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o. 2 nALTTTGU, 17. d THUTJZ D ATT, I.IAr 7, 1CCD VOL.1 , , , a. as a - .- . -, ruiAt ouy. y .;. AWRF.CB& LEMAY. .e paper tiUW m( as. bat a least mm! ia iJwm. aai ae s-r Osrs- llhflMMIMMItW,UHIUI kail art luud.. mimruacmeum I (Am tin, Userled iVm twsfor s- ,s tvmry-ove cents (or esvh aaaUM .ill littm i eUes raost U f"" ' BY AUTHORITT., '.V im-V. ? anoirrs' k4 rwMrv-Mr, esuttrw - A at M P0" T afactio tpoe. the critical I a. . twwrbar, mkh -Ab a .p"u, w.c f M OSBlBtOCf, MtllwH whkie lUUau 4tk.l Mtriot'sm, and etMtlrirt.M iCTm sns,- KefKt Bwwby K kmm4 ia lP)lttcd be. if eoi WttW nn,nwHMM art rrtalrs tt law taii"P. WW tvO liUUJnt Ol 4 BWB rr-. m. .4 b!i,,r Ww Jrt a.!10 wi'Ji th reasons Arkansas tstviwg mmiuh tlxm wader tbe "M as, to by Will of m,kkr arid pn which ihey art foonJ lfl."Rir at I th P.-prttnt- mml IS drwaat have io act tmlrr tt-tt,;:'' Cw.Ut.tio, of th United SuEr 7 far4 aarrM, mk, r1" r o '""t't ckarlef oder -the jirntir ef turwy. ar Wbrr hhImm f taje awl. la eatty I wWck Vt C4R alnBt act brf il ( in- ibHmaa varnol. coacuio-, rrui, artrr af 1 Chl.nef' 'MlU CMmiM the pOWfrt arp, aP04rr , re of tnJa, MalargTry, kj which it rllfDill ttt S.0(1 (0 act in hall at Uvful. u4 ll and Court m arrabT ar.rftnl lorcterMaadHmii mj prkr ai or aljoli ' eTer "n'leS ,0r- ,r. , ltlt, tn apoo HKh tUia( aad Ihertopoa, tnck pr-. n trhlCD Conclrnc U involved. lb( ioU U dariaea. I.decii'wn most be mid by that tribunal m H iniMt. Mm. . k. . '" irn 1bci : it o appear; aail, kWS OF.THR CST1XU STATES,"" Ul U Vrf Sftrti mf tl Tmimtf-Fint H-sV., ' Canfrt, , w - - I w auiharH tb HeciMen of lb lever 4 Oflitct m LoaiaUn U rcaeire eatcie af It in certaia aaact, and fia Im Ian purea lUieraofeerlifioHtetloribe aama. , , . a tMcted i the Henac mi Umih f Rc tutivei f A U&ed State tfAmmica ik rut himUc 'i'hat, ia all mki ahera I have purehaae4 landa of the Coked i ailhia tlie Stats of Louiaiana, and Itate a lull thereror, aoil who hare Tailed,, or d to color the aamef ' dia Kegintcr of tU Office of the diati-ietn abicb (Ua land vai aaed thall, on preaentatwo of the origiaal t of the receirrr of (aid diatriet bjr the ori iiircliaier or purahaiert Of land, hx, her, or aeirt, aauaa eotrr-tlieraof U be made,' ito him, her, or ifienar a eerUfieMe lor me, peciiytit( the im when Ibe land wa iwd, upon Which a patent ahull he tattled 4hrr eaaeai Pmided, ktwtvtr, That if, in rrmoUiate lime betvcea the turebaae and lUlioaot tbs laid receipt, any of the aaid thall bare oaea aata tor aa J eotercfl by aojf perwm or peraona, tgnorant ol the foriaer iw, tha aaid Jtegiater ahall not enter the lamia, but may permit the par; tp enter landv ia lieu thereof, of equal quantity, tha aame diatnet, ahieh txmj be talijaet y, and ahull giwB -hint, beviortlerni.e- therefor, opua which a patent ahaU Ittue ither'eatea.'-. ;;-'- -' - '" ' r A'. STBVENSOtf; $ockcr of the Hxiie ot Uepreaeutativea. . .V'..4.U. CALHOUN, . jee-Preaidcnt of tlie United StsVU, aed f .PreaidentoftheSenntC. ' r :" )S0eA, MaT3, 130 . AX UEW JACKSOX. ; V " V- ' ; .iir. -. ct to authoHie the it)pOintment of a Mar I tor the Northem DiArtctof the Slate ol hania. - . . v ' ' . '. it taat.led by the Senate And'Hotne 4 Re tativetaf the United State f America in nut auembted, That a Mafahal. ahull be med for th Northern District of the State obama. whnae dutira sha.l 1e the aame, ia ispect,' wUhitt laid Diatrfct,"' aatboae re Ahy law vo be performed by the preaent i, .i Jn te ilurther enacted. That ""oo i shal shall btvapuointed for aaid Northern iot, he 'ahaU be eotitled to a aalary of two f el dollart tier annum, beiidc the feel ot fixed by lawjnd the attlary of the preaent ImT be two haridred dollurt por annoro, iu ,,t'ihe iuto heretofore allowed. 