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

WhOlt iTOUueT. AuAt we Tan ia ti tire
most advantageous points for securing
these naval deputs, hsrbors Of rendez-
vous, stations, and ports of refuge.
"0n these considerations, Burwsll's
Bay, in James river, and Charlestown,
near Boston, have been especially re-
commended by the commission, as the
most proper sites, for the great naval
arsenals Of the South, and OF the North.
Hampton roads and Boston roads, as
the chief rendezvous, and Narragan-
sett bay, as an Indispensable accessory
to Boston roads.
sit is also, from attentive cousidefa :
lion Of the whole maritime frontier Of
She interior, and of the coastwise navi.
CATION, that Mobile bay on the Gulf of
Mexico, St tiary's IN the Gihesane- !. =
the Delaware, New Yorl; Hsy. Rayard
BAY. New London, Narbledead, Ports.
mouth, Portland, the mouths II The
kennebec and Penobscot, land Mount
Desert bay, have been fixbd upon as
stations and ports of Fefug4: as neces.
sary and essential to our m4rehant yes
sells as to our navy.
"Smitbyille and Beaufort North Car
Dina; Annapolis and Baltihore. Mary
land; New Haven, Connecticut; Salem.
in ! massachusetts,; and Wiscassct, in
Maine, have likewise beeb examined
with attention, with sIeF to secure
them from attack by sea Of land"
lie had stood here eisht|ye ago,
no. indeed alone on the aubiect. but
when il was considered an AZ 81 temer-
lily, to advocate this systei p He had
seen j, gaining ground at every session.
among the American peoT'e, and he
looked forward 10 the day w len the PEG
Pile would reap the full Ibenelit Of
the system.
The forts ii the first class are intend.
ed to deprive the enemy Of the strong
positions where, BY means 81 power
fnl navy. he might establish himself in
our country. Suppose an enemy had
obtained possession of the Chesapeake
mot only would the cotintry he lfsesssst-
in state Of alarm. but all communica.
ton would he cut of. and the greatest
evils would ensue. When. 10 The late
war, the British had possession Of the
Chesapeake, all intercoury was cut off
between the remote parts ri the cnan-
try. and the productions the South
were left To rot in the possession Of its
owners. Suppose he bel taken New
Orleans, aud fortified the entrance into
the Mississippi Thus sentrenched in
vour country. he would have cut off
the produce of the country, and parali
zed her energies. Tie Notifications Of
the next class are designed TO protect
towns of the second class. which are al
ready partially defended, and those Of
the third class to ne commenced when
the other two classes are completed
In the first class are comprised, fort
ST. Philip, Plaquemines, Chef Menteur,
the R,golets, and Bayou Bienvenue,
in louisiana; Old Point Comfort and
the Rip Raps, in Virginia; the Pea
Potch in Pennsylvania; New Utrecht
Point, Tompkiu's Point. and Throg'>
Point. in New-Yofk; Brenton's Point.
Dunpling's Point, Rose Island. and the
Eyke. over Narragansett Passage, in
Rhode Island; Boston Harbor, in Mas
sschusatts, and Portsmouth,, in New
Hampshire. Now, although all the
works in the first class are indispensa
BILE. they are so arranged as that they
may be completed in succession, and
not all at once In this statement, eve-
ry item Of information called for is con-
tained--the expense OF construction -
the number of the garrlson---and the
general aggregate.
Every one Of the works contained iii
this bill is included 10 the first class, re.
commended originally for their imperi-
Gus necessity, with the exception of the
Notifications in North Carolina. These
two srorks got into The bill, not at the
Instance of the committee of Ways and
Means, nor Of the War Department. nor
of the Board OF Engineers. but as tho
act Of Congress. The House had
changedthe plan, asd had orderedthese
work. which were in the second class,
to be placed in the FIRST, and the De-
partment had nothing to do but to car
nv into effect the wishes Of 6ongrass.
He wished to state fact 10 the House.
When the Department was urged to
recommend these works TO Congress,
the Department sent to the Committee,
saying the appropriation was at that
time, not only unnecessary, but that it
would be attended with ineonyeni enee.