The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-01-04
NO. g..
From the Wabash Expgess
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS or
INDIANA

al AoIiS I1duie, where At IS connected with
1.-THE Wabash and Erie Canal. Thee viii
Ishortly be Continuous rout fIorsa the Ohio
river TO Lake Erie--serfainly mos valu-
able acquisitions to Indiana ?
We elliptic following fforn a number of'tbe
Southern Reporter. Il breathes the sight
spirit; and we are glad tosee it, upon the
part OF our Southern neigis5ols. The pre-
dlction which it ceaiains is dictated by that
Efar-reaching sagacity which can look through
Inc embarrassmcnis of the present, and pre-
dicate its hopes Of the future upon proper
estimate ofthe resources; industry and en-
ergy ofthe country. We wish there was
more of this spritamongst our own citizens
those who, apart from the national consieI-
erations associated with this great work. have
a deep and abiding interest in its prosecu-
lion. The valley of the Wabash is the last
place in which Indifference to this matter
should be found. We, of all others, should
be neither laggard nor inert, when so much
depends upon our unanimiiy aud action
Who will pretend 10 saw that there NAV not
be continuous line Of canal Communicated
from Lake Erie to the Ohio river, within
very few years, il that subject shall enlist a
proper degree of attention? Every cossid.
alton of national character is presented to
| the general government in favor of dona-
ton of the refuse lands in The Vincennes
Land District Such a donation will. 10 no
way perceptibly diminish the revenues,
which are now SO little increased by receipts
from this district, as TO exercise but little
effect upon the annual aggregate. The
lands have been SO long in market that a
sale OF very large portion of them is not
now TO be expected, when there are such
Immense tracts unoccupied in the ssfar west, =
and when the tide Ct emigration is still roll
ing onward and still Onward towards the set
ting sun. ztnd whilst there would certain-
Fly be no such diminution of tho revenue as
ito be seriously fell, the experienceSof the
past has demonstrated that Prospective in
crease, from that source, may be ultimately
|expected. Every thing which removes OBJ
Istucton from the commerce of the vest
and tends TO the encouragement OF lis indus
fry, will, necessarily open the avenues Of
emigration, and increase the demand for
those portions Of The public domain which
s-s-xzzl2a aszzzzs s xzr3tasz
sagacity can imagine bounds to the immense
multitude Of industrious aud enfeFprsing
farmers and ueehanics who will find homes
mthe valley Of the Mississippi, when The
means of its communication with the easteEn
States meet no further obstfucsion--wHen
they can find cheaper water navigation from
Lake Erie TO The Ohio? Then the citizen
ofNew England find transportation for all
that he may desire, from the vicinity of the
Atlantic seaboard, through the Erie and Wa
bash and Erie Canal, to any portioa of the
upper or lower Mississippi. Aud an increased
sale GLANDS must be inevitable consequence.
This increase will augment the revenues Of
the general government, and furnish, in a
very few years, ample Remuneration for tiiss
donation which our citizens are now asking.
And il is not only thus that the cavern
ment will be hsne6ted. The present con-
gress viii, in all probability, establish perma-
nently, at some point on the Ohio river,
western Armory. From and 10 this poins
the government must transport an immense
amount annually; and this can be done, moi
only more expeditiously, but more safely
through this canal than by any otherroute.
1t will also place within The reach Of The Ar <
mory much larger portion of the iron ore
which is found insfhe West, from which a
selection may be made of the best quality
consideration, for il is very well known TO
those who have paid any attention TO the
subject, that very large portion of the metal
prepared at the eastern furnaces is INSULT
cient for this purpose. Every Indictment,
therefore, which can present itself to the
minds of those who are interested IN this
great undertaking, demands The utmost en-
ergy in the pursuit of all those means within
our reach for the consummation the work.
Shall WE be idle, when the whole cuu6fv-.
is alive to the enterprise? Shall we remain
needless and Indifferent and leave others To
force 10 our very doors those things which are
to become the instruments of our own prosper
ity and success? Shall we refuse to unite
ourselves with the North and South--when
both North and South are DANGEROUSLY de-
handing the union? Shall we disregard all
the warnings and admonitions of experience
and cast from us the cup of pEosperity just as
it is about to be placed TO our lips? We have
placed very improper estimate upon the
people of the Wabash valley, il these mat
tiers are lightly or inconsidsrately passed
over by them. We feel assured that with
that enterprise for which they have been so
long distinguished, they will become awak
ened to the necessity Of vigorous actionup
a subject which so neatly concerns thems
and that one spirit win move them in the
work. And chen, when this grand enter
prise shall be accomplished, and vixen cities
shall occupy the places Of their towns, and
towns shall be growing up all about them
land when their immense resources
shall he fully deveioped--and when their
commerce shall largely contribute 10 their
own and The lotions wealth, hey viii