New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-04-26
Ne,y.Yor.s State C~naIs-D~ssructive Fot-
lev Of the Loco-Focos.

of this State, several Documents nave oeeh ISSUE"
in the form of Reports, 10 which emhod'"d Inc
views of the radcel section OF The b"c' ''''
party win rcgord 10 Internal Improvements hy
the state particularly as respects The policy 10 Ok
pursued by The party IN power ON the SUBJECT OF
the unfinished Canals namely, the bne In
largement, the Genesee Valley, and the Black
River Canals All Of these Documents ag-ee IN
the most decided hostility n any plan which
shall lead 10 The completion Of these Pubic
WORKS.
The Reports OF the Canal Commissioners, The
Comptroller, and the Commissioners OF the Ca
nal Fund, hold q similar language to each other
but as if these were no, enough 10 show the spf!t
and intention of the Loco-Foco Radicals, MI
Denniston, Of Orange County, from the Commit
tee on Canals of the Senate, presented on the
2lst March an elaborate Report, IN which MS
colleagues on the committee, Messrs. Narlan and
Rhoades, refused to concur, setting forth the
views Of his party in answer TO the petitions OF
citizens of Alegany County praying for re-
sumption OF the suspended Public Works. This
Document is curiosity in its way, seeming to
show in spots the mock gravity of Hoffman, the
malignity and sarcasm OF Young, and the dwarf
like Jokes and vu!garty Of Flagg. Many OF the
arguments against the continuance of our system
of Internal Improvements are the same as those
which were urged, quarter Of century ago by
the opponents of De Witt Clinton, against the con-
struction of the Erie Canal, amongst whom few
were found more inveteratc in their hostility than
majority of the people of Orange and some OF
the other counties of the DistTc, which Mr.. Den
niston row represents in the Senate OF the State.
1t would be a ridiculous waste Of time to enter
into defence, of the policy OF De Welt Clinton,
the adoption of which by the State has been at
tended with such immense benefits, not only to
New Y ork, but to theg great West, and indeed to
The whole Union but it is important that the
people should sec and know the true character OF
the Loco-Foco party, and their hostility to In
ternal improvements, as shown in this report Of
Mr. Dcnniston A perusal oflhc Document will
convince the reader that there is danger-if the
affairs of this State are TO be conded to the care
and control Of the ultra Radicals, OF which
Messrs. Hoffman, Flagg and Young are the
leaders, that the important advantages which
have been cndeavorcd to be secured to this State
BIZ Clinton and his followers. in constructing the
great Public Works which are akey 10 the West
ern trade, will be totally sacrificed, to promote
the selfish and party views of narrow.minded
demagogues.
What is the policy recommended by these
Radicals 1t is, to suspend the completion of The
Canals on which so much has been already OK
pended, and thus render unproductivc large
amount OF capital; to use the surplus revenue Of
the Canals, and large amount annually raised
by taxing the People Of the State to pay of, as
rapidly as possible the public debt contracted for
these Canals; and, finally, to cut down the rate
of tolls on the Canals SO low as to deprive the
People OF this State of all the benefits which they
might Otherwise derive from a large revenue
which must accrue 10 US from the transportation
of produce from other States. The object of the
Loco Foco Tax on the People is plainly to make
the people of the whole State feel the burthen OF
Internal improvements and thus render the sys-
TEN unpopular, whereas 1t has been repeatedly
shown that the Canals, with proper management,
will paw for themselves, by the aggregate revenue
derived from them-a revenue annually incrcas
ing and accommodating by the trade of the "eS.
1t would be difficult TO show why there should be
any more haste in paying of the debt OF the State
than in discharsing the debt Of this City for the
Groom Wafer Woras, about which no anxiety Is
shown by our Loco-Focos.
That the accommodating revenue Of the Erie
Canal from the trade of the West would pay off
the State Debt in very few years, at the present
rate of Canal tolls, is shown by the Table of Tolls
recently published, from the Report of the Com
missioners of the Canal Fund. Thus, it appears
by this statement, that for the five years from
1884 to 1888 inclusive, the total amount of tolls
on the Erie Canal was S6,556,525 and for the
five wears from 1889 to lS43 inclusive, the amount
of the same was 1928, 279-an increase of
Sl,730,954. During these last five years, the in
crease of tolls on produce OF the Western States
is $l,534,667, and on merchandise S2I3,69b-
while there is decrease on the tolls on products
of this State OF S77,929.
There will be added to the trade Of the Erie
Canal the present year, the trade from the Miami
Valley in Ohio, and the Wabash Valley in Indiana,
by the completion Of the Miami Canal, from Gin
clnnati to its junction with the Wabash and Erie
Canal and OF the latter from the Wabash River 10
Lake Eric near Toledo; the united length Of these
canals being about 364 miles, (or equal to the ex-
tent Of the Erie Canal OF this Statc.) In two
years from the time of their completion, it is be-
lieved that these two canals will be tributary TO
the Revenues of the Erie Canal to the amount OF
at least half million of dollars, to say nothing Of
the increasing trade from Michigan, Illinois and
Wisconsin.
In the face of these brilliant prospects, the party
in power persist in their stop and tax policy,
and their organ Mr.. Denniston, finishes his report
with the following conclusions:
|. The tolls of the Canals and Revenue OF the
State BY the act OF March 29th, 1872, an act en-