, 1863-06-04
THE NATIONAL CANAL CON-
VENTI0N,
FINAL DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Speeches Of Hon, Hannibal Ham
lin, Gen. Walbridge, Hon. G.
B. Washburn, and Others

0p6ttut6 u 11uus Ah1HtluA AhW~
lin, Gen. Walbridge, Hon. G.
B. Washburn, and Others
Another beautiful day welcomed the dele
audience was hrger than that Of the day pre-.
yious, the delegations having been entirely
filed up, and large numbers Of strangers in
attendance. The hour to which the Conyen-
lion adjourned, however, was unconscionably
carly, md It was the natural consequence TINT
delegates who had been In committee during
the previous evening to Late hours should be
unable to convene at niue o'clock-an hour
when most Of the delegates were at the break
fast tables. The President Of the Convention
was promptly in his plaee ut the hour named,
but mere handful Of delegates were present.
About ten O'Clock, the CuA1R announced: !:
"Thc hour to which this Convention ad-
journcd having arrived, you will come to
order"
Mr. NUM- Of Illinois. All the Illinois dele
gates will GO South G1aughter], the Eastern
T~ Gu.Sp 80 ~ 49,. .1"s...sa ~ ~ -.
aroa ~ "a, ~ T1as,.tns, ~ ~ ~ Aatau'
will open the proceedings with prayer.
PRAYER.
Rev. DR.. GARRISON offered prayer Us fol-
lows: We praise Thee, Oh God. We acknow-
ledge Thee to be the Lord. All tie earth
doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting.
Let Thy blessing rest upon this people. Di-
~. ;5 ueu. ;aMu5e ~ tneI aIaoei1t!one WIN
ucsb eiaGaous Pulpoeeet LAAs IL AL lucy DtSSlu
ana eng. tney may g1oIuy my name. Oh,
nola Wy an,S:s, aatt:s, " tus aanis 4!. p1"cf
lies of var. and resforc The hrn{;cn ,,nity If
thig suffering pconle. and hasten the conotnr
Of that blessed fine when rirhteousness slaii
reign supreme In nil the car;R.
iHR CHA1B-If any rentleman has a list of
the comnIitfee ar,noinfed bv the deiepnres r
viii thank him to furnish Il ' :,
TuE CHA1R-Tha Chair won1d 1nr;ta tba
Delegates Il, the necessity ~ r,ro1nr11r ,of-fs
fer1sg tfa;r nomos +hot ~. ~. ,a,, IT,
re;nT7 ficEets ~ Wnicl, thct ars ~. anti,1aa s"o
TuF CHA1aSTba sccrssHyyv y - Iii ..aad 7;.+
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~ ~ sasn aanea as ua'e peea 1ulnisaeo; Is 20
r., n;sh their non,cs ns v ecnS 90 nss;hIe VIII
@u' A1Asa AnsA nAu'ee u soon as toesiole'
COMMITTEE on RESOLUTIONS.
The Secretary then read the list Of the Com
mIttee on Resolutions, as follows:
Henry Hitchcock, of St. Louis, No., j. c.
Cole, Madison, Wisconsin, John Lynch Port
lard, Maine, Samuel B. Rugg1cs, New York
City, Dr.. Peter Barker, Washington, D. c.,
Alexander Lewis, Detroit, Michigan, j. ".
Taylor, st. Paul, Mime sota, Richard D. Hill,
Davenport, Iowa, William kellogg, Canton,
Illinois, A. G. Riddle, Cleveland, Ohio, DR..
Sam. Gold, West Cornwell, Connecticut, VIM.
Hilton, Boston, Massachusetts, Thomas II,
Edwards, Keene, New Hampshire, Joseph G.
jackson, Newark, New Jersey, G. ". Julian,
Indiana, B. F. Arnold, Rhode Island.
s1AcAn. FALLS CANAL.
II, en.r,ne. A ot ,ss o.sa 49,. ..,.n
h, -. slAInu, .a,1 ~, VI Uaio, ngss4 " eahs
% Auu. ~ tan!e lue tesoiuloA "ntcu ne oue1So
Yesterday, lot Inc purpose o1 onef1ng sub
eu1n.e.
& rAe H!o'lou "As nsteeu ".
tn. .fi,l}oH fn5 nr,-1nl|e and r,.solIfinns whi,l
were referred to the Committee on Resolu-
tioo.
!. WHEREAS. It has been ascertaInod by careful
survey and estimate made by Cant. II. q. Williams
Of the United States army, under the direction Of
Tue IonoSrspiSica S BnIeau q 81 ne General Govern
ment. ihat & snlp canai on the American side, be.
toin io e lu tons oaftncn, can he constructed
~ at rst of fnm trn md hnif ~
Of do lcrp, 6eptndiug upon the line adonfed. anf
i WuInxAs the construction OF suca canalIs d.
n.,,'9ed BY Tic snt:s Northern fEsntier. as mill
ta1S d-lences admitting, as will. the passage Of
gnao1ts o. capacity equal TO- any that can b. pat
t5ronrh ber aircsdr constrnctad -
Canal 0oe'@"~~0o 49, ]A"'e0es
WnfRsAs, Through suc,, can.l, admitting. AZ
It will the free lake navigation OF steamers and
vessels OF large class the products Of the great
West can, cheaper than by any other channel, be
poured ont On thc atlantic coast Tor distribution to
Pt.11etd That thc ronre;t;a -ccou,noe,a T.,
1r1H o1tar meaarr,s ~ ~
eonstructon OF ship canal, around The Fails Of NJ
agara as Government work, and at the national
eapenee-
EN1AEGrSa TIE ILLINOIS AND pEsPL A1SEs
RIVER, &c.
co1 r,etor IF 11;ro;e ,,,,r,;..aa ,ha,,.,e
4;,,n ~ Ch,caUo Ss.;sa - ,.sn1,.;as 49,
neI ~ ~ est.ss VI deeoiouons' pro-
Eg,.sS r., ;ra1-nrss 1,rSa. -1,o ,,,+t,.xs+x -
+he "sn.rsI Eora1nn,en4 tho e1scI 4a*nl 49, "
;rst5nn ~ 1he 1ti,nnia a-d na4,,ia;nos P;rars
hy cons,r,et;n~ ea-;sa snn ~ ,oa1s nn5 1s'
enlarge the present fll;nnIs md Mj1hieran ~.
mi so us to admit the passoye of rnnb5nts md
the larrcst class If steamerS finn the Nissis.
sippi 10 the lakes.
Second, 70 enlarge: under the same author
lly. lne !ochs oi Tue E1ie anu us"ego Canals
o. New 1ofk 70 eqch dimensions "a as to pass
iron gun Doats. - 1cet wide and 9QO feet long,
la Mnt.r u'mtng ~. noe les Inan leet inches o.
natc!s ~ nAen :" IL improvements SunoQats
Orleans to Chicogo, Buffalo, Oswcgo, New
York, Norfolk. Richmond and Beaufort. dis
tance Of 500 nlilcs, besides ulacinr under fhe
control Of The naval nower Of TIE Goyern-
nent, the whole nayig able system OF the lakes.
As auxiliary to, and Us forming part Of
thc report, Col. Foster also submitted a
s!te!nl lePoEl 70 Inc survey OF the Illinois
6oocins q Preston, Engineers OF tue highest
capacity, and he asked tim. It be reftTFEd to