Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-05-12

considerable burtnc0 fOI an = sSut VI motS
than four hundred miles through the centre
of the middle states, from Norfolk, or ra-
Their from eapefieDry to Irensop-an I'm.
pr oy ementthst although consisting only 10
Opening passage Of about 20 miles acress
the isthmus mus. saveto all the commerce
of the Susquenannah and the. delaware, To-
clined to seek the market Of the other bay,
near FIVE hundred miles perilous navlga'
ton. And admitting that Virginia, Ma
ryland, Pennsylvaah, Delaware aad New
Jersey composed he only portion OF the
union that could ever be expec.ed to derive
the least possible advantage from the work..
surely considering the millions that have
been expended 10 the defrace OF our iron.
tiers, in the extingulshment Of Indian Il.
ties, aud in the requirement OF unsettled
counties, part Of which they have cheer
fully borne, the Accommodation DOW asked,
to every reasonable man. Ibtg pardon, ex-
.cspt the gentleman from Massachusetts, be-
fore me (Mr. Adan,sr must appear most
just and reasonable indeed. xviii heres
sir, take leave 10 express my peculiar plea.
sure, and to congratulate the cls-mounialn
friends of the present nseasure upon the
prorp', ,he frank and liberal conduct e.
vinled 10 favor of this great public IN.
prove cent 10 the Atlartic sta,es, by those
gentlemen who so ably represent here the
interests OF the western country but,
Mr. President, these private advantages,
if dry NAV be so called. that have thus
hastily and drsul orly enumerated, are
small. indeed. when compared TO the
great public utility 10 be expected to the
uniun, from the proposed work. Ibis ga
pal. as has been we'll observed by my col
league, IS tn 6fst and most important link
j the cfkln Of internal gatlonby whieh
ns ure llas designed this great eoptederAcy
ct s,asss to be cemented. the second ia
point Of importance is thai through Jersey
tros, he ID laware 10 Amboy, or the wa
ter. of thr Ra.iton. Then l ask YOU, sir,
to look At the geography CT your country,
when the canals from the Mohock e &c
waters Of One.da lake, where one Is, be-
lisve, now nearly, if not quite, CON plet.
ed, i,um the Hudson 10 the waters falling
into ! Ike Chsmpl4in,, for whica al &C, ct
the l,g'sls,sre has been ob.ainsd-troa
Buzz. d., b yto Bostoo bay, long since
in conteu pla,en, shall BIZ carried INFO exc
cu,iou 10 ne northern and eastern extrem'.
ties If the unicn ; and that from K izabeth
si.er, IN Virginia through The Dismal
Scamp 10 Abcmarle and pam,ico Sounds,
aid d by the vafious in'ets, and very little
more work 10 tie soah 70 extremity, we
shall have complete inland navigation
from The Savannah river to the lakes, even
TO Quebec embracing the whole Of the
A,,~a,ic s'sses, and passing an extent Of
uore than ,haussnd miles shro' onr own
coan,1y Is his subject Of small eopsi.
deration? answer consistently, Dot
least TO no other gen.iemao than 6he mem.
Der from Massachusetts,, aud the case Of
any internal local sia,e Improvement Of this
kind such as the one 10 VI massachusetts,,
cied 10y the gentleman, in order to mar
and destroy ih's, however eniilled to the
wishes and patronage cs he pablis cannot
compare. IN points eft os,ional Importance,
win he ODE we now pro7ose
10 case Of war and God knows if we at
cua he recent eccurfeoces ct our
~aun,5y mi contemplate the p 'rientous
events passing in the old world, we have
ltte reason 10 suppose ,has we, even Tor
ur ~wn short day, can be permitted to
f'ld cur arms 10 peace. and indulge IN
,;umbers Of ease and safr.y--in the pros.
oecl Of such an hour of calamity, ! ask
what genllemap that hears does set antici.
pate me, and congratulate himself and
is country upon the power he holds, up.
on the means snd opportunity now Offered
hin Of facilitating the execution at a great
public work, from which the m ost import.
ant national advantages, could %, fail to
arise? You sir, who so useful'v,0 your