, 1862-07-10

rtrcing meas IRE that, incidentally. industry
s:G ccm1nerce reap trcu, it all the advantages
IT an expenditure for purposes Of our>lyis;-
tcTna1 Improvement, but rather rejoice that
50 much Of the taxes wrung from Us bv the
tarc necessities Of war, may thus be returned
rs wiling and perpetual tribute ty the indus
tries Of peace.
HON CAN THIS WORK De ACCOMPLISHED, AND
AT WHAT COST?
There is Z portage of about thsrty-sS miles
from Lake Michigan to that point on the head
waters uf the Illinois, where it can be made
Eayigahle: by cutting through sthis portage
nEd Improving the river you have steamboat
Canal IRON the lakes to the Mississippi By
these n.eans, by this canal, all that ? p'rtion Of
the Continent lying e2s. OF the Mississippi
sid south Of the great 1akes and River St.
Lawrence becomes in isl2nl.
This work has been already more tuaa bali
acct np'istcd By thc Stslte of 1LhiHs. sided
Gully Is 1ss7. Illinois las eSpeaaed over
s6.cV to0 On this wark, which vas completed
IN ]63S. It nov yields an ANIMAL revenue Of
from s2oo GOO to $50, COO. This would be
, Very lsrgely Increased b5 the'imp1ossmeut of
ard us rtyt nuc 20 the CLittd States on con-
ciuon that Congress will provide the meaos
cf eplarging il SO as to PASS gunboa.s AID
stsSsls oI war from the lakes to The Mie5is-
tipIi ard thu occan, ard from the Atlantic TO
The lakes.
f,Th:s, as has been clearly shown by the nl;:i-
Ja1y tQg6nlttee, is ntcesfarY as military
lnsaso} Lace Us upon an cqu 'li'y With
Great EEn- That power has already con
stluct T24als Which epabit htr to piss GUT
foata fchF the ocean and the S. Lawrence to
4Ie {k+s. We are to-day utterly defeuseiess
@alnst i>cd c]a1 gunhoat=, which she could
bl4g f.on. Ter sy yards IN Enylapd through
tlest ea1'a:s; tins the vas: cers'nsrce Of
TIC lasts, ;1idAfse Ereat agricultural products
of he west, atd tt: "ea1th OF the lake su Sns,
would le It the tEerc5 Of tdtse 2uubol:s.
We are rrahi1i6ffa by tFea'y from c'ast7n2s-
E,t,.r.c ;lr Ileafs nd Michigan canal a.
rrep.svd, ana the s'1al'oa:s = i NOR: .Eboats,
With :aSc contfiau!ed 80 greatly to she sue
c.ss Of cur arms in tie valley If the A1;ssi=-
tlpr', c'.ulJ le transferred in case of necl i:
trce 70 IT,. 1aAcs.
1;:.d this earal let II erla.;ed at the break
lg out Ct TIT rebellion, the 1aval resources
III i IoEtr ut III. country would have b.en
Tar gre. tar 10 u it WAS. lie ,22uO .t-a1uers
t''=~ i, y-:sti=, Is .c00 .llprs uos lo:l.u
up IL 1e lslslt Likes, would l1a:s: Lr2u 1T ~:
cb:,n:esl al ss,stsctactur!ny facilities OF tue
| lsie citjcf. with TIE ship timber, iron, ard
1h.r uai' rials on The lakes. gun3oats woul1
| lave teeN made ready uoaths EARLIER tn Ii
1l..y were. ard long ere this the slime skill
urt .a:cr sGi Il have won 1lr g:eAs victories
81 For. Dlnsl:on, Island No. ~, aid Tel
| Tidgc, would have carried our t1ay ia triampt.
T! over New Orleans. The valley OF the Missls
| siNpi wouiC Lave ht.'n ioEi. since entirely re.
cla med and tie rth non suppressed
| The ccutnit1ee On roads ard canals state
tt 1T flCn; car.:ul consideration they AT: clcar
t in 1Le,r Judgment that Lid this a!li,; aud
s1esmhoaI canal bstn in existence 1urlag the
Hatt year, it would have saycd to Ill: le4sarg,
in 1he t1as spor'ation Of troops, arms, ord-
1ancc and munitions, aud in cheapcning and
facilitating The building Of guu5oa.s, and IN
| tl:all;ng the armies to have commenced
oIt ra'ivEs in tie fsld earlier, moEc tlan
*l1D 0tb,GC The 12u4 Ct this work, ia .
r1iit:r; II Il cctn1ny7c;a loiut Of yic*, cln
scaIceiy he .yagger7lted; aud its yalue will BE-
C ns1anilr incseasisg e with the progress Of our
county il population, agriculture, cunmtTce
aud manufactures.
