Litchfield enquirer., 1834-04-17

On Dresenfiag fhe Mem0rinf Of @1vV C s"s csss~eNs
 Albany.
 | But whatever disinterested beiolde' rn;gh, think of the manner in which the Secre,arv is amusing himself with Ex- ,,er;menis' upon the nation, the People 0l AIhanv have had quite enough of Experi- mem. They find tt efficient tor every th;n0 bnt good. There are some things, ,hev admit. which it has fully proved. It has proyed. the rashness, the delusion, and almost the insanity of those who under took 1t.
 One of the most visible effectssof this measure. to the people of Albany, is it's check to the growth of the city. 1t has been fast increasing in houses and m the the nunber of its inhabitants. But here are persons well acquainted with the facts and circumstances, who declare that the hou- ses in building, this year, are not one twen- tieth the number of the last year. What is to be said in answer tO that tacty The carpenter and the mason are standing still. with the rule and the trowel in their hands, to sec when the Secretary shall have done with his Experiment,
 Albany is a great lumber market. The very large sum of two millions of dollars is usually paid annually for this article, in that city. But there is now no demand tor it. The same causes operating elsewhere which operate in. Albany, the timber is not wanted, cannot be used, and cannot be paid for.
 A great coasting trade is also, in ordina- ry times, carried on from Albany. Lum- Der and other articles, brought down the canals, are taken down the river, and scat- tered all along the shore. almost to the. eastern extremity of the Union. And we all know what numbers of sloops and steana- boats usually cover the surface of the Hud- son, from its mouth to Troy. Last year. as learn, from thirty to thirty-6vel steam towb0ats found employment between Troy and Albany and New York.
 This great extent of navigation gave wa ges, of course, to .multitudes of industii- ous men, whose present power of finding employment may be judged of by the fact, that six or eight of these boats are at this time adequate to the calls of commerce.-- Tie whole business, it is said, has fallen off at least two hundred per cent.
 It is natural to ask, sir, how the times have affected the usefulness of the great canal, the true glory of New York. that imperishable monument of inc fame of a great mana man of conceptions large e. noughto embrace a high and noble purpose, and who had steadiness to pursue fhat pnr- pose, through evil report and good report, let the strife of temporary party do its best, and its worst, until he had accomplished 1t. l am told, sir, that along the line of this great work, the quantity of dOar now rea- dy to be embarked, when the season of bu- siness commences, is not moro than equal to one tenth of tho amount last year. The wheat is in tho country, but there is no de- mand for it in the city. The farmers and the millers are obliged to keepit on hand, At tho commencement of tue harvest las, year, wheat was worth dollar n bushel in tho western part of New York, and where, as I am now informed, 1t goes of heavily Ut 68 and 70 cents. There are cases in which the article has been carried to the usual place of sale, and carried back again for want of buyers. Indeed an in- stance is mentioned of a vessel, which pros ceeded from one of thetowns on the river, " ANUW-A OTks Jay db tJs0 WtiuTt ~ WGChs without being able to sell dollars worth of her cargo, and then tHrned back with i, to her place of departure.
 It will be at once seen, that those meas- nresaof Government, of which the memo. rialisis, complain, neutralize tho benefits o the canal. They lower tho price of wl,ea in the western part of the State, as mncl as the opening of the canal raised it.. The cause of all thissloss is obvious. There il no market, and shere is no money becaus, the measures of Government have deran ged tho currency. checked the circulation and shaken credit.
 One of the gentlemen now here is ex tensiyely concerned in the business Q transportation on the, Western and North ern Canals. He is connected with lines which own, together, two hundred cana boats, and usually employ fourteen or if teen hundred mon, and as many hoFses.- An immediate loss of employment, for d least half of this capital, and of thes. hands, is among the consequences of tho Secretary's Experiment.. This shows, sir how tho measures of Government saffec wagess ays sir, wages, the only source Q the poor mans income, Be itrememher cd, that the Administration is waging va for the benefit of the poor. It has attack ed the Bank, laid hold of the public treas ure, disregarded the votes of Congres. and thrown the whole country into stat of viOi0nC excitement out of Dur0 svmna