The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-06-29

ficant question, and merits a moment:
calm consideration. The people of ALE
gany desire nothing more than an quite
to market for their great staples of coal.
iron, lumber and the products Of their soil
II 1t be true, that they already possess, ii
lhe Railroad, a mean of communication
with the Atlantic market, adequate to all
thelr wants, then they can have no interest
Except as citizens of the State, the further
prosecution of the Canal The question
hen, is one of mere fact-have the people
u Allegany county all the supposed ia
.lliles OF transportation ready made to
heir hands2 If the fact be really so, then
IN extraordinary thing has happened
pauely, that these vast advantages have
3cen actually lheirs-in their possession
or the last two years, and to this moment
. hey have never found them out. They
IRE IN total ignorance of The benefits con-
erred upon them. And their ignorance
IS wholly inexcusable, for many writers
1f great industry and zeal have appeared
rom lime to time in the Baltimore prints,
10 convince them how happy they are in
having the Railroad completed to their
'oors, and to specify all the particulars of
Jtich this happiness consists. One of
these writer's essays 10 prove that even for
he carriage Of heavy freight, Railroads
IRE more expeditions and even cheaper
han Canals, and in token of the conf
lence he feels in his own hypothesis, he
axes for his signature the initials of the
three Latin words, with which Euclid al
ways announced demonstration. And
get, however unreasonable it may appear
IN the people Of Alegany, TO all this pow
fr OF persuasion and force of demonstra-
ion, they have constantly turned all unbe,
levlng ear. The Railroad whistle every
morning and evening announces the arri-
val OF trains OF passenger and burlhen
cars. The road is in full and noisy op-
Grafton under the vely eyes of our people,
and yet at the moment | am now writing,
the wagons from the mines are de posting
their loads of coal along the bank of the
;lver; boats are laden with coal and living
crowded together for great distance in
the stream; Worknen al the boat yards are
more boats, to be ready, when
The rains descend and the river rises, to
garry coal by the natural bed of the Pc.
ton'uc to Dam No. 6, to be thence trans
ported by the Canal to lidewater. II, there
tore, we're to venture an opinion upon
subject III every respect so delicate,
should say that the people OF Allegany,
having as yet, in their opinion, no Quite,
Tor their staples, hare a deep, peculiar, and
abiding interest Ill the completion Of the
Canal
Now lfmy remarks SO far, have brought
me to any conclusion, it is, that the Balli-
more and Ohio Railroad Company, and
The People Of Allegheny, COMFY, have
taken sides on this Canal question, the one
Tor and the other against the completion
Of the work, and that both are now, where
II might have been expected they would
be on the side indicated by their respec-
i've interests.
But the squabbes of the people OF AL
cghany and the Railroad Company, will
De regarded as utterly unimporlanl and in
significant by those who are about to
'Peak with authority upon this subject,
md to say what shall now be done with
his work. mean the sovereign people
'I Maryland. The millions already ex-
'ended III lis prosecution have been drawn
rom their pockets. or borrowed upon
heir credit Their lands have been mort
tagged and their hard earnings anticipated
o meet the debt. If the restoration of
heir credit, and their relief from the bur
lens OF taxation depend upon the compile
ION OF Tins Improvement, IL riU be COM
0lcled, although the Railroad may there
~ lose some portion of its western trade,
ana at theAsame time, have formidable
'Ival placed along side of tiff on the
other hand, it shall not be for their inter-
Est, nor promotlve of their relief, 10 finish
I, 1t VIII stop where it is, although the
people OF Allegheny, should have no outlet
o market, and their large investments in
he county be rendered of no value.
This apprehend is the true state of the
'ase. 1t is now question, not of internal
but of finance--not. of pre-
erence to this or to that great corporation,
'ut OF pecuniary relief to the tax payers
If Maryland. To this view ofthe subject
he remarks have to make will be direct
ID.
WILLIAM PRICE.
Cumberland, May Is, 1914.