Congress.
SENATE.
Mr. Macon presented a memo
rial from the North-Carolina In
stitution for the instruction of the
Deaf and Dumb, prayingYor a do
nation in public land; referred to
the committee oh public land.
Mr. Branch presented a memo
rial from the citizens of Elizabeth
town, and part of Pasquotank
county, North-Carolina. Tin; mo-
merial, said Mr. Branch, was a
j often attempt to deceive them
selves. He would take tins op
portunity, while up, of correcting
a misrepresentation of .the re
marks he made, in presenting the
memorial from N. Carolina, yes
terday, which had appeared in one
of the prints of this city. He had
been made to say, that the people
of N. C. were in favor of extend
ing the powers of the general go
vernment, for purposes of Inter
nal Improvement. Sir, said Mr.
l. the people of the State I re
present, are alarmed at this for
midable exercise of power, on the
part of the general government,
said Mr. S. for something to ar-jconstruction and implication
range an opening from AlbemarlejDestroy the Federal governm?
Sound to the Atlantic, for North
Carolina, that iron-bound coast,
:hat no enemy could attack, and
which was always safe. He was
happy to find that now she was
turning her attention to com
merce. He did not happen to
hear the speech of the gentleman,
yesterday, (Mr. Branch) on the
subject; but that gentleman had
exlribited to him the map, and he
did not doubt of the importance
of the measure, and he should no
doubt vote fur it.
Mr. Macon said, (the first part
nlain annual to tin intio r
l II J wnvv, wi vuil- JJUl L KH llli; yUIIUIill iViVt'I IIUlClll, I xx. n yi t ou.Hl , iiioi, i,
gress,to aid in elfecting an object land he was equally unfriendly to;f this gentleman's remarks were
in which the citizens of North- any such construction. But, 'if not heard) exactly as we go on,
Carolina are deeply interested. Congress will apply the funds of by implication and construction to
Indeed, it was one he considered! the general government for this-increase the powers of the general
of great national importance, j object and then for that, it was but government, so do we make the
They pray that an appropriation just, said Mr. B. that we should machinery of government more
may be made, to open a eommu-have our due proportion. Were i complicated, more difficult to ma
mcation between the Albemarle! we, asked he, to sit with folded 'nage, and create heart-burnings
Sound and the Atlant 10 OCean .! amis, ntwl wn tlir rnsttimr f li'firui innlnilaira fimrnir tlio nrn?ln
1 he subject has been frequently ;iiation squandered, and refuse to ! He recollected some years ago, er pensioners- were sever
betore the Legislature of North-! take a part of it! Not one cent. that a gentleman from New-York,; passed, and sent to the Senate fi
Oarolina, and anneals worn onn. nv,,r i,,.,,.. j ..;.,ni . : ui.:- ,i:.,:, i
said Mr. M. and the country
riiinmt fnrnvnr TTr AlA . '
.w.vy.x... AV .uiu .not car
in what manner it was done ti
ruin would be effectual and c
tain. He was not in the habir
using threats- threats should
be used to a nation of free l
but he would say that some oft1
petitions on the table, breathe
spirit more than fifty years o
spoke a language that had nev
before been spoken to this Hou'
We must go back fifty years tf
find a parallel.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Three engrossed bills. vi.
1. To prevent defalcations onili5
part ot ttie disbursing agents
the government 2d. Making
propriations for the support
government, for the year Wi
3. Making appropriations for tf.
payment of revolutionary and oth-
Carolina, and appeals were con- had ever been appropriated for "ovv no more, insisted upon it. we
stantly making to Congress to ef-! the benefit of North-Carolina! were not pledged to make the
tect objects ot far inferior lmnOr-Iflil llli WfintPft n'HC sir annol i-is.-l.t- imnfl Kllf nmrnli; ir Innoln it
tancc, anu he could see nn rnMcrm n inct nnwlnnt;,.. l Witli r..ww.f .1.
- .wuoui, i juoi jmi tiip.iiiuii, in nit; uppro-
wliy an appropriation should not priations made by the government,
be made tor a work which prom-'Though opposed to the doctrine
ised to be of such vast utility. He of Internal Improvement, by the
vum uivoroi exicnu- general government, vet when he
With respect to the constitutiona
lity of the question being settled,
tiiesc questions were always set
tled when the thine was done.
Let a majority be had to carry
ay something as to the usurpa
tions of the general government.
A good road, said Mr. M. is a
good thing, important and useful;
no one ever doubted it; it had ne
ver been questioned in Congress;
but not quite so good in his opi
nion, as a gooa government with
mg me powers ot the general go- saw its revenues expended among through a favorite measure, and
vernment; he believed that on .1 the St.itns h tlio.,,ri,t rv.-i. r. . iti.or.. i ,n
retrospect ot the past legislation rolina had her claim, and it was lenity in the way. He hoped the
ot Congress, it would be found on that principle that his col-'gentleman from Kentucky, who
mat appropriations for obieets nf h
this importance, had not been with- before the Senate, in behalf of theitions of the Courts, and he had
new trom constitutional scruples, association for the lief and ahvays accorded with him, would
rv 4i A ""r"" ""V luu UUilsl umo. mis was asked for un
ot JNorth-Carolina was hazardous, der the sanction of the Le'nsla
lhe opening ot this cominunica- tore of the State; tho' that State
tion would not only be of vast ad- would gladly put a check to this
vantage, in a commercial point of usurpation, nay, would slop, tcm
View, but to vessels ot the nation- porarily, the very wheels of o
al government, it would afford a vernment, rather than see it per
safe and commodious harbor, sistml in It r,r;,w,;.,..i uL
r ti tlmf iVnmtU I . . . t',Ji,v'Tul a , ii,aa oou guvernmeui witn
tW ?: fi n rm the surveys however, m rising was, as he sta- wholesome laws. So that all the
Sli J ?adef the practica--ted before, to correct a misrepre friends of the bill may say o t at
Wity of opening the proposed sentation which had gone fort , to subject, on the importance and
THtT WM y dTn- th Wrl(1 in a VuhU ""vspaper usefulness of a good road" is a
strated. The memorial was then nf thUmtvl md .... . . i, .. b. ' s ai
Intelligence Jmake roads ir
...vwu. uuui com- wncrein l nave been made to sav
: :., . . v":,J ,JU mat wjncn i uiu not intend to sav.
