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Education and Internal Improvement-Indiana Canal.

[MAY 11, 1826.

of the discussion, reasons had been assigned, was it to Hendricks, Holmes, Johnson, Ky. Kane, Noble, Robbins, be said they were not now prepared to give addition- Rowan, Smith, Tazewell, Thomas, Van Buren, White, al ones? He should vote for the conference, and if they Williams, Woodbury-24. refused to grant it, it might jeopardize the passage of the NAYS-Messrs. Bouligny, Chase, Edwards, Harrison, bill. He was anxious the bill should pass in some way or Johnston, of Lou. King, Knight, Lloyd, Marks, Reed, other; as a Representative, he wished to do, on all occa-Ruggles, Sanford, Seymour-13. sions, what was right; he deemed it right the amendment The resolution proposing to amend the Constitution, should prevail, and that the arrangement of the circuits so as to exclude members of Congress from being appointshould be such as the amendment made; yet, he was noted to civil offices under the authority of the United States, willing, on account of some technical difference, or from being the subject next in ordersome little responsibility, to risk the loss of the bill altogether. If the Senate did not show some conciliating spirit, the House might become excited, and adhere on their part; but, by evincing a conciliatory spirit, this body might bring about an arrangement which would be satisfactory to all, and which would allay the fermentation which had been attempted to be got up, and the bill would pass.

Mr. DICKERSON observed, that, as there was not time to discuss this proposition during the present session, he should move to lay it on the table; and it was laid on the table accordingly.

On motion of Mr. HENDRICKS, the Senate took up the bill to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding said State in opening a He should therefore vote against the adop-canal, to connect the waters of Wabash river with those of Lake Erie.

tion of the report.

Mr. HENDRICKS, after having made some observations relative to the importance of the proposed canal, offered the following amendment; which was ordered to be printed.

Mr. BENTON said he was pleased with the report, and entirely concurred with it. There was one question which he had advanced, which had never been answered, in the House or out of it: Was not the Judge capable of doing the business in Ohio and Kentucky? This was the And be it further enacted, That, in consideration of third time that he had presented the question in this the grant aforesaid, the United States shall be entitled to point of view to the Senate; and he would ask some of receive such part of the tolls and revenues of said canal, as the gentlemen who advocated the course pursued by the shall be equal to the proportion which one half of the other House, to say whether or not the Judge was capa- land appropriated to the construction of the same, shall ble of doing the business of those two States? That in bear to the whole amount expended therein the said quiry had never been met, here or elsewhere. With re-half of the land to be estimated at the minimum price at gard to treating the House with disrespect, he was glad which the public lands may, at any time hereafter, be the committee had noticed it in their report. It was due sold." to the Senate that it should be repelled. He was not And then the Senate adjourned. versed-he had no manual-he had access to no book on the subject of etiquette; but if things went on at this rate, it would be necessary to have a manual published, in which they might all learn how they should be respectful, or how not. In his idea, it was a new sense of the term disrespect, to charge the Senate with disrespect for doing a thing which it had a clear right to do, and which it had done in the usual form.

THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1826.
EDUCATION AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.

Mr. DICKERSON, from the select committee appointed on the first instant, to consider of the expediency of di viding among the States, annually, a portion of the revenues of the General Government, for the purposes of Education and Internal Improvement, made a report, accompanied by a bill to provide for the annual distribution of a part of the revenues of the United States to the several States of the Union; which was read, and passed to a second reading.

Mr. HOLMES said this was a concise, able, matter of fact report, and he felt much obliged to the committee for it; he therefore moved that three thousand extra copies be printed.

Mr. BRANCH said he concurred entirely with the gentleman from Maine. A very little reflection would be sufficient to convince every thinking man of the dangerous consequences to be apprehended from the manner in which the funds have been distributed, giving the Government a greater portion of patronage than could be conferred by any system in any country whatever. The question was then taken on Mr. HOLMES' motion, and carried.

