Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-03-21

done. Inc HOUSE yesterday passed Ue river
and Harbor bill, in the consideration of which il
has been engaged for some time past. The annex
ed extracts exhibit view of portion Of the de-
bate which has taken place on this bill during the
present week:
MONDAY MARCH 10, 1916.
As the hour Of eleven o'clock arrived, the House
called to ORDER and the reading of the Journal OF Satur-
day dispensed with.
And the House resolved itself into Committee the Whole
the state of the Union (Mr. THoMAs SMITH IN the
chair and resumed the consideration Of the River and Ha
Dor appropriation BILL
Mr. EWING, of Tennessee who entitled to the floor
from Saturday, delivered able and eloquent
gument in maintenance of the constitutional power OF the
Government engage in, and to carry general system
of internal improvement Yes, general system OF internal
Improvement contradsnguished from uncesal SYSTEM
He did derive the power from inherent power of gov
eminent but Constitution ITSELF The Constitution
the normal law Of the land, and he would give
peral construction tl
In early part of his argument Mr. EwISs quoted from
the writers of the book called the Federas and particu-
larry from Of the numbers written by Alexander Haml
and he took pay splendid tribute the
mory of Mr. Hamilton whom he characterized q pos
sesng in their highest perfection and purity all the most
exalted attributes Of man, citizen, Scholar soldier and
and public officer Of the spotess
purity of character and life. f t...5
Before Mr. E.. had been able get through his consu-
tonal argument he said he admonshed to leave this
branch of the subject and his attention the Cumber-
land and Tennessee rivers particularly the Cumberland
He then went TO demonstrate the great value the
great value, of this river the trade and of the
West and Southwest; Of the peculiar claims the Govern
ment which existed for the improvement Of its navigation.
These claims he demonstrating, in clear and forcbe
when his hour expired and he cut short in the
midst Of his speech by the falling of the Chamans hammer
Mr. BiGGS next obtained the floor. He insisted upon the
importance OF making appropriation for Mays Head ha
bor in North Carolina He repudiaed the doctrine Of the
inherent power, urged by the gentleman from tennessee,
Mr EwIsG contended that Congress must be restricted 10
the expressly delegated powers and those absolutely necessa
ry and proper carry the delegated powers He pro-
tested against that dangerous doctrine that this Government
only limited by its discretion in doing any and every
thing which Congress may deem essential for the general vel
This doctrine said he will necessarily concentrate all
power the General Government and the obvious tendency
and inevitable result of this consolidation would be to trans
the republican system of the United States into
archy He did derive any authority improve harbors
from the clause regulate Assume said he that
under that clear out and make roads and
canals and adopts power create commerce., and make
the duty of the General Government take complete coatro
the whole of the country extending to trade
by wagons He restricted that power prescribing rules
for the commercial intercourse between the several States and
foreign nations which form navigation laws and
gulations of coasing trade.
He gathered from the clause to provide and maintain
navy the impsve harbors necessary the protec
ton and security of that navy The consequence of the
else Of that power facilitating and protecting
Beyond that this Government, in his opinion, could
not CO. He then called the of the committee III
reports Of engineers the praccaby and importance Of
Roanoke Inlet, and read extracts from them. Mr.. B.
cluded his remarks by adverng what said the oh
day by the gentleman from Massachusetts, (Mr WISTHRoP
that in the early days of the Republic had able,
magnanmous, and honest administration of our foreign affairs
He said that from every indication Of public sentiment the
course oil the Executive almost universally approved
This may be considered by the gentleman the
the people, to which he referred in the early part Of the
sion But (said Mr. much prefer that universal public
appreciation TO the opinion Of the gentleman from Massachu
sets AT the conclusion Of his remarks Mr.. b. gave notice
Of amendment intended Rosnok
Inlet Mays Head, thousand
Mr.. PERRY and the table, where read
the following, be added the bill separate sections
"Sec Be enacted That the Secretary Of the Treasur,
be and he hereby authorized and directed transfer the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company all the stock Originally
subscribed for the part Of the United States in the salt
Canal Company and also all the stock said Canal Com
pauy originally subscribed by the cities of Washington
Georgetown, and Alexandria, in the District of Columbia
provisions OF act OF Congress- passed. approved and sg
ed the Goth of May 1885, entitled An the relief
several ,s elite. o Of ,h The D;rs said
and Ohio Canal Company to be granted the United
States in perpeiy, the right the free OF said canal
without charge for the transporaooof troops, small
and camp equipage Ne, whchfey may desire
any time have occasion transport upon and also the free
stores time Of find prouaed That the said
stock much thereof be necessary shall be die
aors Of said and the mid TO exchange AM
transfer to its creditors such amounts Of said stock the said
company deem right and proper payment Of the debt
due any all Of the said creditors"
Mr. PKRnr then entered into short history Of the incep
ton Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal the incorporation
the company construct that great national work the diff
cues and endorsements which had bean encountered tbs
progress of its execution the great and extraordinary
Of the Government and people Of Maryland in carrying the
work up the present time and the and wondefu
results which would follow the completion of the canal HI
also set forth the present endorsements of the company
showed the necessity which, in his opinion existed for tn
General Governments coming TO the aid of the work. by
nquishng the State OF Maryland the stock and the right
mentioned in his amendment II would be the best
ensung the completion of the work; and he thought the gea
and patriotic exerions Of that State entitled her this gran
from Congress Mr.. PERRY then say that Their
items in the bin which he thought the constitutions
power Of Congress did reach Yet there many
which he deemed within the admitted powers Of the Govern
ment be did not however, into any specification
either when the debate closed he would give his vote h
items separately for against these items they might
might not in his opinion within the Congress
Mr. EWING, Of Pennsylvania, obtained the floor, Blu
yielded ito
Mr.. HERRTCK to the following to the appropriation
for the improvement Of the navigation Of the Hudson river
That FIVE thousand dollars Of the appropriation for the i'm
povement OF the navigation the Hudson be applied
that portion Of said river lying between the State DAM
Sloopiockand the foot Of Grand Division street. In the cit
of Troy"
Mr. HERRICK say that in offering the amend
ment he would call the attention Of the committee TO th
report from the War Department in which il would be
That that portion ofte named in the amendment had bee
recognised by that Department in their first appropriation
an outlay in this portion Of the river Of &c. TAB g. and be
tween The cities Of Troy and Albany sf30,2s4 60, anC
s the city OF Albany $3.50, 3i3 54making total o.
ey boiling back the auyia soil that composes the banks
" putfilng dams