Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-25
IRON the National IntelIigencerl
TwEN rIETH CONGRESSES SESSION
Tsesdoy, Lnasary p, 1923.

cuaBsRLASD ROAD.

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nor, 10 Z4n -sviue, in Ohio; and 10 cause a
survey 20 b. made of the route Of he same
fro, Zanesyile To the SCAT Of Government in
the STA Of Missoari was taken up.
Nr. Hendricks ms6e brief explanation OF
,h- obisc,s Of This bill. The appropriation, he
remarked, was only TO complete par! of the
road which had already been Ne riy finished
He thought il was not ne cessary 10 explain or
advert TO the principle en- which similar ap-
proDriatiou. bad formerly been made, IS they
were vel known and established.
Mr.. Chandler inquired what amount of the
two per cent on sale, Of public lands had been
appIied 70 the coas,ruc ion Of this road.
Mr.. Ruggles replied TO The inquiry ct the
gentleman from Maine, by rtmarking, thai Ihr
o.r cent. ard much more had already been
exn-u,ied in Ohio. He did Mt. however, con-
slider ,hats questitn which ought to operate on
this bill He had not supposed there con Id be
a.y objection to an appropriation iOI thr COM
pletion Of a work which had been ALREADY mar
liz finished. He wen, al larg- INTO the various
considerations upsn which Congress As bound
20 continue ard finish the wo'k in question.
MIR. Chandler was No, ssiished with the an
<xsr piyeu. He wished 10 know how much
had been received aud expended, that :hry
Nigh, know what to depend upon hereafter.
Mr.. Branch made some r marks II opposi>
zion 20 the gill, aud Io3k he opportunity To
correct \ misrepresentation which ha.i =PTear-
ed N the National in,eil. sencer, OF his re-
ma-ks OF Yesterday, IN Introducing memorl-
al in relation 10 a communication between Al
hsmsrle Sound arc The Atlantic He had been
made 10 say, that The parI OF the country which
hr reprssen,ed. had always been in favor II he
exercise Of is powers By Congress, for tie
purposes Of Internal improvement Every
-ssAileHsns sIsSs 70 DC tAIs,y tsR9stka ard ss
the con. rary, said ina the Pope Of his sia.e
were hostile 20 the exrrtioa of the DIw-
ers OF he Federal Gosernm nj for In
trrnai Improvement Blu, the People said To
him, and he SAID to Congress, that The state Of
North Carolina ought o. have jusiice do Der
and rrcrive he's share # the bench dealt out
b, the Government. NJ member ough' u Sit
quietly and See ,hr interests Us his constituents
neg ected. He then went into some :rmar.s
on 'hr manner in W .ich Proprie,ions had
Been distributed AIMING the al States, and
concluded by some fur, her rrmark, or the mis-
representation in the National Intel iigenc,r Of
his observa IONS Of yesterday, which ne said
we're the reverse Of what he really mad.
Mr. Cobb spoke in opposition 10 the bill and
argued tha, he appropriations for tie Cum
berland Road appr. red TO be endless, even The
repairs of whicn called for immense .1penai-
lures, He inquired why The friends Of he bill
did rot 90 the whole, and establish toli-gares.
and raise thu sums required! As, they had
= the constitutional power to make the rad. woy
did hey not make u.s. Off, TO pay tor its re-
PAIR, He, in aliusion to some estimates in re-
lation to the r-pair Of the road, observed, that
the estimates had always fallen short, and he
belle ved n would be found in this case
Mr.. Harrison replied 10 some remarks |
made by Mir. Branch; and advocated ,he ap |
preparation on he grounds that the Cumb. = !
land Road q great national work, and that
The benefits 70 be derived e. ON il by the Union.
collectively, were far more than equivalent to
the expenditure. |, was oos OF the great links |
by which the countiy was bound together. He |
iionsl Ga, slio0 had been settled f,rmerly, and |
thought 1t but jsst that this appropriation, ,
which vas to com plete an unfinished piece Of
the road, sh uld b. granted.
Mr. Branch made some fufiher remarks in
opposition 10 he general prineipl,, and re.
marked, that he hoped the que sion would he
discussed on its proper grounds-Ihe cons itu-
iionsllty Of such appropriations: aid expires
sed hope that the time would come for stcp
ping the prog e,s OF this tem, Bdots exercise
Of power.
MIR Smith, Of Maryland, supported the ap-
propriatios. observing that he had Deter heard
that Congress took upon itself the right Of
making internal imptovemepts, or had aided
any project not authorized aud desncd by the
States themselves. The Cumberland Road
was great ma lonsl work, and would in wsr
be of vas, impor, ance, As to the two per cent.
upon sales Of public lands, he thought Congress,
BY its frequent donations Of land % Individuals;
wa, going on to diminish hi, fund. He alluded
TO the various works in aid OF which Congress
had voted money. and observed that tue Sena-
tor, from Virginia had ,oted & spoken against
the appropriation for the Disnai Swamp Ca.
nal, although il was beneficial TO ths, State
As 10 the plaa mentioned ~ Inc gentleman
from Norta Car Dina, 20 connect Albemarle
,ou.d With the Atlantic, he shoald ehessiully