The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-03
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CANAL DINNER.

CANAL DINNER.
1t being known that the Hon. E. A. Han
negan was on a visit to this section Of the
State, a number of our citizens, anxious to
testify their grateful remembrance of his eff
fcient services in promoting the interests Of
the canal, determined upon rendering him a
public dinner. Accordingly, on Friday the
Goth inst, the dinner party assembled, at the
Exchange Hotel, and organized by appoint
ing C. |. BarrnLL Esq, President. and DR..
w. II. SToCKwRLL, Vice President; after
which they sat down to a sumptuous dinner
about 8 o'clock P. NJ.
After amply discussing the qualities of the
viands, and rendering the most substantial
evidence, of the skill and good taste, of our
worthy host, Mr.. GOULD, the following reg
ular toasts were drank:
lst. Washington and the heroes of the
revolution: They have bequathed to US lib
erty, and a great country let us preserve the
former in its purity, and SO improve the lat
ter, that it shall be the appropriate abode of
freemen.
End. The union of the States: "Palsey
to the brain, and leprosy to the air." which
seek to dissolve it. It has many bands but
none stronger, than the vast lines ofinternal
communication, complete or projected, by
the enterprise of the American people.
3rd. The State of Indiana: She needs
only the completion other long line of canal
to Evansville, to pave the way, for the lIqui-
dation other public debt, and to infuse wealth
and prosperity, into every portion of her Ter.
ritory:
4th. The Wabash and Erie Canal: De.
signed by its projectors, only TO terminate,
when it bad reached a nauigable point, on
the western waters; that point will never be
attained, until ii extends to Evansville
When thus completed, it will form the mos
important link, in the great chain, connect
ing the Atlantic seaboard with the Gulf o
Mexico, and will be a national ~thoroughfare,
valuable in times ofpeace and doubly so in
case of par.
9Th. Our Senators in Congress, the Hon
ALBERT S. WHITE, and Hon. E. A. HANNE
GAN: Their able and efficient services, in
procuring the passage ofthe canal bill through
the Senate, merit our warmest appreciation
and will be duly appreciated by the friends
of the canal throughout the State.
Previously to reading the above toast, the
, President Judge BATrELL, made a few in
%troduetory remarks, declaring that the sen
I timent expressed by the toast, was we'll mer
: ited, by the exertions of the distinguished
Senators from Indiana, and that we wert
a greatly indebted TO them, for the trlumphan
q passage of the bill through the Senate.
After the toast was drank, MI. HAsNEGA,
, rose and responded, in a speech of abou
! twenty minutes. 1t would be in vain, to at
I tempt by any sketch, TO do justice to MI
Hannegan's very judicious and eloquent re
E marks. 1t is proper however, to mention
} that he stated with pride, that the e~xertion
of his worthy colleague, Mr.. White, wer,
+ worthy of all praise, and it afforded him III,
highest satisfaction, TO perceive that his ex
eTtions were appreciated by the meeting.
He insisted, that the whole country wa.
deeply Interested in finishing the canal, as
would open an extensive field, for promotin,
a the commerce and social intercourse be
n tween the States, and form an importantly lie
S ament, 10 strengthen the Union. To tn
State of Indiana he declared his belief, tia
the benefit would surpass all calculation an,
confidently predicted, that before the pre-
o sent generation shall have passed away, In
n diana would rank, as the third State of tn
confederacy, MIR. Hannegan then offered tn
following sentiment:
The Town of Evansville: may its futur