Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-11-21
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gOm IA. Richmond Enquirer. Not. Is
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Further Proceedings.
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made. and agreed to unanimously.
tI,f the Address Of the President, at
,bc commencement of the session of
In, Boa.d, be spread on the Journal.
The Goycrnor's address VAS as fol-
lows:
:. GESrLEMEN-This being the
first annual meeting since | have had
the honor of being placed in the high
Is responsible situation which the law
has assigned me at this Board. l will
ask your indulgence whilst make
the declaration that it shall be my
unceasing endeayour to manifest an
nnpartiality aud disinterestedness
which will satisfactorily erince that |
shall always be governed by a due
and deliberate regard to the indiyidn-
al feelings Or-this Board. whilst shall
advance with an undertaking eye and
steady step, to what ] conceive to be
the most important and essential
interests Of the whole State.
Were not convinced that all the
members composing this Board had
devoted much reflection upon the i'm
portant subject of the ihterualimprove-
mcnt OF the State, and particularly the
sections of it which they represent, |
should have d'cmcd it my duty to
have made al elToIt to have briefly
presented to their view. such prOmi-
pent subjects as might have deemed
most worthy their consideration. But
when see around me those who |
Know to be well qualified for the dis
charge of their Sluty, and amongst
them the very persons, 10 whose zeal
a6d devOtion the institution is in a
great degree indebted for its existence,
sho.li be very ignorant of myself.
and very arrogant, were to attempt
To prescribe subjects, o. direct their
deliberations.
"No Important institution can be
brought completely into operation
without cuCoantering the delays and
difficulties consequent upon q state OF
incipienCy. By those who do not
witness every unavoidable Cmbarrass-
meut which necessarily retards, there
is rarely that liberal allowance made
which is justly dIe. II. is with regret
that [ have seen an impotence in ere-
~ section OF the state, which could
not be sratihed. VILE I have pro-
perry appreciated the motive, | cam
not help fearing that it viii beget an
unfriendly spirit. which may endan-
ger the foundation oil the institution,
and destroy the best efforts and fair!
est prospects for the Internal improve
ment Of the State, that have been DC
yiscd since tue establishment Of the
government. Yet | can never cease
TO cherish, with the Condest anticipa-
ton, the day when this great project
shall be matdied. For. whether it IS
considered as involving individual
benefits, by promoting wealth and
Industry, or whether it IS regarded in
spOlitical point of view, as strength
enms the ties oil fraternity between
the eastern and western sections OF
the state, BY direct intimacy which
always goes TO suONersion of narrow
prsludices, and by the additional IL
nion OF an inseparable interest /: or,
indeed, whether us touching the great
character Of the State, it is equally
Tie SubieC. ofmy deepest concern anti
most anxious sol:citudc. Permit me
therefore to reiterate my assurances,
that in every step towards the pro-
notion OF so important an object both
to the people and the State, it will al
ways give sincere pleasure to afford
ny most cordial corporation"
4 resolution was adopted in in
s'ruc,iuS the Public Engineers to
survey route fur a canal from Rich
mOGd To the route Of the contemplated
canal, connecting the waters nf the
Roanoke and Appomattox rivers, so
astO meet that route at the most con-
'eulcnt and eligible point provided
prO'ision shall previously have been
Hade for defraying the expenses, &C
CorGmS to an Act creating a, fund Tor
Internal Improvement.
SundIy documents on the subject OF
the Navigation Of the Rappahannock
river and its branches. were referred
'OaCommittee Of three to report their
Cplniun tbereupan.