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road, not one canal forming ; not one cent appropria- 

 ted at the last session for any public improvement 

 whatever ; not one commissioner appointed to inquire 

 what should be done to raise the state to its former 

 splendor, or preserve it upon a level with our sister 

 states — all this economy too, whilst millions are left 

 in the hands of delinquent and able creditors, at one 

 or two per cent, interest. 



In my next I will continue to point out the impor- 

 tance and necessity of abandoning this negative kind 

 of legislation and government, and to show how easily 

 we may derive from the south western part of New 

 York, ten times as much trade and intercourse as Ma- 

 ryland derives from our own south western districts. 

 No one can pretend to dispute the superiority of Bal- 

 timore as a market, for the counties of Adams, York, 

 Franklin, Cumberland, &:c. however he may regret 

 the loss of their intercourse with Philadelphia ; and it 

 must be equally apparent, that Philadelphia offers a 

 superior market to that of New York for twelve or 

 fourteen counties of that state ; we have given the peo- 

 ple of Adams, &c. turnpike roads and canals to carry 

 their produce to Maryland, and the least we can do is 

 to improve our northern waters, our Susquehanna, if 

 for no other purpose than to supply us with an equal 

 quantity of produce to that which Maryland naturally 

 receives. 



September Sth, 1810, 



