Vol.. A VIUi
INTEUNAL IMPROIENT.
fXev-JersevfleportcancludedJ
be
which
taken to
mav
t a work which niay rantmue
r enTatcare should
P" f faw?SSd. Althoagh the
occur at a fu.ure peu be
....,.ol sfrpams may .:r
cien
to IOCK ui v.-
ream!, rnnal - the
r ent tor i.rv " t-e-
xisting t4te
quires us to tsof agriculture
troctinc & clearing waterccur.es,
by cotruCtl"? Snpply of the streams
rercc S be increased by the coropleU
larging the sp ere i be
SSiWl a tenfold proton, by
-URme"i ;tharavinc from the o-
armeu ---- - , -
thrt there should be a communication by
foedcnTwith all the streams l.ich m-
LI applicable to the canr.l, as tcf
unsafe to rely on the rcservtfrs in case o
Se eral cf the feeders will
be'brSnchca-als for the immediate bene
fit of the district, conveying articles wmca
.i. -... -;vriflP-e WOU1C1 liuv uti
the expense of transportation, as street cv
stable manure, marl, plaster, lime, ashes.
-t,.c r!n . hrick?. wood, cuai umi, i
oval, turf, &c .The branch canal,
. . t . . : .... .1 I- til I i
stable
ores,
fossi
various directions, and could be construct-
ed at a smau exaiac.i" .
five feet lone, six feet wide, and nearly
1 thirteen, inches deep, carrying; twenty
There may be also other modes aaopc
ed for procuring a rxpply. of water ; it
may he advantageously raised irom th
ti,. n fmm the Uaritan.by a van-
1 liousanas ci
merchandize, and milital J stcrcs across ?
this state. . . I
Iu the foregoing estimate, the commis-j
sioners have inserted ever item of ex
pense which has occured to tnem m the ;
Investigation, as applicable :tothe pro
posed undertaking ; but as they do not
prrfess to have any practical knowledge
n the subject, they may nue t...mrr
harees which, by seme persons may oe j
and tnere m iy
cttt-mrfl necessarv
f w rfc insehed which an wpen-
. . - .Jfcr nt' fll4lf-T'.SC
nuvi
with. It Vests with the Legislature to rtc-
wiihr-r it would be most -x-
r.edient fcr the state to appropriate the
sum l-cqu
to procure tunds lor me i.uii-uw.'-"-or
solicitations, or to permit mcuwdaals
ito subscribe, reserving a part f - the
Lt:,tr or to erant to the United Suites
h..winr to construct the canal, witn
etv of propelling powers. 1 nousanas .
tons of marl, of a fertilizing quality al
most equal to, foreign plaster, drawn from
rean within our own ten u - - most equal to, ioreign piac , - -
ftL fe waters. Attention jhou-d al- inexhaustible.sources near the track o
I the canals, will be annually caucu tut
I the agriculturalists of the adjacent stales.
! 'iVibSreat decending weight maybe -waae
the DTopllingrowerot two-tniras oi iuc
n he tiaid to
thp situation cf the mills and
imchinefv dependenton the streams.
I'XsenSinn of these valuable -orks
lncyiw Mt h inhabitants
cf vital P-V-"h the owners
A the d Strict, and although the owners
tVv be rally compensated it deprived - of
"T 7 cHl the lo4 to the state would be
them, Vt to be avoided. Vvith
1 to appropriated reservoirs four hun
52ra Jcresof land, to be procured w bile
fly btobtained at a Uderate rate
'ucZ thP rise in the value of the soil,
h1ch pXblyUke place bun the
v,hicn ma i J , country, the
: a,d the vicing
crecuDii ..PSfW)irs collecting the
thecanai- , - ,nr.fYi
Ultl Mlltl ....-
vaier wwiv-u
;ninr'.ous freshes
tn'our.
