The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-05-22
An Appeal to the new portion. OF Ohio.

olIElo utStFlCt System, aau the pro-
visions which will ef~fectually check in
ternal Improvements in the new and un.
improved portions of the State. After
showing very clearly that justice and fair
dealing, and a compliance with The senti-
ment of the State, and the age required
ofthem, the formation of single districts,
the writer proceeds to discuss the second
point. We wish this portion could be
read by every voter in the State. and the
more especially, in those portions of it,
where works of internal improvement
have not been commenced. lflhis class
are c0nlented thus to cut themselves nf,
and Voluntarily deprive themselve oithe
vast benefit which the lder portions of
the State enjoy from these works, then.
we shall not complain With them the
question rests, and to them is the appeal
made, Let every voter in the north west,
and in the eastern part of the State, ask
himself how far he is interested in this
question aud determine fully before hand,
whether it is worth his while to deprive
himself of the benefits which must come.
and that soon, ifthe present system film
provemeni, by Rail Road, Plank Road,
&c. is pursued. for any advantages that
can accrue through any other part of the
instrument.
We trust the following closing remarks
ofthe Wing will be carefully read and
considered:- S Journal.
Bat let us turn our attention for a mo
ment To another portion of the State, the
newly settled counties on its western Dor
ders. The enlerprising aud Industrious
laborer in Cuyahoga nr Hamilton has &C
cumulated. by dint of hard exertious and
severe economy. his two or three hundred
dollars. With this, his hard earned for.
tune, his little all, he starts with his young
f mily, for the yet unbr0ken wilderness
OF Lucas county, where with is limited
means, he may purchase a farm, inspired
with tho hope of enjoying the products
of his labor, and Of reposing, when old
age shall come upon him. beneath his own
vine aud fig tree. He selects as The scene
of his future lsbors, an so acre lot on the
banks of the Tillin river, pitches his log
cabin, and then commences the process
of fitting his land for cultivation The
heavy timber melts before his persevering
strokes; the woods recede from his hum.
BILE habitation, and the first crop of corn
aud wheat is the reward of his industry.
But here a new difficulty presents it
sslf His nearest market is Maumee city
or Toledo, some thirty or forty miles dis.
tant, and his route lies through unwork
ed roads almost impossible by reason of
marshes, logs aud b,idgeless streams. The
state IN the meantime has commenced a
system of internal improvements. The
older counties are the first to share the
benefits ut this wise and liberal policy
The citizens Of Hamilton and Cuyahoga
have asked the Legislature to loan the
credit of the State for the completion u
works that promise to be of vast utiiit,
to those portions Of the State in particu
lar in which they ar1 to be located, The
debt is created. the interest accruin!
thereon must he paid, ard our western
settlers is taxed Ia enable the Slate t,
meet the demands of lis creditors. Tn,
money mast be raised f. this purpose
from the surplus products Of his toll. II,
thus drugs t" market, year after year
what he can spare after supplying The
wants of his family, aud obtaining barrel,
sufficient 10 pay his lakes, and road ex
pruses N the course of transportation
To this he submits without a murmer, en-
larges gradually the area of bis cultivated
fields; fresh emigrants are arriving will
like hopes and like enterprise. The,
finally accumulate suHi lent capital To en-
able them 10 build a plank road owe
which they may convey their wheat, oat
and corn I % market with greater facility
and without mourning expenses almost e
quail 10 the price oftheir produce. The,
apply To the Legislature. not for money
but for an act of Incorporation to enable
them to accomplish, with their combine,
resources, what as individuals with lhei
limited means, they could never achieve
They are met by the honorable aud dig
nlied members from Hamilton with So
veie rebukes for their temefily. The,
are denounced as Monopolists," "Moni
ed Arlslocrats." Parasites upon tn,
Body Politic," and are sent home will
the consoling intelligence of"a great con
test at hand"
The Democracy ofOld Hamilton, now
lo'ling in the lap ofluxury aud wealth ac
CURED by the back .woodsman's sinew,
arm aud sweating brow, through the in
strumentality of her extensive ~interna
improvements, has resolved that no more
corporations shall be chartered; that the
western pioneer shall not possess the priv
ilege ofbullding foe himself and his neigh
Dor a plank road over the almost impss
sable Sloughs that lie between his littl,
farm and the only market for the surplu.
products of his toll, because forsooth i
might open new channel of commerce
and affect injuriohsly the gigantic mouop
lies of "the Queer City" A war.c,y a
G%ainst corporations is raised by the yer,
men whose every breath is drawn from al
atmosphere redoIenl Of corporate priv
lcges; whose immense fortunes and un
bounded Injuries are derived from tn,
privileges aud immunities secured b,
special acts ofincorporatiou, and fiom tn,
twenty millions OF dollars invested 70
their benefit by the State government
through the indulgence aud .iberality q
their fellow citizens who now ask in re
munerauun oftheir beneicence, the priv