'The aotn ml, bf law, to the 'MuMhal of Alabama, far r tlie fifth eentu, ahull be divided betweeu l?rihali of South and North, Alabama, aa-: n the' number of soul a enumeraled in tliatrirtt and ab loon II the Martha! for the i urn DUti'ict shall be anpointed under thta he ditttt't of the p; e tent Marthal ajtiall eeate- ttei'tnine lo arntf dutrict. .. . ; X-,uro!d,.May-a, tm ict io auientl an aeti entitled An At for liehcnt of the Jnbrt)oraff4 Kentuckr Aty. m for teaching the Deaf arid Durhbland to feud Urn tiin$ tor telling the land nutted; by i enaeiea on me oniaiv unu wn vr c- ahallnraaeedM aaek billl of renew. Wv sathi hoWrTCf rest' our reepeft and d'feT relet of praetiee ao4 repiWioa as they aaay a-jence fir the pptnioni ofotl.eri, i ta$ Sea. & And in it fia-Aet enacted. That ae.'Ourtelve, and muat.alnne depend ip. ratriei of bad ia eat ol laa Uad affteea ia Ar-1 on OUf OWB vitWI of rtwht Of aaasia, aaner any ot in aroritaont ot tne, aaid set, ahall be aaade, aalil the furvher direatioa ol be CooeTuaa. i See. S.. And be tt fwrtitr enacted. That no patent ahall be iaiuwl lor laada aader any deem ef the aaid Coart, ia any aaaa in which the orvi aal warrant, ooaeeaaioa, graat, or order of wr eey, lii been withdrawn front the filet of the aid Court, aolett the peraon or peraaut eltim. Inf MeajMtent ahall first pradoee aad drpoittr, in the office of the Coeamiaaioner cf the General Land Olfioe,- the original warrant, eoneeuion, grw: m- order of turrey, on wbloh such deeree was lotwded, and on vbieh the said Court took jnrisdicttoa under the aaid not) and no patent thall be itauednnta the' further order ot Con greas, in any eats, ander the said set, until it ahall MtMaetorily appear to the Commissioner ef tha General Iod Office that the warrant, eo seaaion, grant, or order of larrey.oa whieh any lands are claimed, ander any decree of the aaid Courtj wat h tact, aaado ar iisued by or under the authority of the person or pettowt purport mr to hare made or issued the . aame. or unlets (he said warrant, eooeesaion. grant, or order of tunrer, Mian natre ocen detei-iuuiett i the mid Court, on the hearing of a bUl of review, to be eo. Jbut be it further enaeiea, That no COiiMlttmoO.il entirrrev, or patent, shall, t ar, ome here- wilth Ifept. 'it will be n other hati-i wroni. t n .T o: L.- : , n , HlltlCTVT III , TICWB IDS T of the constitutional powert of Conrri. or however advene to bills of thta ' kind. I feci that it would be wbollr uieleei to urge them here; and; if I sWild not be aospected tf.an at tempt at rhetorical' floarih, I would t7,, that you might as weU attempt to dissolve -those marble columns, which appnrt. thef canopy of thi hall, " by blowing flpob them the breath of your noatrile, as to convince, by force of ar gument or priwsrs of eluqurnce, those who have made up their opinions, or wh, from the forte tf eircumslance$, will not be comrinred. Vea, Sir, U would be .worse than idle:;for all the experience which I have had urnin this floor, but strength ens me irr thr conviction that, if ever ) r Ati&titnf iirsl va rvwta iMasntai ' m ae-aki I " 'asji 1 t o v. .. .1. jI.' . 1 Star 11 ' eeptw Ihe name -of the original, party to any f V113, ; , lltlt 00 hot, Mr, vnairjlian. tuvn oceree, ana on proot to tue satttraetioa nr imer any nuriK iiKe a sfnru 01 nisuQion theenMors, , respeotively, that the paitr apilying ) in mc, from. ih remark far from it. was suvii yiiuuaj inusv, r H 1111, HWUUla.t3l UT I L?" - - I I . wch-orisinal party, or bis belrt, to make, p"1' l receive, or. requird tuoh enirv. oatent or-tur- sort, resultinj 'Try.'' . ' . '-. -v '' H See. 5. And be it fartht enacted. THat in all eases in which the an id Court shall, by decree or adjudication, under thil set,, review and una el any prior decree or adjudication therein, any mum wuicu mny nare oeen iiereroiore entereo, under an) such prior decree or adjudication, shall, thereafter; he snbjeet to aale or, eatrt at ether public lands ot tbe United Sutes may 'be. , seo. 0. jtnti oe a further enacted, I bat the Pi etident of the United State ia hereby ahthor ited to employ," on behait of tlie United State!, inch counsel on their part, in the Territory of a 1 sun tat, ivr eitewnere, 10 fte atsueiatea lor that purpose with tlie Distiiet Attorney of the tame Tenitory, at he may deerre the wterettt ot tne unaea sutes may require, 10 the prose etitionof lueb .billi of review iielore the said Court, Sea. 7," And be it further enacted. That inatl eases, the party : sga.nst whom, the judgment or decree ijf the said Court nwy - be finally given, soall tie entitled 4o an. appeal .wiUim one year irom tne ume ol its rendiuan, to the Supreme Court of the United States, which Court shall have power to review the deeition of the Court below, both on tbe law- and the favttf and , the Court in. Arkansas be, and the , some is hereby, required to spread Upon the record die whole testimony, together with the ret torn for 'their deoiikin iiveach caae, and' to transmit to the Sopretqe Gouit ol the Untied Sutes the same, ktant, Ordei' of survey or other esiUentc of title.' ".'