The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-02-03

cence for that. While her sisters all around
her were gay, and cheerful, and prosperous,
like Cinderella, chooses to stay
at home and poke in the ashes in the chimney
corner; but she NAV be assured that no fairy
will come with a magic wand, to raise her from
the state of degradation in which she reposes.
Mr.. Blake here read several pages from Ray
mond's Essay on Political Economy, to show
that State nigh. expend large sums of money
in the construction of public works-even if
those should turn out to be utterly useless
without impoverishing the State itself; and he
argued that if Massachusetts should expend
eleven hundred thousand dollars on this rail
road, and if the road should be worth nothing
when COMPREHENSIVE the Commonwealth would
suffer no loss. The money would be distributed
among her laborers and would still be in the
State. He repeated that there was not State
in the Union that had so much ability as Mas
sachusetts to carry on these works of internal
Improvement, destitute as she is, of domestic
commerce, and depressed as her merchants are
in their foreign trade. Mr. Blake then spoke
in very strong language of the decay of bust
ness in the city. There was a time he said,
when man who came here from the country,
might see forest of masts in our harbor. The
forest may be seen now, but it is stripped of its
verdure-of its foliage-the wharves are de-
serted-the streets are filled with idlers and
loungers-the whole population are living on
the fruits of former profits. By the help of
the Blackstone Canal, and by the help of
canal from New Haven to Northampton and
thence to Vermont, which embraces the whole
trade Of the Connecticut valley, New York has
the faculty TO get away most of the trade which
belonged to Boston The population of the
State was leaving it in search of places where
enterprise could be moro successful, and indus
try obtain a larger reward. He had travelled
several hundred miles along the Erie Canal
and in the western part of the State of New
York, but he never passed more than five or
six miles without meeting some emigrant from
Boston. Thus our populations flying off to
other places. The measure proposed in the
bill, would check the current of emigration
which was draining from us our resources and
it would bring back to us the resources which
we have lost. Nothing, he contended which
was not susceptible of mathematical demonstra-
ton, could be more fully proved than that a
rail road from Boston to the Hudson would be
highly advantageous to our trade He then
alluded to the Welland Ship Canal, connecting
Lake Erie with Lake Ontario, and to the ad-
vantageous intercourse to which it would give
rise between the United States and Canada.
Our rail way would meet the Erie Canal at
Troy, thus giving us an easy communication
with the Western States and with Canada
The rail way would, he was certain, ensure to
us large portion of the trade of Ohio. Their
wool and cloth had already been sent here for
sale, as better market than New York Mr.
Blake took view of the efforts made and max
ing in other States for internal improvement
and of the advantageous results thus obtained
by them. Ohio had borrowed on the credit OF
the State six millions of dollars, to be applied
to the construction of her canals Rhode ISL
and had expended 100000 on the Blackstone
Canal Tho Sfafo Of Coppaafio,t baI
priated a million to her canal. The little State
of New Jersey was engaged in an enterprise
the connection of the Hudson with the Della.
ware, which would cost three or four millions
The State of Pennsylvania, ever distinguished
by the wisdom of its internal policy, was ex
pending fifteen or twenty millions in improve
nents From map which he had seen, or
which the projected rail roads and canals were
marked, in red lines, it appeared that these
veins and arteries extended through the whole
State and in every part of it. Pennsylvania j.
great commercial and manufacturing facilities
and, yet, while she is expending tens of mil
lions in these noble enterprises, Massachusetts
is startled at the proposition to appropriate tc
similar works, $4,000 year. Maryland, moi
content with her grand rail way to The Ohio
has projected another to the Susquehanna. Blu,
she does not seem to be alarmed at the probable
expenditure of ten or twelve millions. He also
alluded to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal anC
to that stupendous work, the Welland Shir
Canal, uniting two seas, both larger than the
Archipelago. Massachusetts was far and shame
fully behind all her contemporaries in the creat
work of internal improvement Mr. B. insisted
that it was the duty of the State TO take upor
itself the whole of the work proposed 1t wa.
a general, not an individual concern. Mr.. B
concluded by repeating a remark, the truth Of
n hn III l..
country make the rail way, and the rail wav
will make the country"
Mr.. Mann of Dedham, then rose to submit;
some calculations as to the cost and income Of
the Providence road. He showed that il wouId
pay great income on the cost Should the
motion to strike out the enacting clause pre-.
vail, he said he shonld endeagor, in some wav
to present the Providence route distinctly II
the House.
THURSDAY, Jan. %.
SENATE. Bill defining the powers, Sc, Of
manufacturing corporations, was again discuss
ed.
HOUSE. Petition presented-of Directors
&c, of Sutton Bank, for surrender of charter
by Mr. Sibley of S.
On motion of Mr.. Saltonstall of S., Ordered
That the committee on the Judiciary he in.
structed to inquire into the expediency of pro.
viding by law for the appointment of an add.
tonal justice OF the Supreme Judicial Court.
The House proceeded to the orders of the
day and resumed the consideration of the Mas
sachusetts Railroad Corporation.
Mr.. Mack of Salem, reviewed the ground he
had before occupied and insisted that It was the
proper one for the House. The Baltimore and
Ohio rail road had but 10 feet per mile ascent
except in one spot Pennsylvania, he believed
was sick of her magnificent schemes of internal
improvement. Boston had, when the road Ia w
was under debate, refused to have any share in
the expense of making the great roads of the
State, and why should the State assume any
part of the expense of making this mil road
which was chiefly to benefit Boston.
Mr. Jackson of Newton, rose in reply to the
gentleman last speaking. The rail road would
become great market, throughout its whole
line and the country would have the benefit Of
it. If Boston commerce be carried TO Provi.
dence, to New York, to New Haven, our capitnl
mill fIA~.~ - n Il m