... ..iu r wufpp tvansnnrted at the same
time to the canal, while the' descent ot
the marl mav be effected by trunship
ment without consuiving the water ot the
... iQ,i - tiia vur.w- machinery will
1 I lt! ......- .- .
-i. i - . V ' ...1 ..
tor several uuici
such mVrvationcf privileges to this state,
and to the inhabitants in the vicir.it ot
the canal as it may be deemed expedient
to stipulate
. w. .Ii,''? rift
If the latter propobiiu n s" -r
i . . tf tryi'.l. tiirtt it
mav tt-nd to induce the ccngres-s t tie U .
i n irfn.
States, to promote ano cc!rfu . .v
eral nlan of iuland navigiticn, us a strong
answer
articles
a-
overflowing the low
dVand occasioning back water at
r.t t . rhp npnr.ulturahsts
- frV,m them 15 scakage SfiU augment
S, water courses, on a lower
tnespni fes m e..-Ut,r gradual sun-
lvel ana turnisu a o
Sv to the adjacent nulls, and m some ca
S to the canal itself. If the reservoirs
rSke a part cf the original undertaking,
X w will be better arranged than if intro
fcld at a future day, as a substuitie for
- Wrien - and, if judiciously planned,
wS ot be the same danger of their
wS&of the inhahitantsby
cf there -ficm the overflowing
ir I of rivers. Reservoirs
v Tn Ul ttiv-
hundred and
! frpiht. and bv other machinery ana oy
i transhipping the articles, the transporta
. tion may be extended to an iimiicu
tlie less of water.
i Undertakings are trequeptiy oDjccveu
Ur.n arronnt of their novelty, and ob-ta-
1 cles which appear insurmountable at fcrst
are considered triHrng v. uen we become
: familiar with them ; fortunately no gigan
tic projects from the component parts ot
the proposed canal : by comparing the
1 . r .l..it-:a vril- it nreser-
rnipnt oi uie uuw"" v. -v. r
vative of the lives of voyaging cuwens
andmarinesfcasureproiecu' n ioi v.,
tio rnintm-rce i a ready way of tratispoit-
iUn.r troct;s and military stores, ami a
fhMn and safe mode of cenveyuig the
nrudiicts and tabrics of American agn-
,4- - - -
ments. but rather in proportion to '.what-,
ever 'reduction the establishments th?
iiouse may hereafter thTiik proper to a
dopt. This assurance, coming ircm the
ho'iorahle chairman, had .removed -his
impressions as to the necessity of acting
inunediatclv on the resolution submitted
by him on Friday. That gentleman, Mr.
Speaker, (pointing to Mr. Lowndes) at
all times andni all occasions, has conduc
ted himself in tiiis House, so as to secuie
ne t only the confider.ee 'and esteem, but I
believe the admiration of every member
on this.fio-ir ; but white I pay thi just
tribute Xc the merits of that gentleman; 1
must be allowed to say, that 1 think he
wiis incorrect when he stated, in reply to
the remarks I made on Friday, that .1 had
failed to shew any sufficient reasons in
suppor' of the resolution then under con
sideration. I offered the resolution from a sense of
1 duty to this nationfrom a regard to those
principles 'wmcn certainly ai onc-uuiu
were deeme d orthodox, and upon which
the reoublicans secured the confidence
l and support of these United States. In
! reply to the call made by the gentleman,
! I htatcd that the taxes were continued
i last year on the ground that they were
imperiously and absolutely necessary;
thai it was' estimated by ihe Secretary ot
tht-Treusm v. that the whule revenue ot
fn-m comnrercc, the direct
i'tr.v and ir.tt-rr.ul daties. would be some,
ot
-r;: . (f the canal ot
nals ot r.urpv .
iin
nnrl those of the R
t L .A W H Cl Il
a ranaL cover three nmm.
!
- -1 . J ri Tl 1 j4 .11 . . Ill 1k
if-five acrXand th,se -of the Kcch
The canal oiine ri"
which covers a
tr-- m acres
) m t: rcrC"f;ir
Wy?eiW?rT.;,e nnd is tWentV-fcui
suvtace ot uny ...
feetdtep ;
rvT.tv acre
to feet at thesiuice.
