Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-12-04

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at their recent election, in operating upon vot-
ers by the corruption fund which they sue
ceeded in obtaining at the last legisla,ure-the
nine million fund for the enlargement Of the
Erie Canal. The following appeal was stere-
otyped in the whig papers all over the State
before the election, and was the kind of argu-
ment made use Of to carry the State
ITO LABORERS.
"Ticenfy thousand dollars day for labor on the
enlargement q The Erie canal.
1t is high time the hard handed, strong
headed laboring men Of our city should eul-
pIoy the good sense which God has given
them la discovering and encouraging the
true sources Of their prosperity. What they
want. and all they want, and all they ask. is
PLENTY OF STEADY WORK. with sure pay. in a
healthy country. aud fair cages. Can they
not find all these this coming winter, and
for the next three years, on the enlargement
Of the Erie Canal
!" Let them look at the present condition
Of that work. Nearly all iis most costly
struclures-sn a. locks, nqueducts, &c.,
requiring capitol for Supplying the necessary
uhNtSttutcy utC Cotty utuC-tOttttB
Of all that remains 10 be done are to be done
Ivy the day-labofer. IN excavating and en-
larging the trench of the canal for about $50
running miles, principally between Utica
and B6ffalo, in fine, healthy, well. led
country, with cheap provisions and good
schools. a A ~ la a
To finish this part of the work will now
require elepen millions Of dollars, 10 be paid
10 the day.inborer in day wages. The diff
ference between the two contending politi-
cal parties in this State is that the wings
propose TO expend these eleven millions, and
finish tine work in three years; the iocofocos
will only deal il oui in dribIets during the
next fifteen or tirenty years.
The recent canal law, as PASSED bv the
| wings, hut which the locofocos, like Levi S.
Chat6cld, William McMurry, and others,
seek 10 repeal. directs fur millions Of dol
lars to be expended in the year 1852, four
millions in the year 1853, and the remaining
three milions in the year 1854.
Now. let our day -laborers calculate how
much of this sum Of eleven millions viii go
10 them, and how fast they will receive il.
"The most active working season on the
canal Is doring the suspension of navigation
IN The winter months, .he very season in
which our day-laborers generally find the
greatest difficulty in getting work at all. II
we allow 200 working days for each year,
each day will give The laborer his two-hun-
dredth part of The four millions 10 be annual.
" expended, teing tsoenty thousand dollars q
day, s.sT 4.
Our city is now filling up with laborers
returning from completing the Erie railroad,
the Hudson river railroad. and the great
works in New England aud else where. No
other extensive work hut the enlargement of
The Erie canal is now ready to be offered
To fliem. Wall they moi consent to secure
such prize viii they. throw away hosnty
thousand dolldrs a day for three years
VIII they agaiu consent, by their votes,
to lie, the iocotoco p0IiiIcnns drive them off
the public works? Or will they allow 4
wing canal board for three years to furnish
steady employment and comfortable support
10 healthy conisaysla Them and their faini.
| lies?''
Ihis being extensively circulated in the
public prints, and along the line of the canal,
twas no doubt found to Be an effective arau-
ment for its orignators. 1t had been tried
but short time before, with SUCCESSION the
occasion OF the canvass to ill the vacancies At
the Senate Board occasioned BY the resigns
'oa OF the democratic Senaiors-and the op-
por'unisy 70 make the same issue, with like
effect was readily taken advantage Of ia the
recent State election Bot although they may
% able to preserve their enlargement measure,
they did not succeed in. carrying their State
0ficers. The result Of the election is highly
encouraging 70 the democracy, and demon
strates the fact thar nothing bui the bride Gun
famed ia thei corrrpting find 50 alluringly
'e'o 'ot' enabled them to retain any power
Whatever nthe State. Men York riu x r;gAs
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