Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1853-01-21

writer IN Two oil our CITY papers, AFTER giving u
statement OF tho great improvements about to
BE- made in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
winds up his article by saying, Tin allusion 10
tho incorporation OF the wilmington and ches'
epsste Csnai) that he s'cannot see the neces.
siiy. the policy or The justice Of Incorporating a
@ ompany 10 make another Canal in the vicinl.
~ Of ihis; 10 hold out inducements for the in
westuaeus Of capital, that is not emily going TO
xesult.in the sacrifice Of such investment, but
lie Qoirp 10 destroy the capital invested in the
u Cfssroeake and Delaware Canal; PROSTATE the
antruies Of that Company and defeat them in
Snsking their contemp lated improvements.
We do not agree with the above writer in re-
lation to the non necessity Of the incorporation
: Of snothef company for the construction OF A.
mother canal. Canals are too costly to be made
where they are not wanted. The best evidence
Of tifeir necessity is that people are willing to
invest money in their construction. Capital
is,s thouQh often knavst are MT always fools.
and are the last people 10 throw away their mo-
ney in the construction Of that in which there
is no prospect of profit. IL thy do so, it is
their own look out, and the legislature have
no more right TO step in between them and
their enterprises, for the sake of preventing them
fruu sustaining loss, or preventing them iro r
injuring othera in the same business Than they
have 10 do so, in the enterprises Of private in
.dividupl. They have jus. as much right TO say
:, 10 tbs tailor, tke shoemaker, the grocer &c. yoi
shall moi commence business because theirs an
epough Of your trade in the State, as by so do
ing,yov will damage yourself as well as ~
nsighbors; as 10 say 10 company you shat
/. not commsncs the business Of constructing
canal for waller carriage bcevose by doing 81
you will work injury IN business point o
-xisw 10 yourselves aud others. The individu
s1and the company are better judges as Il
whether business will or will not pay thai
The legislature. Let every one be The Judge
= of1heir own affairs, and enjoy the fruits Of ihei
. own wiadon, or suffer the consequences O
shsir own folly. II one man has right to cal
~ on business. another should have the sam
1ic-IExsxhfs AAissaa liksc9Edi!isns % The pub
qay: : mase 10 CASES where ID was shown ihs
sueh grants proved injurious to tha community
There shsalj be monopoly 10 nothing. 7
q givs a company through all eternity The riei
81 carrying on particular business is nothin
ymorc nor lsss than selling The community
which such rights are granted to that compan,
Eliz frsnght with this greatest danger TO pu
Z lie liberty and prosperity.
b We have no em,iity to the Delaware al
Chesapeake Canal, on the contrary we shou
rtoicc in their prosperity. In the conslrucii
-ot another canal VIZ do not see why th
should be broken up, any more than by I
staring Of another newspaper, zoe should
broken up or by the starting Of another Of Al
ether kind Of business, thoEs before followil
ii are bound 10 break. The canal that offers !
best Inducements 10 the public witt undoub,t
~ do the best business-snd il should do I
p II the new canal will serve the public ehoaF
sou or better, II would be doing grsar injustice
the public 10 compel them to use the cid I
nal. II would be similar to the Legislature pi
sng law compelling the people to buy SUI
ci one merchant who sold il al ftp pou
--and not allowing another TO sell It at {
cents. Such laN would breed revolut
in the Stalc--and yet ii would be equally
.sjustas compelling the citizens to pay dea
Tor tolls between the Delaware and Chesepe;
-7to tbs present canal than the one now prof
tgtsd. We see however no good reason, v
: ahefe should not be business enough Tor b
canals. This business has at least doubled
salt within this last fifteen years, and will d
y bic itself the next hftsen years. By stisnl
TO business the Delaware and Chesapeake
: nal will get at least a portion perhaps hal
more than hal the business. sven II The
cen, protested cansl is constructed. Blu,
matsers nothing. II the wants Of The cont
nifty demand another and deeper canal il shc
De msds-and it will not be made befor
. 10 wanied:-f0r as we have said above II
Unjust be good prospects Of such a canal pay
y or the long headed capitalists of the large
lies would nevsr be found Investing fund
its construction.