The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-09-04

those means which Divine Providence
has placed SO completely within our
power"
$40 those who look with distrust upon
all plans of Internal Improvement, your
committee, appealing, ask them to con-
template the more than fill, fuit;On of the
most sanguine expectations of the pro-
| jectors of the Erie Canal! Let its happy
effects inspire them with hope, that results
| quite as beneficial await and invite the
people and government of Maryland to
follow or initiate so brilliant an example?
And to those who do not dwell within
the region to be most Immediately bcnc-
fitted by the construction of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal, it may not be
amiss to remark, en- passant, that here, as
in New York, the beneficial effects of the
expenditure and circulation of large a
mount of funds, disburscd for Internal
Improvement, will not be confined to
those portions of the State bordering on
their routcs-but will every where cx-
tend the most viviiying influence, by
employing vast amount of labor, occa-
slonlng great consumption of the pro-
duce Of the State, aflording means for the
payment of debts, and greatly meiorating
the condition of a large body of the most
cntcrprising and deserving of the citi-
zcns.o
The report estimates the cost of the
Canal to Cumberland at $4,000, COO," and
the Cross Cut Canal at "S2,O0O,OOO"
making in all "SS,O0O,OOO." -(Vol. p.
Doc. 1888, State Library)
This is the language addressed by a
Jackson member to the House of Dele
gates Of 1893, a majority of which was
composed OF jackson members.
Accordingly, in conformity with the
views suggested in this report and letter,
and under the immediate guardianship of
Major Eaton, the Act Of 1893, chap. 239,
was passed; by which he sum of Sl25,-
600, was immedatCi and like sum of
sl25,OOO, was condtionally, appropriate
cd to The construction of the Canal.
&. The Jour. Ii. Of Del. 1893, p. p. 3l2
5l3, show the yeas and nays on the pas
| cage Of the bill 10 be as follows
Atlirmativc-Messrs Thomas, Wright,
Bird. (Spcaker,) Heard, miller, Gale,
Hurt, IIaync, Linhcum, Snomdcn, Dull
any, Price, SchlcH Unhcfcr, Palmer,
.SWord, Fountain, Jones of Baltimore,
Pcrcgoy, Mann, Wharton, Gr0rc, HIlen,
Ely Carroll, knight, Day, Scott, CANT,
Pratt, Grub, Roberts, Humrickhousc,
Wilson. Garter, (of Mont.) White
Gather, Bruce, Rdgley, Berry, Lani--
80.
Ncgative-Messrs. Sothoron. Blackis-
tone, !Sctlman, +. Smith, Wales, Laviellc,
VI. +. Smith, Mcrrick, Hawkins. Miller,
(of Oh. Brutl, Horncy, Dudley, Speuccy.
Long, Handy, Hyland, Griffith, McNama-
ra, Wright (of d. .Nicols, Brewer, LQrri-
more, Burgess, SmiM (of W. FqSSiu.
Dale, Purnell, JohHa, Sutton, Moores,
Nelson, Charles, Carter (of c. Bnrcbe-
nal-35. The parties. therefore. divided
as follows;
: "a Jackson men
'': the Bill /; !; Wigs:
Against the Bill . Wigs 'ss:' ''''
80
While the said Bill was pending in the
Senate, Maj. Eaton addressed IA letter to the
Senate Internal Improvement Committee,
urging its passage-IS. J.p p. 372-373.
The following is all extract from that let
ter:
~ beg TO say to you, and through YOU
TO the Committee, that the Bill before you
will enable the Company to complete and
finish out all present engagements. If it
fail, serious idjury will arise to the Con-
tractors, who have rested on the faith of
the Company to keep its engagements;
and serious losses must be occasioncd to
the Canal from the necessary and una
voldablc postponcmcnt Of further opera
tions.o
The bill was passed in the Senate by a
vote of 8 to Sail Wings.
The Act Of 1888, chap. 100, authorized
an issue in adva0cc of the States five per
cent. stock to the Baltimore and Ohio
Fail Road Company to amount of the
balancc of the States subscription. This
bill passed the house Of Delcgatcs-(Il.
]. 1893, p. 35O,) by vote Of 80 to 81
is Jackson members voting in the allirma-
tive and l6 in the negative. The Canal,
rather than the Fail Road, being at the
time, the layorte of .he Jackson party.
Asking our readers TO bear in mind,
i 1
that we set out to demonstrate the propo-
sitlon that the Wing Party cannot be held
responsible for Tie creation Of the Public
Dc6t, we submit whether we have not.
thus far at least, most emphatically sue
ceeded.
HARRISON.
A locotoco postmaster in Vermont