. "w ' 8e8. . And be it further enacted, That each of tbi I llllfW. tli I li ijiinliMiw fm4 nf tK Ttit-i4 utntive af the -United Statei ef America in I inn n rts at sembled, That the . hirther. time of f iheir duties imposed Ay'diis set, be allowed it lews, fvnm and jitter the fifth tf April, one wnd ehrtit hundred and thirtr-otte. be, and una if hereby ."allowed the Trustees of tlie tre College ot Ktmtuclir, who are also Tma of the Kentucky Atyjum for teaching the i and Dumb, t6 sell Ihe land granted to said i&tees for the use and benefit of said Asylum, ua act, entitled M An act, for the benefit of the MjoraUd Kentucky Asylum for teaching the tftnd iHitph," paised on the fifth ol April, t thutintid eiglit lioiiditd and lwenty-tit and I aLniliw tli a Kroviitma af tfci aet. b the pxsea ttyretiim, vr tatir tuuomwn ui viinic, tin p of iU4s'lu4n, shall be good and id to past llie title, any tiling io any former law llieeoMrarv. norfchttMdUi7A;; 1,V-44V&J tlie rate ef h(ht hundred dollurt ner" annum, ia aaaiuon to ineir salary ai podges ot the superior Ooort lor the territory ot Arkantus, which shall l. t.f..nr...i : : l . . 1 . r uv up iiui iw utvir wifiwa, tv vc paid mil. ut-iiy money in tne Ircatury not otherwise appro priatea.:,... v -Vi-. . 1 Approved, ,May 8, 1830. ' . Hot (0 ehangd tlie time of holding the Court M'tbe United StatetfortlielJistrietof Missia- ippi, and the Cb-uuit Court .of lie United States I, Ik. IV...1.. ..I'tM.ln . " . . - , .... 1 Beit enacted by the Senate and fleuse vBe 1 tiuautxn) (lit unuea 9taie or Jttmencam ngrfu anembied, .That, -b'stcaii ot the times eeribed bv taw for holding the Coart ot I Unhedtates"for fhclJisti'klof Mississippi, ! aid Court shall commence its sessions on the lb Monday tn'jayuai-yand the fourth Jtlpar ' is June, in each and "every year, , X. Jina be it Jw tlier enaaea, 1 nat an -cm which aiay have Issued from said Court, e paitage of this act, and which may issue v'xas to the fourth Monday of June next, ",oy virtue of this set, be returnable before jstid Court on that day and all causes pend ' m the said Court, and whieb may hava been iimaed by order thei-eot, to the term hereto t, directed to be held en the first Monday io obtr text, shall, by vhtuo of this ac stand ;"oed. to, and be triable at, the term hereby f ted to be held on the fourth Monday io ext' "i . : :-' " " . S. And be it fitrther enacted, That the Court of the tuhed States, wiUiiu awl 't Dintrutl i, llhin inatead of tha time' now 'I V law. aliull liereafter be held on the se- d Monday of July, and ! t"'1 Monday of 'inner, m each yeart and too utstnet Voart United Sutes, in and for said District, shall ''tfter k k.M nn lKi.MniiiTBta kiicamiL j the times herein fixed for holdine the Cir- f- vourf ' And the Circuit Court for the Dis 1 ot West Tennessee", shra here after bs lield 'h fir i t.. .uJLivm. Mk'A. M ol the time now fixeV by Uw. And all jsnd siatter of every kind returnable to,7 Or '"ceding in, either of aaid Courts, shad be held returnable, and eontinued, to the ttrmt of fi Courts herein provided for.r; ' ' i"'- ' Approved, May i.'lWO.. .',.!; ; V':'.U. I 1 ' ;- 1 - r; ? . - I Aet lor lurther extending" the powers of die '"i of the Superior tiurt of the Territory Arkaana wijder the act of theta eirty-sixth 37 ef May, otie thousand eight hundred and 'ent-.four, and for other purposes , ? P"t enacted bv tli Smuil, mnd llmae ef Be- Wro y fa fnutf fdufg. f Omenta in Ao At umiblementarv to the act,' entitled Ah act to authorise tha citizen of the) Territories ' of Arkansas and Floml to elect tiieir onioers, k and for otber-ntirsss,'S . . .- - - - P. tin it mnrtxdfiu tlie finite anl'flbute ef tie- preeentativei ef the United State if America in ' Long re attemwea, 1 nat in ease any vacaniy baa ueeuMxoVr snail occur Ja. any , office to nbich an; peraon has been or shall be elected by lbs eilieens of .Vrkuntas.. under tho foroviaions of tlie act to which litis is .Ci,plenC; either by a reftuM to accept Ute same1, or ; tileirtli, r.tiRiiif- lion, ocotiiertme, the t.overnor ol the swd . 