Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1859-02-09


Slate responsible for these enterprises "A
her couhdlng citizens, and she i hourl ia
honor :" protect shem. or 20 compenssie theu
Tor whatever losses this decoy 81 the cana
shall have imposed nnon them These losse.
alone your oeoisuaiisis telieve will amogni
10 a. least one million II dollars. on The vho,,
line II the canal
Some Of your meroriaii-ts hold contracts
wih the State. male before the State debt
ac', called the Bu'ler bill, was PASSED
Tor The lease of water power On 'he ca
nal, der stipul tions strongly binding To-
state t. supply this power, ard upon which
such memoFlali,ts have erected costly mills
dependent upon that power Nearly tie
whole power on the canal from he State line
io Lafayette J. held bv leases direct from the
state, running for many years, aud property
bnlt up under soch leases, eatnot be less ia
the aggr, gate tlan s200.000 All this rrap.
or,y Will be utterly yslaelcss on the ahaudon.
ment of the canal. aud the State j. specially
bound 10 every such lease 10 make good IN
losses and damages for The failure 10 supply
the power therein stipulated
our memorialits urge aud insist that the
moral obligation is 10 less binding on Tic
state 10 defend those of them Who hold ike
leases under the Roard Of Trustees, inasmuch
a. the Wabash and Ftie Canal j. q public IA
siitution oi the State 81 Indiana. protected by
denee oi her citizens by numerous solemn acts
oi the Legislature. and iuasmnch a. the said
4 basrd Il Trustees must bc held IN legal con.
straotion. a we'll as by practical position. tic
agents oi the State a. Well a. Of The Boniholl
4 Iets-
Therefore leases of power on the caral.
ield ty your menorialists, and made by The
Board OF Trustees. aud investments made b.
their authority aud invitation, rendered frai;
l4N L.. J. q H.
Ike manner become a source OF just reclama
iion upon the state
I Many Of ysur memofialisis arc land holders,
Lose farms and fields are intersected in the
construction of this canal, and who cstina
ting the benefits 20 be derived from that work
sup rior to injuries done 20 thpr estates made
ue claIm for damages bat encouraged it, con.
-iruction, aud Suffered the agen,~ aud con
tractors engaged therein. TO excaYate their
lani-to Lapl away their soil and 10 accntn-
meiaie upon their fields large amounts u
spoil eatth taken from The bed Of the canal
Tie enjoyment II the canal a a uayigalle
Nofk va- deemed con pen-ation Tor thrsr
acts, which would otherwise have been insult
ferable; and your memofialisfs OF thi~ class
now protest that this State cannot allow the
same 10 be deserted, AID 90 70 neglect with
og' prov ding for the satisfaction OF dansges
which r iii accrue 10 this manner.
Butit j. not possible 10 express in flll The
various particular ard directions frou which
claims for reclamation against tie State will
.icw uP 70 future Legislatures arising from the
destruction Of ihis canal Interest Enough i
stated 40 >iSw laat upon the score of financial
interest ii behoo, your honorable body 10
move quickly in ills lehalf. = arrest the
downfall Of work "a A;ch is great pillar sus-
tanning our public prosperity
Your memoriaiists further urge tha; the sol.
eirn obligation aud duty OF The State of Iudi
ana is pledged to tie Preservation Of this ca
nal by her acceptance of large grants 81 lands
made by the Government OF The United States
- aid IN is construction. the condition or
provision Of which grants being. chat the
said canal when completed, shall be and for.
ever lcmain a pablc highway for the use OF
The Govornmeut 81 the Uaited States, free
from auy toa or any other charge whichever.
for any property OF the United states. or per
sous IN their service. passing through the
same Those lands amounting to / coo O80
esr's were received AMI sold by the State for
her use and benefit, and these ar Tie condi
tions upon which she rcioieed to accent aud
appr pirate the same. Can the State Of Indi
aua nos deay usc conditions upon which sbe
received these mnuihcent grants from tie GOV.
erumcrt 81 the United States, or can she r.
fuse or neglect 10 fulfill - The utmost extent
every Obligation lald upon her by her accep
tsuee afd eniovment thereofg
Your u- meralisis saiici. lie attention of
yoar honorable body to the consideration Of
tse ohiga'ious resting upon the State Of luai.
aha toward Tie STATE Of Ohio. Arising ost OF a
cowpHct between tic-e Si4tc-, executed on
thtU tehalfb by WNih, Si.imin. Commission.
