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ny mT FuH.hgH' OF virginia ne
Hon J. G. Calhoun: The liberal and
enlightened advocate Of a system Of in
iernal improvement Commensurate with
The powers ol the Government and the
resources OF The nation.
By Mr. Shannon, OF Virginia.-Wm.
II. Crawford: The friend OF Internal
improvement, prevented by indisposi
lion from attending the marriage festival
Of the Ohio and Potomsc." - Niles Re.
gister, 18Th November, 1923
Within q lew weeks after. Mr.. Mon.
roe. in his message Of the Sd December r,
1928 says:
"Many patriotic and enlightened CHI.
zeus ailudIOg to this convention and
this dinner who have made this subject
an object ol particular investigation, are
Of opinion that the waters Of The Cnesa
peake aud Ohio may be connected togel h.
ge'her by one continued canal, and a! an
expeose far short Of the value and i'm.
porlance OF the object to be obtained. II
this could bs accomplished, il is impossl
bic to calculate the beneficial consequen
ces which would result from It. A
great portion Of the produce OF :he very
fertile country through which it would
pass, would find a market through that
channel. Troops might be moved with
great facility in time OF war, with cannon
and every kind of munitlon, in either
direction. Connecting The Atlantic with
the Western country, in Iiae passing
through the seat Of the National Gov
eminent, il would essentially strengthen
the bond Of union itself. Believing, as
| do, that Congress possesses the right
10 appropriate money for such national
object, (he jurisdiction remaining 10 The
Stalss through which the canal would
Pass,) submit tito your consideration
whether it may not b. advisable TO au-
lhor'ze, by an adequate appropriation,
The employment ol suitable number oI
OF the officers OF the corps Of engineers
TO examine The unexpIOred ground du :
ring The next season, and 10 report ihslI
opinion thereon. 1t will likewise be
proper 10 extend their examinations 10
the several routes through which the
walers Of the Ohio may be connected
by canals, with those Of Lake Erie"
"a Board oil Internal improvements Is,
composed by order Of The President,
through the Department of War. consls.
ing OF Brig Gen S Bernard, and Lieu.
Col. ToIieD, officers Of The Army OF the
United States, and John l.. Sullivan,
Civil Engineer OF the State OF Massa
chusells, was established "
After the General Government had
induced The Srare OF Maryland to enlarge
The canal, It subscribed one million o
dollars TO The same, by The following
vote, which | extract from the Journals
ol The House oi Representative aud ihe
Senate:
"ln The House Of Representatives, May
9Th, 1928, IAN act authorizing the sub
scripllon Of stock 10 the Chesa peake aud
Ohio canal company" was read the third
time and on the question Shall this bill
passr was determined in the affirmative
by The following vote:
Yeas-Messrs, Anderson, Armstrong.
BaiIy, Baldwin. Barbour, Barlow. Bart
lett, Barley, |. e Bates. Edward Bates,
BeecheL Blair, Blake, Brent, Buchner,
BulmaD, Chiffon, Clark Condict, Coulter
Creighton, Crockett, CrowninShield, CuI.
pepper. Davenport, Gickerson, Dorsey,
Duncan, Everett, Finley, Fort, Forward,
Gale, Guarnsey, Gurley, Holmes, HGnl,
lngersoIl, lsaacks, Johns, Lawrence,
Lecompte, Letter, Lelcher, Little, LIv.
ingslon, Lyon, Magee, Martindae, Mar.
win, Maxwell, hcDufie, Mediation, Nc
Kean, Mclean, Mercer, Merwln, Met
cafe, Minor, John Mitchell, James c.,
Mitchell, I B Moore, q. Moore New
ton, Orr, Owen, Pearce, Phelps, Prerson,
Plant, Ramsay, Richardson Russell
Sawyer, Sergeant, Shepherd, Sloane,
Smith, SPrigg, SlaDsbury, Stevenson,
Slerigere. Stuart. Slorrs, Strong, Swan,
Taylor, Thompson, Tracy, Tucker,
Vance. Van Horn, Varnum, Vlnton,
Wales, Ward, Washington, Weems,
WhrppIe, Whiulesey, WicklifIe, Wilson,
Wingate, Woodcock, Wolf, Wright, aud
Yancey-lO7." Nays 70.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal SubSCrip-
ton of 81, 900 900 SlOck-lS2S
"ln the Senate, on the question, Shall
the amendments be engrossed, and the
bill be read third time as amended?'
The vote stood as follows:
"Yeas- Messrs. Barnard, Barton,
Baleman, BouIgny, Chambers; Chase,
Eaton Foot, Harrison, Hendricks, John
son Of Ky, Johnson Of La, Kane, King
Knight, Mckinley. Mcl.ane, Marks, No
Bile, Ridgely, Robbins, Rowan, RuggIes,
Sey mour, Silsbee, Smith of Maryland =.
Thomas, Webster, WiIIey-29." Nays