Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-14

class 10 -, incomplete. In order to form n Judo
meat as TO which works ought first TO he com.
menced, 1t was desirable ard necessary TO hsve a
complete list oil all the works intended. No such
last is before the House
Another object OF The call was 10 obtain lis:
OF III the Notifications which had been erected IN
to the present time. He asked for this. because
from information which he had received. there
was reason to do more than suspect that some
works had crept in among those of the first class
which had not been reported s such by the Enei.
neers His object was, to shew IL e necessity O,
caution, and TO prevent the recurrence of any such
irregularity in future. This was not before IN.
House part of it, il was true, might, with
great labor, be collected from the documents, but
very imperfect list could thus be formed.
farther object he had IN view, by his resolu-
ZION, was, TO obtain list of works completed be-
lore thereport of the Engineers was adopted. BY
that report some of these works ere to be retained
others 10 be abandened; and it was necessary TO
know which, in order tina, money might not be
wasted IN repairs on FORTS which were to be given
up useless.
The last object was an estimate ofthe cost of
all the works which have been erected, and o. all
those which are TO be. This of course, is no, be.
iofe me House, for no complete list has yet been
gwen, OF what works are mtended to be built,
From this briei review, it would be seen that the
inquiry he had proposed, was not an idle call for
""a' we mao already. Not single object of all
those he had asked for, within reach of this
House, and in his view they all had an in.portan,
bearing on the subject of the bill
1t was due To his character, and to that estimate
oil /, which he thought gentlemen were in fairness
bound TO make. that he should explain the motive
hlch had led him to introduce the resolution.
Several gentlemen had broadly insinuated tia,
ne had been induced to offer il because he wan ed
to- obtain Notifications FOR Savannah I, was.
unhappiy, but too true, that Savannah, once the
thru commercial port on our coast. and NOW In
order The NTH in country, had been greatly ne
elected, and left so deienceie s. that the laws oI
The Union had been openly violated in its harbo,
without the means of preventing IL: but gentlemen
dld HIM great injustice if they supposed that be had
INDUCED any private or local vie, in treating OF
me general interests of tn country If i, should
appear that other points in greater need of de
tece, he said, most cheerGully let Savannah !. al,
Tor her turn And, in fact he had last session Oh.
posed an appropriation which hid for it's Object The
building tort at that place; because he though;
ual' IL erected as proposed, it would be of no more
uu!Ity' than II placed on the top of the Alleghan,
mountains 1t was only justice TO hims elf to sa
mat IN Judging OF public and general interests lie
never permitted himself 10 be Influenced by any
other than general considerations. He was sorry
thatan gentleman should have Judge him so la, sb
iy; and he regretted it particularly in rel ton TO
| gentleman from Massachusetts,, (Air D,isbN
| who commonly sat near him; but he could assur.
gentlemen they had done him injustice, if thew sur,
posed 1t was Savannah, and not his country tba,
he bad in view.
Thebil was then PASSED, and sent to the Sc
| nate.
And then the House adjourned