, 1863-02-14

t:o,oo0, Goo, when there is no such thing In
llie l,i1l? 1t provides for thn transfer Of the
canal to tue Government, Illinois, with.
litera1ity which undertake to say has never
be. II paralelcd In the history. Of the country,
comes forward NOW in tflat spirit Of patsiotis1l
which has ever distinguished her history, and
says To tho Government. ''if you will give ia
your hcnds for tllis a'n"unt, VIC will make =
canal for the lsassege Of your gu'lbo1t:, anu
will repay cv"ry cCl'!, while ys,'s shall liaFc
The be,lctit Of the Improvement for Ill tlite:"
Where is the 1auil that can fir:T object to
such rrorosi ion as that 1i.c earnings Of
our Illinois canal will b.. sufficient t. ;'Ay the
i,,tergst and makea sinking fund 10 pay oil
tho principal. Tic Government will bs no
loser in the end. It in fact only lends credit.
Mr.. PoRrEN-The price Of wheat and til"
price Ct corn In .'rw York docs not now de-
times; that the Mississippi river, ~ieu open,
is the regulator Of the prices Of tho=: pro:
! t.ucte liz preventing too heavy tariff Of ny.
for transportation eastward. ! said th1t
therefore wished to sec the 1acans nf thc Gov.
1rsnlcnt expended upon the oIn:niug Of that
river, and not DIVERT to etnpcndous schemes
of internal improvement.
Mr.. NAsuBUnAR-But docs not my friend
sec that the opening Of this canal will bring
about the same result as the opening Of tbs
Mississippi river: The gerit'unan un wittinss-
" said whut was true. He stated truly tie
en- the farmers Of Illinois and inditna BY thee
railroad monopolies; and one of th: first
beneficial Effects Of ILia greet improvement
will bc 10 break up that monopoly aad give
orr farmers cheaper freiglsts.
! eay to the gentleman that the mississippi
River must and WILDE opened, and speedily.
+ay that it will be opened, because there are
s0,CG0troeps there from the geatlclnan's stl.e.
from, MT State, and Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin and
Minnesota, under the lead of the brIrc and
urconque1able Grant. III will "more upon
the encmy's works and VkAsbarss shall soon
be ours; and while he is opening The D1issis-
sirpi VIC will here open III, tl,t.v channels u
Communication and defense East. and then
there shall be general jubilee ltilcnS afl The
tlaard-Gstcd farners'' Of the West.
The gentleman told US what might be done
If Ibis bill'passed. Well, Fir, will not III,
dertake to say what might b. done It this bill
passes, but l say to hin 1l.nt there il not :
tiisloyal feeling in my State which is going tc
rebel because Congress happened to pass son!s
measure which portion Of the people die
| not like.
Mr. poRTEa-The gentleman must not mis-
| take what l said. What did Say was, ,ha
this bill wa a link in Chain OF gigantic
| schemes, Which, If they were Ill put III 0Tcrt
| ton by this Congress, wonll have the e!icc
| Of 50 increasing the load Of national dei'
that 1t might incline too many Of our l'eople
| 10 NY regret, in this 'urbulen; pcTiod, to ta.'
/
| MR. WAzzuCnSE:-Iw Will not snisrcpres en-
| the gentleman. say t!,at the people Of I'LL
nois will not revolt if Congasss paas tAls o
any other measure. Tlcy will cling 10 Ill
| Uniuu, under ;Il circumstances, rs ttse ark Q
their covenant aud their saivaiiun. nov ant
forever. (Applause IN the gnller:s;
Now, Mr. speaker, ,>1-*odld ill.,: tle HoHs
10 listen for II lnonlcnt to some statistics i
which desire to call their attenti N in re;;.:lr
| to this Northwest Of ours, that We arc all S
proud Of, not only bccauseit IL tue Northwest
bu, because it is part Of our glnrious Unio1
What, sir, is its position in the relation {
feeding the world! Look Mt the total Of til
domestic exports of the country foS the 1fsrt
year ending June 80, 1862. Ho1. great wer
They, ! ask, gentlemen? Let each 1na
1hat answer viii, The result wlicll viii stat,
Here it is:
Total domestic exports for the year
ending JuEe %, '6s, excluding spsclestsi So q
SpIrIts. grain, 3ss a