The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-03-04
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i.,.,,-1,,.r-:,.. ,,, ,rc ADVANTAGE. the canal.
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.rr, -, civ, l,,s rc,soYs FIR thinking So.
,, ,.s,r,, ,l,y I,,'. imam IL, canal IS a seq
,;.,,,, ,.,-,, l,.ir,cl on,y to bcncf, lhc north.
and l,p,f whether :, will ever be Of general btl-
,t,,, iac state. They have but vague idea Of
r', u-r,, c,,r,ctio, that it makes. and are UNI
,,,.;,ns FIN, i.s c,mn,c,iaa will omen for them
., s,r, anil s,c3fv market. The rroftssrl friends
.,r m, canal hav, never taken the paias tn max,
themselves sufficiently acquainted with il to cy-
.ylaio its importance. Its name alone has hereto
fore sustained it. for its merits were never known.
We should no. blame the south foe their oppose
ton here ;o.orc, for. when We bear in mind the fact
tha, they have ever been lf isnorln, Of the last
iu- h,nrf, lhat the canal would confer upon the
Who'll, state, we see It would be bu; natural for
them q, SUPPOSE that the canal had no very great
,ly5r,,r,. fits own friend, could not poin, Them
DE oNy source rom ""1cA any Information
could D, oail.nel, has been from the able reports
d., IN, c-,,l commissioners and the chief cur;.
anil f. ,,l .r.,-,,,or ,r ,l.o.,.l,,
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u3'n5 would not admit OF 'Hd ana Iu''d state
m, canal If ", would have IN, benefits that
,you,I f,,,av the .a,,Iy complstoD Of the canal
vel, understood all w, mus, sneak. write, and
,,, To, ,,,ry one ,l,, j., in possas.io, of any
r,.,, ,.,., ,,,r, g., Eliza, ,,rrl LATINA, lao s,il
haze, .r.,.,r,-,I o,.,- this invaluable t-co.
.,... ,,,r,i,lr,r of;,. ,yor,l and tba, ur f,,I,y
,,,-.c.s .,,r..,,,s Of If because the w,rl,l
,,..-, I.a :, i..n,r.,,s of H., i,gnor,,nco. But
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r,...r. ,r, ,,,r,. r, ,,,sn.y cents IN ,bo dollar
wl. vow natural inquiry. and ,17oors at first
+, r,.., an iasvrn.gr,ab,a objection. But rs
f.rr,,. ON, onr r,,no.rI r,,n and So, what orr
,,.,.,.,, c,. ,,r-, Inn, ,,, hoca,,,l ,;IIh, Tirs,
,bsr go, ,.o,rI sill ooe half Of the canal lands
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credit iDr one and two years. The proposed
amount Of canal lands and lots would bring ST.
100000, one third Of which, paid at the time Of
sale, would be $40 90. This would absorb all
the canal script and state Indebtedness that i5now
uuredcemcJ. Then give the turner's the priv
'egc OF making the rcmainJcrof their Plymentsin
produce 10 the contractors in the next two years,
credit each i1rmcr as he supplies the contractor
with produce, and deduct from the Latter so much
of bis estimate. This would benefit alike the
contractor, the farmer, and the state. 1t would
save the contractor from pay ing the money for his
produce the farmer from having the uanrv for