Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-03-06
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80 Or REPRESENTATIVES..
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All. living report, which, atogs'hSi
bads the I'm letter from the Secre-
sisb the aeS .',,s,s,lry, was referred to com
r. Of t'S sole. and ordered to be printed;
,mmi,testo asho'" Snefs TsIefr 90, sn n; &c
ne fo@s .,,or.sls Of the President and Dr !,
s'Fnl TN, - e1esaheake and Delazpare Ca
trs 9 . !. of the President end a2aaa-
nil co 49,, Uaion Canal CONTRARY Of Penn
gers . =" md Of tae Commissioners Of fhe
.ys0aA1e.' m.,y. york, respecting canal from
sssr Y iokes 10 Hndson Rsvcr:
REPo@, hey consider the improvement OF the !.
Ina, ~, asyioatlon Of the Us. by means OF
n'efOI :, s- soatemplated by the ssid companies
he cal'.s ef n. York, of great national lnl-
ard W '' and we'll meriting the patronage and
q poF'a,.ss ,ss General government; that under
aid ~ so;on the committee have paid par
hS pa,.sntion to the subject matter of the
ues'r ..s,orials, and have felt the strongest.
sac ui. ,;ors 10 report fayorably to the petition
di'P'' tn committee however lament that the
ers Ions situation of the U. States, in.re-
lns,sI e our foreign relations, renders 1t IN
salu o,sin;on. improper at the present time to
tl'N . hi eFectual aid to the undertakings,
sam .,sh ,hev are so we'll entitled. They,
.V.,.iore, under these circumstances, submit
w. allowing resolution:
INC $500 'Y, That the state of the public f.
.a..nd resources, and the present en-
l"sssed situation of the country. render 1t
es,,s,s Tor the congress of the U. S. to
a Dssp donation in land or money,at the, pre-
cent time, for the purpose OF etfeclng the OBJ
;.o,s Contemplated in said memorials.
THE The following is Mr. Gallatin's letter to the
chairman Of the committee.
SIR,
have the honor to inclose answers to the
cueries proposed in your letter OF the 2sth
nj and also the copy of a request Oh the same
.,biect made on the 4th of April 1908, in o..
hedience to a resolution OF the Senate OF the
Mof March 1897
have the honor to be,
Very respectfully, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
ALBERT GALLATIN.
Hon. H. NJ. Ridgley,
Chairman of the committee
on several Canals.
Answers 10 the Queries proposed by the COM
mittee to whom were referred the "memo-
rails Of the President and Managers OF the
Union Canal Company OF Pennsylvania,
PRAYING the aid and patronage Of the Gene
raj government, in accomplishing the ex-
tensiye and useful works in which they are
engaged, sc. sc.
Query /. "WilI the state of the finances Of
the u. States admit Of the application of pub
lie monies TO the improvement of the country
by means of canal and inland navigation
Answer The state of the finances OF the
.. States does not at this time permit the APP
pication of public monies to any new objects
Of Improvement. The revenue is ut present
considerably less than the annual pubic ex-
penses.
Query 2. g # the state of the finances will
not adrnit Ct pecuniary aid being afforded by
the government, can any other resources be
applied to these objects, without interfering
with the rational engagements or the public
sSigencies- If SO, am desired to request
that ycu will specify them, and the mode OF
sppiicaaon, SO rs 10 promote, In the most e1-
iectuai manner, these important objects, and
% dltuse the benefits arising therefrom as &C.
hefally as possible among the several states.
Answer. y portion OF the public lands may
os selected, and lis proceeds appropriated to
u'ese objects, without causing amy sensible iii
niihution OF the revenue arising from that
source, and therefore without Interfering with
ulc national engagements and pubic exigen-
. :. 1t Is only necessary for that purpose,
'nat the tracts of land thus selected should be
V''hout the boundaries OF the lard districts al
,'suy established by Law, SO that the annual
o In those districts, and the payments INTO
.'e treasury, which constitute the existing
ia,'a revenue, viii not in any degree be affect
~ 1 Uy the contemplated appropriation.
ne quantity of land set apart for that pur-
is should be sufficient to produce, when
oo'u, sum eOnsI to that which CONGRESS In