The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-04


tionality Of such appropriations.
The following is the act referred TO:
AN ACT for the establishment and support light houses
beaeons buoys, and public piers
BE enacted BY me ssaSh and House Of Representatives.
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az expenses which shall from and after the 18th day
oI August lbs an the necessary support maintenance Rnd
piers. erected Placed sunk before the passing Of this
AZ the entrance Of within any bay inlet habor port
easy and safe shall be dsiays ed out Of the treasury Of the
United sa,eS PrOrdsd nssrhss, that orthe sold
expenses shall continue TO be deinycd by the United
states after the expiration Of year from the day aoTe
said unless such lighthouse bearons buOys and pnbls
piers shall in the meantime be cedsd TO- and vested in the
United states by the state States respectively In which
the may be- together with the lands and tenementa
the same.
sEe. .aHd Be II further enacted That lighthouse shall
place when ceded United states manner Aforesaid
as the Presdest Of the United States shall direct
SIC. find be IrisT egrtsd That II skall he the du-
Of the Secretary Of the Treasury provide by contracts
which shall be approved by the President Of the United
Chesapeake bay and for rebuilding when necessary and
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same with all necessary suppes and also TO for the
by the President for the supentendence and Of the
same.
SIC find BE- furthsy Enacted That oil pilots in the
bays et rivers barbors aud ports oil the United States
shall continue to be regulated in conformity with tbs exist
may be, or with such laws as the States may respectively
hereafter enact for the purpose until further legislative
.
pfroVED, August 7, 1879
/ hope gentlemen will examine this act critically
and think ] cannot be mistaken in the effect il
must produce IL will be recoeced that il was pass
ed Immediately after the formation of the constitu-
ton, and that many Of its trainers in the Con-
gress that passed il. As | discussed this question
IN 1914 upon similar bill, and in reply to the gem
eman from South Carolina, beg leave TO read
some extracts from the speech then delivered:
The very object of appropriations for the lakes is the
building Sid repairing piers where they mpersuyry
demanded Tor the protection OF our shipping Even the d..
ncuon which make betw natonsl and
cal chauctrr aud between those necessary defe
The country and those which are not nowhere be found
~ this act which is In all its provisions general and unqua
profound respect much farther than any part Of this
bill ny fair construction, would cary lie signed bills
making large appropriations for the construction OF the
Cumberland road and recommended n survey and recon.
nosance Of great national road from Washington city TO
construction In 1871 MIR Madison weni equally far Al
instance ofhe commissioners appointed by the state Of
New York he communicated TO Congress copies OF
Of the legislature Of that state relating to canal from In,
northern lakes the Hudson this MESSAGE he uses
this strong and forclble language;
THE utility OF canal navigation Is UNIVERSALLY adrtte
not less certain that scarcely couEtry more
extensive opportunities for that branch OF improvements
than the United States, and none perhaps Undue menE
equally persuasive to make the most Of them The partc
nlor undertaking contemplated by the State Of New York
which marks honorable spirit enterprise and
objects Of national well limited viii
recall the attention Of Congress to the signal advantages
be derived to the United states from general stem Of in
terna commu alton and their
| heir
towards its introduction and accomplishment As some OF
those advantages have intimate eonnexon it'll arrange
ana or the general security IL at period
calling for these that the merits OF such system will be
seen in the strongest lights"
He does not question the consttutionaity expediencv
propriey Of the measure; but contrary gives II
his cordial and unqualified approval and far the
friends Of the present bill Is due memory Of that
ustnous statesman to state that afterwards when recur
ring to the subject ofroad and canals seventh an.
1nsl message he says that any defect Of
which the constitution itself has provdeny pointed OUT
doubts about the he my 5sss
moreover that his observations are confined excus yey
TO roads and canals and cannot be SO construed to
MIR Monroe in his inaugural address in 1917 recommends
Ceedng always with constitutional SaT.on lie doubts
not tn" general power but disposed gnar against
its improper application. The language he uses eyincrs
his strong attachment TO this class Of Improvements:
BY thus facilitating the intercourse the States
shall add much to the convenience and eur
i"o" citizens much to the ornament OF the country and
what IS OF greater importance, shall shorten distances
ana by making each part more accessible to- dependent
on the other we shall hind the Union closely togo.
thcr Nature has done much by inersecting the
county with 50 many great rivers bays and lakes ar
nducemen TO complete the work TO he peculiarly
Than Exhibited within Tie limits piT nTS ,ns
territory vast and so odyantageously situated
tanning objects SO grand so useful happily connected in
4 all their parts"
views in regard to roads and canals afterwards under
change and in his message OF 1917 he doubts
constutiohaity and proposes amendment Of the cons
tuition Bnt in 1879 he broug ht 10 the consideration of
grcss the connection Of the Atlantic ocean and the Ohio
money for such national object the Jurisdiction remain
ing in the States through which the canal might pass and
during his administration several acts were passed for
Improvement OF the Mississippi and the Ohio harbor
of resque Isle on Lake Erie and the repair of the Ply
mouth beach. During the two terms OF President Iacksn
appropriations similar in character to those nndpr
f sderation and with but few exceptions for the same pur
poses annually made His vroes do not comprehend
any Of the points embraced by this BILL do any of the
principles contained in them apply fairly He was always
favorable to such works, and his to mar
bills comprising the very same points now designated In
and emphatic language:
"The practice Of defra ing the treasury OF thc Nv,
ted states the expenses incurred BY the establishment and
support OF lighthouses, bcccons buoys, and public pnrs
within the bay inets harbors ports within the United
states, to render the navigation thereof safe easy Is
eval with tho adoption Of the constitution, and has been
continued without interruption dispute Az our foreiqn
increased and extended the interior Of
the country by the establishment of entry and de-
ri livery upon nasigsbe rivers the sphere OF those
pendiurcs received corresponding enlargement Light
sandbars sawyers and other temporary impedmcn,s IN
the revenue districts from time to time established hy law
were authorized upon the same principle and the
betrayed in the same manner.
In his message of 1884, he goes decidedly for the i'm
the scaboar and for the removal partial and Temporary
in navgable vurs for the convenience and
safety Of This Is the message in which he I'M
dorakes to prescribe limitation for the of his
ns @ below the ports
his conviction that this restriction as satisfncto
ny could be desired and that much
caused to the executive department in s execution by
II not pretended that this limitation snnrtio"J zee M
constitution has been advocated by any Of the
l., ncnts of this bill but has L"en entirely abandoned Il is
susceptible of evasion, that requires argument 10
10 show absurdy All that necessary to avoid il il The
establishment in the first place of por Of entry ev.
make the contemplated improvement The charge
has frequently heon made against MIR Buren, ha he IL
nj posed Them. But this is entirely without foundation
His whole Of public life vndcotes him il and
famous letter Mr.. Sherrod Williams, August Is9s he