Some of the proposed reservoirs may
inrlnde ravines and swamps. -at dis.ai.ee
t hltv acres, aim !.. -j .
iMr,d another which contains!
teres, and is banked up tucntj -
plans ot the canals ot ou?er tvuuu,
wdl be seen that the dilhtulties which
were overcome in Europe were of much
greater magnitude.
The canal of Longuedoc, connecting
the Mediterranean sea with the Atlantic
ocean, is one hundred and eighty miles
Ion" : the proposed canal will be twenty
nine miles long. The canal of Holstein,
connecting the Baltic sea with the Ger
man ocean, is fifiv miles l,ng and ten
de"P ; the proposed canal will be nine
feet deep. The canal of Languedoc is
nno hundred and forty-feet wide, includ
ing the towing paths, and the caual ct
H..Utpin is hitv tcet ide at the bottom :
i the proposed canal will be eighty-six feet
wide including uic ui (ti3, "
i t,ntv.iv Vrt wide at the boacm. The
.suniniit of the canal cf Languedoc, six-
hundred and thirty-nine feet above the j
;,i,w!-tfr ; tne l lv-sier .i,aiiaiM.-uuu- ,
lilt "TU "M V & , m .
culturalists and manufacturers to Amen
can cr-usuniers. .
If the desitrn should be commenced rind
accomplished under the direction oi tlic
Unitedbtates,oiiicersoiit.-t c- n
neen, with a due pn poitiou ci pi
may be stationed at the locks and lesci
voir, and the whole business ennducteu
with science and ceconomy. -
These civil fertiheati-.-ns, the cheap de
fence of the nation, and the silent pi even
fnt;, . f thr linrm of an enemy, will then
hn arraneed On the same ! Ian and tor the j
Iftm-' vessels fiom Massachusetts to:
Georgia, and the whole voyage ptrL rm-
ed uuuer tue supeiiuivii-ai&
' t1'?!:!" mure than tv.eniV-nve minions
! ddurs ; but it now appiaied that the re-xi-uio
trrcatlv txcutdid th.it amount:
that it wus mere man thirty -cigut mnnous
k;.'-x a dukrence of about
4 t 11
ot ooi:ar hmn'-s
thirteen miiUcus between the estimate cc
revenue v. hich accrued, feeing IMS
T ft k insured in slat nv- that 1 cruld not
uut imuiicit coutidctite iu tiie Treasuiy
lvpoi ts, ;;r.d that 1 vvas unw illing t cun
tiiiue ti.fc tax tii the pLCi.e oi this ccun-
... uh..r. it- r..l i.i i I.: rjt-ai to be r.cces-
sary.
Cici-tlemen now offer the same argu
mcms in favor of continuing the taxes
which they urged last year.. But as the
levjiise t the present year prove, beyond
an doubt, that tneir arguments on the for
mer occasion were UUacious, I there
fore contend, that they are fallacious now
and deserve no more weignt or mnuence
eeneral government.
" : wxrrpt that the 1 1
inc w.im. -: -i.lUiihthis House than should have been
short period of time smcet , ; lalsi(,td argumtnte, I niCan,
rf the held woA j K- ' i g lnc actual rcsulls of ihe present year,
them from mak known tQ us b beCreU.
and report. Being ay . l ot tnc ge'.ei .i a
.olkitude on J -c ti" t L o nn cl n Jth this view cf the case,
ou" coU-1 I men ioned, that it was a part of m; plan
i n heectfuilv subnit there- t
i i 1 1 1 1 . n i . l ins
JOHN KUTKLK Wn),
OOHN N.SIMl'sON,
GEOUUL liOLCOMBE.
