Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-12-04

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era,ions of this Convention will be duly
responded to. And may the results be
such "a To perpetuate aud strengthen II
possible. by other indssouble bonds lha
intimate connection which shall ever be
our boast-thai, as long as time shall las,
we may ever continue one Of the mos
prosperous regions of the world the
UNITED STATES of America.
Rules of proceeding were Adopted
| And after some discussion, il was deter
| mined tina, each State and Territory rep,
resented in convention (rexas ncluded,
should have All equal vote in its action.
| The Convention then took recess. IL
the evening. some misunderstanding arose
between The delegations from the people
and the delegation appointed b. the Lee
glsla,ure. of Tennessee which was af
forwards settled After some other pro.
ceedings. the Convention adjourned.
On Eriday. an additional number oil
delegates appeared and took their seats
The Convention was opened BY prayer.
On motion Of Mr. W alters, of Iii it was
ResDlUed. That a committee. consisting
one member from each Of the States Of II
lnos. Indiana. Missouri. Arkansas and
Texas, be appointed for the purpose Of
enquiring into the expediency Of con.
siructing a military road from Vandalla To
The frontier Of Texas, or of granting al
ternaie sections, in the States through
which the road may pass, to aid in It's
construction
Several resolutions referring TO the va
rious subjects presented to the Conven-
ton, were here presented and laid on the
table. TO be taken up again.
A resolution was adopted appointing a
special committee of one from each dele
CATION. to repor, on The Warehousing
System.
On motion Of Mr. Briggs. of Ohio. the
Chair appointed committee of three, on
Like Habor and Lake Defences.
The following resolution, presented by
gentleman from Illinois, gave rise 10
some debate:
Pesolyfd, That this Convention recon.
mend an application to Congress for aid
only in those works of improvement
which are acknowledged by both political
parties 10 be within its constitutional pow
er.
In presenting this resolution, the dele.
gate made some remarks in its support,
rather opposing cert in works o. national
importance" as beng local in their char,
acter. He also made some structures on
he expression in Mr. Calhonn's opening
address, ealing the Mississippi ian inland
sea-
Mr. CALHOUN said:
wish to he distinctly understood that
the power Of the General Government, 10
construct roads. &c. is limited to the pur
poses of defence Of the confederaled
States. There Is an error in the common
understanding of the words national
power and general welfare The word. |
are frequently misappIied There is no
national power, as applied to the Gene
raj Government, hey ond what is express,
ed IN the cOnstitutlon-w are. IN our
congregation Of nations.
Of sovereign states. and on that feature our
system depends. When you say an oh
ect is of national Importance. you
mean it is of constitutional impor-
ance. II we had no constitution 10 bind
Is in one compact, there would not be-
what is commonly called the. general
welfare Now these things all come back
IN the one grand feature, .iha, we are
several nations congregated in one COM
pact.
The General Government cannot grant
for local purposes not con-
,ecied with national defence-but the Mis-.
'issippi river and its navigable branches
are peculiarly an ohjec. within The range
# their constitutional aid. Ii washes
several Of these sovereign Sla.es-and in
hal view IL may truly be considered as
much an inland sea as either the Chesa-
,eak or Delaware bays.
Local appropriations, il is true. gentle.
men. are always abused by what is Gem
monty called log rolling, and the result
hereof is TO be seen in the fact. which
stated Yesterday, that the entire value
# the works thus far completed, by tie
General Government. IN that manner. at
he expense of nearly seventeen millions
II dollars, is now reduced 10 abou, mill
on Of dollars.
/ take the liberty Of making these re
marks, that may not he misunderstood.
The resolution was then adopted.
The delegation from Missouri present.
ID a docnmen, to the conve ntion, which
vas referred to the committee on Marine
Hospitals.
Judge Clifton. OF Miss, offered The
GLOWING resolutions:
Resolred, as the sense of this conven.
ion. |. That the Mississippi river is en-
tiled to be called an inland sea. and IN
egard to appropriations for the safety
nd convenience of navigation, and for
II purposes OF general police, to be plac>
d on the same footing as the Atlantic
coast; and especially tina, The obstruc-
ions to lis navigation, throughout The
whole course, ought speedily TO be re
moved, by adequate appropriations out of
he national treasury.
2. That the deepening Of the mouth
{ the Mississippi, So as To pass ships of
ne -larges, class. cos, wha, i. may, is
york worthy of nation, and would great.