The daily union., 1846-05-02

allow ITSELF or any portion of the States to be placed
in 80 unwelcome dilemma. Let US do our duty
in recommending this important subject TO national
attention respectfully but urgently, and there IA no
reason 10 apprehend DISAPPOINTMENT Inc rghI
and the latent strength our side, and the best
policy and interest of the whole nation Is win us
| also.
No. 2-Renlayks Of the editor Of ht Illinois State Re
gisier IN relation 10 the address Of The dSm0eTate
| State contention, lo46
| We publish this week the address Of the late dem
| oeratic convention, which ought 10 have appeared
in our last, along with the othcal account OF he e
| proceedings. The address, however, was detained
In the hands Of the central committee for the pur-
pose Of revising H. under the impression that the
convention had adopted resolution conferrng that
/ pover on the committee. Upon examining the pro-
eeedings, however, as officially Published, no such
1 resolution appears 10 have been adopted And as no
member of the central committee furnished
by the secretaries Of the convention with copy Of
any such resolution, the committee left 70 infer
that they have no power 10 revise the address. In
this opinion the members Of the committee, now IN
this city, unanimously concur, and present the ad-
dress to the public as 1t passed the convention.
No 3-Ertraets from the ".1idrss Of Mr.. Calhoun,
oi taking the chair Of The southwestern contention al
| .Msgphis, Nopsmbr Is, l645."
With these remarks, begin wi,h asking, How
far the aid Of the general goyemmentcan be invoked
10 the improvement Of the navigation OF the Missls-
sppi and its great nayigable tnbutarles' And here
lei me premise, that the invention Of Fulton has IN
reality, for all practical purposes, converted the Mis-
sssppi with It's great tributaries into an inland sea
IAPplsuse Regarding It as such, ! am prepared
10 place il on the same footing with the Gulf and
Atlantic coast the Chesapeake and Delaware bays,
and the lakes, in reference to the suPerintendence
of the general government over lis navigation It's
manifest that II is far beyond the power OF lndVidu-
ais or Of separate States TO supervise IT, as there are
a. a. 10. .st...a
more than half the Unlon-whlch lie within the
valley OF the Mississippi or border on its naVigabe
| tributaries.
But, gentlemen, while | am in favor Of placing its
navigation and that Of its great navgabe tributaries
under the supervision Of the general government,
am utterly opposed 10 extending its supervision be-
yond the limits the grounds on which have placed
il would carry It. As
to the measures necessary keep open at all times
a coasting voyage between the Gulf and the Allan
tic, there is who will question the constltu-
ional competency of Congress to adopt them, and
accordingly pass them over without further remark
come now to the question, How far the aid Of the
government may be invoked to execute the system
Of proposed railroads between the Mississippi and
It's tributaries and the southern Atlantic ports And
here must premise, that, according to my opinion,
the general government has no right TO appropriate
money except TO carry INTO execution It's delegated
powers, anu lnht no NOT Itgdu bJStcm VI
roads or internal improvements as comprchended
under them; but II may still be in It's power to do
something directly in aid Of their execution where
the roads pass through lands belonging to the Uni
ted States. do not doubt the right OF the govern
ment regarded IN the light of proprietor TO grant
| lands in aid Of such Improvements when they are
calculated TO enhance their value; and have accord
ingly never hesitated as a member of Congress TO
vote in favor Of acts granting alternate sections TO
railroads or canals under such circumstances Act
ing on that principle, cheerfuiy, as President Of
the Senate gave the casting vote IN favor OF an act
granting alternate sections to the canal intended to
connect lake Michigan with the Mississippi through
the Illinois river.
No. 4-Eriraet from letter Of Mr.. .NeDg6fe, dated
March S, ls2s.-[Ses .NiLes's Register, pOL 43,
PCS.
NV remarks in relation to the continuance Of the
Cumberland road had reference to proposition to
extend 1t beyond ZaDesville by act Of the present
session. 1 have always conceded that the road was
prominent part Of national system oflnternal I'M
provements, and have only contended that we
ought to wait until the surveys completed, and
the leading roads and canals determined upon, be-
fore we carry the execution of any part oft beyond
the extent to which the contracts are now made.
In a word, the Cumberland road, the Chesapeake
and Ohio canai, the canal connecting PIttsburg with
the lakes, the line Of inland navigation from New
Orleans around the coast through the neck of Flor
uH.
the post-road from Washington to New Orleans,
are the principal national works which l have al
ways regarded entitled TO the patronage OF Con-
grecs. And am prepared to carry them on pari
passl, as soon ss our financial resources will enable
US 10 dolt
think the southern and western States are the
national advocates OF a system Of internal improve
ments; and regret that the constitutional scruples
of portion of the southern people, should prevent
a hearty cooperation. This is the only form in
which The southern States can be indemnhed for the
tax levied upon them to sustain the manufactures OF
the eastern States.
.qppendir No. 5-.qN act for the establishment and
support Of lighthouses, bsae0n', buoy', and public
piers.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House Of Reprssen-
tatipes of the United State, Of .4mtrea in Congress as
ssnbled, That all the expenses which shall accrue
from and after the 18th day of August, 1883, in the
necessary support, maintenance and repairs OF all
lighthouses, bcacons, buoys, and public piers,
erected, placed or sunk, before the passing of this
act, at the entrance of, or Within any bay, inlet,
harbor or port of the United States, for rendering
the navigation thereof easy and safe, shall be
betrayed out of the treasury of the United
States: Provided nererthetess, That none of the
expenses shall continue to be so betrayed by
the United States after the expiration of one year
from the day aforesaid, unless such lighthouses,
beacons buoys and public piers, shall in the mean
time be ceded to, and vested in the u States, by the
State or States respectively in which the same may
be, together with the lands and tenemens thereunto
belonging, and together with the jurisdiction of the
same.
SEC. O. find belt further enacted, That lighthouse
shall be erected the entrance OF the Chesapeake
bay, at such place. when ceded to the United States
in manner aforesaid, as the President of the Uni
ted States shall direct.
SEC. g. find be it further enacted, That 1t shall
be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to pro-
vide by contracts, which shall be approved by the
President Of the United States, for building light
house near the entrance of the Chesapeake bay, and
for rebuilding, when necessary, and keeping IN
good repair the lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and
public pers in the several States and for furnishing
the same with all necessary supplies; and also, TO
agree for the salary wages, or hire, Of the person
or persons appointed by the President for the super
ptendence and care Of the same.
SEC L. .4nd be il further enacted, That all pilots in
the bays, inlets, rivers, harbors, and ports OF the
United States shall continue to be regulated in con-
formty with the existing laws of the States respec-
lively, wherein such pilots may be, or with such
laws as the States may respectively hereafter enact
for the nurpose until further legislative provision