JVC
dred andtweniy---ix ; of the Leeds canal, , , 4.
five-hundred and tw enty-iive ; ami ot tue ;
Rcchdaiecanal.hve-t'.tmdredand twenty- j
cne feet! The s an: 11 .it cf the propo-ed t
r-:,i.,d will be or.lv- sixt -uaht ieet aoovc
from the car.ai, aim. u J7 - , tuc nt!e v,'ater. 1 ue uui tV, .0 ,
the water covers four hundred acres h o0-u-ucied by ice above six mourns iii the ;
te reservoirs are filled by treshes twice j ;tl.ticlc(1 jjy ice Un ee months in the ear. ;
in a vear, there will be three hundred ar.d n lhe jhdale canal, part oi the water
f 7rtv-eidvt millions; four hundred and t nc of -hc leservoiis is r.a. ed above
e-hty thousand cubic fett, and utter ce- j T sS:;xy. c ft by .stream. At Kartcas
dtxting rvapcralirn, scakage r.d te, a canal passes throi:, a tunnel 01 sub-1
a2CLichm-be estimated at two tlurusj ten aneuus passage which is two ihu-
-t trie wnoie, liicir . . i r v-ivta eiE.111. 1 nuuiiiTrii iin'iciii-Y .. it
V. . .--st -.' j . . " . . . ... 1. I 1
wuuww' i...-th. :Liid more man seventyvarcis oe- ,
d sixty tncusanu euu.v. i-.. ...w.w ft j iAy iU1 tacc ci the carxti. rw jh"-i -
the canal, whicu wit a ; 1 lon there is a tunnel nearly to nines
e will supply a sumcitm v ta " uu , t a j-j in je.,rtn. At htruttord mea-
" . :.V.tx-fiv fUVS. a loll-11 . ... : J .nl,.inl-.
CONGRESSIONAL,
IX Tim II. OF UKFItESKXTA.TlVES.
:arks r.Vr. VMams. oX. Czrrfina
support cfhia v.utlun tQ repeat the
Err
in
Internal luxes
TVTr. Williams said. It was at me re-
iUr. VV ILLIAMS saiu, iv v
cuest cf a number of gentlemen who were ?
friendiv to the subject of the, resolution ;
now before the House, c-- in consequence ;
irom
rrd ar.d sixteen million?, one
an
to
ri
vcr ceriod than tae.usuai .j -
. , t n-ir:.. frflatfd to have.
itvrn. cut u a 1? i',-;-; r '
subject tu he calh d up at any tunc ; that
it tnc taxes v ero necessary to support an
army of ten tlui.sa:.d mciu they tould not
be necessary to support that army, redu-
. J I L JL . I ...
ced lo tlie uumuer ci ir.e iiiuuaciuv..
Tj....:.. (4. iIipvm v:tntiTvtntsi. and re- 1
2. 4 I 1 m vjw -------
lying on thein to support my proposition,
i fell tnatl had sutiicientiy answered the
call of the gentieman Irom boutU-Caroii-n;u
But, i.ii I was nut" bound to shew
fecn thus far") the practicability of dis
pensing with the taxea ; cn die contrary,
these ho are for continuing them must
shew the impracticability of such dispen
sation. If any oiie calls upi n me tor a
debt, my iii-st enquiry is, v nether the de
11w.ua be just; h just, 1 pay it if unjust,
i 1 eii.se pa) meni. la hke manner, when
tne people cf mis country aie called upon
. I ... .. .. ....... a...
for taxes, it is incumoeni. cu&ottiniiiif
. date, nt immortal fame, who satr ized
'the vices of man in the "Avgustah a?e,
i that we were blind as to our own fau'.s
j but eagled-eyed as to the faulty of others;
! & were always most aptto condemn oth-
ersfor the vei y faults tow hich we ourseh cs
I weremostliable. In nti otiier wa ca 1 I
I account fcr. the propensity cf the gentle-'
man always to 'charge others with aim
at pcpularity, than by supposing tliat
j he. measures the conduct of others ?y the
''standard which exists ia hU own breast.
1 here beg leave to inform the gentleman,
'that if he docs not mistake hin ov,n
; temper, he very much mistakes that of
ethers, when .he' supposes thtsnchre- t
fiectir.ns, will drive them from the posi
tion thev have taken.
; , After the subj'. ct of the resolution I.
hadj introduced was disposed ot ; alter
the House had determined to proceed to '
the orders of the day, the gentleman ri
ses in his place, and gives us a long lec
ture on economy. Who, sir, could have
thought that the gentleman would conde
scend to use that word, so unfashionable,
so uuusal in the vocabulary of an inde
pendent politician 1 But the gentlemaa
'said he had no view to popularity in pro-
nouncinghis lecture on economy, and we
are bound to believe it. because he said so.