90 on hlhaf OF the State OF Ohio. aai Jere-
riah Suibvsu, Commissioned. on behalf OF The
state oi Indiana, az CnCiuaaii. on The 81 day
~ October. 1919 Though fhis compact con
ialus DO special siipulatiou IN rr5Fds ihai the
safe of ind4aua shall forever preserve the
navigation Ct Wabash AL Erie Canal. yot that
obligation Is more shan Implied "a ths @ jects
81 taai compact and 10 the tenor Of d. pf0vi
sion-. il D. sfipufatsl fhercin ssthat the State
81 Indiana shall compiete hat part at said
eaHal which shall &c within l'if limits ~ SAID
STATE. Uithin hitcen vear. from lie r-t dsy Of
january, 1850" Also. THAT ihe SAID canal
when nnished shall he open 10 the nav cation
4 81 4Ae ca zen- of other States 81 the Union.
F &c Aud, also. "tlst thls coWpact-slail te
perpetual between thr States"
The obligation Of the State o.; Ohio ~ con
sfruci and maintain the canal from The STATE
+ li4e through her territory io Like Erie and the
Performance ~ her Obligation - TO do. va.
+ thee .ideraticu mp which theundetiskiugs
Of tie Stale II Indiana were based. Aud shat
/ the State OF ludiara would construct and
maintain hef proposed caual a. a grand neii
um q business Tor the extension thereof.
through Ohio % the Lake. i1rni ,hed the No
tive % thai Sia'e 10 undertake the construction
F of that extension.
Can The STATE ~ Indiana. therefore. now
suffer the WABASH aud Erie Canal within i.r
Z borders u 20 down without a sisr upon her
goe5 faith toward hsrs:.ief Stale. and without
a hleni-h upon her character which will en-
dure fsrcverf y our meenorialists are inform.
-. a. -. ali 4. -
-oliritude 70 the cifixeus and government Of
the sa'e OF Ohio. aud iha; the sat Of Indi.
ana vll be appealed 20 by that goverameu,
10 protect the canal Interest Of the Two States
as involved "a that compact. ari 20 pre-trye
insislaie the obi'gaticfs thereby assumed.
] An imposing error has obtained ground thai
THIS subject j. one Of local bearing only. aud
that the parts o. thr State not innedia'esy 10
tefesied N the canal ~ highway, have % IA
tefe.t ~ The question of iis preservation.
he fallacy Of thi- error yoer naeuiorisiisf-
can present ith Irresistible drnor.tralon.
First Your memaTial.fs have alYcads
shoan hat tse abandonment of the canal VA.
farui.h ihe basis ot claims against the Set,
fsr reclanf~on Tor losses aud dan -.
amounting - hundreds of N 1usands II dol
lars y hich viii laput ibe Lerislaiurc ia yeas.
70 come AID which The Stale cann3f re.is
without suppression u every sentiment o
ia~iice. he mon~y Tor The ssti-fsctson 81
the~, claim. must come from the general tfeA-
IVY q The State and viii operate without ism
a. ~ LINE OF amount.
Again, your mefnoralists state. with ab-o
lpte assurance. that ifthe navigation Of ID.
cana = NO longer 10 be preserved. aud o.
Structures are - be abandoned - neglect az.
decay. there vill fesail an Gtler anniht.atiss
IN value Of property built up ou me canal 4.
the atnount Of several hundred thousand d..