The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-10-02
For the Evansville Journal

For the Evansville Journal.
A Glance at rhc Interests of the people.
The approaching session OF the State Leg
islature is likely to be one whose action will
intimately connect itself with the pecuniary
interests Of the people, in this part Of the
State particularly, and it may not be amiss
to slip the curtain and see what those inter-
ests are. No question of strictly political
character can be effected, as i, is certain
that the Senate will remain as il was. en-
pha'ically DEMOCRATIC, and no United States
Senator could be elected except an Old liner,
or in other words. one who would be in fa-
vor of the Nebraska Bill.
But there are several local questions 90
be considered each one of which is too init.
mately connected with our every day inter
est TO be passed by. The first of which !!
will name is that of the canal-for many
years the people of Evansville have looked
to the completion Of this great work, as the
settling question Of their prosperity. When
it was announced that the canal boat Penn
sylvaEia had come through from Teledo, the
Joy of our people knew no bounds. Our
merchants began to realize their hopes OF an
active and profitable business, and Il smart
trade sprung up like magic, but bow short and
transent-one break followed another in
quick succession, and the result was, that
hardly two weeks Of consecutive navigation
hnr
menis have been entirely broken up, and
our business men will tell you, how they toe
h1v; been disappointed.
All this has resulted from the bad anC
niggardIy management OF those having d.
rection of the canal, and though our people
have uttered their well grounded complaints
publicly, and privately, yet no redress has
, been effected-consequently the Canal il
bad stock, and now the agent of the bond
holders is prepared with proposition t'
the State to take back the Canal, and pay t.
the bondholders eight millions of dollars
which they allege the canal has cost, ant
f thus annu the agreement made between the
State aud the other party whereby the can
al was to be completed and kept in good or
der for twenty years. Will the people en-
terrain such a proposition for moment! BE-
4, saddled with new debt of eight millions
, the interest of which must be paid scmi-an
nually, and adding largely to the ALREADY
ponderous burden borne by the people!-
No. on the contrary such an arrangement
should be met at the start by fearless, ener
D geiic opposition by the peoples representa-
tives, and Vanderburgh has too greata stalk
here to be trihed with. Our slight intrcduc
tion.of this subject VIII excite the attention o
: our citizens. Evorythns is muturi"s upon M
> part of interested parties to force this Cana
r question upon the next Legislature and d
t secure the passage of law looking TO 4
result above named.
ITEM a. The school law should be
: pealed Immediately, so much of it as
l. ates to the distribution of school fur
: among the different counties. We see
K the report of Mr.. Larrabee that the dire
II loss to Vanderburgh annually is twenty.;
hundred and forty dollars, and this La
amount has to DC made up by direct %
J. upon the people of Vanderburgh, as v
e done at the election of last April-or 70
!, Public Schools must be suspended A sig
y limpse at this subject, will convince ever
r, citizen that his pocket is directly and larg@
"a ly TO be consulted in the coming election. t
A We shall require men for Senator and Re |!
e Iresentative, who are identified with aur hons
% interest, and who will 60 up to the Cipite
r with sufficient political influence, as wei
Is asenergy and capacity, to protect and adro
cate the interests Of this Senatorial District
Other questions of great interest 10 our pol
pie will be referred too soon.
&c a. CITtZEN