Mr. BARTON said there were but two questions involved in the amendment of the Senate to the Judiciary bill, sent here by the House of Representatives. One was, shall a Judge be appointed for a circuit, and permitted to reside out of the circuit, only visiting it occasionally? To this question he answered, No; and had neither conference nor compromise to offer upon such a proposition. The other question was, shall the State of Missouri be subjected to the inconvenient attachment to Kentucky, in the formation of a circuit? To this question he answered, No; and had no compromise to make upon the question. For, although it was true that the Northwestern angle of Kentucky touched the Southeastern angle of Missouri, yet, for all practical purposes, there were two States lying between Kentucky and Missouri, during the greater part of the year, during which, steam-boat transportation and passage were not to be relied on. Besides, there were long distances between the respective seats of Government in Kentucky and Missouri, and the points of embarkation in each, during the season of steam-boat navigation on the Ohio; he should, therefore, upon such plain questions as those involved in the Senate's amendment, grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana, upon which he had nothing to give up, vote at once for for the purpose of aiding the said State in opening a the resolution of the committee, and, he again repeated, canal to connect the waters of the Wabash river with without the slightest feeling of disrespect for any indivi-those of Lake Erie and, the question being on the dual or public body. amendment proposed yesterday by Mr. HENDRICKS; after some remarks by Messrs. CHANDLER, NOBLE, and HENDRICKS,

The question was then taken on agreeing to the report of the Judiciary Committee, and decided by yeas and nays, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Barton, Benton, Berrien, Branch, Chandler, Dickerson, Eaton, Findlay, Harper, Hayne,

THE INDIANA CANAL.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill to

:

Mr. BRANCH moved to lay the bill on the table, on account of the indisposition of his colleague, who particularly wished to vote upon it.

MAY 11, 12, 1826.]

Western Collection Districts Medical College in Washington.

The motion prevailed-aves 17, noes 15. The Senate then took up the bill from the House, fixing the salaries of the Surveyors of the ports of Hudson and Kinsale, and of the Collector of the port of Barnstable; and, the question being on agreeing to the amendment proposed by the Senate, allowing the Collector of the District of Baltimore a half per cent.: of the District of Savannah one and a half per cent.; of the District of Norfolk and Portsmouth two per cent. ; of the District of Salem and Beverly three quarters per cent., in lieu of the commissions allowed by law on account of money received by them on account of duties on goods, &c. and the tonnage of vessels. [It allows to the Naval Officers and Surveyors of the Districts of Portsmouth, Norfolk and Portsmouth, and Savannah, salaries of $500 each, in lieu of any salary now allowed. It also authorizes the appointment of a Surveyor for the District of Bath, at a salary of $250.]

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collection districts established. The collectors would
have the same rights and powers as other collectors, and
would be bound by the general collection law. Would
there not, therefore, be a certain number of officers called
into action, whether there was any thing to do, or not,
whose salaries would come out of the Treasury?
Mr. LLOYD replied, that the amount of business to be
done would be determined in a very short time. They
would have to send in their accounts quarterly, and if
abuses arose, they would be stopped. He acknowledged
the bill was open to many objections, but if the Senate
thought it would be too hazardous, they would not pass it.
On motion of Mr. HARRISON, the bill was, for the
present, laid on the table.

FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1826.

MEDICAL COLLEGE IN WASHINGTON. Mr. LLOYD moved to amend the amendment so as to Mr. EATON remarked, that he wished the Senate to include the Deputy Collector of Boston and Charlestown, proceed to the consideration of a bill authorizing the allowing him $500 a year in addition to his present com- establishment of a Medical College in the City of Washpensation. After some discussion between Messrs.ington. He said the application had been made to the LLOYD, FINDLAY, CHANDLER, WOODBURY, Senate by several eminent physicians, and a number of SMITH, and HOLMES, respectable citizens. Unrepresented, as they were, on the floor of either House, he thought it but an act of sheer justice to give to their petition a patient examinationadopt it if right-reject it if wrong. To refuse to consider Mr. JOHNSTON, of Louisiana, moved to amend this the application, by laying it on the table, and thus passing amendment, so as to include the Deputy Collector of New it in silence by, was not the course that should be purOrleans; and, Mr. LLOYD having accepted the modifica-sued, or the course which the Senate should adopt. He tion, the amendments were concurred in, and the bill was ordered to a third reading.

Mr. LLOYD modified his amendment so that the emoluments of the Deputy Collector should not exceed $2000

per annum.

The Senate then resumed the consideration of the bill from the House, further to amend the charter of the town of Alexandria; and, after a few remarks by Mr. ROWAN, the bill was reported to the Senate, and the question being on concurring in the amendment made in Committee of the Whole, striking out the privilege to draw lotteries, the amendment was disagreed to.

did not presume it could occupy much time. They merely asked to be incorporated, with the view to the forming a College, where medical lectures should be delivered, and diplomas conferred. The only objection he had heard of, was, that the Columbian College already had a Medical Professorship attached to it. This was indeed true, and it would be for the Senate, if the bill were now considered, to determine whether they would, for this reason, refuse the application, and thereby sanction the idea, that Mr. EATON then moved to insert an additional sec-monopolies, of any sort, should be permitted, and particu tion, authorizing the Washington Library Company to Raise $10,000 by way of lottery, to erect a building for the Library.