1 er rilory is hereby aalhorized anil , required t sup lilv such vacaacv. Until tbenwat encral election; And in case any vacancy shall occur, in the offi ces at .lusticc ol ihe ac, Auuuor, or-1 reasuiy for ihe said Tamtoi-y, ejtlier by a rehtsat to ac eejit t4i,srae,-orby dpalh, resiynutinn or other "wiae' ihu Governor ihei-oiit' i t hereby, authorized trad requiretl to Supply tuck vacancy until-th exf meeting ol the iA-gislature. ; . .? ' ' Approved, May. JiadU. -lUn'&Vr'M. on that si. thi Inxt ra- - from insuflforable on- pression, which a minority may be en forced or 'driven to, when, it would cease to be patriotisra,io sohmit. But, ?3r, should that rever; arrive, (whit,h may God, of his infinite mercy, avert!) may we not justly fear that the world tray then bid long farewell to nil Re publics, and to the right or man.; ; . ( But, whilst 1 disclaim Sir, , atw thing like a tl'iKpoitilioa to disurtiba ini the. remark, it may be proper here to say,' ihat Jt partake somemina; tif the nullifying doctrines,, which; while they are, more : pacific in their nature, will be found to be In my opinion; as cfrr tfQal in.tlieir result .VUpon a' more' pmjMir ocqasion,. I may ; Ktve mv ikws fullv upon this nubjecJ .if " mdltficatiott. as it has been denominated in theuither branch of this Legislature but; as I am somewhat the. rreatare of impulses, 1 huh it ue guverneu, in inis particular, oy subsequent feelinjrs and reflection, m- i- 'v'iviy ucBiii.ia, ciir,, to opean m, tne expediency, or rather fn' expediency of tnia tneasuft;; not tliat i.ean etld any thing to the pwerfuf,argumentof th i justly ,: disUn2uihfd : centlemas from mr- ' . a- n irs - -.a v - a - v lr-jinia, r.: r.; r. mroour; lor- Die giounds which he took were so fully nnd aoiy occupied, that be has leit lit tie to b said by others .' 1 shall, how ever, take't.hfc same aide "of the' que? tioo; not that I shall be blr to shed a new ray of light upon the subjeetbdt ior nc . reason; mat tne pirq r ot .mre humbie flight may sometimes see what the eagle o'erjopksvv 1 ;' '71 iWymppmers'w this Oiij do not claim, (he power under which they act; as txpfeeslu delezated bv the ConstitU' tion; but as- n "incidental pfwer;voi. m other woni9, as a tntan necexiary to ;trry into enect some oit tne expressed ti 1 fad fbetaj ia lit rrrt tt the r.nfc wi aa it ta U,n IIo .at U uf besiloa of the Niaefeetk Cai- tfesa.. And tha first tat ciJer la hi Ccvimemsl aJvuujt, 'K - It baa IHC3 rravriy scuaUioed, tu! this road h ait .impocUal aa t lint of iatrr-commaorraiioo brtweea 'tTiiUtit faiiuU tt the facilities of c-tforoetc'u.1 totercourtt, a&d the transportation of. frooace ana Barcbandue. ' Tiom, deaitun the tonsiitBtiuaalitv and tha propriety of nuking roada for cotntner cial purposes, is hero any no who aeriotielr believe tUt Uia, or any ottrer rood, can pos.Ibl v be bna!tt la Cttsnpete. succeisluMy. with tha aolrh ty father of rirert, and ita tnbgtarv streams? 'What, Sirl chanse the cbau- oel ol prod ace from tha finest rtvera in' tl.e world, with the powtrful aecy tr ateampopelling boatitiundreda of mnet in ui tw-ny lour liuun, with a inert ttnlkm -road! tir. hen- the miMy Missouri shall larn her , current tack upon her sourre , ,and furrt a paa- ms throtjzk the Jtocky- ;Hiniai)a and ernply her at lnbalo f waters into tha PaciGc; and the beautiful Ohio shall be brtmght through tbe. t annel proposed to be ml bv -the gentleman i rum Virginia, tjwr. nietcerj ana pour her wateia Into the Cbesapeak.'shen. and not till then, let tha rentleman uronoat the' constructiod at roads through that region of country for coin in er ci I purposes.v J " .oat. Sir, what kind or , road have we proposed to us by the bill? '. MT earthen ro(,M Sir.