Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1835-04-04

C,m ~ b,As.s Democrat .
INDIANA CANALS. :, -
n. ..a,,,eead thSs ananesu,sass have h
- 49, ~ ~ Lard q Csaal Cemis. !.
ieoess 81 cnsvl5isg the :sverai cana Y
40 Airscte1by the legislature. Hn a
Al that o. beating pArty - ALREADY 10 &c
"a ~ sagaseSon the Wabash and 4
- C.e7l. and tbAs preparations are IN
-. ~ ore.nuing two additional parties
~ White nver routes which will take
q. 6sld so1 coon ~ the necessary instru-
-..as CO b procured from the east. Mr..
W;iI;.\ and Mr.. Cooling, Engineer,
.10w in the White river Valley engag-
making a Reconnaissance Of the
preparatory to definite survey.
annot b concealed shat deep m
cos these improvements il felt IN ihis
the state, and it is confidently he
too, that the best interests OF the
ars identified with their success.
ntrai portion Of Indiana, drained by
bite rivers, certainly requires some !
ksment Of the xind. No part ofthe
u superior to il in Pcint Of fertility,
- aOns u moro remote from the mar
- wAere it, surplus must be disposed Of.
Our products are Of the heavy and bulky
kind, which, il not conveyed to market at
Ill, under existing circumstances, must
Weld only small profit to the producer.
But BY the construction Of these canals
the greatest facilities will at once be Of
Issed for transportation either 70 north
oSu Or southern market; our farmers will
thereby b Encouraged to improve their
fasms and enlarge their crops, em'granas
Of wealth and enterprise vail be induced
% settle among us; mills and other man
ufactusiag establishments will be brought
into existence BY the water power created
and our state will by that means, soon
take rank by the side Of the most prosper
ous in population, resources and wealth.
We also learn from the Fort Wayne
papss that great exertions are being made
IN order 10 have the middle division Of the
Wabash and Erie canal completed and
ready fos navigation in June next, and
that q canal packet boat - on the stocks
AID will soon be launched. 1t is there
fore psobablo that within few months we
shall have canal boats running in our
honshier state.
TIE application to the Ohio Legislature
Tor leave 70 construct the White Water
canal. in which the eastern section ofthe
state has 30 deep an interest, did not re-
eeive the definite action Of that body, but
vas left With the unfinished business, and
will doubtless b favorably responded to
at their next session.-It is truo that the
report Of the committee was unfavorable !;
bat this dses not appear to have been
sanctioned by the Legislature, and a. the
reasoning Of the report - not ssch az
VouH do credit to the fourth state IN the
Usion. it cannot be supposed that 1t will
b adopted. Ii 10 not credible that ohio
will attempt to shut up the natural chan
usls Of eue trade, for the purpose Of fore
ise % through thirty miles Of her canal,
and compelling u to pay into her treasu-
~ . penny for the passage. Such = policy
would not b creditable between neigh
bsring individuals; il 10 not to be thought
Of between states. five recollect rightly,
he % me ;lliberal policy was urged few
wears ago against the continuation of the
Wabash and Erie canal through Ohio; but
IL did not prevail then, and there is no rea-
soa to suppose that tho argument will be
moro successful now. We say then, to
the friends Of internal improvement in the
White Water valisy-adhere to the canal
suffer not your attention to be diverted
from it, for its construction, m some way,
cannot long be delayed. Can IT 30 that
because the state line was 80 fixed, forty
eight years ago, by the ordinanseo Of 1857
when the topography Of the country was
entirely unknown, as to cross one OF the
bends Of the White Water, therefore the
good people who reside on the waters d
that stream. and who have turned the
country into garden, are forever to BE-
desied an outlet to the Ohio? Must the
produce Of largo district Of country re
ssaia q drug on the hands Of the farmer
Mast the country be deprived Of the val
liable water power which the canal wouIc
create; il short. must the energies and the
enterprise Of a whole people b restrained
and depressed, merely because the hilli
oreur state PROJECT 20 far East at one point
o to place the proper route fer the canal
fss few miles, little over the ssate line
L cannot 30. Ohio wilt not 30 far disre-
gard the verdict Of an enlightened public
continent, which must every where be re-
Corded against her. She will not ulti-
nassly and finally object to the constrnc-
tion Of the canal.
TIE CONSTITUTION AND THE
FIGURE HEAD.
The United States frigate Constitution
sailed from New York few days since,
fos France. 1t is the object Of her com
mander - proceed immediatelsly 10 Ha-
vro. and should the Bill Of Indemnity for
~ pavment Of the American Claims be