Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-06-12
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL. upr
ING,
THURSDAY, JUNE 10.

THURSDAY, JUNE 10.
MIR. Washington, the Chairman, took ths ,t,.
about IL O'Clock. 'Aap
MIR. Lee, of Alexandria, submitted the fall.
ing resolution, which was agreed to. "'
RESOLVED, That a committee of ,hroo
pointed. to report to The next General Mesh
Stockholders, rules tor the government Of the
liberatiOns of said meeting. ~s'
And Mr.. Lee, of Alexandria. Mir. ,yy.,oa
Mr.. Thompson F. Mason, were spro;n,~i @G
such committee.
Mr.. I. Munroe, from the General COMMIT,
made the following report, in part: "'s''
ResolOed. That it be respectfully recomn
ed to the General Meeting of the Comr,-r
now in session, to refer the considera;ion r. =.
resolutions appended to the annual report If u, VIZ
President and Directors. to the next orno,''
meeting of the Company. '"'
Mr.. Mercer expressed his willingness to,cou;
esce in the resolution; at the same time he \.
cinctly stated the grounds on which the resout;o.,
appended to the report had been adopted.
Mr.. X. s. Core then stated what were a.
views which influenced the General Comm;,.a.
to suggest the resolution now reported.
The resolution was then. after a brief d;scr,
sion. agreed to.
The meeting then adjourned till u O'Clock IN
Saturday.-Nat. Int.
~-es2ee3s-
Chesapeake and Odio Canal ComDnou-Inu
ticing on Wednesday he attempt of Nr. Serrs
tary ingham to prevent the reelection Of the
President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company. we expressed our regret that poi,ic,I
feelings should be permitted to mingle with such
an election. II is proper for US TO state that opr
structures were designed exclusively for Mr.. Inc.
ham and his prompters, and that we had no dc.
sign to impeach the motives Of Commodore Rod.
gers, who was nominated by Mr.. /. to the Office
of President of the Company. The motive. #
the gallant Commodore are. on every occasion.
above suspicion: and in regard to this p~ar,ilulf
matter, we have the best authority for believing
that previously to the meeting Mr.. lngtam stated
to him that he, Mr.. |. would not be governed
by political considerations. but that III makinghi s
nominations he should he influenced solely hy
what he considered the true interests of the Ca.
nal. Believing these assurances, Commodore
Rodgers is not, of course, liable to any imputa.
ton in conserving to the Secretary's suggestion
of nominating him TO the Presidency of the Com
pahN;-d suSSesuou, however, lr WHICH Vdl
parsonage had his Oun reasons. But as We, Oh
the other hand, do not believe one title Of those
assurances, and do believe that reasons very dt
ferent from solicitude for the success Of the Ca
nal lie at the bottom of the zeal of Administri
ton to displace the present officers, we must con
tinue to consider Mr.. Secretary Ingham's cours,
as having originated in the motives to which ",
have already ascribed it. Something stronse
than MIR. Ingham's declarations is necessary Il
shake this opinion; for since his memorable ma
neuure in the House Of Representatives on thu
subject of Mr.. Adams's accounts, we are alway
disguised to adopt in regard to Mr.. Ingham, tn
caution which DR.. Johnson found it necessary t
practise about Macpherson-namely, to beliey
rather what he shall prone than what he shall sag
(Naf. Journal Of Friday.