The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-04

For improving the harpor ~ Efs' VI HA' -ie' 'o'V
fisso-For improving Grand River harbor, on Lake
lIssa For improving Ashtabuls hsrbor, on Lake
Erie, ten thousand dollars c,,a ~
[iss0l-Fo improving the hsrsor ct Cisvsisnd' on
Lake Erie twenty thousand dollars
1880 l-For improving the harbor at Huron ON LAKE
Erie, five thousand dollars.
For improving the harbor at Sandusky city, on Lake
Erie, eleven thousand dollars.
1885 For improving the River Rs'in hsroor' on
1855 For constructing dredgsboat to be used on
Lake Erie twenty thousand dollars.
For the improvement Of the st. Clair Flats 20 causd
10 as to obstructng the passage Of vessels
from sualo to the ports on Lake chigsn, forty thou
iSsss For improving the Grand River hsrber on
Lake Michigan as to give protection to vessels sang
on said Lake ten oS:snd dolt lars u, Of Kalamazoo
river Lake Michigan 70 as to give p5Sssc0n 70 YES
fisssi.Fcr improving the h,r1oT = Michigan City,
For the Improvement Of Little Fort Hsrbor on Lake
Michigan, twelve thousand dollars Mil,
For improving the hsrbOr at Southport, Lake Mi
iisaS For improving the hsrbcr at Mnwsukis, on
Lake Michigan, twenty thousand dollars. ~.
Michigan, twelve thousand dollars.
For constructing drsdgs boat, to be used on Lake
1885, For improving the hsrbor at st. Louis, seventy
Ave thousand dollars.
1855 l.For constructnk : S,; -,
1881 For improving the harbor at Boston, my
isssl-For continuing the works at Bridgeport Con-
necticut 6fteen thousand dollars.
I ~ pdc RSoS. Island Ave thousapd dollars
IN rrcv;rr the hs1bor At New Casts Dea
ware nneen .noussnd tar havbor nj Port Penn p.ls
ware Ave tSousand dollars
w Inv saanIs,;rr IN. Delsware Brsakvatsr
..sx.ntyi Ave- thonsapi dollars
For removing obstructions in Newark Bay, New Jsr.
e I'm N. b.rbor .t Baltiuaors City,
tv l.nsvl tbousan r%y doliarss' 'A'
For The Of the hs.10r " Havr' 40
fiSsSI The ;mnrcvemsnt Of savannah harber and
tns naval anchorage near r0f' ruA'A'' MY
Tn ~. ;r,,rox.msrt If GRAFT Wood Hole Harbor Mas
four tour nv ana n.y. H.
vss"n of The Hudson r1ver above and below Albany,
in The STAT. Of New York seventy ave thousand dollars
JIcs1 ror ths ;mnrovsmsnt n the Ohio river above
~. ~. TOT ou. S s;sStv ,bonssnd aolIsrs
ilsao FOR the improy esn, Of the Ohio rivsr below
a. SE -, ynr;.vis and NJ The Mississippd Missouri
ana RIVER two hundred and forty thousand
dollar doll -"
riaa,, For rsmox;nv Tho rsf of Red River and for
III Of aid river slightly thousa,d dollars.
For spsirs and pressrvstion Of hafbor works hereto
fore confucted on the Atlantic coast twenty thousand
sonars, 49, ,,., r. ...-.,
improvements was 80 long that we are comPsso 70 o@M
it, He delivered his opinion 70 IN: ensc ne ~. ae 49,
men Of the 70 me
al, falacious. II 10 a. follows;
sors the rvsr. and lakes the n extent to which
il has ever proposed to exercise such power.
That, whether these proposed harbors oe 1udgea USE
the States principle he sass, and TIE
Constitutional power given in the same clause and tho
same words.
That Congress has power to clear out oostructicns
from all suited 10 the purposes Of commerce for
eign or domestic and improve their navigation and
utility by from treasury Of he United
States.
two or run through States more than tive. Hh
wholly confined to STATE 10 immser1a PROVIDED is
importance to commerce, foreign OF domestic. Pc a.
tide.water river for many iiss ~hs running en,irsy
ws ,ss the ,smosny Of IN & q 3.
river, is as fully WITHIN the power Oh Ceneie:s -
removing OF obsrIctons IN inc O' M par 2. ~ ,,vE
wholly immstsrisl wnetner proPossa imPvs s%s..
in river, for commercial purposes ABOVE OF Oeo"
| an actually existing port OF entry:
IT, instead ofcleafng out the rocks and In that manner
improving the channel Of river. II found oeT;r 70
no doubt Of the Of Congress to construct
such Canal think, for instance that Congress has ne
Of the Ohio and that ought to exercise that power
the works be purchased for Reasonable prices
have occasion to it, reserving such tolls only a.
| should be sufficient to keep the work IN rsPoE.
Iseems to that these proposition, al dow from TIE
nature Government and it, equal over trcde
with foregn nations and among me ststssi ana IRON me
,Ss u usiS,ap States s'% !. amin mint ~
have conception Of any such thing - seems %
thought possible by the report Of the Committee Of The
Senate, sf an external commerce existing between two
States carried ON BY laws and regulations Of tns own
whether such laws were sdoptso WIN OF w'moos tne
consent Of Congress.
do not understand how there can % rennsyv
vessel, built, manned and equipped under Penn. iysna
laws, trading az such pennsylvsnis vessel VAN VIEW
York or Maryland or having any nghu OF privnegSs,
not conferred oy the scu sno
that the idea uniounded wnicn suPposss tn.. wSsn
only two states are lntere"so m t1s e. ~
river, a. its waters touch tne snorea OF Sny w
the Improvement Of such river excluded from me pow
Of Congress. and must be len to inc care o. tns wo
States themselves under an a&recment, wncn ney my
enter into with the consent Of Congress, Tor that pur.
pose.
In my opinion the provislsns OF tns s
or agreement with another State without consent OF Con
gress can draw after no SUCH concnncn :, tns. Vim