-tea Sir a. mis erable, iialtry, earthen road. .Sir, the hoaorable chairman and his committer have not only fallen far in the rear of the march of science ' and the arts in road-making, Jiut ; they have gtine en tirely back to olden.. times., Earthen roads were the first system of ioter coromuniration known to man; ' They were idpeneded, by turnpikea, aathty are called, which1 consisted in the an plication of stone gravel and other maleriali, which improved the founda tion, and make it capable of bearing greater weight; Mr.'Mc Adam has jm proved upon those roans;' by peculiar and recuUr method of niepsring and applying th stone; and from hia cele brity, in his improvements, bits auUen the name o( McAdamised roads, v f , ' But above all. Sir. is that .highest effort of tbe, human iotelject in peri fectins a system of road inter commu nication V SPEECH OF Ma QARSON, j . ; ' or itOBTH CAftouaa. ' " Haute ef Sepreeeiitativee, March 29, ' 1830. Tbe bill to construct a road from Bufialo, through the City of Wubington, tcrNew Orleans, beine under consideration io Committee of the Whole on the state ol the Union, ' '' :" ' Mr. Carson rbse and said: .Mr.; Cuaibmak: The supporters of the bill, now under cooperation, urge the .importance of ita- passage upon four iteneral considerations- to ; win l omnierctal, Political, Mflitary and the ti asportation or the Mail. ii The conMitotionaU nois-erif Con greM to act upon tUis and similar sub; lert.' has dccd assumed and mflin- tuned by the supporters ol this Dm, Uiiob all subjects ol tbi kind, sir, in volving constitutional questions, which have been inscuiseu since 1 occppied a seat in this House, 1 have atadiously avoided entering -into (he debates upon theta,! 1 have done so,' Sir for the very plain reason; that my vocation is that of a farmer, and well knowing hat it reqoircd ' profeifional science and deeo-. research to elucidate and Admitting this position to b? correct and which I do tn- a Certain; but Untiled extent, the question then naturally a- rises, floes 'he txtgencynttho countrv ui'Tiiauu hi ur nanus iiie exercise oi tKtrse imvknUd pnwenj, or the- icae'of those'rteans' to effect; any of (he bb, latAcrj (or the road will crwsa geavmlly forsa tt on.'y tart and trr- a is by all th Baain water court prreaIi' uik we can renito nirtd.. No m. lr. to tho coast: and ia the dL.tctioo' t.'ifo cocsjy'ersuoo, refWc. iq any and by tneana ( which all tha uaoa j apiniofl. dots rvtjaira tha cwnstfacliwt of ponatiwoa art eoeativo waita rv.iat to this rt4, aat.ootM contrary, eaa neat oMratiuae of external eomrorrca Uowever, are have re Marked in the foregoing part of this' report. , that the main, water course, were croaved by too Kaatcro route at Ihe head of aloop naviratioo and by tha sniddlo rente at the head of boat navigation, therefore, a road in the'directM of either, will accomanodatO.. tha district throh which it pa ues, for the trsniaortalion of .their pod acts to the navigable etreixniw, . Under' this local mttk the words, M r. Chslnnaa, M oco." of genirmlj point of view, tlie external commerce will become benefitted to a certain extent, fitc-V - f'Tlmo we ae. Sir,: that in tlie view of the. Engineers this road would not ensure benefits general io their charac ter,' but such M are merely total; an'di everj that, r.O tardier than to aUord tricta through which -it may pass, the advaotago of Iraoinorliag their -pro-dace t the navigable stream.)' ; Thia beinr the ' case, t?ir h' there one .wlro will press the application-of the national treasare. I which should ne ver be disbursed only with a view to wuwrNn v"jit wiiviciiaiH (lie mi is are equally benelif Ted,) to purposes lo cal In- their character,; and that to a limited' rjftenti'-is.?' ' . kvf--X ' fV.Sir, it ' '-would;, to : ; mer&iog C the . general ;welfart" into ' fofti. welfare, and, againat all: principle; the greater into the lesSer.-.V; .V v :f Next In order are V Political consi derations.,! shall hrief upon -this branch of the- aubject, -Sir, there is only one prominent Consideration, in a political point-of lew, tiich-csnW urged -which ia, that iroads and canals ex cation; "which, for Mi; safety.' and nedition.";-challenges theaslonifh ment and admiration of the world.' ' a That system -which , has outstripped canals, and ; ruined ,' their Caiocks: in England; and that system which Will supersede canal -here,' as well as . til other aysttms Of the, kind whiqli huvt oeen devisc-a by rmrrjan ingeumty--yes, Sir; thi honorable . gentleman .; fiom Yirgria;;(Mr.'