The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-02-27

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sunk. And d is since my own manhood /
mat The Lawrence wss raised, and her
timbers and spars carved into canes and |
picture frames and caskets and cabinets,
end given and received as the most treas.
ured nnementos, souvenirs, and amulots. |
And the hero Perry passed--oh, long ago
--to The memory and history Of his
country; and from the granite pedestal in
;he beautiful park Of oneof the loyeliest
cities Of The globe. his form In Parian mar
bic s.ands. with bis soul breaEing from
the speaking lineaments Of his face with
bis hand pointing Ger to The near sea, as
reminder that as that was The scene Of
great achievement, 90 !, is The source Of
| great danger. He stands thefe an excla-
mation point in marble against the un.
manly ribaldry with which The opponents
OF this measure seek 10 overwhelm it,
Had Grert Britain ihen possessed the We'll
land canal who is hardy enough 10 de-
clare that Perry could have won the mas
terry Of the iakes7
j But we are told that The scheme will re.
J quire an outlay Of s5o, ,00o. 900, according
: 70 the fierce harangue Of the gentleman
: from Indiana Mr.. Porter;) and others
. swell IL TO Sl00. 0.Oo0, 900. Since gentle
D men. draw their figures from their fancy.
G why not say $500, 600, 900, or any other
|. sum. The estimates are 81, l,6O0o, 900 /:
Il and the bill requires the States OF Illinois
: aud New York TO provide for anything
5 more that may be required. But suppose
/ tha. fifty or hundred millions were re.
quired. is It worth nothing 10 insure siz
0 hundred or thousand millions of prop.
= erty that floats over these waters Moth.
ing--io protect Milwaukee, Chicago, De.
2 troit, Cleveland and Buffalo, and Toledo
. and Erie 7 Nothing--to save nine million
Of people from invasion, and their lands
e and property from tribute and spoliasion
: Estimate the wastes Of war. The am.
: plest tables are now before us. Many ol
a them time nor thrift can ever restore
I'll Why, sir, an armed vessel in a sinpl,
week, In those narrow lakes, could de
ys stroy twice as much as these improvement
o. would cost, under the fabulous estimate
= Of even the opponents OF this measure.-
n. And is it worth nothing to prevent th
Il, hazard Of q war with England ? Doe
= anybody suppose that with the certai
a. means Of controlling these lakes, and thu
g controlling Canada, there would then eve
as arise probability Of war
at My able colleague from the Dayton DIS
a. trics, (Mr. Yallandighsm.) J opposes ihi
n measure, because, be says. that il Is di
s. rect war upon the interests of Eve or 81,
q States, and Of as many great cities. Thi
1r 10 q grave declaration, indeed. II Is kin
i. died TO the opposition Of the two gentle
8. men from Indians, Messrs, Holman an,
be Voorhees, who with their tears swell, b
lis crystal waters Of the Mississippi. The
he seem 10 regard this as direct war upo
OF that river, and IL Il succeeds, that raths
y. respectable stream would incontinentl
,a.I "dry up" Icannot understand how t5
nd measure can affect the Mississippi.
,ly makes Il no longer Il removes no TOW
Ief from its banks; il leaves everybody an
- thing that choose TO meander down its r,
| mantle and aromatic tide as ever, with q
n, hindrance or additional burden. In viii
r.. way could II result adversely 10 the Statt
- and cities o! my colleague Mr.. Vallandie
en- ham p Why, ship canal connectin
as the Mississippi ard Lake Michigan woul
TO open up such a cheap and magnifcal
iat outlet, SO much nearer and more direc
ed and to SO much better q market, that Il
lid oyer5urdened lands Of the West al
.ys Northwest would be diverted from olde
- more circuitous, and much dearer rput
in 10 worse market, to the new. And 4
people Of the States and cities referred
po- would thereby lose their profits made |
In wholly Of these enormous charges
Do transportation and costa of marketing
sss these old and expensive routes. And
as whom, pray, would The difference betwe,
ith the old and new transportation and COS
he OF marketing fall by this changes ! ]
to- the producer, to be sure,as It should.
sel increases to him by just so much the ma
- ket value Of every article he raises.
by comes to the sweating worker Of the mi
- ions Of fertile acres In the far-off We
of WHOSE products rot and moulder away
ese his hands, or are burned for fuel, offandi
,onl heaven and the day with the smoke OF
IS !? blasphemous waste. II comes to The
al? like revealed benefcence. Tor il brings
ere equivalent for his products. and bears
hat before useless corn to the hungry rem
-isk thousands for whom God intended 1t.
49, was amazed at the logic Of the genl
This man from Ohio. That argument wo,
and have forever prevented the construct
oar OF canal or railroad, that pack.hor
ght. and wagons might receive their accl
son toned patronage, and that wayside In
g TO night siill feed hungry men and hors
rie !; The wise Legislator would. II be could,
lone initiate space between consumer and p
sing Queer, and abolish the carriers who d
,ese on both, producing nothing but dsvouri
Ids, charges;
OF And I beg my mourning Indis
rsat fsisndss and Ia this i include the gent
/ man on my left MIR. Porter also. 70
ron- member that we had this same Misi
hey sippi rolling its tide Of iertilizing mud I
inierruptedly to the sea, with The pres
nth, means Of transportation eastward all
has working order, that still the poor work
9 or starved in Europe, and the poor work
med burned corn 10 Illinois. An the natl
re- Of the earth rise up and condemn this 81
neiy OF things; and when we propose to
/ Of prove as We may this relation Of the 2
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