The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1843-02-25

fhis matter has already been discdssed ~
great length, and csnno, now take Up The
lime Of she Hotse by going into the minu,ia
T Mr. LOWRY explained
Mr.. WRIGHT: vouch lor he allega-
,ions make. and can prove them by ref
erence 10 The contract. And when say,
that there is monopoly Of 400 miles, along
which they have the control Of the whole
travel. l say that which the gentleman
mus, know; and further, thar boats, as
have already stated, are building, and the
intention " 10 throw the whole travel open
90 Columbia az have stated. i will not
stop TO say where the contract was made
for know were IL wss made and written.
do not want 10 be personal, aud theteiore
| do not wish TO name the place not the
hand Of The man that drew 1t. Persons
gs,,ing in a. Columbia will have more miles
10 travel than il they entered a, DiiIerville,
They travel more ovef the rall road and pay
less. Why sit, ought not the contract 10
say, .ha, evefy man that travels so Ear shall
pay so much. What right have the compa-
NY TO say 10 a man who enters al one point
that he shall pay one price, and 10 another
man entering a, All other, a different price.
Should not the rates be uniform! Now
sir, | want the people 10 understand my
motives, and the facts Of the case, as they
really are; and if they condemn me, because
there are wings here who think and take
the same view of the matter that do, why
! cannot help it, bat shall have The coz
ISOLATION Of knowing and feeling that have
acted from the pufesi. motives and win a
sincere desire TO project the rights and inter-
es!s Of the people. Sir,must vote agalns,
the wings, becatise they happen TO take the
same view Of the matter tha, 1 dot hope
the Reporter will take down all that i say,
for wish TO be understood by the people.
And when the Tyler paper is published, il
may denounce me from Dan 10 Beeshe be-
j will disregard il, !, The excursion on the
North Branch, of the Canal Commissioners,
when they had lemonsaoaf sugar and some
Of the, 20. be joyful" is a small mal,er,i il is
true; but gentlemen should recolect the
couplet delivered in Congress by Mr.Duu-
can Of Ohio. He said s'therc were rogues
that stole millions and ragues ,ha, stole
spoons" II there arc rogues who steal
spoons, they will steal millions. Iefer 10
the excursion on The North Branch, because
|. is an item in The general charges. And
what, Sit, is thaIl The Canal Co nmis-
sioners on tour OF examination, employed
boats and horses for that purpose, and I,
sir, was one Of ibe invited guests, and a
very pleasant time we had. On board, we
had frs. rate Coyniac, lemons and lump
sugar az white ss the snow on Noun,
Blanct. Laughter. part0ok Of il, too,
bu. l though. Il was to be paid for by tAe
gentlemen who furnished lie boat. In fact.
j knew nothing about the ma,tcf,as 10 who
paid the charges, Till came here. The
gentleman from Northampton (Mr. Heck.
man) the other day read in his place the
affidavit Of fohu M'Reynclds, the supervi.
sor--whO swears tha, when the party arri.
we'd al Northumberland the Commissioners IS
directed him 10 enter tho expenses Of the
pleasure voyage on The check. roll as day
labor! (Much Laughing. @
Now sir, this il fact. He swears 20 il,
and he who would impeach John Mercy.
nolds does not know whom he mpeaehes.
Mr. friend from t,olua,bia (Mr. Snyder
kGows him like book. appeal 10 him il
he be not an homes, man and Of integrity.
(My. s. nodded assent, He swears thai
he vent along a. one Of the Supervisors,
and the canal commissioners told him to
enter the amount Of s24 OH the check roll
and the gentleman from Northampton wen
into tie department and made an examina
'ion. and he found SIG horse hire, o. IL
each of the two hands. which makes S24
If il be not SO let gentlemen look up the
check roll and bring It in here!
(Consiadsd in our Nert. :,