Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-12-10

SMILEY had asked where are our means;
/ Our means, sir! (said Mr.. G. o.,
means are 10 the wealth, in the resource,
/ Of our counry and 10 the stout hearts 4
our. coun,rymen. These are the mean,
! which established. these are the means On
| which ne may safely rely 10 peipetua,e ID.
independence Of the American na,ioa->
Lei rs 20 on thep, 10 the work-for ono.
flst the pa,isrsl treasure be expended TO-
The na,ional defence. live do not eu.s)
upon It now, We probably never shall.->
! we shal continue 70 wai; ike the eagl.i
The fable who did no. build a house VIA
the sun shnne,. because then he did Nc
want it-nor whenihe aioral fsgsd bscau.
then he could not do Il.
He concluded si,hmoving IN order to
Try The sense Of the haus. to fill up ID.
blask with. faur millions
Mr.. Quincy. said, the gentleman from N.
Carolina. A1r .Blounfl had with his usual
canslor answered the enquiries which had been
made as to the views of the committee. lie
did not rise now to make observations on TIE
different sums proposed, but merely toknov
of the chairman OF the committee the species
of information which had inGaced the ccm.
mittee TO fix onthe sum Of 4 5000 dollars =
He understood from the chairman AMI arlo-
Tier gentleman, who WIS a member of that
committee, that they had moi the sums in de.
tail as related to each particular pert, bat CITY
the sum in gross. lie observed, that IN Tx
report offAe secretary OF war, the.S were Two
classes. Of ports Or harhors mentioned IS re.
curing fertilization, those called ..Tfore In
4i,ortant, and those OF minor iinpBftance. II
the blank were filled with 7so,oae.dollars, It
you'd only average about 1908 dollars to
each port mentioned now he conceived that
every port which req,liredsf ogf,hcatoIi, wout
require more than that. lie wished &c know
if information on this subject existed any
where, so that it mightbe procured Some
observation had been made by the c.,airmanas
to what might be expended IN a year, and he
had said that no more than. 100000 do lars
could he conveniently, expended in a year ia
case Of peace. If they were. 70 suppose that
only the fifteen mentioned as ports the most
importance, were to be tcrsided during tbs
year, it would be but $4,000 dollars for each
Was it possible that more. coiild not be ez'
pended
Mr.. Blopu5 said that gentlemen had pred
Gated their r'gulnents on a supposition that
the sum of 10000 -dollags. was the wh9t
sum intended to be appiiel for the purpos
Of defence. This was not the. case lnaa!
millions had been heretofore appropriated lQV
fe.uications. i was known that cannon and
other implements necessary for fortikcatons
had been paid for and conveyed to thesplaees
where Notifications weresto be erected. The
proposed sum was only offended to defray thf
expences of naked walls. The system OF ioE
LITIGATION embraced .guR-boats also. The sum
of four millions might be called for, but b0 I
for this species Of fortihcatiol alonc, Ihe sln,
boats lntenaed to form a part OF the system CT
Il, fence would cost, to buiid and employ them
2, 100000 dollars. The secretary of warhad
given to the committee a general statementoi
what sums of money might be required for
fcrdhcations, within certain districts, to Wit :
For .New-Orleans, s 10000
Georgia, North and South Ca
roliaas, $4,000
The Chesapeake andlts waters, l6o,JQs
0cia"dfe DAY aid RIVER Jersey
and NewYork, 2!loQo
Connecticut and Rhode. Island, Sl,oOo
odd Massachusetts,, n. Ramp-
Z. shire s. the distsict OF Maine, i35ooOE
Other.p!aces not mentioned, 25,o0ek
Making altogether s s74 ow,E
Mr.. B. added, that when they considered
that the appropriations CT last year were apS
piled, as the president has told them. to New
York and New Orleans, tic sum contemplatE
ed to erect The bare. walls of fertilization We
sufficient to sa isfy the gentlemen themsehesk
He admitted that cannon had been ALREADY b
provided, and this was but part OF the SYN
tenn the other part OF. the system, to VII
gun boats, would require a much larger sum
to prepare them and support them IN serla D
for six months. %