Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-02-26

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(Mr Yancey) who had expressed and felt SO strong
sympathy for the poor man who earned his bread By
the sweat OF hls brow, would mako speech sgainsi
ITS passage.
He contendrd that the people of the west were L,
Justly entitled tn money 10 cnab them TO clear OIL,
their rivers as those the atlantic seaboufd Every
breeze that wahed from the west brought along with
1t the veal of the west To rich the whole
frontier, and remained hero yer 10 return There
isa Constant dram On tho industry of the western
country There is no part Of tns country that con-
tributes more to The support of the government, or
that mas done more To maintain ITS hon or and to &C.
cure ITS permanent Independence and he hoped
sense nj Justice would secure the passage Of the bill
hr hittlescy, IN reply to The observations of Mr.
larson, respecting the proof of sandbars existing,
snd the necessity of their removal. stated that
veys were made. referred the Engineers Depart.
mcnt, and thence to the Committee on Commerce
II was impossible from the very nr urc Of tho case
IN consequences of the continual shifting of the sand
shoals and bars 10 make estimate of the
pense Alter referring 10 the immense amount OF
commerce on Lake Erie. and the difficulties and OBJ
structoas to Is from sand BATE he observed that be
cause that lake fresh water, there was no rea.
son why 1t should not be improved well as If s
waters were salt MIR w. proceeded 10 contend ha,
although the West was separated from the east by
range OF moun,niRsyc not@uhsa nding that, il was
equally entitled TO the protection of the government,
anu It's AID IN the improvements of the navireton Of
rs rivers and the removal of impelments OF it's har-
boTs.
t Mr. Sill had ched the progress of the commerce
of this country for several years past He entered
into history oil the commerce of Lake Erie <Thouph
there way not natural harbor on that lake &, TO
anord protection from storm, yet 1t was no, until
1874 that an appropriation was obtained 10 improve
single harbor on that lake. He commended hat if
appropriations were to be made for such Directs in
consideration of the general utility that the princ-
pie would Justify those under consideration. He
stated several facts showing the general import
oil these Objects of the commerce of the likes Since
pyin cd nj IL
struo,ions to the navigation Of rivers, and opened
harbors on their likes insuranc had fallen SO per
cent; and showed that the commerce had, since that
period, increased with unexamped rapiii,y lie did
nat inquire where improvement was to be made;
whether at New York, mouth of Delaware oil the
chesapeake Bay, any other point Of the atlantic
frontier IT was enough for him to know that they
were of general Importance, and couseouently ma
tional; was SO with these rivers embraced IN the
bill: they were ofgeneral Importance, and entitled to
the support of the House He aud ed to the action
IN La Ike Erie during the late under Com Perry
Il was only by miracle that he and his fleet was ga
we'd from falling prey to the British forces; and this
Perous situation resulted from the bar at the mouth
OF the harbor IN which his feet lay, which prevented
him, without throwing overheard all his munitions of
war, from escaping from or attacking the British
/ Mr. McDuffie said the bill the ordinary appro.
priatlon bill for the harbors and ne exhoted gentle
men who were friendly to It's object, to endaneer
its passage by making long speeches.
| Messrs Carson and Irwin, Of Ohio made o few
remarks; after which
! Mr. Rencher made motion for the reading of the
bill and amendments, which carried.
| Mr. Drayton stated that there were some items in
the bill so Objectionable in principle that he should
be compelled to vote against it.
! The yeas and nays were then taken on the cues
tion OF the engrossment of the bill.
| fEAs-Messrs. Anderson, Armstrong, Bailey,
Noyes Barber, Barringer, Bates, Baylor, Bockee.
Boon, Broadhead, Brown Buchanan, Burgess, Ca
! hoon, Cambreleng, Chandler, Chiffon, Clark Con.
Dict, Cooper, Cowies, Crane, Crawford, Crockett,
Creighton, John lis, Deberry Denny, Doddridge
Dorsey, Duncan. Eager, Ellsworth, George Evans,
Joshua Evans, Edward Everett, Horace Everett,
Findlsy, Finch, FoId Forward, Gilmore Halsey
Harvey. HawkiLs Hcmphill. Kinds, Holland How
ard, Hughes, Hunt Huntington, Ihre, Irwin Irwin
Jarvis, Johns I'd NJ. Johnson, Kendall, KlncaId,
Perkins KING, Leayitt. Lccomp'e, Lciper, Lent
Letchcr, Mari, Madndae, McDufie, McInfire.
Mercer, Miller. Mitchell, Muhlenburg, Over,on,
Pearce, Pett's. PIerson, Reed, R"achcr. Russell,
| Sanford, VIM. r. Shepard, A. II. Sheppsrd Shields
Semmes. Sill, Smith Spelght, Ambrose Spencer,
Richard Spencer, Sterelgere, Henry r Storrs WIN.
! l.. Storrs Strong, Sutherland, Swami, Swift Tay-
lor Test, John Thomson, Tracy. Vance, Varnuin,
Ve'Panck, Vlnton, Washington, Whittlesey, Ed
! ward ID. White, WicklIifc, Wilson, Yancey and
! Young-I13.
! NArs-Messrs Alexander. Allen, Aston, AnreI,
Barnwe James Blair, John Blair, Bouldon, Camp-
bell, Carson, Claiborne. Clay. Crocheron, Daven-
port, Warren X. DAVIS, Desha. Drayton, EarlI Fus-
ter, Gather, Gordon, Hall, Hiynes, Hoffman Jen,
ninss, Cave Johnson. Lamar, Lea, Lewis Loyall.
Lumpkn, Mugce, Mccoy, Nuckolls. Patton, Polk
Poitet, Roanr, Standefer, Trezvapt, Tucker Wayne,
CUmp. P. White, Wilde and Wllliams-45.
20 tho bill was ordered to be engrosscd for third
reading 10 morrow.
| FORTIFlCATIONS
The bill making appropriations for Notifications for
1881, was also ordered to be engrcsscd Tor third
rs,dlng
/ Mr. Whiltcsey submitted the fcilnwng resolutions:
4. Resolved, That tho Secretary Of the Navy he d.
rectnd 10 transmit TO this House all the Dapes in his
Department, IN any manner relating 10 the capture
and detention of several negroes board Of tho vcs
! sells Constitution, Louisa, and Manino.
! The resolution agreed 10.
l.. Mr. Clay obtained tho unanimous consent Of the
House TO present th. memorial Of George Mason, of
Madison county, Alabama, praying special relief rs
the holder Of certificate Of further credit for tract
or land therein named; which was referred TO the
COMMITTEE on the Public ands.
The House then adj urned.
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