If, however, he had been disposed to
mount the hobby-horse which of all ci
thers was most licet and likely to dis
tance the whole turf, lie could not design
edly hae selected a better ne for that
purpose, that the one on which he hap
pened U be mrmr.tcd by mere accident -The
gentleman seemed also to com-
; plain thut the statements produced to
support my proposition were not satisfac
j tory. Permit me now, sir, to infer") him
' that I read Treasury reports as he reds
the Constitution ; that, he reads the
Constitution and interprets it libemlly for
the purpose ot raising and spending mo
ntv ; so 1 construe liberally the reports
of the treasury, for the purposeof saving
money.
' ' The gentleman said he did not read the
constitution with 'tfte technical subtleties ,
and refinements of a lawyer, but he read
it for the purpose of understanding that
! it contained a liberal grant of powers to
Congress; that the hrst impressions made
on his mind when reading the cord'utipa
with this view were move lasting as well
as Generally nrne correct. Shall I not
I be at liberty then to say that the first im-
prcssuin nade on my mind wnen reaan;g
the treasury report was, that wc might
dispense with the taxes ? and nothing has
yet recurred to remove that impression,
if the gentleman feels justified in obey
ing nrt iiwpressions'in regard to thee n
stituticu, the supreme law cf ihe.l md ;
he certain!) will net Condemn me tor o
bcyiugthc same impressions in reg rd
to treasury reports, which are not taws.
j nor supreme laws, bftin many repccts
mere matters of opinion.
locks ot ten ieet re
then it will be necessary for the reservoirs
. - u...l..(ul int? .ivtv jsi-rps.
ten feet deep on an average, instead of
four hundred hi omcr w mh 'iu
for two hundred and eignt-iv. ij.
To the question, whether there will be
.afi-cicnt water to fill the resewoirs ? It
1 il: c
nient which is nine hundred yards, seven
teen feet high, & one humlredaRdtwche
I feet in breadth at tlie bottom. At iar-
ti u, an aquedect nearly fifty let high, unu
five-li'inrtred vardslor.r. conveys a caaai
! ....m ni'iftilAl0 rn'n.'Ti-ivpl unn Itfiir
Bowline: bav, ah aquedect cf 'four arches
i carries the canal of the Tcrth and CU cic
. . ...
l..t v ;aiI bv Hie rcntieioan
Sraith-Caroliiia,thechairn an of tlie com-
. m 1 ........ : n l i A J
mittec of ways and means 111.1-0 jj wll inciae who speuk i s iauguage on
that he .ki not cuil up tiie icwum
S-.ti.rdav last. The chairman of thecom-
t mittec said, we m:glit go cn with the ap-
nro',.1 ). sfii
1
xnav
mswered, that
pears to have measured the water ot the
Streams by the quantity used chj.y at the.
tr.ills; and there is no estimate of the
maiititv which runs off over the dams
ri.irif.ir freshes. If we estimate tiwt toe
district of country fre m which the water
descends into the streams tnat may sup-
t Tv the canal, contains seventy-nvesquc.-e
miUs, andifwc compute that on; y tlurty
laches ot rain fall annually on m average, ,
s.ivd that the quantity running freni the
s-riace. or issuing irom th.e earth, v itnm
1 smf.unls to three
fifths ofthi: quantity failing as rain, there
Vtiilbe three theUviind 01. e hundred and
thirty sb: u.iinon?, three uui.una,a..u
twcnty.tl.cusar.fi cubic fee, that ow elf 4
in the streartis annualh ; .'.-ducting 11 om J
this amount twonhciK-and sev.n hundred
r.nd fne millw-ns hiteen thonsaiul cuoic
feet, the quantity flowing in the ordinary
Tay at die mill: according to Mr Uardel's
Bie'r.suration, there will remain fvur hun
dred and tv.entv-six miiiicns, three hun
dred and five t housand c-.Vic ieet ror the
;.ii.t ui.t cf fveshts, from wliich there v. ill j
betnken t'nrce hundred and tarty -cigiit
milieus fcur hundred iii eighty thousand
I over the river Kelvin, and a valley r-ixty-I
five feet deep, and four-uucdiedfeetin
length. In the canal of Lanqaedoc, there
! are one hundred and fourteen locks, and
only . miles of the canal are on the
same level : in the proposed canal mere
will not be more than thirteen leeks at
each end ; and the intermediate distance
of twentv-nme miles, will be on the tame
level, andwithcut an obstruction.
