Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-12-16

wisdom Of the Legislature, az interest.
which may safely be postponed TO thai
Of general education, It 10 by educat
ing poor children, wherever they may
Do found, that we place them, to some
extent at least, upon the footing Of @ e
quality with tho fortunate interiors O.
rich estates. 1t is, Of all agencies 70,
discovered, the most efficient in produc
ing that perfect and just equality a.
mongst men, which brings harmony in
to The social system, ind gives perma.
nency 10 free government,
The public works of Tho State have
progressed, as fast as the means for their
prosecutions, furnished by The appro,
PrlatlonS would permit. The Wabash
and Erie Canal is nearly completed, and
Is ~naVIgabIe from the Indiana line to a
point twelve miles below Defiance, from
winch latter point, by tho river and ca,
nal' convenient navigation is obtained to
the lake.
That portion OF the work on the Mia,
mi Extension, which has been under a
contract, is expected to be- completed
curing the present winter, or early in
The coming spring. When existing con
tracts on this line shall have been com.
P'etod, there will still remain about
thirty four miles 10 complete tho chain
oil canal through the Mnumee and Miami
valleys, from Lake Erie TO the Ohio at
Cincinnati. 1t mus; be apparent that
the finishing Of this link in that great
chain of communication, is necessary 10
render useful to the Stale a large amount
oil money already expended, as we'll as
to render the whole available 10 the ci
tizene, for the purpose originally de
signed. 1t is also certain, that great
loss is justly a%pprohended from dilapida.
ton, necessarily incident to WORKSHOP
that kind, while they remain unoccupied.
Every motive Of interest, therefore, as
well as a IaudabIe desire 10 SEQ the en-.
tire completion Of our system of inter-
nal improvement unite in demanding of
the Legislature a careful consideration
Of the subject.
In a crisis like the present, when ali
business is loboring under depression
unprecedented in our history. the duty
of the Legislature, in acting upon SUBJ
Jects which involve increased taxation
and further liabilities, is rendered ex-
treme|y arduous and dangerous. I'm
portani questions concerning currency,
affecting necessarily all pursuits and
every class Of business, questions that
have been agiteled for Of Ieast Eve wears
in the National councils, sill remain IN
settled. 1t is scarcely possible, in this
state Of things, that such regularity aud
C tialnty can DO attained in the Wppro
priaiion Of either labor or capital as are
indispensable, TO a condition of ordinary
prosperity. The i'll judged ard r%uinoas
legislation, both State and National, ON
these subjects, has exerted its baneCul
influence upon the country so long, and
by necessary consequence, so affected
the credit Of States. as well as lndividu
ais. that loans on the credit of the State,
Tor the prosecution of the most laudabIe
enterprise, cannot now be made on
terms which, IN better times, we're con.
sidered reasonable and just.
With a WOW to discharge existing
debts, for work done on tho Wabash and
Erie canal aud Miami Extension, and 10
push them forward to completion, the
Legislature at the last session, %aulhoriz-
ed the Commissioners Of the Canal Fund
to issue Bonds, receivable for lands
coded by Congress to aid the Stale in
the construction Of these wonks, The
act provided'thOt bonds to tho amour, Of
three hundred thousand dollars should
be receivable for lands granted for the
construction Of tho Wabash and Erie
Erie Canal, and like Bonds 10 the a.
mount oftwo hundred thousand dollars,
receivable for lands granted to aid in
tho construction Of the Miami Extension.
Under this act, the Fund Commissioners
have issued in bonds chargcuble on
lands granted to the Miami Extension.
one hundred and twenty two thousand
six hundred and two dollars and nino.
teen cents, and o. tho Wabash and Erie
Canal lands. Bonds TO the amount of
eighty three thousand and twenty six
dollars. These Bonds were intended 10
be paid to contractors. To insure az
Tar as possible, the holders against loss
tho Legislature provided a mode Of in.
vCstment, by ordering the Canal lands,
on both limos, to be offered for sale. al
times 10 DO fixed and advertised BIZ the
Governor Of the State. In discharge
OF the duties assigned me under this law
procured from tho General Land office
al Washington, tho requisite maps and
evidences Of title, and advertised sales
al each Of the Land Offices of the State:
TINT at Maumee City, to bo held on tho
18th day Of May, 1912, and tina, ct Ii
mn on tho Let dan IF I,,o Lll-