Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-14

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~ 49,, !, miph. be separated from This bill,
49,, h. wished 10 give his vote OH II sepe'
ro,elv He thought it ought TO STAND o" us
own Ground. and as it would be passed III the
.,,hsr House. he thought there was 10 necessi'
ty Of inserting il in this bill
Mr.. BENTON said, that it was 10 remove '"''
embarrassment Of which the gentleman ROM
Maine had spoken, that he introduced '"e VI"
which was now before The House OF kePfsc",
,a,;vps As the season was now lar ad|a"e,"
he was anxious ,ha; this appropriation s'ou'u
le made ut once; * if The road to the Capi'a' "
Missouri could not be located, he was anxious
that the road TO GAINESVILLE shouldbe oonpT>
led. anC. although i, was agains: MS Pr'"''
r,ss +, vote for bill composed ofincongruous
materials. in this case he was forced 10 DO u.
MIR. Tazewrll asked whether this proposition
was in order, lie supposed thai OH ."'.
had been acted upon and disposed OF, could MOI
be acted upon again during the same sesf'o"
If the bill had been rejected, It could "o' nave
been brought forward again. He thon9h' Oh,
as much out Of reach uf the Senate wheh II haa
been passed and gone to The other House. as
though it had been rejected. he rose 10 ask
the question whetherit was IN oroer - proPose
! this bill as an amendment.
The Chair said, that the proposition was IN
!
un,n an original bill which had been disposed
Of, and an amendment proposed to another bill.
! The question was then taken on elting
,he Hill in relation TO the Cumberland Road,
alluded to by Mr. Benton, as an amendment TO
the bill under consideration, and the mo-
lion was re;ec leL-ayes 10; noes 81
The bill was then reported TO The Senate, x
having bern amended, on motion OF Mr. Smith,
of MARYLAND, by substituting $500 Tor $500
dollars, for ,hr completion Of a road from De.
,roit to Miami, the amendment adopted yes
terday in Committee Of the Whole. TO restrict
The surveys of Internal Improvements to those
objects already commenced, being PROPOSED
for confirmation
MIR. Kane opposed the amendment a, con-
siderable length, and replied 10 the arguments
of Mr. McLane, Of yesterday. He inquired Oh
the Committee Of Finance how long 1t would
REQUIRE TO finish the works olIeady commenc-
ed, and what amount wosld be required 10 oe-
FRAY the expenses Of those objects!
Mr. Hendricks followed, in opposition to the
amendment, which he looked upon as step
towards the abandonment OIL Inc whoIe sIs'e"
Of Internal Improvements
Mr.. Johnston, Of La. went into an examina>
ton. al great length, Of the surveys already
made under the act Of 1924, and supported The
opinion, formerly expressed by him, that They
, were all works of national character.
Mr.. Smith, Of Md in reply TO the inquiries
of Mr.. Kane, observed that the Committee on
, Finance had no Information as to the amount
of EXPENSE re auired to finish the surveys ai'
ready commented, or the time which their
completion would take From an examination
rfusIo rna should be led 70 III The Is CON- 9lls
$4,000 dollars, after the completion of those
surveys.
: Mr.. Noble spoke, at grea, length, in oppo>
sltlon 10 the amendment, and with great severi.
ty, Of persons who had. changed their course
on this subject, and M intained the partial and
I unjust influence which ariestins the surveys
at This period would have upon The Western
States.
MIR Kane made some furlhe, remarks, and
observed that, il the sopposition Of the gentle
man from Maryland was correct, he was still
more opposed 10 the amendment, as il was not
customary to make appropriations larger than
the object to be effected by them req Tired.
Mr.. Barton explained The grounds on which
he should vote agains, the amendment.
Mr.. Branch said few words.
The question being then taken on the amend
ment, il was decided in the affirmative, by the
following vote:
YEAS --Messrs. Brrrien. Branch Chandler,
Cobb, Dickerson, Ea,on, Ellis, Foot, Haynes,
King, Mckinley, McLsne Macon. Paris,
Ridgely, Rowan, Sanford, Smith, Of S. c. Taze.
well, Tyler, Van Buren,, White, Williams,
Woodbury-24.
NArs.-Mrssrs. Barnard, Barton, Bateman,
Bell, Benton, BouIigny, Chase, Harrison, Hen,
bricks Johnson, Of Ken. Johnston, Of La Kane,
Knight, Marks, Noble, Robbins, Ruggles, Seya
lnour; Sisbee, Smith, Of Md Thomas, Web.
ster, Willey-23.
The Vice President rose, and said, he hoped
it would not be considered assumption in the
Chair to offer an explanation to the Senate Of
the ground on which the casting vote had been
given on this question yesterday. AS the Chair
had understood his motives had been called in
to question, it seemed necessary to explain
them, and 10 show that the Chair had, in CIV
ing that casting vote, abandoned 10 opinions
Formerly entertained. From the beginning, the
Chair had been OF opinion that This system was
subject 10 great difficulties, which light even
'ualIy run it down; that it might be diverted |
from national TO local affects, and that il might |