Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-02-05

the privilege of navigating eighteen miles o
the White water canal, now finished, Tree OF tolls
lie SAID he presumed there were some members
Of the House who wero not acquainted with the
locality of tie Richmond canal and The character
81 the country through which IT 10 10 pass. lie
would therefore state, for their Information, thai
IL f. located on the east side Of the State, near
the Ohio line. The city o! Richniond, the point
at which the work terminates, Is second 10 none
in the State Of Indiana for is extensise mtnufac,
tories: surrounded by q country with a rich and
fertile soil, dense!y populated by n people whose
industry aud enterprise IN agricultural pursuits,
uow exhibits a country that vii! compare with
any IN the west.
There is no portion Of the State where Tho peo-
pie have been more liberal IN sustaining the bur
thens Of our Internal Improvements, regardless oil
locality, than in Wayne. Wayne county has
paid into the treasury one twentieth paTt 0! the
whole revenue of the State; and she hrs done SO
without murnor or complaint. And he asked
gentlemen If they would now refuse 10 her pub
lc spirited CITIZENS this small loan 10 aid them IN
a work IN which they were so deeply interested.
lie trusted, and he believed. there was too much
Istice in this House 10 Withhold II.
lie said the Richmond cana! is thirty one miles
in length. and is estimated to cost tivo hundred
thousand dollars, The same ns The White water ca
nal Is estimated TO cost. I'nis stock Is subscribed
by individuals, and aboi, thirty thousand dollars
IN cash has been expended. But III tho universal
sd 2peDsiGn. mat TOO Is suspended Tor me want oil
means, and they ask. they GntreGt, some little
stinulant 10 revive their dropping spirits, md re-
new and nerve their cncrg;e5in the further prose
cutIUn OF that valuable work. Aud ne presumed
there was no work Of the same cos, Of cunstTuc-
ton in which the State herself is really more
deeply interested; rot only in the augmcn-
taitoa of tayabie property within her border
which it would create, bu, by bringing into the
State. a large amount Of trade l.onl o.io, which
unless this avenue of trade - opened, must how
in n different direction TO Cincinnati; Vet not one
:a.thing has that company or that section Of roun.
try crcr received from tho State, IN remunera-
ton for the large amount that Wayne has con.
trtbuied IN support of the system, aud which she
yet have 10 pay for the redemption Of State
But Notwithstanding these considerations, the
gentleman from Henry (A1r. Cooper thinks, that
Tor the privilege of navigating eighteen miles Of
the State canal, the Richmond company ought 10
three hundred thousand dollars Of State bones.
; nroposition so perfectly jas: and reasonable"
Mr.. Foulke wondered where that gentleman had
his code of justice, If, indeed. he had cv-
,r learned it nj all. If his notions Of State poll
were regulated by the same scale as his no
tons Of justice in this case, Heaven save THIS
House from their whitening Influence! The gen,
Ieman thinks his proposition not only Just, bnl
reasonable. He must consider this iI''ie Ink at
Eighteen miles Of canal the most valuable OF any
n tho State, or the western world, 1t ho supposes
hat the tolls arising from the Richmond canal shall
re worth three hundred thousand dollars In fifteen
ears, when the State may resume that work,
md that privilege Of course ceases. | hope The
gentleman will withdraw al amendment 50 pre-
postcrous.