American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-02-28

The REJECTION OF The CANAL Bill. The
recent vote of the house of delegates, by which
the bill to complete the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal was rejected, as was to be expected was
received with regret by the citizens ofthe wes-
tern section of the State, but we must confess
our surprise, if not our Indignation at the edi-
torial remarks of some of the editors of Freder-
ick and Washington counties Not content
with heaping the most unlimited abuse upon
the city OF Baltimore, and by lnuenGo charging
bribery, corruption and dishonesty upon many
other citizens, they now, i'll so many words, re-
commend course of despicable dishonesty OH
the part of the citizens of western Maryland
reputation is openly and boldly limited at, or
rather, We might say, recommended by these
sapent gentlemen. We have long since ex-
pressed our opinions as 10 the necessity of COM
pletng the Canal, and have repeatedly urged
it as the only means of tightening the burden
of taxation which at present weighs so heavily
upon the energies of the people of the State,
but as friends of the Canal-as citizens of Ma
ryland--sncerely devoted to the maintenance
of her pledged faith and unbroken honor--we
feel constrained to enter our protest against
such language as the following from the last
Frederick Examiner:
"Now there is an assertion which we
fear time will verify-dreadful as it is. IF the
canal is not soon finished western Maryland
WILL REPUDIATE! The feeling is abroad
already-the people of this State will no longer
be taxed and ground to the earth, in order that,
out Of their hard earnings, wealthy monoposts,
who roll in luxurious idlencss and wealth, may
become still richer and prouder, while they, the
poor taxed farmer, mechanic and laborlng man,
must labor on without a hope of relief or COM
fort-but from Reputation"
The Elagerstown News, which comes to us
in mourning, thus announces the rejection Of
the bill
Baltimore gold and Baltimore Baronialism
have again succeeded in defeating the bill for
the completion Of the canal-lhe peoples only
hope of relief from an odious direct tax
Through an outrageous inequality in represen-
tation, by which the negroes of the Eastern
Shore have almost an equal weight at the bal
lot box with the white citizens of this part of
the State, Western Maryland has been made to
bow to the exaction of Baltimore city,
Now, these editors may think they are doing
the canal interest an immense service by such
bombast, but we can assure them, in all sinceri-
ty, they are mistaken for they not only excite
the prejudice of its enemies, if such there be,
but create among its long and steodfast friends
feelings of deep regret, that even the bare init
nation of reputation should originate with
them. We think we know the people of West
en Maryland too well, to entertain for a mo-
ment, the belief that these ndiscreet editors
speak the sentiments of anJ considerable num-
Der Of them. They are too honest and patri-
otto to entertain any such ideas, and will spurn
the mputation with Indignation, They revere
and glory in the untarnished honor and unbend
ing integrity of Old Maryland, and will hold
up to the contempt and scorn Of the world any
man or set OF men, who, for any purpose what
ever will attempt to sully her fair fame.
Al pr Il L. h,