor mans brow
Thanks 10 heaven, the fi-ld is bount!less--the
harvest abundant-,he laborers, whosoe,er
will'-the cui bono. the bono puJRco. Every
hand may be employed, every mouth may
be filled, every store increased, every hear,
gladdened. Not only may man prosper ifhe
be Industrious, but industry will be SO variousy
and so inviringly courtrd, as 10 leave poverty
to mark Only thosr, who cast from them the
blessings freely offered by Providence, by ma.
turt, and art.
Oh one thing we are persuaded: this Canal
will constitute an era in the civil policy Of Sc.
veral Of The Southern States. Ii slave labor
can again be rendered profitable, it will be SO
by the various manufacturing and mechanical
operations arising out of such works as this
Canal. fthat population be not compatible
with the interests Of those on the Canal region,
it will speedily give way to efficient operatives.
The spirit of improvement will extend from
that OF rivalry, and the Southern rivers Of Vr.
giDia will be Immediately canalled; the inter-
ests Of the community pursued with intensity
and success, will renderVirginia, with her eli
mate, soil, waters, and resources, what Nature
intended her to be, and what it was one Of the
frs, last wishes Of Washington she should be-
To what extent these an,icipalions may RAJ
-,ionally be carried, we leave to the prophetic
spirit of the rejecting statesman, and of every
wise and influential man in the country. In
doing so, we ask them 10 review the extensive
experience of the world on thi, subect-and