Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-03-01


he should have the appointment OF the
Commissioners, and their assistants. He
would find on the very spot, men who
have often travelled through the said
wilderness, and are acquainted with all
the Indian trails, which intersect it, and
who, for one dollar day would do the
work better than gentlemen appointed by
the President, who might be tempted to
spin out the time to increase their pay,
at three dollars per day. | trust, there
fore, that the honorable gentlemen OF this
House will pass the bill in its present
shape, without any other amendment but
the following. that is, to fill the blank in
the Sd section with the sum OF fifteen
hundred dollars.
After short explanation by Mr., Hen
ry, OF Kentucky, to satisfy the House,
that a proper attention had been paid TO
the subject by the Committee on Roads
and Canals, before they reported the bill
at the last session; Mr.. Cook, OF Hi
pois, moved to fill the blank with $4,000,
il stead of $500, which was agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. ComfbeH OF Ohio,
an additional section 10 the bill was ad
ded, viz:
" .9nd be il further enacted, That the
Governor for the time being, so soon as
the lands shall be surveyed, and the road
located, under the direction OF this act,
shall designate the sections which are
hereby appropriated, and report the
same to the Secretary OF the Treasury
February |.
Mr.. Cook, from select committee
appointed on that subject, reported a bill
to grant cerain quantity OF land to the
State of Illinois, for The purpose OF aid
ing in opening Canal &c connect the
waters of the Illinois river and those OF
Lake Michigan; which was twice read
and committed.
February q
ArpEAL BY THE SPEAKER TO THE HOUSE
The Sheaker (Mr. Clay) rose from
his place, AUD reques I'd the Indulgence
of the House Tor few MON ens, Wills
he asked its attention to subject, IN
which be felt himself deeply concerned
A note had appeared his morning, in
the National lnIellisencer, under The
name, and with the authority as he pre-
sumed, oil member of this douse from
Pennsylvania, (Mr Kremer) which
adopted, as his own. previous letter,
published in another print, containing Sc
rious and injurious imputations against
him, and which the author avowed his
readiness 10 substantiate by proof. These
charges implicated his conduct, i'll re-
gard to the pending Presidential cleo
ton; and the espectability ofthe station
which the member holds, who thus open
ly prefers them, and that of the people
whom he represents, entitled Them to
grave attention. II might be, indeed,
worthy OF consideration, whether the
character and dignity of the House itself
did not require full investigation of
them, ard an impartial decision on their
truth. For, if they were true, il he were
capable, and base enough, to be,ray the
solemn trust which the Constitution had
conhded to him if yielding to personal
views and considerations, he could com
promit the highest interests of his ooun
try, the House would be scanda!,zed by
his continuing to occupy the chair witt
which he had been so long honored In
presiding at its deliberations, and he me-
rited instantaneous expulsion. Without,
however, presuming TO indicate what the
House might conceive it ought to do,
on account of its own purity and honor,
he hoped that he should be allowed re
specially to solicit, in behalf of himself,
an inquiry into the truth Of the charges
10 which he referred. Standing in he
re- ations to the House, which both the
member from Pennsylvania and himself
did, it appeared TO hin that here was the
proper place to institute The inquiry, III
order that, If guilty, here the proper
punishment might be applied, and, il in
nocent, that here his character and con
duct may be vindicated. He snxionsly
hoped, therefore, that The House would
be pleased TO direct an inves isation to be
made into the truth of the charges
Emansting from the source which they
did, this was the only notice which be
could take of them. II the House should
think proper to raise Committee, he
trusted that some other than the ordina-
~ mode pursued by the practice and
rules OF the House would be adopted to
appoint the Committee.
The Sneaker having concluded his
observations, and called Mr.. Taylor TO
the Chair, in his place
Mr.. FORSYTH, of Ga. rose, and said, he