Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-01-07

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will i,s importance. As was dictated oy me
most liberal, enlightened and enlarged viewS'
the attention ard fostering aid OF he state, mas
e. 81 be tn directed to the promotion Oh snch
as from their magnitude ana ma
,ional characier,wi al the same time most ads
vance il. own interests and promote those o'
other great Sc e,ions Of our country, and contri-
bute largely 10 the national wealth, indeptn>
dence and security. Such improvements, IL Is
believed, are the Chesapeake and Ohio Canai,
and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road; when
works, since the adjournment OF the las cen>
eral Assembly, have been commenced, ana nave
progressed with rapidty exceeding the e&
ec;a,ions Of their most sanbuine irienas, a"o
which il persevesed in, (of which VIC have DO
doubl,) mus, insure their speedy compie'i'h'
To the reports Of their respective Boards, We
beg leave IN refer you Tor the more ihiho'e o@
tails in relation 10 them.
These great and important improvements
having common object in view, that OF break
ing down the barrier ofin,ervening mountains
and connecrins by The shortest and most easy
route, the Atlantic with the fertile valley OF the
Mississippi, Tor The purposes OF inland trade
communication, have been, we find, considered
unnecessary by many worthy citizens, VINO we"
them more in reference TO The STATE oil our pre-
sent population, than wha, must be our condi-
tiou in few years, and TO which we are quick
" advancing. Possessing as the United States
do, the means Of sustaining human life, far
greater than that afforded by any other section
If the globe, ofequal extent, with population
rapidly progressing, we may safely predict that
We shall, IN less than fifty years, from this time
exceeds in number the present population III
France and Great Britain united.
| Under such circumstances and with such MAI
L.c,. that E,rI nj
intercourse can the present generation ProJrc'
tina, will not he wanting before they can be
completed?-Wba sources ofindus,ry will no,
be required, TO sustain such growing popu-
la,ion, in healthy, vigorous and prosperous
condition.
Do no, let it be said that view Of this sub
jrc, is too prospective. Fifty years is but
shor, period in the history Of nation. Many
OF vou whom we have the honor 10 address,
| we ia, ter ourselves, will live TO see tina, I'M
prec de ned condition Of our country. Fon'
years have elapsed siuce our friend and bene-
fac tor, the generous Lafayette, lef, US, VIII" had
visited US after lapse Of half century 10 wit
ness the magic progress our country had made,
under the influence Of free institutions, in the
achievement of which he h,d so disInteres'ed-
" participated One Of the signers of the De-
clara,ion Of Indep, ndence; also, still lives tore
ceivr and enjoy the increased homage of his
fellow ciriz, ms. unmixed with feelings Of jeal>
ousy, envy or dlstTust
Since the year 1896, we have scrupnlonslv
adhered TO the District System, in the election
OF electors OF President and Vice President oil
the United States; and We are induced 10 be-
lieve tina, i, ought to be persevered in. could
a majority Of our sister States bp prevailed up
on to adopt it, In the recent election OF those
high officers, we have bod warm contest, un
der peculiar circumstances calculated 10 pro-
ducr ! deep excitement, which, no doubt has
been f,l, in every section OF the Stale, and which
has resulted in the election ct SIX electors Tor
one candidate, and five for mother, thus. virtu-
| ally, giving TO tie State one vote only ana
viii, has been out too often the case hereto
fore.
We would sugges, to the General Assemhl!
the proprie,y of changing our present. system
, for tina, of general ticket, and thereby give &c
the State its due weignt in The election of 'h'
chief Officers in our confrdrracy. The mo
ment for such change is Er"ptiouS; he pc
Rod of contest Is far r.moved, and j. is 10, only
4 no, known, on whom the proposed Chang
v would have a bea,ing, but W" are equally lgn"
rant. who will br competitors f,r the suffrage
: of our citizens, or Tor whom hey may 6e dis
posed to vote.
In compliance with H. directions of the &C
OF December Session, 1925, we. herewith, suo
0 nit a sta'emen, ofexpend'turt $ in the purcha'
b. and building OF ware houses in the city of Bal
d .imore, for The inspection Of Tobacco
I Wheu the warehouse now building on mt
, premises obtained from Cumberland Duga
h and other, shall be finished, which will br IN
short time the state will own warehouses sntfl
Glen, for the receplior, and s,o age, a. long a
e will b. required, Of all The 'obac that viii
# probably, BE- brough, to them for inspection
The contracts for the purchase of warehouse
O from Williams aud O'Donnell, and Nose
!, Sheppard, and also the contract and variou
d subsequent proceedings, for obtaining the pro
: perry 1T Cumberland Dogan and Others, and t.
r. the building Of The ware houses now erecttn
i thereon, have been heretofore submitted TO IN
: G. neral Assembly.
2 The Executive, in contracting for building
II decidedly preferred the mode they adopt 10 th'
I. Of giving specific sum, from full conviclio
e that the Warehouse viii be much better, an
/: more substantially built, than il woul! hav
d been under contract OF the latter kind: an
Of that the difference in cost Will be much IT:
y than in the value Of the property when III
e building shall be completed.