It will also be seen that great underta
kings fcr the improvement of iidntid na
vigation are not confined to Europe ; the
I Royal canal of China, from Canton to
Fekm, is eignt hundred and twenty-nve
miles long, tifty fett wide, and nine feet
deep. r
To complete the investigation, it wruld
be proper to examine the, pr-.bub'.e a
niount of intercourse in nun; la: ot boats
and tonnage, and the ra-es oi tolls ard re
ceipts, and also the probable annual, ex
penditures by salaries cisupcrihtendauts
and. wcrkn.eu.by wear andtcai, and by.
li.ils. and it atterwarus me
House slu.uld determine to abohsn the
1 taxes and reduce the army, the expendi
ture would be : cc rding to that reduction,
1 and not according to the appropriation ;
for example, if we made appr.-pnatious
to suDoit an army of ten tnousand men,
! and afterwards redixtd the army to five
I thousand, the expenditure would be m
proportion to the live, and not to the ten
thousand.
i l 1- W. said it had struck him as a ve-
II
'rv singular fct in our proceedings, that
we should be first called upon to m;:ke
the appropriations, to beccn.e us it were,
nl-deed to a certain amount,-and men
I proceed to ascertain cur means to raise
!the mtney : and to do that last, w tnc v
iouht to have been done first, this, he
said, was repugnant to all the maXiqis 01
.nn.nr.n. nmnli nrf in r)llilC lac. , ao
I
man. when about to build a house or im-,
H f .1.1 .....'n,ii'iti !i: cVf -1
prove a inrui, woum i
! cute the obiect, and then cc ur.t the cost ;
! but he would, in the first place, examine ;
!. all his scCrcts of incoms ; he ould tsti- j
1 mate the probable amount oi his revenue,
: and then proceed to the opjccis on -m
i ih-jit rpvrnr.e was to be exitnded. It was
this llocr, to sliew uvjZ Uie ta:ies are ne-
! i t-.:trv : it netessaiv, there is no uaaou
on earth mote wiling to yay them than
the people ot the United bi-ites. If unne-Ir-.rv.
theDecT'lw wilirtluse payment
and tney ou-ht to do so. ITpcn this ground .
i ttieii, 1 say, the burden oi prooi i.es 01.
t"e ctutlluicn from South-Carolina. Let
: him sliew (and no ci.e is nioie aoie to no
: it than himself) that these taxes are ne
j cesary , and, n:y word for it, the people
i uiu -i -vfLi',viv nav them. - -
i I he i ebi'i t sir, cf the late Secretary of 1
Uthe Treasury to the President, and. the
ilviM.ert. cf tlie .l rcier.t btctetary, have
:.v iiitn the ccuntrv. rrcm
1 kl "V vr.."- -
tl.t!-c reports the people expeei, iw;
mand, u repeal ot the taxes, tut in ad
diticn to all this, the people have the so
i,.m ;Y.mN( of Coneress; eXTJi essed m
1. 1,.. ir.cf,f -if ami 14: that tnese taxes
I would continue one year alter the war.
and no longer. AuU unit ue a n
to govern this nation, to assure tlie peo
ple in the ' solemn form ct a legislative
1 . ". - 1 .1,1 in t-vivt fine
act. lilac . taxes uuiu v.-.v r-"
The gentleman from Virginia, on the
other side f the House, (Mr. Sheffey)
likewise complained that the statements
j cf "jred in support of the proposition were
1 not satislactory. lie said that young pp-
htxians might suggest an abolition of tax
es, Zzc &c. but tnat those of more ex-
periencc ought not to sanction such at
tempts. I admit, sir, that I am a youn;
I politician, bht whue the gent'eman trcm
t Virginia would condemn me tor net be
j ing experienced -in the virtues of a poli
! tical life. T trust he will ahV.v mc to in
dulge the con? elation of not being -try
much liaekneycd ia its vices.