WILL. THIS CANAL, WIEN COMPLETED, PAY
INTEREST or IT'S COST:
The present canl is about ninety. mile:
rois River, there is not ordinarily more thar
three or four months of navigation to the
Mississippi. The cost Of imrroyin1 the Iii
nois, so US to furnish at nil times tull supply
Ct water and good steamboat naviyatioa t
within tlirty-six miles Of Chicago, is est
, mated at Il 100000. This estimate, By Messrs
Gooding and Preston, State engineers, ant
E aft.T careful surrey, is perfectly reliable. Ye
> the canM pays 10" about s20o, coo per annua
t Improve The Illinois River, and you hare
:, distance Il little over 800 miles Of canal ant
/ 1iytr navigation from which to derive tolls
1nstesd of three months yearly navigation
. you h1ye eishr. You have in addition 10 tn
Irese''t local business the Mississippi and II
tributaries You have an interchange Of com
" mtrcc by steamboat, If the lakes, aud I'll
!. Inv estimate, S5Go, ,000,nUD Yuu nave this
= with less tEan ore.1entn OF the land con:rih
! utlng to that commerce under cultivation
9 Who can tell thu future Of this coulnecee
! There is net on this earth apo:ition ~herc tn
Il ; same amount Of money expended VIII acc OH
= | Tits Ii Slrh vast commercial results.
=, Recall the history of the New }urk eaua]
l. | SEE it's Tlst Ia revenue frnm almost nothing
i N annual revenue Of S, Sog ooo: its tonn+e:;
= Using from 400 in 1851, to 2,45G, ,G25 il
iSG1. The wheat ard corn carried from til
It wtst Increasing from Isl ao3 barrels il 1851
Il to j., ,iyS, ,5:3 ii lStl.
, LcoAirg at these ard other st2tisti:s, n
- se1sible man Will deub. but this Illinois c.
!. ral will, in short time, pay for itself, and bt
conlt as it ought to be, free as the great IT.
tr1s it will ubi!e. Thirty-six miles OF cuttin.
already more thsn half done, is the only o.
II stacle to letting q Niagara Of waters from til
$ from the valley Of the Mississippi to the i
Q ]antic. This work may now he properly cha
N ncteriZed Us . mill arg, commercial, and poll
e ical ntcessity. It will benefit every section
lc To New England it will lessen the price
le tood; to New York and Pennsylvania it wi
.e The West it will cheaper every article Of d.
mes,ic or foreign nlanu'acture. It viii bin
still closer the lakes and the valley Of the III
N s;ssipri, and make the East and West one
-. -, destiny forever.
III The only objection which has been su49es
IL I'd 10 This work is its supposed draft upon a
~ already oycrburdened treasury. This obje
tion the committee report they have careful
If considered, aud believe that the interest on il
It cost will be promptly paid by the tolls Of IL
~ canal, and ihat such tolls will provide sinl
lDg fund which Will, at in early day, dlscharE
II tic Principal, and thus this gr-at natlon
IT work, free always for the military purposes
the government, having paid for itself, Won
tcce1De free to the vast and constantly increa
ing commerce Of the lakes and the Mississippi
,, It would save to the Northwest, every year,
- lesseblng the cost of transportation Of its St
- pies, more than its entire cost. 1t would, tt
- - cay it was completed, add to the taxable pro
- erty OF the nation ar amount the taxes uPe
T. which, under the present tax law, would MO
~ than Fay the iuteTt st On its cost.
T. WE, As 4 NATION, HAVE 1EES ASLEEP WIFI
/ ENGLAND HAS NEES WIDE AWAKE AND s
t. GArIOuS.
), 1t will, perhaps, astonlsh some to be to
u that Great Britain to-day has as perfect cor
~ n:iua Ct the lakes as she has Of the Br.ri
chaDre1. IF she i mistress of the ocean, 81
u u is also emphatically mistress Of the lakes 81
~ has secured by her canals ready access to the1
!. while we are prohibited. By treaty, fro
:. building guuboats to meet her.
~ The enlargement Of the Illinois and Mlc1
y gan canal has, by the conduct OF Great Britll
;. been rendered q cl;ar absolute military nect
" " sity. \ failure on cur part to construct
u would now be sheer stupidity. England Il:
+ by her canals, made the likes as free to Il
of navy as the ocean.
i'd Her path IL on the OCEAN ware,
st Her home is on the detp;
e mag, ere We arc aware Of it, be changed to
ct Her path is on the ocean wave,
IS Her home il OIL the lakes
~ ~ She today regards her supremacy there
If absolute: So say her public mcu i'll Parl
~ nent. SO say her press
Of I'VE append an article from the Lond
o, TaHes on this subject, to which Mr.. Arnc
u, rcftrs.-ED. TRln1SE.7
70 [Londoa Times. January !. 1sG2.]
Is ssMany people may be surprised to lea
N that, in the event Of an American war,
ty saftty Of Canada is likely in tue first instant
de to bc threatened By water and not by lar
he Surh, however, in some sense, is really I
nd fact, and q glance at any ordinary inao
to North America Will show from what r
90 graphical conditions the anomaly arises. I
richest and most populous territories
at Canada Lie on the banks Of mighty river q
'u- ! tbe shorts Of vast inland lakes. -
re- 1t was found, in the campaign Of 1878, tt
all these lakes became tue scenes of the most
he cisivc conflicts, aud two victories which ",
:hc succeseive1y gained By the American tiotill
at- led, not indeed to the neditated conquest
nd Canada, but to the temporary ascendaucy
lily OF Cur enemies in these internal waters"
r0- WIS bot until we acquired superiority