Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-04-21

10 ceats Per 100 lbs would b 340o 900 aanHaIy,
leaving The tolls 10 - ~ Gar ~ they would To-
wards paying the interest a tho eose - The re-
pairs The canal then wosld be paid 81 in less
than two years, in the amount saved; and It the
amount OF taxes should be increased 4 trile that
srife should be lost sight Of IN the grca, swing
the country; for the annual saving to the eoantry
would be tho same in proportion to the amount
transported, while the present system Of things
shall remain.
Again: the opening Of the facilities Cor expor-
tation. contemplated in the public works Of lrdi
ana. will give . tremendous impulse to The spisit
OF enterprise and industry j" producing; and the
amount would be greatly increased. You raise
hogs, Tor instance, because you can sell them, end
sell them at a gosd price; and the fact that you
can sell them. being known to YOU previously, IS
the cause OF your raising your surplus; for indus
try always looks forward TO her reward. The
greater the amount prduced, the greater the n
mount transported will be- and the amount Of tolls
ProportioDably greater.
Now some Of our folks talk Of Increased taxes,
aud there appears 10 be some excitement toe fear
the taxes will he high, on account Of the public
works-(and ! am not that Nathan Smith
does not talk %, foe what reasons he best knows)
But let IN examine that hobby one moment.
Every intelligent mao knows that his property
is increased in value Just in proportion his
neighbour 10 increased. A Canal, Rail Road or
Turnpike, passing through = neighborhood, rem
ders the lands upon il doubly valuable. From
these, 10 each direction, the price il Increased, in
proportion to the distance, and other the
remotest verge. Thus every mans property be-
comes more valuable by the existence Of the works
IN the country. The fact is we'll know, well used,
and duly appreciated by the holders Of real estate
insomuch that doubts can Justly be entertained
that the value Of real estate in Indiana Is enough
gre alter now than il was before the works were
| commenced, for the excess to pay the whole cost
Of construction. Now our system Of Taxation -
ad vaioem; and just in proportion a. yourProPerty
IS increased in value by the public works. your
taxes on that property will be increased. And
just SO it should be. For your advantages from
the works will in some measure depend uPoa the
distance your property may be from them; and
every thing that you raise will be more valuable,
the nenrer that you may be TO them. Hence If
there should happen to be any extra taxes to pay,
the burthen will fall precisely where it should
fall and il cannot be q burthen, for the means to
pay will be increased, and the advantages will
OvcrbaIance, a. has been shown, all the extra ex-
pcnses that may arise from any cause.
| If you wish to live land where there is no tax
to pay, would advise you to remove to the noun
tains Of Virginia, at a distasce from her Pwblic
,corks, where you can buy land ut one dollar per
acre, and which will produce little or nothing
But in a fertile country and among civilized men,
you must expect to bear your reasonable part, to
compensate in some measure for the many and
| immensely preponderating advantages you possess
there.
But another subject Of discomfort comes up.
Nathan Smith and others, wish the public works
classified. and proclaim the imPossibi:ity to pros
secute SIMULTANEOUSLY, all tho works now under
progress. To this it may be emphatical|y ans
wered-so is every intelligent man, in the state
classi6er. l know Of not one who would pros
ccute all the works together, il . division were
practicable. We would all centre the forces Of
| the State upon the most important work, first
and at the most suitable point on those works,
and prosecute ono OF more at time, as could he
done to advantage, until NIL now contemplated
and perhaps more were completed. But how
rhal we do THIS! Conflicting interests como up,
from every quarter to prevent it and the friends
Of tho works are in danger Of being divided a.
nsong themselves, until their enemies triumph in
the destruction of the whole concern. We cannot
classify nor modify by joining with the enemies
Of the works nor by undoing what we have done.
Every one ought to know that this is Impossible.
When We cannot have a good thing just as We
want it, let Us take it as We can get it,-rathcr
than lose its advantages by rejecting it. Let US
unite, heart and hand, in the prosecution Of the
works, and adopt every amendment and improve
ment, which their friends can agree upon. But
! let Us beware of their enelDies-for, If we stand
united, all opposition will I've harmless ''as the
braving Of the ass in the borrowed dress Of the
lion'
1t is hoped that this imperfect sketch Of tho ad-
vantages Of the public works to the country, may
incite you and your readers to examine the sub
ject thoroughly, in all its be arings and elicit from
some other hand better defence; ~ I am con-
WINGED that the fully il is examined tho more
/ fully the public sentiment, in this enlightened
community, will be settled in their favor.
/ WAYNE CoUNTr.
For Richmond Palladium.
! MEssRs. EDrroRs.-As the season has arrived
when the farmers aud agriculturalists are prePar-
ing for their crops it would not probably be amiss
to mention an item in their line-and suggest the
Propriety Of cultivating a small bed Of it; mean
the article Of MUSTARD, which is 20 we'll knows
to all classes, and essential for medical pupos-
es, and indispensable ~ condiment for the table
1t has been heretofore easily obtained and .,
so cheap rate that farmers and gardeners oflate
years have neglected to cultivate il; and when
in many cases a spontaneous crop has made its sp
pearancc our farms more contracted limits q
!, garden, it has been cut down encumbranc>
to the SOIL and uncoogenial 70 the feelings and in
terests Of the husbandman; from this circum
r. Is "a -.