The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-06-03

But the streams of business, which it will pour
into the metropolis, will be returned to the re-
hottest parts of the Commonwealth, in the diff
fusion OF the treasures which trade and com
merce produce, or in relief from the burdens
etSeaohere, to which accumulated wealth will
here be subjected If the city be dispropOrtion-
ately enriched, precisely in the ratio of this adj
vance, will be her liabilities to the contribu-
IONS OF the State, and corresponding Teduc-
ton In the taxes of other portions of the coun-
try. On the other hand suffer the course of
her prosperity to be arrested, her trade to de-
cline, her population to remove, her capital to
De transferred to other cities, and where but
apo" the country, and upon whom but the Yeo-
mdnry, Will the demands for the support of
government be devolved 1t matters little
whether the Treasury be replenished by direct
or indirect assessments, if the same capital fur
nish the fund tor the supplies But the ia ilure
OF trade must inevitably diminish the present
fund. The bank capital of the city, which con-
tributes largely to the revenue of the State,
now bears much higher proportion TO that of
the country, than the valuation of the general
property of the former to that of the latter
That this must be reduced, unless business can
be extended, will not be questioned However
and whenever it shall be occasioned the effect
VIII immediately be experienced in the neces-
sary imposition OF new and higher duties on the
people OF the interior, to make up the deficien-
cy. The amount to be raised upon the genera!
valuation will be increased, and there may be
danger too, that the aggregate of this valuation,
IN the city, may be diminished, and the proper
ton between town and country materially
changed. 1t is no less essential to the prosper
ty of the whole body polite, that the CONNER
cial capital of the Commonwealth should be
sustained i'll vigor, than, in the animal struc-
ture, that :he heart, the seat of life, which
sends forth the vital fluid to warm and animate
the extremities, should beat with strong pulsa-
tions, to preserve health and soundness in eve-
ry part of the natural body.
jealousy has unreasonably been manifested,
lest u spirit Of SeifShneSS may influence the
inhabitants on the route of the proposed loca-
ton of the road, to advocate its construction, in
whole or in part, by the Commonwealth 1t
will be alike a service to the State, and an act
of Justice to those whose motives are thus dis
trusted, to remove this unfounded prejudice.
| The route commenced by the Board of Com
missioners was preferred by them, for reasons
which they have fearlessly submitted to public
examination. These consist in the saving of
distance, in the less inequalities of surface, and
! in a favorable difference in feasibility and cost
of construction. The correctness of the re-
suits, in these particulars, to which the Com
missioners arrived, has no where been Contro-
verted The influence of the citizens, OH the
route, was not exercised to produce them. 1t
so, in truth, happens, that in many towns in
this direction, There is less of local interest to
induce to the proposed improvement than in
places more remote. The people of no incon-
siderable section of country through which the
route passes, now enjoy, by the bounty of ma
| ture, convenient pessage way to the Ocean
| and the great markets on the sea board-whle
those of another section, not less important
have opened to them an advantageous avenue
to trade, through work of art, recently exc
cuted by the almost unassisted enterprise of the
/ citizens of neighboring State. The vallies o.
| the Connecticut and the blackstone are not the
districts of country most to be benefited by
the accommodation of Rail Roads, nor will the
( Representatives from those districts Justly in
cur suspicion, if they should be found to advo
cate their construction. The object is of gen
eral concern. The promotion Of the great in
sreS & the Tsaah Il sTe faS
labor which now bears down the industry o
the country, which leaves agricultural produce
to perish on the land, from the expense of get
| ting it to market, and subjects manufacture.
to charges in transportation which absorb al
profits in their management,-thesea are mo
tives for the patronage of the Government t.
the contemplated works of i'm provement With
out this patronage, exercised to some extent in
advancements towards expense, it is much tc
be feared they cannot be undertaken, or if un
dertaken, that it must be upon grants of priv.
ege and power repugnant to the sentiments Of
the people, inconsistent with the genius of a
free government, and impairnp the control and
future enjoyment, by the community, of the
capacities of country for other purposes, and
possibly, still higher objects. Let the subject
then, be viewed carefully, patiently, and with.
out excitement, and if upon faithful investiga.
ton it shall be found entitled to favor, let that
measure of encouragement and support be ac-
corded to the work, which shall secure its eff.
fectual and most advantageous accomplishment
1t cannot but be my duty, however painful
to myself or unacceptable to others, renewedly
to present to the notice of the Legislature the
subject of the fiscal concerns of the Common
wealth. The receipts of revenue continue to
fall short of the ordinary expenses of the admin
stration of the Government In compliance
with q request addressed by me to the Treasur-
er, that accurate and vigiant officer has fur
nshed an abstract from his accounts since the
commencement of the year, by which it ap-
pears, that the debt of the Commonwealth has
been necessarily and greatly increased, under
the authority of tho Legislature to borrow OF
the Banks. On the first of January last, the
aggregate sum due to those institutions was
SERENITY thousand dollars. 1t now amounts to
ONE HUNDRED AND THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS
There was, of cash, in the Treasury, on the
morning of the 2lst Of May, at which time the
abstract was furnished, $685. 35 34-lOO, subject,
however, to demands for payments on rolls and
warrants then in the office, including, a small
balance Of five per cent. public debt, Of 81 ,263
400 leaving balance between the money and
| the claims upon it, at that time, of $lI ,772
3O-l00 only. The Treasurer, in a communica-
ton accompanying his statement, observes,
that for the current expenses of Government
including the pay ofthe Honorable Legislature,
a large sum will probably be needed in all the
month of June, and it seems necessary, there
fore, that the Legislature should renew the
Treasurers authority to borrow, at an earl,
period of the session."
! Upon this official exposition of the condition
Of the finances of the State, it is with increased
earnestness and solicitude, that | recommend
to you the grant of tax, at the present SEES.
sinn sufficient nt laast To 1,rn,,ort