Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-07-31


make Presidents and enact our laws. Turning to Mr.
Allen 1t WELL sir that you have come among us to see
your future laugh Its right will be maintain
ed the baot-box will the same privileges accorded
brethren have disease IN the body po
lite that could be cured by the baobox shall treasure
be poured out for the Mariner and shall not dollar be
given 10 impedments from our lakes and rivers No
do not believe this. The ndomltabe energy that
brought our Pilgrim foefathers through the of winter
and the pes of the deep is fast bringing their descendants
thitherwards with their notions. A laugh,
He need mol argue more this occasion. Every man
present had opinion in accordance with his own. In this
Congress there would not be dissenting voice.
Let not them allow any discord to creep into our
ellis the harmony of the present leopard the vast in
of the future Let the buges OF party have no sound
in this Convention. Let there be here no Whig Demo
crat-nothng but Americans. Let US here form par
y and let it be the boast OF all in future years that aid
ed tremendously in urging this great movement
Turning Mr. Wentworth, the Representative in Congress
from this district he continued j
Gentlemen when he and agree any subject there
be harmony. He had the pleasure TO know that that
gentleman warmly enlisted in favor of the objects of this
Convention. He might say he latitudinous upon the
subject perhaps this was owing to his longitude. He goes
the whole length. A laugh.
Ii any Of the empires earth inure assal us,
ready ourselves the teeth and forth to do battle
spend immense treasures and draw upon all
but here these lakes and Western rivers thousands
OF lives are lo-moe than have fallen in the Mexican
for want of small appropriation single snip Of the line,
destined protect foreign commerce. costs than
million of dollars. That gallant ship which bore the
of his State Ohio, million and half Of dollars
-Four of these ships have than has been expend
ed for Western harbors since the formation of Gov
eminent. Every gun that you would find board these
ships costs you fourteen thousand dollars Would it be
better to take of these fourteen thousands and improve
harbors at Chicago Milwaukee, and other places to
snags and sawyers from the Ohio and Mississippi
1t is curious fact that eighty per cent of
have supply forts and ships leaving eighteen
per cent 10 be invested in peace He thought this state of
hoIh ha
try will be invaded He did think there was a country
in Gods creation which would invade land that the Yankees
had already invaded
He alluded also to the fact that these distractions Of the
lakes reacted to the great injury the farmer well COM
ecia If the farmer raises produce than he de-
sires to himself, he good market for the surplus
he cannot sell his produce to advantage he prevented
from giving good education his and daughters, who
be the future voters and the future mothers the land
Our Union ought to be connected and consolidated that
all parts be accessible to all Ii should be bound together
hoped round with railroads with iron ribs. The de-
hnition OF commonwealth is that land where all parts
equally accessible.
1t is said that Thomas jefferson violated the constitution
acquire Louisiana his design being prevent what he feared
might take pace-that the West in future day would
seek divide the Unon, making the Aeghanes the separa
ing line. If railroad had then extended from East to West
should have needed acquire Louisiana for any such
The Of the Pilgrims ociH look upon ASIA
and have commercial associations with her. If proper appro
pations made bind the growing West the dis
tant East their swamng Purans will build up the shore
of the Pacific independent republic of the AngoSaxon
blood.
But this great work which engaged will be
compished Since these Purtans have take il in hand
they will never rest nor sleep until it is done.
He thanked God that he had the in this and
intelligent asembage that the hopes of the West not TO
be disappointed.
A LETTER FROM HoS. REVERDY JOHNSON.
FROM YORK COURIER AND Enquirer.
this paper, which has brought the annexed sraghr
ward manly letter from friend the distinguished Senator
from Maryland, REvEnpr JOHNSON:
BALrIMoRE, July 30, ls47.
MY Dean SIN: In your article in yesterdays Courier,
headed Chicago Convention" there is a paragraph admit
ting perhaps meaning, which, although you did
not intend, beg permission word about in my
own justification.
1t is when in assigning your for moving that Mr.
Cown should be the President of the Convention you say
that " he aone of many Senators invited had deemed the
invitation which, from sympathy with the great cause
and from respect TO such Convention he felt himself bound
accept"
Now sir was amongst the invited and my fear that
may be considered have been Indifferent great object
which called the body together 1t was TO be sure my
good fortune to be present. but alone prevented by pro-
essional engagements from which liberty to es-
cape. If strong sympathy with the truly great cause and
sincere respect for such body could have induced any Sem
accept his invitation should certainly have accepted
mine. There lives citizen who feels a soctous in
the internal improvements Of the country than do
who holds clear and decided opinion that the
Constitution of the Union contains full and ample authority
promote and extend them Nor there who on the
occasion Of Mr. Folks former and of his subsequent
pocket veto Of the last habor bills felt more chagrned
and mortified less for the character of people than for
the prosperity OF the country, that misguided and
guarded moment there should have been elevated to the Pre-
sdency citizen who, in this particular least little
derstands interests and feeby compehends his
constitutional duty
constitution which gives power render navigation
sa or extend it, by improving the channels through which
may be pursued, could Justly but be esteemed miserable
abouion-a constitution which should in words limit such
power the salt rivers already
vgab and only far navigabe-to the exclusion Of our
great inland seas-our unrivaed fresh water rivers navi-
gable easily to be made navgab would be upon face
wretched and superative nonsense.
constitution which for purposes Of would give
toe authority build habo and PIERS locate buoys
beakwaes and lighthouses, and deny that Of deepen
ing removing distractions them, would be equally
ridiculous.
The Convention which formed constitution were guilty
Of such egregous faacy. The power they vested Con-
gress general and unlimited They are authorized "To
commerce Nth foreign nations and among the
several Saesp
Commerce among the several States and commerce with
foreign nations entrusted them by and the terms,
and under one and the power-rHE REGU-
LATE
From the beginning Of the Government the present tme
with foreign nations Congress has the power
build harbo piers breakwates, lighthouses 10 do any
and every thing which their judgment is calculated to i'm
of