Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-02-03
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furnN',, 70 Ne -i.fit~S isNs Ne Saw ~ Virginia ON ths
rs"-ssv 81 ~ Acth C"ns~ss rVVV~ei,es tho ssmc.
The Committee 80 ~hHa ~sS rSSerrci the petition Of n
'nrcr rrs'c''ty o. ~, cirv.e. II ~ s~a and county of Al
-r-ndr',, " 'hc os-sr'cS ~ SSaaN,.. praying the passage
q ~ Actct ,e CA-re-t NseaNy. ey which all ,hs, oar,
Q 'hs --sc p'>'-ct e,1rs -es All .sath OF the Potomse X.
~rr, -'.y ~ admitted 49, declared to be an integral Part
cf'h'sO cr''rc,-~.lsA 80 'ss rs-~s<. Of an Ae, by the Con.
g-c~ cfthe pri'cd Ss,~s rvuNScd,ns the same TO Virgin
r'n'e h'~' r"SNrd'ae - Saes. had the same under eonsid.
e'eiicn. .rd report
Thst tie to-A sod S>ony OF Alexandra were formerly
. rsrt" this >srS sed hat by IN Act OF the General A..
se'nhtyN r.s-cs 90 toe III day Of December, 1859. IN. ..m.
~ss cesea 20 the una~d States. Your COMMITTEE. ON /.
FOL We n al the interests embraced by this subject, ar,
sstrsheo. hstN Will be advantageous to the State Al large
and especially u the inhabitants Of the ADJACENT conn,,x
70 extend Sr Jurisdiction and laws over them.
u aFresrs that the number OF Inhabitants within the
units ~ AleHsndus. IL upwards OF eight thousand; ,h,,
there - an extensive trade carried on between il ana I.
larse potuon IT the northern and eastern counu,. M N.
STATE, ssd with many OF the State Of MARYLAND, .. s-s Nv
means q; navigation with the Adanue S,at,a the MAJ
indies, and Europe. The terminus W the Ch,s.p<,ke .,S
oaio canal, which IL conducted over the Potomac ~ /,
naasniheen' aqueduct is at that place. which meet usAs
u the mart Tor the immense trade destined t. As Sq,x,sS
upon It's bosom To the ocean. The sslas ~ tAs RDS
perry now subject To municipal t.Asltsa, . A.t~~<.
oh'ee snd i0ur millions " ay1lsr, snS 49, sx< .
represented TO be one " the ersl Va taS lsAsa. Sss.x
capable OF shotdinS ready sesr.s aaS ssv~S as S.ssSssas
haroor Tor ships all clssse. res AVA X 10 Sssat, /.
aSoat iotv square ntss' &c s1 = s~aSssc Sse,s an "a
a hSh state ~ ealnNs1SNa, TIE s.aHSS - Ia sl,aNras.
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&T~S n~a' teNsfSs<& ~ s;Sees tAs CSSaauUe, n ts
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aN>S A. Tes same csasc ~ he 6Snrs whieA sa3s~Vs
N>SSrUs vita tAe capacity 10 rSoVise tins truHxs, saw n
ss' the power 10 receive ecss,Nns toe tsst., sr~snas, Sc.
congress have, IN many instances, after land. had keen &C.
aea TO the O"'ed State. under thus clause, rrrrcceded them
" VI states itOn which they had derived them, and
there Is precisely the same power, 80 long undispu,cS
IN inc case OF forts, &c, In regard TO this territory which
exists IN relation To thsm: the object OF the &C ssIon ,nI,
dlnetine; but IN all cases being for national purposes.
There are some circumstances connected with thu,
subject TO which your Committee beg leave to advert
VIM inc eession OF lhis territory, Virginia appropriated
one hundred aud twenty thousand dollars, tow ards the
erection at public buildings Tor The use OF the Government
ct the United States. The citizens Of Alexandra have
also. contributed about two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. on the IMPLIED
lam that that Company, in which the I'm ted States we
large aud controlling share holder, should terminate the
SNna, some distance above Georseto~n. by which they
~"uu d leit 10 TAR competition with the rival towns Of
inc Disiicl Tor the anticipated trade upon that highway
ne dimensions II that Canal were subsequently enlarged
10 about double its contemplated sme at the time OF their
subscription TO the stock OF that COmpsny, and its Iernl. |
nus on the north side OF the River was extended o. |
" ashington, by the ovsrp0~erng vote OF the l. ). By the
enlargement OF the Canal, greater delay was produced ia the
OF the work. by which the transit OF articles II
trade was postponed Tor many years, and The probable 10.
come upon the stock was greatly reduced.
h"Ould have been sn act Of suicidal madness for AIeI- |
q 10 unuIulrlatR hHE Wunuau In nal an II
which was tn shut her out from a trade she had long en- |
Joyedi empty 1t into the laps OF her rivals; and require her
to eIPend upwards OF a million in making 4 canal, and the
magnificent Squeduct across tie Potomac, TO enable her TO
rsgain what she had thus lost These circumstances Jus
tiy the confident belief, that the act OF retroce,siJn which |
Il 10 anticipated Congress will pass, will be accompanied
by an appropriation To refund To her the amount OF her
stock s sum which would lily Compensate her Tor the in |
jury inflicted on her natural advantages in trade over the |
cities OF her nelghborhood.
hssoIued, That the prayer OF the petitioners ought to be