I have said, Mr. Speaker, that, on rca
ding the treasury report,! was convinced
j we might dispense with the internal tax-
cs. '11 1 tailed in the opinion of some gen
tlemen
pa
was
to she if tuls when the subject
rtially debated the ether day, no
one can now entertain a doubt of it, since
the very able and perspicuous view tak-
en of the subject by the gcnUeniau from
Virginia (Mr. Johnson.) He has proved!
! to you, sir, that from the Secetary's own
, statement uiese iuA.es, are not necessary
I What better evidence cn we want thanx
i the ftatemer.ts prccccding from that de-
I partmcfit r v e know that treasury es
timates arc Mw&y., tua low. If these es
timatcs, curtailed ard reduced as they
always at e, do amit the Conclusion that
the taxes may be removed, shall we i:v.K
urge it m tlic tliscussiufi r Surely I thy- r
it may be urL-d as t!ie l:tst ?f
which the nature cf the case w
The government we will nar A
keep on tlie taxes, fur re;J
, shad Lot atiempt to exjxy
I tinuit'-s fit the trentnrv O
made, if not exprcsslvr
forborne to
cpntingenc.es.- t
4 The --commissioners' have
make' thir enquiry, as it was not made
part of their duty by the law under which
they acted, and as it has heretoirre been
represented to the house 01 Asse::iy, c
a committee of th .; body, that ui'. is as
certained, from tiata tckraidy correct, J
I tnat curing uie late ir,.,4 'W' j
I short of two millions of dollars, was paid j
cubic feet for the supply ot the reservoirs,
leaving still a surplus" of seventy -se en
ruiUir-ns eiglit hui.di to and tw euty-hv e j ;
It will be expedient nctwithitanancijtor caige ci various kinds olprcauce,
! fr t.p. n-.ii'i-,o- of chimun.?: the order 01
lour pi-ecetdiugs-in that particular; tiat,
'he was anxieiis to see the ax bills exm
ilbiied in the House every year, and acted
j't upon fim.iiv, before we hud appropriated
) a sineit cent to defray even tlie civd 11st
j and contingent csiarges ot government.
I Then wc could accommodate the. appro?
j aviation to . the money at our command ;
Ithtn. in thf wnrds oi the old.adagc', we
should cut thc.coat acccrumg w;
j;,- i ;
ear after the war ; and when it appears J made, il not exprcs
o be perfectly iu your power to'comply I continuance, ar leust
with tlie assurance, to reiusd it Mo, ir, that way. Eat theb.
to
with 1 he assurance, to 1 eiu-it.
tr; better way is to coiunlv witn your 1; ments. as taey were
n'romi-c immedUcly by repealing the j red by the gentlcm.
taxes. Then .we nay not oni exj,eei.v j
i ... ,.K.,n,.n,r,. the ronhdence and sunpert i
uul wiau.'sv - - .! t ... , t
of our fellow-citizens. , . 6uad wt: net dzeiiA
I did not expect, -w Ken I introduced the j i;tCt, and repeal tht;
resoilaion, that it voultl excite unpie- 1, sir,
.rs. ir. tiit mind ot any ;c. But j ut it
u nr.v-tars to have had thai clrect upon
the iciltlempn from bouth-Carolina, Mr.
"CoUvyn) who c-T:eiaity
at Lilian seems, to uas a
iriiive rihtto kr.o.v and expound the jAsre0e;ved from ;:tw-
lives e-ioiiiU-s, when ihcy oilier trom 1 r u tXL.Jc,... di.A V c.'i t
On many ccasiyus
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I ! had as;e Hou'se that ifW reduc-r
i i tion was made, theeicUiurc would not - w at popularity ! J
; be accciding to Uie erasumj i r - ,us .veasa.d by a pcctUancu-iv.j
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