Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-02-20
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The Senate we're occupied In discussing the report Of the
Committee appointed 10 ieyse the ~ (. Of The Senate.
In tie House, on molten Of Mr. M'Dunie III. House resciv-
I'd itself into a Committee Of Tie v hole and took up The bill
maLi ing arp opfisiions ior nierial Improvements. The dhcussion
of vh,tho eupicd the day, and Wa not %eompleted when the
Comm Iiee iOe.
Al,r III, passage 81 some small appropriation, Mr.. Martin Of
S. e. lose and onqniiod Il he than men 81 ihe { on mil'ce VI
Was and Means, Whether The atm Of $4,000, Which he had
mo, ed fu deiiat ag tie e, p,ne incid'nisi 10 making tSs mi
na.ion, aud surveys, under the act Of 3Nh Of April, 1924,
was intended to pay Tor surveys already ordered, OF those yet
future.
Mr. M'Dude reolied that there might possibly lie some small
ari rafs iom, the last year, but he und cIstCod The greater part VI
II to 10. fr future surveys.
NJ. M'Co! said, 4 at, as he Pre'umed, Of course, that the e-
eculi,e coulJ not oder u l,ey.i 10 exceed the sum appi"pris-
ted ~ Law, the whole Of Ibis sum must lie for those NO, yet
Mr. Dv igt stated this 10 he the fact. There wa, a small
lelircc Of S45 left Gom last year. The estimate # The Sec
con inhtt, Of WAY. and Mean; had i,duo.d hi. sum 10 aoCOO
in con CRAFTY "Hh he ANNUAL appropriation assigned TO this OBJ
Jtct Tor some YEAS asst.
'uppmt,d Iii mot"n n a hot 81 ,ech. lie declined entering
n on a ditusion Of tie Constitutional qge,ion, as 10 the
lul opposed il or The uopsd o. i. iuespcirere,. A ike sun
hl nov te n err 'prn'ed IT. many ,tni'' aud 70 ie" he'nl
a%o . !" Q 'a s''ias'e oi ) I r@";i lie s d. ".ri I iSsit e. W. .;
w%E. lad I'n .sco" i EEeedd, md ilc C. wa" /" pciTir s'i to- ,bs%
4 he Lrsr suns eNr ,nded nj maps and plat, Nj. 81. dwrlt
wHh ca phase upon tie dvi cd aud dismissed ,iaie IF The
co"9'y. .Iho'' "e .cd IN Manniac'n', complained, and
Agiicuhu.tis we're III w.1.etG. lie insisted lhi tLt. "a, nnf
a roper time % ,'p,nd 10000 a ,.st on plan, and estimates.
II the O." enn',rl had adopted any ling Ike a general .yI-
tom of pfa en-, he c ui mue willingly submit 10 such An ;,-
pen.i ue. He disa.owed al s., ciiorsi i.eing N hi. matter.
bat - e Ting was ccrisin-- not M Engineer had made h, NJ,
pea ance in The STATE from viIh he came.
NJ. y. i. IA hour SUPP lied TIE motion TO ,'iike out. lie
declined e''ciiny on The constitutional question, having gore in
&" It At large on io'm'r occasions. lie diverted to The ,uhjee,
no., only To declare that no Grange had taken pIace in HI,
'p'"'"n' on 'h"i p"'nl' lie ie.isied tie appropriation "n the
ground of ehf 'dituty. ANTI ipaGng he time 0ilrly soon 10 ar
when he ten ml ions nov set apart asa sinking fund, Would lie
At liberty 10 he AZ piled to he o e I of ,nieital ,mpro.m.rt,.
lie insisted that IT, ,cmPlo. men by the General Government
" I'D un'ettle the balance Of tie Con tiluiiun, and de.tro, the
'alriaty equilibrium between The GencIa. and State Go,e,n.
