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I The fsloHing Is he satsnce Of re.aaFks &c Mr..
Dtkk - IN fIousc of Delsgsle< III ire iGh, a. he
cesinsEfp Ran Read Bill SIS. Dake ssii ]:
Nh SrEAKEE - Originally, Intended
not ado resslng the Assembly upon this i'm
portant Bill, but influences have subsequent
AiE ehahged my mind / therefore desire to
express the sentiments ofEHhatI believe to
BE the majority Of my codstitaency upon the
4 qusstlfn| now before the House of Delegates,
and whith has elected 30 much debate
creptef Sn much interest In tie minds Of not
i oHly the friends and patrons of this scheme,
but th9se ia opposition. III tie House will
4 furtnef Indulge me, promise not ID tax Its
1 already worn down patience, nor presume
butts py minutes upon It's kindness. / be-
licye, Mr Speaker, that one Of the most ire
4 me4dohs agencies ever directed with a!view
i ID the ADVANCEMENT Of lie material coadi,.
i ton bfIoHr State one efI the niiahtiest in
/ fuenceF ever brought to bear onits eommer-
i eial prosperity, independent Of otAerreselts,
sis aJa4ielous system of appropriatipg mon
ley for Internal improycirrnt PURPOSES, nn-
der faybuFable auspices Are the circum-
stances favourable for the appropriation Of
heaFy dnd enormous sums Of the peoples
mopleyR Has not the State acquitted b debt
I lof c5loAsal magnitude Does not this good
old eolRnEpnwealth bend. alas. beneath the
fiencimdus burden of her dhbt-her RESPONSE
bilisiss+ler liabilities-atd guarantees Is
il ftuleht to ieopardize4 her credit over
whiifi thf funerallike palliof Repatriation has
mover zet been thrown l-44and may Heaven
forbid ttat such should ever be our gloomy
flte3 Why. then, risk the proud character
pr obi State Fictmize her prosperity for
the srekeut, or arrest the a,areh Of improve
mens .fif the future, BY pashingtD tie ut
most tbnsion Ter ability, resources and
rredit Z? The gentleman from Halif4y, and
ptleF hsmbers who have adj dressed the louise,
learled. skilled and contersant with the
Hnaprid condition of the commonwealth,
supported by the Auditors report, cotroboe
fateabE reliable evidence and convinced
.fremfthfse facts and my ovn humble inves-
tigat8nE Of her monetary economy, shells IN
Yolvoii enough, and that 10 the amddht of
many millions Did Inot think So, Ishonld
COOPERATE with the patrons and advocates of
this lfl4 but tie fact Of our Indebtedness
stands forth in bold relief, ID bona fde, truth,
: firm, infexiblc, stern as tile indurated fea-z
lures loflthe portrait Of Washington Bsculp.
tpredtht the plastic hand Of Nature i'll the
adamanlne steep that towers far above my
town, oa tile Maryland shefe Eloqurtt adj
1dress9s haTe Eceh delivered to this A{3em
b!y, ltRpi@s tie faculties If tie mind is f
egchaiHfd 'by tho destinations Of d wizards
spell Elaborated arguments have been ar
raysd BEto demonstrate tho utility III this
nEeasl34- Volumes have bedn adducedB 70 ex- j
hlbit tbS feasibility Of the route -thq fMagis
nationf Has been called into reqaisitidn. tos
sustain tle.opinipn Of certain goptlenien in
it'll proc Activcness, when conkum minated | OPP
posed Nils bill FIRST on the ground of dur inn
lpense Indebtedness which viii not Justify an
alditihlhl augmentation Of our burden
SECONDLY, It this bill should pass it would be
the liatllugerI Of 4 multitude That would in
faliibl1 follow i'll its wake. LII the next
place thc route has not been surveyed. Are
not tho Estimates special, at3d aggregate COM
iectural Ipredicated upon nothing else but
snrlhisSl How discreet, how prudent are
the Manifestations Of this policy, knowing
not theEhomentous results, jplunging III the
dark hen | vote away handreds pf thou
sands-4dyc, millions, desire to know the
result. i am responsible tony constituency,
to the IReople OF JeifersoB-ahd not the,
desires hhd wishes Of ccrtain q logArotling
Feltlenich on this floor. In cgncluSion,
Mr.. SPEAKER. WITHOUT further comment up
OH the fay objections that have urged, which
rte SUSCEPTIBLE ofbeing attenuated To al ex-
tent That would entirely exhaust the kind
ness of KEis III ouse, Lshall proceed to3redeem
the pledge given 1t the introduction ofthese
remarks Ply warning gontleAlen Of the pro
pricty REPRESENTING a mighty cataract of
appropriations which requires no Eagles
yisioh II behold That Syrteg. but rttlqiI adj
vance III perpqtuatcd eItraya gauce and
rpcli cSs Aareer N