Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-02-09

NOTIFICATIONS

On motion OF Mf. -HLdne, oil Della
ware, Chairman of the Committee of
Ways and Means) the House then went
into committee of the whole, slr. Con-
dict, of New Jersey. in the chair, on the
bill making appropriation for certain
Foriifications of the United States for
the year 1876.
Fortress Monroe being in the list Of
those Notifications, Mr.. Floyd, of Virgi-
MIA, moved that the wotd "Powhattan, !"
should be substituted for word Mcnroe.
MIR n'Lane, of Delaware, opposed this
motion. NJ. Dwight, of Massachusetts,
argued in favour of the bill al some
length, and dr. .H'Lane pursued the
same course, shelving the propriety OF
the present demands from the history Of
all that had been done in Congress on
the subject Of the Notifications. hr.
Forsyth rejoined, denying that The
House was possessed of sufficient infor-
natios. He complained that only four
thousand dollars had been expe nded Cor
terrifying Georgia, while for the good
city of Boston," about million of dol
lars was to be expended "No." he ex-
claimed, ''the military resources of the
government are employed in my state
to repress the execution OF its laws; it
is by measures of this character alone.
that we know any thing Of the military
protection fthe General Government
Mr. Cook, Mr.. Whippie, Ar. pearce.
successfully took the fonr in defence
OF the bill; which however, had then
to Withstand another vigorous sally by
Dir. Floyd, Mr. Mitchell, OF Tennessee,
and Mr. stewart of Pennsylvania, Ell
tered the lists against the bill. and were
encountered by Mr. M'Dulie, of South
Carolina. who at length turned thus up
on Gen Cooke, of tennessee.
Does the gentleman from Tennes
ser give you any estimator Has he
been on the ground' Has he enqured
the price Of iabour? Has he mace his
calcuIations1 In word. sir, does he
know any thing about the matter3 And.
without any knowledge whatever of the
subject q say this without disrespecD
he moves to ill the blank with one sum
instead of another But why does he
fix On $4,000 doIlars2 WAY does ne
not propose straightforward: why not
sixty? The only question is, does the
sum proposed in the bill, exceed the ca
pacity of your finances? Sir, The com
mittee of WAYS and Means have made
J careful calculation, and they are pre-
pared to tell you that. since the close Of
the late war, we have paid one hundred
millions of our national debt, and near
Iy the whole of what was then contract
ed. Yet the gentleman tells you there
is no intention to pay the public debt
Sir, can the gentleman be serious, is it
possible he can be serious in supposing
/ that BY all bis miserable savings. he can
contribute to paw the national debts--
| Sir. the whole amount of these misera
BILE savings of his. would not nav thou
sandth part of that debt Sir, have
observed the course Of that gentleman
for some years; he proposes no import
ant public measure which goes to the
payment of this debt, and. supposing
that every motion be has ever mace. for
all These miserable SAVINGS. which he is
proposing to us so often. had fully sue
ceeded, what would they have amounted
tot, Not. sir, to TIE amount Of e1pease
that they have consumed in debate. sir
this is the miserable fruit of saving with
out knowledge.
On Tonday, the sOth, the subject was
again called up-when, Mr.. M'Lane
addressed the Chair. He said it was
with extreme reluctance that he rose
again to address the house on this sub
iect. The gentleman from Tennessee
had discovered the gorgon's head; he
had found out that the Notifications. in
stead of being intended to keep our foes
from our coast. were intended to be
used against our own citizens. Another
gentleman had discovered that the ferti-
fications had been placed in improper
situations; another. that the expendi-
ture was useless which were made on
these modes of defence; and thus il
was made apparent to him, that tie
whole system was to be assailsf u this
was the real intention Of genHenen--ii
the Committee of Ways and Means
were to fight the battle, 1t was as well
to fight il now, as next week. when at
tempts would again be made to embar-
raSs the bill.
The gentleman from Pennsylvania,
had argued that the system of fortiGca-
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