"As an Organ of Communication Between the Hudson, the Mississippi

"As an organ of communication between the Hudson, the Mississippi, the St. Lawrence, the great lakes of the north and west, and their tributary rivers, [the canal] will create the greatest inland trade ever witnessed. The most fertile and extensive regions of America will avail themselves of its facilities for a market." This was a defense of the

A) Erie Canal.
B) National Canal.
C) Wabash Canal.
D) Delaware and Hudson Canal.