.Mertei must hear the appalling, the heart rending fact; Ihat this ti hiy monument, Cliosapettk aiid Uliit)., caiialj wbicn lor years , he ha beenjaboriug with zeal and exertion to erect lo his memory, and which no doubt lie wad fondiy Vhopcd ; would transtna his name down )o the lateai prosteri(yt ihust fall; and niasv'gave place to the su perior improvement v of: rail -roads ., Sir, i Could sympathize with that gen tieiiiitu ir i uiu now ocueve iiiai rem edy i within his reftxh; that is, Sir, to l.-. 't.t i..A:I..J '1- f i . ' I give up mis expivueu viibi ayaicw, auu embrace the rail-road plan; and a most happy opportunity now -! await . bim Lie t him unite the interest tl the com : paiiy over which he now presides with that xol Jhee altimoro;anu Oltio;-'raij; road company, and by an unity of fic tiotf " and rcommi.4ty of - feeling, ;theV wilt find their interests tnutuady ad vanced, and the- mof happy results grbwtng but ot . ,ti0 arrangement. 1( hopi 1 thall Je;'rdj.AedHof.tbiaV'w'' gressibbi?;: Buflct roe.hk.tha liofiorai ble chairman 'who introduced this bill (Mr. HemptiiN how ne can 'reconcile, it to wis -vasi 'ftwiionY of gra'od and tuagni Hcierit 'oteYnal improvements, and the resources, and capacity of tlua GuVei n- roent to prusecute them, to an indefio ite extent, -a he set forth lb hia speech? But .what is more, Sir, how tan he-re' concile it to himself to (all so -far be hind the advance of the age in improvti j ments, s tf (iropose'liu- t;tdtintny, road j deminds the rtjrction of th bill , "Military tJonsJerats" sr . tho . next io order, an4 to which I shall ask -the attention olth CoBsmtttee, .; , ," Th htoorab!a chairman (Mr. Hemp--- hill) set out by telling as, that th two -points to which this ratd is cotiterrp!a , f ted to b ran, ar dimgerouthj aitusted, and tvuntntly exposed I lo case of inv- ' smn, (Lt4 and that this it important as military roau ior mo traoi portaiioo of 1 4 Uooit ana muueons of war. -.Wuhre- V itard to the exposed situation of Nevf Orleios, Sir, 1 beg leave to differ on- tirrly with thehonorablo chairman. As ' ' twIiuOalo, I know lot Very little about it, nor have ) sought t. know, because I looked opoo thai end of the. road as -'-having been lacked on by th commit tee, inertly a o mean of ' buying op;'. ' votes, aad pot that the necessity of tho '-' ' ' natino required the work. I . shall . ' leave that end, lherefore, in the haiida t- ' of others.-'. ; . - - s I So far, Sir, froni ftw Orleans beinj in so exposed situat'ton. I dosar. am lsay It. without ihe fear of cootradie tion, that It is the. most, rtrongfy ftkti- -Bed place in ibo nation ' Sir, every; pas leading from, the Golf of Mexico to tho city;is well secured bythe best shd post costly fortificstions. ; There t are no jes than five forts. (J believe I rv am hot mistaken via) I h nombert if. j"" am, vthe. gentleman:, from Jotiisiann (Mr; Vlnte): will correct, .me) erected, ' for the ecurity of. that city against; maritime r.Hher iitasiorom.th Oolf.V TTee rts are;' capable;. of moenting some hundn-d prres of ;ord' hance, at least'envaghJo sink any fleet 1 :.i.s : . ., e tni wnuiu ryrr atiempi o Dassaire on i-. will operate "a dJnds;tf Onion, ;ani ; the 'Missisaippt H tho city. V heve? : more strongly cemtnt-us' together,-sn'dllready'exp'iMled nearktwo; mUlioii of '. .a. l.l , - Ti s 'a Vat. , uoiiarsiti ueinqing:tne lcrritoryj.-,f.- luPuisiana by perroanentfforUfieatione, abd estimates sre iiow;' before 41 for cobtii) nation of those,wot kai 3,' , , i The following 1 e statement of those " expertdilnres, polirely furnished if m vr rerjuest. oy a joniieinau 01 tne cngineef 1 IJepartment. f Mr. C. , then, read the following leuerta;;;.; ,v ; : r To tbe Horn 8. p. Caoyfr ' ; . n' , ? Jfomee ef Rfpreeenlutlvewy ?t :-Y ' . Qtitt ' Situ -Tho fblld wing statement will show yon' pretty tieirly tha cost pf defemlins the .territory of Louisiana by permanent for' tincation,viii 4'; .:'? -'. rt- 't,' prevent- a . falling, ofj; of . Ihe pafta tbot-: otoppwg,;tD . controvert ' She cbrfectnesa . ot Vitr poattioii, it certam ly VpiefcOppbses imtf Wtwo --thiogst citner that there Is a dispositlon in the States io flv.Vff from the; irhtre; or a rebulnvt action af the cenfre," to threw them off, add tence,1heTiecessitT of these additional bond of unionT :- Nothing.'Sin; ii' my - onin'uin,- Is tol L L J : '.i . .ill oe apprenenuea irom tne nincr; wouin to God T could say so much " for the latterl -rv' if-f-Mf:- Sir. if ever tliecslamitlei nf