NJ Buchanan expre, ed hi. dissent from the opinioo. ,v.v-
cd BY the two gentlemen who had preceded Linn. The truo
quc'tion ought to he distinctly stated. The act If 1894 SANG
toned The policy, not of immediate, ~ enter in uro :, L. nr
internl inn row, ment, but OF pr repairing for il, by obtaining M.
vty' p'an' and estimate, in relation TO the various road, and
ca,als that wee required throughout the country. The .um Of
sooNOo bad Eeen appi' piiated. not for a single year, hut for A
specific purpose, which Pufose had not yet h.n accom-
iional question, which had ahead, been ally and fuiiy discus
'ed. and which he considered as defnhol, settled. Tbe Gen
e,s' E"'e,nment entered no state, even to maze survey. With
danger of State rights! lie would 90 on and col.,e ct all he TO-
%Pogr1Phieal inform a'icn possible. Then it would be easier to
de,ide how the surplus should he applied when that harry
millrninm TO which the gentleman from Virginia had aI!uder.I.
! me Union was to be fe'peiuaicd. ii would lie by providing
solution, he 50 deeply sihoued Tie idea, that he ,ould almo.t
consent I" make 1t death even 10 speak Of SUI h a thing. Re-
i,enchmeni might be popular, hut he would never consent Tor
me 'ahe OF any petty saving, TO crush the unfolding energies Of
this growing emFne OF nip Them in the bud. He req cited the
S,neral pressure of which The gentleman from South Carolina
mir Ma'ihl had spoken rs much rs he could do, lut he
thought the present plan one al III. best ways to remove il. A,
TO the neglect of that genilemans State, he believed sbe had
bar virginia, or any Of the Southern States, from the full pro-
portion of these h,nefis. or he three important work, vhch
had been undertaken they had hal nj least their proportion.
He referred TO the Che, pessc and Delaware Cana, he Ohio
Canal and the Dismal Swamp Canal. The last Of thee wa,
NV enjoyed by Virginia; ii had not been forced upon her
hut she had received ii, as he hoped, with gratitude. The in
tcrest' of the Southern State, were preciou. 10 ,he North, he
cause they were identified with their own. A, TO patronage.
he believed the great fountain oft was 10 he found in iIi,
House. He believed the Repre.entati,e, here were most al.
ways 'onsuilcd. lie could say, for one, lat he had Obtained
for his constituents The, full share.
Mr.. i. then referred 10 he employment of,be United STATE.
Engineer, IN de'i'ing the plan for the Haltin ore rail road,
and passed many eomnendation' on their assiduiy and skill.
NJ. Hamilton opposed he amendment N a short speech.
Mr.. Mercer replied 10 MIR. Hamilton aud wa. followed bv
Mr. S. Wood, ofNew-York in favour Of tie amendment.
Mr.. Stewart regretted lie course Of the debate. lie thought
it gre ally preferable TO keep The engineers employed in active
duty ihan to leave them in camp or garrison. The information
hey had already accumulated was worth much more han il
nad cost These surveys were originally proposed only as pre-
liminary ioa great and general system. They had prospective
reference TO the period now niarly at hand when la &c sums
absorbed by the sinking fund.
MIR, Kremer would not have spoken, hut 10 explain the rea-
son why, after having always voted for this apr oiriaion here
tofoie he should now oppose il. lie had atteniiy.ly observed
the course OF these surveys, ever since 1924, and lad become
convinced mat they accomplished no good purpose, and he did
posses the WAYS and means 10 carry the projo 4, into exec ution.
|" The meanwhile, The Government sent il. engineer, into eve
y i"' w Wv o""'i 'N'NWg 'e nupcs oI Wc people. I'm
yes! YOU shall have a road You shall have a canal! This is the
very .hc for it," But The Government had no means TO fulfil
IT. promises, aud was borrowing money to pay is debts. Gem
ilcmen need not be alarmed about finding cut WAYS 10 srend
our surplus funds. Let us once get the surplus, AID there will
he no want Of projects. If,Iey had more money than they
could pend, LEI hem take some o the burden, 81 the back, of
the People. What would he thought Of a man who employed
a greet man, architect. to draw pin, for him, bu, had nc mon,
c, Whc,cwiih o build?
II was now near -four o'cinck, when
MI: lia,ne; moved tat the Committee rise. The motion
prevailed, and the committee rose AID reported progress.
lNhereupon
The House adj ,urned.