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the mOnopol zny spirit Of the present
day2 lift 10 meant The associa lion of
those men, at Washington, who under the
very eye Of Mr. Van Bureu, and making
uss Of the peoples money, which has &c.
cumulaIed, and is deposited here, and
there, al such points as best suit their ne
larIOus purposes, for monopolzing The
Public LGnds; IA Transaction which they
can no longer conceal If that is meant,
or any other monopoly wherein the pub
lie money is used by irresponsible associ
atoms, for their own aggrandisement,
20 heart and hand with the resolutions ~
but Oh the contrary, lift is meant TO keep
up popular Glamour, or to create in The
poor, hostility 10 the rich, or men of capi.
tai, and to array them against them,
thereby attempting TO destroy that har.
mony Of action which ought to exist ia
such extensive relations; then | must en-.
ter my most solemn protest against it. In
no country on earth do the poor, or 10
other end more appropriate words, Qor
thank God there are few poor in our land J
the labuurng classes, partake in the pros
Perity Of the rich to any thing like the
same extent as in ours.
Next comes the most exceptiOnable &
extraordinary part ofthe SAID resolution,
"Ihat the establishment Of corporate bO'
dies, with exclusive privileges, is contra.
ry TO the sound principles oil Democracy,
is at war with the best interests and hap,
piness ofthe People" That this resou
tion should receive the sanction Of the
committee, is really surprisingj know
all the men and have conVersed with
them, some of them, on that subject-One
in particular, which, had corporate bo'
dies been excluded from our system Of
policy, and the Ohio Canal, and the San
dy and Beaver Canal, not been construc-
ted, his property (land) would not this
day, amount to one fourth Of lts present
value.
Has it ever before been disputed that
the concentration Of capital for purposes
of public improvement, or public utility,
is 5enefcial to any country? Think not;
nor would il now, but for the purpose Ol
keeping up popular Glamour, as is before
mentioned, 1t is we'll known fact, the
advantage Of united labour or united cap
,ital, ever has been, and must be practised
less or more IN all countries, and 10 nOae
has it been so successfully practised as
in our own-how often do we see men as
sueiate themselves together in CONNER
Giai, mercantile, manufacturing, and even
IN agricultural pursuits2 while their indI
Vidual' ability and exertlons would be tri'
,fling, and inadequate TO any great under
taking, their united efforts are generally
successful. Would it not be unfair tt
,preveut such associations from transact
ing business legally, such as sueing foI
and recovering these lawful debts2 0I
those TO whom lhaJ may be indebted from
qecoveEing them? Such are the Privile
ges and The only privileges such associa
lions claim frUm the government.
With respect to The internal improve
meUts of the country, nothing great Oh
permanent could be effected without the
establishment ol corporate bodies, and nc
State in our happy Uaicn has more efec
tuaIly experienced the benefit Of it thar
our Own. Could individual enterprise
ever have accomplished such work al
the Ohio canal and many other improve
ments OF minor Importance, which have 81
much enhanced the value and eleVatet
Al l., me- IL hn.
men being able to associate together thei
capital and their exerlions, the social con
pact could not exist men would to this day
have been no better (nor maybe not 81
good) as the aborigines Of our country
but 10 return to such state is out Of th'
question, the abominabe doctrine mus
and will be resisted. The good sense o
the people has not departed, in .hs mos
trying periods Of our country this ha'
carried US through, sometimes with very
little else to depend on. Gen. Washing
ton had more than once given up all fol
lost had not his confidence in the gooC
sense Of the American people, upheld hin
and the country, his observation wal
then, that chs confidence in the gooC
sense Of the American people had never
forsaken him" and on that he relied the
same good sense will again save the cOur
try; people of Ohio cannot be made to b.
lleve that their salvation depend on put
ting down corporate bodies, from the sal
utary opperation of which they have re
ceived such benefits and which lwere they
SO dispOsed) could mol do an injury.
The doctrine Of The resolution goes
condemn the establishment of all "corpo
rate bodies with exclusive privileges.
If fcOrporate bodies have exclusive priv
lsges, they also have exclusive restriction
when Toll Bridge company are author
sed 10 collect toll, they are likewise re
stricted to certain amount, SO with turr
pike companies, and all others who ar
from time, to time, established by law
IIot;II The naonle will nerlar nIun0InU inf