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Letter to Editor
January 29, 1834
Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
Letter to Mr. Snowden criticizing 'Citizen' for longstanding support of hereditary government and self-interest as a canal contractor while advocating better terms. Notes equal certificates among contractors but unfortunate loss of steam engine from New York impacting the work.
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[COMMUNICATED.]
Mr. Snowden: "Citizen" has seasonably shown that his sentiments in favor of Hereditary Government are of many years' standing. He might have been believed if he had said that they grew with his growth, strengthened with his strength, and are the bantlings of his grey hairs.
He has now undertaken to shew how these notions fit with Canal reform. It is proper, in aid of the cause of corrupt governments, that it should be known, that whilst he was a member of the Board of Directors, and whilst he was advocating better terms for the gentleman whose certificates he has published, that he was in fact to be one of the contractors himself: this can be proved, if his own word is admitted as proof.
The gentlemen who took the contract had certificates equal in weight and respectability to those published. Unfortunately works do not always correspond with certificates. It must however, be admitted, that if the Steam Engine which were bought for this work had not been lost in the voyage from New York, the issue might have been very different: this loss had a very unfortunate bearing on the subsequent efforts of the contractors.
CIVIS
January 28, 1834.
Mr. Snowden: "Citizen" has seasonably shown that his sentiments in favor of Hereditary Government are of many years' standing. He might have been believed if he had said that they grew with his growth, strengthened with his strength, and are the bantlings of his grey hairs.
He has now undertaken to shew how these notions fit with Canal reform. It is proper, in aid of the cause of corrupt governments, that it should be known, that whilst he was a member of the Board of Directors, and whilst he was advocating better terms for the gentleman whose certificates he has published, that he was in fact to be one of the contractors himself: this can be proved, if his own word is admitted as proof.
The gentlemen who took the contract had certificates equal in weight and respectability to those published. Unfortunately works do not always correspond with certificates. It must however, be admitted, that if the Steam Engine which were bought for this work had not been lost in the voyage from New York, the issue might have been very different: this loss had a very unfortunate bearing on the subsequent efforts of the contractors.
CIVIS
January 28, 1834.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Political
Investigative
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Infrastructure
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Hereditary Government
Canal Reform
Board Of Directors
Contractors
Steam Engine
New York
Certificates
What entities or persons were involved?
Civis
Mr. Snowden
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Civis
Recipient
Mr. Snowden
Main Argument
criticizes 'citizen' for supporting hereditary government and reveals his self-interest as a canal contractor while on the board of directors advocating better terms, provable by his own word.
Notable Details
Sentiments Grew With His Growth
Bantlings Of His Grey Hairs
Steam Engine Lost In Voyage From New York
Certificates Equal In Weight And Respectability