Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-05-03

of blood aud treasure that would result from nun,c
the event OF with Of the great maritime
Powcs OF Europe II seems TINT without FORTS il would
be necessary ia order TO defend New Orleans Norfolk,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Naraganset
bay (only six places) to maintain ca 600 encamp
ed aud under arms and 90 900 ready march with
IN call according to the estimate made, these 81 goo
would cost IN campaign of six months, millions
hundred and tjfy thousand dollars, more than
enough to construct the Notifications necessary for the
above places since the necessary &c construct
works at the above places was according TO the report
OF lS2l only little eleven millions Of dollars
" ny these means, says the report above mentioned,
720 regulars, and II OCO militia either in the forts
or IN small corps, upon advantageous POSITIONS would
suffice after the erection of these works. and should
have only 23,72O To pay and support instead of
C7 600 The difference Isl Jog OO0 being about equal
To the estimated expense of the orts il follows that the
cost OF their erection will be compensated by the saving
they make IN single campaign of six months" Do
not such facts and such plead cloquenty
in favor of the plan of literally extending Of
iortihcations:
word more sir about this alleged injustice to the
South In order 10 determine whether there is any
dalton for the charge in regard 10 ortcatons pro-
per 10 inquire where your forts have been located:
mean those which have been constructed according to
the tables TO which have referred From these tables
furnished by the Chief Engineer it appears that of the
eleven forts finished, two the afbor of New York
and the other nine in the Southern States that for
Notifications that have been Finished there has been ex-
pended Tor those located in the Southern the
midable of 275 1893 dollars aud for the two in
New York harbor, and being the only in the North
States in the list indicating those finished the sum
der construction, in the Southern, and six in
the Northern States Upon those located in the South
ern States, there has already been expended the sum
OF sO1 }14 dollars Upon those in the Northern States
l,45l 4U5 dollars.
have not sir, instituted these comparisons from any
disposition 10 md fault WIN what
SIR 1T the Southern seaboard had required for6cations
it doubtless did, it is right that your forts were To-
Gated there But is il not surprising that honorable
gentleman from South Carolina, (Mr. Thompson in
the ingenious and eloquent speech with which he favor
cd u.s. should have overlooked this marked bealily of
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the Southern section of the Union The remarks of
the honorable gentleman were, doubt, the offspring
of and patriotic intention and of affection for that
Union, which all should regard the certain
national and individual prosperity; but what effects do
arguments like that addressed by the honorable gen.
uenan from South Carolina naturally produce Sir,
they can only to render the Southern people
DISCONTINUED with their political condition and
impress them with the belief thai this national Govern
ment is, to them, curse rather than n blessing.
The South, the 9 magnaaimons' South; The for
0earing the prosperous South, which has been repre-
sented to US the great oeii-spring" from which
almost all national treasure flows the ne0Iecfed''
South has been the subject of eulogy
by the honorable gentleman from South Carolina (Mr
Ihompson) inferred from the gentleman 8 details of
expenditure at the South, that the " Od Dominion
was not intended 10 be embraced by his designation of
she SOUTH suppose that since the passape of her
exPunging resolutions, her geographical position has
been changed, and that no relationship is acknow-
lodged by the sovereign State of South Carolina Sir
would not attempt to abate det any of the
honor and glory that legitimatey belong the South
She IL proud, chvalrous, and animated by lofty
hcr fu
quota OF good and great men 10 bless and adorn the
nation; but let not gentomeD in justice their own
understandings, imagine that all the patriotism, all
the chvalry, all the wealth, all the enterprise and
all the means of producing national revenue are mono
poized by any particular section of this country If tho
North is not loud here, in the trumpeiinr OF her
own Tame or the annuncaton of her wealth. her resour
ces and her improvements, let gentlemen suppose
that she is therefore less the fair subject praise If
her this floor have been taught that there is
State egotism well dividual egosm and that
the is about obnoxious the lovers of correct
taste us the other, gentlemen may, perhaps, in
measure be able TO account for the inireQuency with
which the praises of the North here echoed If we
too have our ioeuSpTingS,' content 10 enjoy
them, without parading them to the world IT, sir we
the first to embark in and accomplish works OF en-
terprze which do honor only the nation but TO the
age in which we live, consider part Of duty 10
sing our own hosannas here IT, in every part of n York
and New England, could boast a system of common
schools, of elementary instruction, which npars
cation 10 the poorest and the humbes and fits them for
free government if, there could behold everywhere
the evidences of prosperity in the excellence Of roads
the neatness OF dwellings, the productveness of fields
the taste and cleanliness OF villages, the rapid growth
and astonishing number of Cities indications of
religion and refinement in thousands of affairs dedicated
to God, we would feel secret innate satisfaction in
tile contemplation and iruition of these blessings but
would deem it part of duty make any osen,a-
tious exhibition of Them here Have we cause for such
satisfaction Let the impartial who have visited us an
Gentlemen who urge the objection TO appropriations
that public treasure equally disbursed throuo
the sountry, DO not correctly estimate the feelings that
unite, should unite the patriotic citizens of this con-
iederacy Money expended for the defence of Kentucky
or Missouri il, in national point Of view money OK
pended for the benefit of the frcemcn whom have the
honor to represent Let foreign foe invade the West
or Southwest and IT is enough for my constituents that
portion OF the Republic is invaded; as apainst the
foreign foe arc, should be- one united ndiysble
whole Let the enemy strike blow upon the renlotest
extremity ot this widely extended country and is in
stany felt at tic he0rf, and at the other extremity So
when victory peTchcs upon the American standard
whether OH the banks of the Niagara plains of New
Orleans every true American citizen matter where
his lines may be cast, shares in the Joy and the glory of
the achievement lis our countrys that triumph
and rejoice. It's country foe that is victorious
and we mourn ExPend your money 10 defend aay one
vulnerable point OF your country, and speaking as
patriot you eXpend for the benefit of the trhoIe coI
Partial appropriations for the defence of the country be-
cause II so happens that necessity cOmpes to suend
more in one State than in another Jealousy Tor such
cause, IS unworthy of the high-minded whom we
represent.
A few years ago the savage Black Hawk made most
sangunary ncursons upon the bordcrers of one or more
OF your Western States national force was summoned
To The scene OF action To subdue him IL nation
perhaps ,wo millions of dollars To put him down and
uInk you, SIR, mat any gentleman from this side of
Tie mountain would have dared to have urged 10 this
nntioLal disbursement the contracted objection that
the money was spent exclusively for the benefit of
your Western bOrderers, aud that Mcg therefore OUGHT
to have paid The whole the groater proportion of the
expense of this That very much undertakes
the patriotism of the Atlantic States 10 inaoines that
within Meu borders, there cond have been found
single man with soul contracted enough TO nrge such
objection An Indian has broken out in Florida
The national purse is opened and the national force is
ordered 10 put 1T down. Ii Will cost the nation more
than two millions Of dollars. Is there any gentleman
here who would dare say that ii unjust TO tax The
whole nation with the expense of this local. this neigh
borhoOd iear? Yet my consuents are moi immediate
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