rlintininn X' fas,- hUiiM, bii,experierieetf by- this jiation.l p ' t woodai trchleM tne t-auacHK pruxitiiate Btm remottr,' win be Irac'ed tot th action bf (he Federal Oovef-nmcntS l-A 40r yJThe ipistnanagement ;bf jhit central mach'inei7fo'beaufiful;itrits.ohcep; tion aud.Hrfpeiieciiii its structure, and which" worked 'so hartnoniousl, whilst kept; within the. legitimate sphere pre-J scribed by Ihose roles', r.t I'.tr. t thn 1?tfm1t Pitt HO tO 11 Fort Jackson, I'lantiduune Uend. .04,00 31. .awc riatt-ry at Bayou Dien venue, A , 96,447 8i "; Tower at Bsyou Vnft,.pYl6fi7T 41 Amount annmnriaterV 2 ; ... , ,, . -1 r i jects contemplareoVby.those pqwers ex-; -. e,is3H,,le '"Vf l,nt pressly deiegateuf And so, another I promote tne common acivnjte sua inc question ;will also; arise. : Will; ttit gooerar; weitarer ow, sir ine road meet those'' extgencis and 'OSecf, the object? To both of those proposi-' tions I answer in the negative most' positively. Sir, there is no necessity which demands at our hands the appli cation of the public funds for purposes of this kind.' Neither the M common defence nor the "general welfare An- manas it. Ana it tne vecurny ot enner of the points, to which this road is con - templated to be constructed, did de mand the exercise ot those powers, ami the application of' our treasure, I ask, in the name of common sense, Sir; if this road, mere paltry earthen way, would afford the security desirtod?. ' ' 1 'But, Sir, four general considerations have been urged in support of the bill, shd the may truly be said to be most pliant i considerations; for , they - are brought to besr opoo all subjects of in ternal Improvement requiring the pub lie landa or the public tnooey, ' v It shall b my, object to show, Sir( mat noi one or tnose consioerauons re quires this rosd should be ; made.' ' 1 shall take them up in the order 4n geniteinan iad ptoposed tlie construe tion oi, S rail road, on some, plan cow raensuraje with the'greatness and re sources ofthis Natiopi' there. JrVouW have been some , plausibility in his ar- gdinentSt1 : But upon- what have J we heard his beau tit ul theories -ana high wrought figure exhausted?-' YVhy, bir, upon ad eartlUh roada f oacl of mud liable to be' vyashed by every 1 shower, and subject to the vic.issi0(Jcs entj cas naltiua incident to everv oea'aoni?,w''. Before I take leave of th(8 branch of the subiect, Mr. Lbairman,,! ask leave to read a brief passage from the-' report of the Engineers; we shall then be able tojudgo of their views as to the com mercial importance or this road. ' ;; . I read from the report of the Engi neers, which mar be found in tho - 9th volwRxtcutive papers, session of 1625 and ;i86. Document 156, mzt.M. "in relation to external " commerce," (ssy the EngineersV.' it appears to as that road from "vahiDgton City to Orleans, will nof SDord, as to transpor tation, ' advantagtt of flOl'moi Jmpot- expressly laid dovvn for. the government of its actios ,1 wilt alone produce tl;ose iatat k conse quences. ' By ovcrifapir,g Acre the eon- stttutional boundaries s clesrly dcrirti'd, w.. .k i..t i. '..i.r..- . ... try i unity ihe t"V wiioic iiiotuiiifry oui .of geari anq givirig ' .tw$enei la ui operation, propelTed oniy ihri jotce of comomca iniere, comprising a main be compelled to; tak? .refuge' Ubdet the olrj relation in which the State stood to sach other that of separate, distinct, and independent overeigotiei.Jit--V r tThe State. themselves 'will cling to the Union whilst 'tliei e ih i hope Jet i io rest on; .the oppressions of dhw ?dry ral Covernment can. tne drive them :T Perhaps! Sir, if tM9"iii, ver 'en sis in ''tboaflairsof jjur. Oijyeriaiientj which required additic.bal bouds tn hold '.Jtoeetheirj:Jthii&-rieJ ; n..i. .e .tt. u.tt - K-Mu'Li-..'j- , utlt, ti fittf itou ., in - w ; fuo euiciij, uie cmiimtivrc ogvis scrtaintj tniatasevi its i'broherloatlon. WeferifVii&: nia .and Ewter ATOtiejlr o; yboti about to tly olf, from - tha Union, sntl therefore do not require' this wot-ki il dahgec,i J,be appa'hended,it ie'rom inbihei'6uarieritTIieto noint to which we should direct our a.f- tenijoiivV Certainf'y,li'rr; eve,ry polUic'nl consideration Would Hrect os, l tiw Metropolitan route: 'LVe muit jnch-; tie Soutl) Carolina y'Uh' i.omf batid, or she, from