Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-04-02
rHR LRA.ino or THE CANAL.

ccmpslsn, The BILL should provide that each canal snd
the road should be leased sepsrAtsiy This mode q d.
the people. 40 member AZ the Leglqlaprp can sustain
himself In voting for the Medbeffy tchtnt smneh as
are opposed 10 he STATE holding on 70 the mhnage.
ment Ofths canals, we prefer ttOthsplhn now bsfors
7, When the above vas pnblished In the okn'|
Qsi,sf, the editors were not ignorant Of che fact
thatths bill had passed the, House, .aithcugh|
they profesaed to be, 90. The proposition had
been before the House for q month. had been
freely discussed, and was ih fact ordered 70 be
engrossed, nearly 4 week before. Hence the
pretended admonitiOn of. the EnQuirss Sas. in
fact Intended as rebpke TO- those members Of
the House who voted for the measure,
z Immediately following the Eaqaiyer, she.
Toledo Tms', edited by Gen, Jl,irs B. Bred
NAN, ventilated its virtuOusy indignation at the
act Of the House, 90, follovs,g4 G0o "a
"fthe Argumenis n favor of leasing the Public Worka
are he seized uponas excusesfor giving tho spe
cial and exclusive reht 10 sv nento take them ~
their own price, II VIII be an niquitons prositution Of
Aust and syatem 10 the base purpose OF de
ffauaing lbeV people Of tho etaie. EVERY man
who votes for the nqnitoun lproposiiion owiil be
marked and suspected. There must be other feasgns
luuuEMLM
Legi.lAture % pass hiio deprive the State Of the
benefit of competitionS snai sdi ih b1i oco' luhsw
NJ The, remarkable interest taken for the State,
and tie extraordinary display Of virtue which.is
20 palpable in the EnQuiru and the 7imes, and
so identical in, character, viii be understood
when u is known that the Enquirer was full
partner in that 'imorai triumph, which elected
JAhEs B. srEDMAs Printer TO Congress-
event, when the facts and circumstances, CON.
nected withit, and the final result Of the matter,
are all taken together, which has had a very
sievatipg influence on the character OF Ohio men
for stern honesty and integrity ~ = glslloi,q .
Shortly after the Toledo Times rebuk ed; the
members Of the House for passing the lease
bill, our eotemrorary Of the "Crisis, =, On conse-
quenee Of the difference Of opinion between The
Enqrirer and Statesman, was induced TO turn
aside trora public afairsof national character,
TO give bis opinion Of the measure. aud, ID bic
issue OF the 25ih, be does so as follows: .iroli
sour respeeabls paie, Ssatssnan and Eissirsr
before the senate for the leasing Of the Ohio CANALS Ia
oonsequence Of their difference Of oppoh, we have sew
eral times been appealed 70 for opnoh. Being pub
have upon the subject and that a. sskle 6oqs
sptnde that wns about being perpelrated on the
good people Of Onto the lstands tis nothing but
the members Of the Legislaturo are honest In de,
string to dispose Of the canals TO the best advantage 70
their constituents, why pass such bill a. The one before
The senate , We VIII guarantee e raise a good COM
and pay three times as much for the nse on the canals
yearly. Let any one make this proposition. and you
would soon see whether vastbe good of The state OF
% tne sOou 2. mat yss the bottom Of
acsrainiy the msnbers have not lost all regard for
their own constituen honor ~ 70 pasl such lease b
have no interest IN this bill, present or future and hence
We speak Just what We think, without any motives but
those for the public good -. s.s.s s,s Ia
an open public bid that ali may have chance and that
tbs highest price may be obtained No gougng by these
eippsrye-0iits Ohio, 80 far, greatly to her credit
dIsgased the Legislatures Of New YORK and Psnnsylya
mis-. Open works. gentiemen-fair play ali round-and
ifswlndlug must Be, etai your friends have ehance
Our veteran neighbor does not seem 10 hesi.
tate in bis denuuciaiou ofthe bill. for he says
Il Is sFindle ofihe blackest character; stll, IT,
II Is to be enacted, he wants all-the afriendsr
tohave a chance We viii not attempt to con.
strue or to explain the language Of the Crisis, :"
but we will express the hope that Col. MxDARY
has been deceived AZ to the facts and tbs nature
ofthe bill which passed the Houae. To suppose
that he did fully understand both, and was pre-
pared 10 s,y Deliberately N aome si,s,.svs
members of the House. TIA. tbe,, we're sss.eedI
Iu perpetrating the "bigeest swindle" that had
aver been attempted on the peopleof Ohio, is to
40 what wa are not s.actIy : uren.red ,oao, W..
ne quite certain that Col. Mrp.Ry had usvs,
tesd or even seeu the bin for which thu membs,s
Of the House voted. when be thus denounced n
and indeed We are reliably informed that spcb
i the faet. .su te gser gFFg.I & 89191
The Toledo BLade. Cbillicotha psrst,. and
Portsmouth TfiDrne have pitched in.o .bs 'lssse
bill. sfter the manner Of the three n.ne,a ahovs
named. E.cept these ak - psnera l tbe ssr.s,.,
exuressiob of the press Of he State bs, been =
in favo, Of the meisp,e. and All o,sot,csI e.n.i
men who understand Il are warm advocs "a
FOR Il. g l''H fFfiaa iT't
4 The Slansmaa las ureed for three suoce.s;vs
uinte,a a reform in the canal nol,cv ~ oh,o
vi,b a visv n ,slisv. The ,,s..n,, ,,o,, ~.
,,,n,sI d,.e. r,or /. i t.s,, ~ -a,,,. 4, -
I, n. s.ms ,ins - ,,sv.r, ,h.,, ,s ,a.,;s,s
rom p.ss;pp epti,ely oo. Of tbe no..es.Ioo .nd
control Of the State we have no, beep av.,s
hat a q snrv tjme "a ve,s advoes.;,s ~,
,ort Of asviudle.n - bic or little. and ve sbsill
continue to advocate the be- best means Of reform
hat "a uresep,ed. No matter who NAV oopose. or
ybs. manner of depupoIstiou NAV be pses p