bill making appropriation for the that which I did not sav; to sun-
vumuui.mu pori a docirine winch 1 never ad-
Koad being under consideration,, vocated, and to represent the feel-
luiiumuj-iu udiKs among oth- ings and wishes of the people of
Mi- ? 7 i my fttato diametrically opposite
Mr. Branch said, it was ;.U-!to thoir principles and practice
important in investigating this j The National Journal had done
, (1IJU IU;M(1 nn something like pistice. If
w ugmmaiu powers ot the Congress were to mvn tlw.
reneral fTornrnmnnt Tt uroo :.-.. - i P .. ' y
. .0 ta uuiu muiiuv oi me nn inn. n i.rtl.
" 7 i. 7I IJ
for Congress "to put this question
at rest whether we were to be
governed by the express or im
plied construction of the Consti
tution. In presenting the memo
rial, which ho did yesterday, his
only- object was, as a representa
tive of North-Carolina, to do jus
tice to that State. It was on this
principle that he claimed, for the
State he represented, a due por
tion of the money to be expended
from the surplus revenues of the
government. In most of the ap
propriations asked for, he found
it was the object of those ,who
asked them to serve the people
whom they more immediately re
presented; somo under one pre
text and some under another. It
was the duty of Congress to meet
the question fairly, stripped of the
disguise under which they but too
API
Carolina asked was her fair nrn-
i . c I
portion oi it.
iMr. Smith of iMd. said, the fro.
neral government had never as
sumed a power to the extent which
gentlemen intimated. Obieets nf
great national importance miht
uu eneciea in some States that
could not be in others; but wher
ever they could, there was every
iiidpusiuoii 10 grant them thus
proceeding hand in hand, and di
viding the surplus revenue. To
fhe Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal something had been given.
That was a great national object.
.Something also had been given
to the Dismal Swamp Canal in
Virginia. And altho' the mem
bers from Virginia spoke against
and voted against it, still he sup
posed they were vnrv wtA Mi
hed with it.' We nrn n.U,l
States, we have the power to or
der the inhabitants of the States
to work on them and keep them
in repair. Will any gentleman
pretend to say, that we have the
power to order the people of Ma
ryland, Virginia, or Pennsylvania,
to work upon a road ot our con
structing', feurely not. It had
been said by the friends of the
bill, that the construction of na
tional roads would cement the
bonds of the Union: would, bv fa
cilitating the intercourse between
dillerent sections of the coimtrv
bind the people more closely to-
kmi. oii, aiu mr. iu. i never
believed we could bind the Union
together by legislation, unless by
that kind of legislation whirdi i
strictly within the limits of the
Constitution. If we advance one
step beyond this, we create heart
burnings and Jissatisf; letioti Tf
we act justly and impartially, the
lupiu never win complain. Look
fcir, at the petitions with vi,;,.i
the clerk's table is londod 1 1
one side they sav. irivn n , c
me money ot other people; on the
other side they sav. dont t.iUn
money from us to put into the
pockets of other- Ami
the eilect ot stretching the powers
of Hie general government, by
their decision thereon.
The Speaker laid before th
House a communication froratli
Secretary of War, transmitting
report and plan of the survey (
the fewasli in ramheo Sound-
which was referred to the com
mittce of commerce.
Received from the President ci
the U. S. a Report from the Di
rector of the Mint, together with
a statement of the operations of
that institution during the year
127, as follows:
The coinage effected within tip
past year, as- appears from the
Treasurer's statement, amounts
to S3.024.S42 22. consisting nf
9,097,845 pieces of coin, viz:
1 icces. Making
Of Gold, 27,713 $131,565
Of Silver, 0,712,400 2,869,200
Of copper, 2,357,722 23,511
Of the gold bullion deposited at
the Mint within the past year, the
proportion received from Mexico,
South America, and the West In
dies, may be stated at $7G,O00,
that from North-Carolina at
-921,000, and that from Africa at
$15,000, leaving about $20,000
derived from sources not ascer
tained. The whole amount, re
ceived from North-Carolina to tlie
present time, is nearlv 3110.000;
this gold has generally been found
to exceed in fineness the standard
of our gold coins. Thesupplyof
silver, under various forms of un
wrought bullion, and in foreign
coins, has been unusually abun
dant, especially during the first
three quarters of the year. The
heavier deposits have been recei
ved generally through the Bmik
of the United States. Of the
amount of silver coined within
the I fist vnnr. mnrotlinn .Q9 nnn.OOO
consisted of deposits received
from that institution. The a
mount of copper coins distributed
within the last year, is $21,910
They are forwarded, as hereto
fore, at the expense and risk ot
the government, to all narts of the
United States, accessible by regu
lar means of transportation, on re
ceiving the value thereof here, a
certifirntn nf t ; lio credit
uvui3H lt in'
of the Treasurer nf the "Unite
States, for the requisite amount,
in any of the Rn trinrizcti
to receive deposites of publlC
money.