Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-06-10
It seems to be a cause ofgratulation

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II seems to be a cause ofgratulatiol
TO the friends Of many Of the new town
ofthe west. that they have grown up il
short space Of time. For our plac'
we have no such boast to make. 1
started into existence, called by the wants
of the surrounding country, at a very
early day, and long before the talisma'
mic word speculation" had been heard
in the wilds of western Ohio. 1t grew
slowly, because the country surrounding
itgrewslowly, &itsagricultural strength
was undeveloped. Its population was
supported by the business done, and it
had no surplus, no indolent, no visiona-
ry, no specializing inhabitants. For
twenty years it has maintained its regu-
lar and uniform increase, keeping pace
with the country, depending upon it and
being depended upon byit. Within the
last few yers, like the whole Maumee
valley, it has taken long stride forward,
and now strong in its resources, rich in
the capital invested in regular and active
business, prepared to meet any exigency
which may occur in commercial affairs,
it stands strong and high among the no
bic towns of the west The fact, that
any town has grown up.in an extremely
short space of time, is to say the least, a
very slight recommendation-th it has
grown up without settled back country
is none at all. 1t speaks of a spirit which
has no affinity with the causes of a re-
gular and healthy growth. What man.
of sense can value the point upon which
stands the city of Manhattan any more
highly because it contains few houses
more or less, while at the same it must
await the growth Of the country which
it has outstripped, before its inhabitants
can support themselves by a regular bu-
ness What is the use, to the commu-
nifty, of such place. We are not cal
ling in question its value as point for
future business: but how is the commu-
nifty benefited by its existence at pres
ent. And if the public is not benefited,
it is a strong evidence that it did not call
for it. 1t must have been speculation,
then which urged forward its growth
and made it in the short space Of one
year, what it is now,
Well, we envy no town which has had
itsconception, birth and growthin spir-
it of speculation. We hold that it will
meet its death at the same place. The
regulations OF several of the towns upon
this river have not been benefited by
the immense speculative wealth which
they have acquired. The character for
speculation, in the present revulslon OF
feeling will be hated and Stunned as
much as it was before courted and ad-
mired. 1t will hang to the place to
which it has been affixed with no pleas
ant odor, calling up associations OF bro
ken fortunes, dissipated wealth. un-
settledninds, unsteady habits, and blunt
edmoral perceptions. 1t will raise upa
monument, warning adventurers to shun
the rocks upon which all who have gone
before them have split, and pointing
away from the dangerous shore as from
a place of whirlpools and quicksands.
TRADE OF THE CANAL.-Our town is
destined to reap a rich harvest in the
trade which will accrue from the build
ing Of the canal. This being the highest
point to which supplies from abroad can
be brought by water transportation, it
will of course be preferred in the ship
ment Of all articles destined for the can
al above. Whatever may be the future
situation of Maumee city,iin regard to
The trade Of the canal, when completed,
II is certain that her situation is the best
for that arising from the building pithe
work. Being nearer foNtlie country
above, than Toledofor Manhattan, by
several miles, she will always have the
preference by those who wish to pur-