The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-04-18
wARxoUs MATrung.
From lI,o Rhportor
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INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT Hill

cotnmiNee ni the Whole IN the house OF rep
tesenistives, Cor continuing The internal i'm .
provemenis Of The state, seems TO meet with
general favor. II was not reached yesler.
day on second reading, previous orders hav.
ing occupied the whole morning but il is
believed il viii pass both houses this week
by a large majority, and without any mat G.
rial alteration.
* The policy Of suspending the works for a
lime, and limiting appropriations 10 repairs
merely, has been seriously urged both bv
portion ol the press and the Legislature. -
We have uniformly dissenied from this
proposition. We have gone and still GO,
fora speedy completion Of the lines, as the
best system Of ecouomy and finance. Itis
true the market for the sale Of stocks is dull
but that disadvantage is connletbalanced by,
the abundance OF provisions, and consequen,
eheapness Of labor. Besides Pennsvl vania
!. never failed 10 obtain the means tc carry on
er Improvements, although every admins
tlOn since that Of Joseph Hester seemed
times 10 have reached a fatal crisis ia an
sltausted treasury and credit She will
NOT now fail,if she is not abandoned to des-
pondency by her statesmen. Her real es-
tate is worth $500 ZOO, 900 at the lowest es.
innate. We believe it is worth double that
sum, taking into account her minerals, her
valuable timber, her salt, her waterfalls,
her numerous towns, her magnificent cities,
and more magnificent internal improve
mcnts. She therefore furnishes basis for
public credit, that entities her to any a.
mount OF loans she may require. And her
character for good faith and punctuai COM
pliance with engagements-never violated
heretofore in a single instance---is a securi-
~ to her loan holders, that in the nature of
things, must insure her the full confidence
of capitalists in every country. Ir she has
fault, it is too brave spirit of enterprise
IN her population. That may lead her TO
undertake too much at once,to trade beyond
her present means, relying on her abundant
resources to meet all emergencies which
may not clearly have been forseen. Bul if |
this be her fault, if accompanied by infiexi.
bis integrity. and a courage that meets diff
euIiies when they occur, and never leaves
till they ale overcome. ssThe consequence |
is temporary embarrassment occasionally, |
but the end is clearly seen to be permane nj |
prosperity, and power.
There is no absolute necessity for hatinp |
IN the progress Of execution in the lines of |
public works. on accoun, Of embarrassment
IN the money market, and in such case the
pollcy, of doing so is i'll founded, when it is
apparent that direct loss to the common
wealth must follow, both on the unfinished |
sections, and the interest on their COST
We knew that the objection to the work is
made that the tolls are less than the interest
on the public debt, and from this the arpu.
meni is deduced that yhe whole scheme is
but source Of Indebtedness. But the
premises and argument are fallacious since
a large peDion of canals on the North and
West branches and the Erie Extension are
unfinished and unproduciiye whilst their
east Is sjncluded in the public debt The
Delaware Division is said 10 nav six ner
cent. That is finished work.
The New York Canals are said officially
to pay, nine per cent. Thev are finished |
works. New York sIthough successful in
90 great degree is not content, but deter.
mined TO enlarge her canals at very heavy |
expenditure, SLOWING not only their utility |
but produc.iveness 10 The treasury. Ours |
have already enhanced the real property of |
the State one hundred per cent. They |
have effected this advance on properly |
whilst IN an unfinished state, stopping short
OF the Lakes; the New York line, and our
own sea port as water communication. - |
what may no! be expected Of them both as |
source OF revenue aud public prosperity
when they shall penetrate the regions on
the western waters, the States South and |
North OF US, and the fields Of coal and iron |
IN our own interior. What when we shall |
have opened up our mineral wealth. and
mrowna at as freight upon our canals deslin-
60 10 The markets, anxious 20 give Us value |
Tor u, Norlh, Fast and South of us! What
then VIII be their influence on real estate |
and on the condition Of the people and |
what tien will be the state debt compared
with such ability TO pay j, without inconye-
nleucef Men who have looked over our
glorious Pennsyisania and found near one
hall lGaught with biluminous coal and iron
ore, the mountains East Of the Susquelau.
ma iEll Of anthracite, and iron, with abun.
dance OF wood and limestone, and all the
valleys fertile in agricultural products, do
not hesitate about their answer. To finish
me improvements wittou, delay is the lead
ing policy OF The stale in their Iudgment.-
IL Is clearly gn IN oti~e a,J tI..sa r.. -. -. /