The pilot., 1840-04-02

| lorlty refused to ca operate win The h0OSt
After the rejection Of the bill before alluded 10,
Mr.. Matthew's oi Alltghany, proposed the fol-
lowing message:
The Senate having rejected the bill passed
| by v0ur house, which originated n the
committee OF conference appointed by The two
houses. proposing relief 10 the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Company, aud deeming the pas
Sage of some bill for the prosecution of that
great work To the town of Cumberland to be
of the most vital importance to sustain The Gre
dit of the Stale and 10 promote the public in
tereSt, we propose with the concurrence of your
honorable body tn raise another joint commit
Zee on this subject, hoping that some measure
NAV be devised which will be accepta bic To the
Senate. We do most respectfully ask your
flvorabe attention Of the same. We have ap
pointed Messrs,
IL Join such gentlemen as you may name, To
compose That committee.
Winch was voted down by the same vote,
showing concluSively that the wings opposed
and intended to oppose, no matter low reason.
able, any measure which had for IFS object the
completion of this work 10 profitable termin
us. This rejection, we are informed, will tend
materially 10 injure, if it do not entirely stop
III work. But its i'll effects do not stop here,
it will have a powerful tendency in depressing
in value the bonds of the State now in the
market, and injure il not entirely annihilate its
credit at home and abroad For such caas-
lrnphe in the affairs of Maryland, IFS citizens
must and will hold this Senate Responsible
Annap. Herald.
Comment.
1t is greatly TO be regretted that question
so deeply affecting the interests of the state
L dc hat
was not strictly party measure will appear by
the vote in both houses, although Mr.. Thomas
the President, did succeed in bringing TO his aid
a strong party vote. While we make this ad-
mission in candor and fairness to Mr.. Thomas,
ii is equally due to those who opposed the ap-
preparation that the grounds of their opposi-
lion shoulu be fairly stated; that The responsible
iy may rest, as il should do, ON those by whom
the appropriation was defeated. And willie
Mr.. Thomas political opponents admit that he
made an extraordinary party rally for the bill,
they nevertheless hold him. ana him alone, re
sponsibe or the defeat of the appropriation.
In the first place they charge that there was
culpabIe delay in bringing forward the bill for
the appropriation, that when it was repoted it
made no provision for the payment of the in
terest due to the state, and that it placed the
whole fund in the hands of Mr.. Thomas to be
disposed oi' as he might deem expedlenl.
II was argued that there had been great
sacrifice Of the state bonds by The company,
and that MrThomas's friends by strict party
vote, had refused 10 require him to submit TO
the House of Delegates his correspondence
with the states agent in London, showing riIe
manner in which the stock had been disposed
of; and that in addition TO these objections he
had, in his letter in reply 10 the Treasurer, re-
fused to paythe interest on the canal debt. Un-
der these circumstances it was insisted that the
bonds ofthe state appropriated naid ofthe ca
ma, should be sold by the commissioners ofLoans,
and so much as was required for the prosecu-
ton of the work paid over to the company, and
the balance retained until the company had
pad up the interest due On The canal debt.
To this Mr. Thomas objected that the APP
preparation would not be available; tha. unless
the bonds were placed under his control, he
would be compelled TO dsband the force on the
line of the canal, for he would not make con-
tract unless he had the means of payment. IL
was proposed by Mr.. Bowie and Mr.. Tuck
that the company should issue scrip redeema
able in the state bonds. To this Mr.. Thomas
objected that his party friends were committed
against the issue of scrip as currency.
In this stage of the question the conference
referred 10, in the article before us, was moved
by Mr.. England. The speaker, in violation
of parliamentary usage, appointed majority
opposed to the appropriation; and in coner-
ence, the bill, as reported, was carried BY MIR.
Thomas political friends, appointed nthc part
of the senate. Mr.. England told them that be
was for the appropriation, that he preferred inc
proposition submitted by Mr. Tuck, oil which
we will presently speak, but that he would re-
port and advocate the bill Of the majority II 1t
was the bill which could pass both houses and
he dd:his duty ably and faithfully 70 Trend
of Mr.. Thomas gave more decided or eth
cient advocacy 10 the measure. The bill thus
reported passed the Heuse and was lost in the
Seoate nc stated.