Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-03-04
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that amendment al the time | gave that vote,
| would give the same vote again, with the
same information | then possessed. And
here, be it known, by the way, in Justice to
the gentleman from n, York, (Mr c. that
he did notify inc personally in thai lobby |
DO not know that he notified the House One
or two days beforethe Sd Of March, believe
Here MIRO. said he notified the House
the day before, when he Withdrew the reso-
luton Tor contingent preparations for warl
MIR Wise. OF that am not certain but
the gentleman did notify me, personally, per-
haps tie day before It was offered, that he
intended 10 offer that amendment, and asked
II would vote for it, lrepled that, without
reference to state Of war, for peace es-
adjustment alone, | would vote for thrice
three millions, for the purpose of putting
our Navy in respectable trim, and to repair
and complete our Notifications But no one
notified me, no one informed me or the
House. in my hearing, that the President
recommended that additional appropriation,
or that ii was in accordance even with the
views of the Executivel' | had sufficient in
formation of my own, without the views Of
the Executive, TO convince me Of the neces-
slty OF large appropriation for means of ma
tona defence. knew that our Navy and
Notifications were in most lamenable and
dlSgraceful northumberland TO a ma
lion like this dlsgraceful TO the Departments
which have their care and superintendent
knew that Notwithstanding our commerce
floats and needs protection in every sea- not
outstanding the Navy was popular favor
lie, Notwithstanding more than sixty-fye mil
lions had been expended on our Navy since
the last war, we had but one ship Of the line
in commission on the ocean! We have but
one now
| knew tina, several new ships which had
never been 10 service, were rotten aud de-
cayed. ! knew that some were rotten on
the stocks for want of care knew that
the naval architecture which has lately been
introduced by the Board OF Navy commits
sioners was disgrace 10 the arts in this
country. | knew that 10 put crews on board
several Of our sloops OF war. the Warren,
Lexington and Naiohez, for instance, was to
send them to prison-ships That the vessels
could sail fast enough to over,ake any thing
they could whip, and could no, get out Of the
way OF any thing that could whip them.
knew that the projectors were ashamed Of
the experiment | knew that immense sums
OF money had been thrown into mud and
water upon certain waterfalls" knew
that certain grand improvements upon our
guns, reducing their weight from rhatweii
known standard of experience and science,
200 pounds Of metal to the pound of ball
the chimera of medium guns, had ruined, in
a great measure, our naval ordnance
| got the report OF the inspector Of naval
ordnance into The House the very last night
of the session through my friend the Hon.
| VIM. Cos, johnson, " no made the report on
establishing national foundry. The re-
port had been made 10 the Board of Navy
Commissioners for more than twelve months,
and had never been communicated 10 Con-
gress, because, | presume it exposed some
OF the chmeras of the Department and
shows how the sixiy-five millions have in
part been expended. From the rerort |
knew that about $50 of the guns of the Ma
w were unfit for service, and they are now.
many of them, on board your vessels of war.
! The men are afraid of them. knew that
it would take from six 10 twelve months TO
| get our ships and vessels of war in ordinary
afioat Concerning the War Department
knew that scarcely one of the old toTtifca-
lions which were left dilapidaed by the last
war was in state OF repair. Witness the
( facts exposed during the debate that very last
night otthe session in relation to Font Nj Hen
~, near Baltimore, and the works on the Gulf
of Mexico | knew that Notwithstanding
more than twenty-six millions had been ex-
pended on building or rather on commenc-
ing to build Notifications since 1920, not
one scarcely OF our new Qualifications was
completed say commencing TO build"
because the system has not been one of de-
fence, it has been one of electioneering TO
scatter Government patronage Instead of
completing those commenced before others
are begun, as many congressional DISTRICTS
as possible are given taste Of the Treasury
pap and the works begun and incomplete
are left to the necessary injury of delay, and
to the tender mercy of any enemy who may
choose to capture them, Your own forts
are now exactly in the condition either TO be
blown up, or to be turned upon yourselves.
Witness Old Point Comfort and the Rip
Raps knew, sir, that with the most ex-
tended coast Of any people on the face of the
earth on the Gulf on the Atlantic, and on
the Lakes, to be defended, we had not fort
in readiness for any emergency, near or
afar off knew, according to information
from the Ordnance Department, it would
take twenty years at the present rate OF APP
preparation, one hundred thousand dollars
only per annum, or, in other words, a pre-
sent appropriation of two million of dollars,
for armament of Notifications alone knew
we had but three safe foundries in the entire
eastern section of the country. at which ord
aoooa con ha east | lna,u that cos,;no of