Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-07-01
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT

There ID no state more interested iointer-
nal improvement than Ohio. The western
ssstee generally, arc insulated, and have no
way of getting 80 the oceas except by means
&c one river. The states east OF US, TO wit,
New 7 orlz, Pennsylvania and MARYLAND, are
each engaged, more Oh lass, in creating aven-
uee by which we can reach the ocean by O.
more direct, and in every, point Of view, a
better route, thar by following the windinrs.
Tor 5000 miles, OF our streams. In the -anc-
cess OF these improvements. we OF the west
are as mach, fnet mere, interested than the
states N which tia improvements are skiing
Il is taus that the refusal OF the executive to
paTsIit the appropriation of money te aid in
such objects, is Il direct bl0,0 u the crest 1t
is true, that,Sge, CT OAio, have expended. or
are expanding, five miiiens oil dollars 90
make canals; but 10 tAis any reason that the
general government Should not also al propri
ate money oesrSh purpesesp The general
go7erDoaent has given TO Ohio seven or eight
hundred Thousand acres OF land. In aid Of her
improvements, and why not give Kentucky
the small sam, comparatively, Of $50, 000P
No good reason can be given. Its true that
the ". 5. owps land In this state, out no one
can suppose that that land will be benefited
by our canals, TO an amount ,any thing like
81 20 per acre, al any rate. So that, if its
value be increased, that increased value does
not so 30 the u. States but to the pure chaser
of the land The only trus reason thasscan
he found for the preside Ht's course, is his de-
sire to propItiats the Southern states at the
expense ald injury of the western and middle
statcs.--ibid
10 The Editor Of the National Journal
Tbs '0overnme Mt Organ" OF Thursday as
serts that the "oDly addition which the splain
tennessee Farmer has made to his eouipspe
IS par 81 iron grey horsss, aod chsap, smaH,
hgM carriage, costing no more than $500. 4
Plan Iar"srs travelling in a light carriage cost.
ing $500, and with four fine horses! wat
commentary isthis upon republican simplicity.
eut few.ot the other Presidents ever exceeded
one carnage and two horses; but The Tennessee
Farmer EXHIBITS his repabliasDism by parsding
''so ssrriages--the one splendid new affair.
WIN four elegant horses, as if nothing short
OF Tue royal state If George the 4th, or Nicho.
las, could suit his Presidential taste These
hinSs are mentioned, merely TO confirm what
mas been so frequently asserted, that Jackson's
fepueicaihsm, ike every thing else connected
WIN tits lmbeclie administration is mere hum
Dug va jefferson, to whom lac has been i'm.
Ino"siy compared. use carriage and fcuri-
" as IL not his practice to ride on horseback,
WIN single serseDH-ihe conductor Of the
"ineKpressble" 10 the last man who should
onsree you, or the editor Of any other print,
WIN bad feeling" Such language comes
WIN bad grace from professional assassin OF
private character, and from one known 10 the
who'e American People as psnsionsd and ha'
oituai oaiamniatoy.
ihe Hon. CT. Mercer, in a late speech
at Washington, held the flnwing language:
;. ne wast sie author Of the Board Of Pub
nc w orks' in Virginia, and Of the establish
heuioi her edusation system, which had been
'u"lnuisd 10 Gov. Barbour sad others: be
was Inc founder Of the Charlottesville Uniyer-
,i'y' winch had been Runaway with by Mr.
emerson; aud no was the author ofthe great
evolution IN Virginia. which had eventuated
u TIE formation OF htF preseat constitution