repriij 1 Be oil I i a ngen and tbst sudoeniyj, iiutt let, joe peri-, tiusly oak, Sir; of every member ot this commmee, " rbat " sirongerj btfOtl . of (inion do freenjen . need, or' the States require; tnan those fitfged its .Wrought ana put to orqet, jjy tpe: musicr-wnrK men ot the. llevoiutionr;, L.uk conaec Add fo a fort on. Grand Terre, w I w , - Harrataria, eitimstert at t . ?C4,S1 52.. ' .' For a fort, in nlaee of fort Sf -f r " -i ' V - tt.ii:r.. PU.rtm! ttrwt. ' --4 v.' ' : - i "i"" i x r ine esnmaie ior one or .tnose worn . , Kurt Jisckjion) for the, present year.; islSv 885.000 i,'Thiw we:ec, ''Sirthat. ihtttt itteotioA'fitho' ; Obvernme'ntV.has been,, IV; dirrle d ,to le .defence ,and .profection-;'-of thot", point, and that the fact, "s st-;x ' ted bf- the honorable .chairman who iu-T';A ' j" i '' ill. . ;.l J- i. --Vj-v ,; ' . trquuceq mis, wii;. vvim egarq io;inj , ,;s .-', . tscpfen,, stiuuiovr, . , vyt lt Vv' 7 not ekiatfe; NowtJSMr-as- regards 'l tha '; necessity uf this od -tor; rihi traEspor-' l; -'z fti'iUn1 oi ine iToups r auvn, ihuhuwhs r .f ; , war. i here- take . opoo my'ielf thAfew.;-,. Sponsibifity ftif pronounciiig; althougbi y.J'V'i; in contradictioii. lo the position of n .M'f ;f r gentleman '; who-: tntrouuceo tne Oillr. f.WrfJ-fk'rll'sip-"- exUitoj nd I further ay that it would, ; not only w-HW, bat the extreme ol folly. tin- rink" formins a chaid of Govern T O, ' . . . ' . tne nt more beautilui in tts'mincinles aqd beneficial in its, results,: (wnilst acting Aithin the limits'of the original design) than any ever, devised- by the wisuom man- vvoai, fwa 111,1,. uij Stgn,Sirfr( It was that . all, 'the parts should lhaVe in equal proportionlhe be ne fits' or i injuries reultingt fr0ui,'ihe com pacU' perfect reciprpcUy ' was , (0 be .obseryed , and. preserved.-. under , 1 strict observance til, those'sscredr priti ciples; Sir, what have we to ear?' answer nothing, either' from' externa br internal causes. IT tears ar. to be entertained, they are upou-tho .. othft side of the 'jqsestion; hnd let me, here admonish gentlemen ,vyho ate "nee king to provide additional bonds ot union, by cutting, csnais ami constructitig; roans; to beware lest they, by their or.ci atlont., cur the ligaments, of .the; ,Conutuio which, now bind c together ana woven Tour obedient, &c,) 5t v , 8I.MJ.. 184-;10 . ;; t ex v'ujw peno money opoaims-TOBQi witB wfcp'gh to milrtary advantages.' WCV-V''r; Vk.t u.S mnllnmrn u.'hn tlfrra IK;' Tv hranch bf : the . subject, Sir? Vhy,vV lv tbtit New Orleans must always look; ' . o,Tenneseet hxnm Ky, Mhtot &c. fo -. -4 m . m anA m oviiiitna tit nrntpr I anrt t.a,t INCH U ., V7 -,, . V Lft s . ',0 them in time M war. Wel.L'.Sir." I i K grsnt;thisj but; what further do ',' they,- qrgL-r wht, :tuat tfut roaa must bv ; made,: to f traniiport tneso troops ana ? :; provisions upon'i .Now,, Mr. Chaii'p i man.taAlt be; possible that anyx-mSrfefi1 :l In his sobefT senses; arid unler the irjfltfi-' ence bf fe0s6n;cfip,tof one moment, eo K: tertain the belief that, if this road werA; 1;f: made; even one- jfit)dier of solitary bar "?? Pf:.:. rel of proviSwnsfrqut Toonossee, Ken ' - lucky, fib, era nyither tate North ' ? 6f those, "Would travel oyer il? AVhat, ' - Sir, bring jnen frbin . the State of Ohio v atross the State of Kentucky and Ten. ' 1 neiiaeer -AVet rdrfcana acroBs ine unto river toi with iti eorr ent teeming witji t .' f steamboafs, readf tot waft the soldier . K arrd provisioRs to the point of destin ' , )" tion. s. But no, tney mu6t image mnragti , y- . the mud of Kentucky; ond Terine'ssee, t by marches from ten to fiften miles per t day, till they intersect this road fatter . croxsing navigable and inviting rivers) 1 at jflorence; ' Alabania; and "then. Sir, - j they will Jiave the "peculiar advantage.! of travelling 'this' -superb 'national ear-. Wrrrj roit froni thence" to New Oi leans, y A i.Sif, if -f idibite' gentlcmen'who' think ' - defpalch and saving tf , time important c ,1 - n r..lituf umiratifkiis Ia rain;!. ? ft '1 : Ci HT - '- ; lonQ- it would take troops to c t to evw Orleans by i this Jtational Iioad ? from Tenneskee, Kentucky, 0;jS:v ' Ail compare it with the , ease, coBrli- r - 1 ; .- .v . , TV Ik,
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