Author: UNKNOWN. AUTHOR

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781332157617

Excerpt from Minority Report of the Committee on Internal Improvements, on the Subject of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal The undersigned disclaims any intention in doing so to excite political jealousies or party feeling, well knowing that a few of those associated in politics with him have been instrumental, in despite of the principles they professed to support, in bringing about the present state of things. But whilst he does so, he nevertheless contends that their conduct was antagonistical to the principles of the party to which they were attached, and in harmony with those of their opponents. The time has arrived, when the representatives of the people should speak out. The people demand that there should be no concealment, and they night to be gratified. It must be well recollected, and if it be not, the records of the State will show it, that at the time when the party now in the minority of (he Slate, surrendered the control of the finances of the State to their more fortunate opponents, that there was a surplus in the Treasury of $29,838 64, and a public debt of only $601,447 30, incurred for laudable and proper objects. After a period of eleven years' management of the finances of the State, we are compelled to behold a bankrupt treasury; the State involved in an immense debt, portions of which were imprudently and recklessly contracted; a direct tax about to be imposed on the people without the least probability of diminution for many years, acting as it must, as a damper upon the enterprize of the citizen, and as a disheartener of the industrious and frugal. This state of things cannot be other than afflicting to every one who is anxious either for the welfare prosperity or glory of his State. Had the counsels of men, (who, in the inflated and deceptive language of the day, were denominated "as men behind the age,") been taken, instead of the present truly appalling state of affairs, our noble State would present to the eye of the world, as she did prior to the year 1828, as industrious, honest and happy people as ever lived. Unfortunately for the good of the State, the counsels of such persons were wholly disregarded, and the statements of interested speculators, feed attorneys and engineers were made the authority for legislative action. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.