The amendment was lost, and the bill was then ordered to a third reading.

larly in science. He wished the Senate to decide the bill upon its merits, and therefore moved to take it off the

table.

Mr. WOODBURY said the bill had been placed on the table at his instance, owing to the Senator from Ken tucky, who took an interest in the business, being, at the WESTERN COLLECTION DISTRICTS. time, absent. He thought it was a bill which would conThe Senate then took up the bill to establish certain sume much time. Memorials, and counter memorials, had Collection Districts in the States of Kentucky, Ohio, In- been presented, one of which, protesting against the diana, Illinois, and Missouri. [This bill creates three Col-establishment of this College, he had in his hand, signed lection Districts, Louisville, Cincinnati, and St. Louis, by one hundred citizens. He did not see the propriety of each of which shall be a port of entry, and contains va consuming the time of the House, at this late stage of the rious provisions relative to vessels arriving from foreign session, in discussing a measure which might well lay parts bound for these ports, and the restrictions under over for consideration until the next session of Congress, which vessels may break bulk at New Orleans, and trans-In doing so, nothing of public injury could result; and he ship a part of their cargo to ascend the Mississippi.] hoped that the Senate would permit it to remain on the table.

Mr. LLOYD observed, that this bill was reported by the Committee of Commerce in consequence of a memo Mr. NOBLE was sure that the bill would, if considered rial from the merchants of St. Louis, which had been of now, take up much of the precious time of the Senate. referred to that committee. They had consulted with If gentlemen desired to make speeches, they could have the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject, who had an opportunity of doing so, by acceding to the motion concurred with them as to the propriety of granting the made by the gentleman from Tennessee, but he thought prayer of the memorial. The committee, Mr. L. said, the Senate had much better attend to other business, and were desirous of affording every facility to the trade of the let this alone for next session. There was one College of Western country, but it must be considered as an experi- that description already here, and to establish another ment. The introduction of the right of breaking bulk at one, would be to destroy both; which he hoped the Se New Orleans, and shipping part of their cargoes in steam-nate was not disposed to do-at any rate it might well lie boats on the Mississippi, which would have to stop at a until next year. variety of places before arriving at the port of their ultimate destination, must be attended with some hazard to the revenue. If it gave rise to abuses, however, it could be remedied. Mr. TAZEWELL said there would be a number of VOL. I.-46

The Senate refused to consider the bill.

On motion of Mr. EATON, the Senate then took up the bill to authorize the Corporation of Georgetown to erect a bridge over the river Potomac, within the District of Columbia.

Executive Patronage-Militia Bill-Western Collection Districts.

Mr. EATON, to remove the objections which had been Cincinnati from Leeds and Liverpool and other ports, urged on a former occasion to the bill, moved to strike and that, at St. Louis, the merchants transacted all their out the second section, authorizing the exaction of toll; business with England direct. They had likewise exportwhich was carried; and the bill having been furthering merchants who wished to send their tobacco direct to amended, was ordered to a third reading.

[This bill appropriates 5,000 dollars for this purpose.] Mr. REED, of Mississippi, strenuously advocated the tages which would result to the commerce of the Union passage of the bill, demonstrating, at length, the advanfrom the obstructions being removed.

might very well be deferred to the ensuing session; he
Mr. CHANDLER thought its further consideration
therefore moved to lay it on the table; which was de-
cided in the negative, by yeas and nays, as follows:

Macon, Rowan, Ruggles, Sanford, Van Buren, White,
YEAS.-Messrs. Branch, Chandler, Dickerson, Harper,
Woodbury.-11.

Clayton, Edwards, Harrison, Hendricks, Holmes, John-
NAYS.-Messrs. Barton, Benton, Bouligny, Chase,
ston, of Louisiana, Kane, King, Lloyd, Marks, Noble,
Reed, Robbins, Seymour, Smith, Thomas, Williams.-21.
The bill was then ordered to a third reading.

DISCRIMINATING DUTIES.

The Senate then took up the bill supplementary to an act, entitled an act to regulate the commercial intercourse between the United States and certain British colonial

MAY 15, 1826.]

Discriminating Duties-Imported Salt-Dismal Swamp Canal.

DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.

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The Senate then took up the bill from the House for the subscription of stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. Mr. HENDRICKS (Chairman of the committee which reported the bill) made a general exposition of its object, and briefly advocated its passage.

ports. [This bill provides that no other or higher dutiession of general subjects. The decision on the question of of impost and tonnage, and no other or higher duty, or taking it up was-ayes 14, noes 19. charge of any kind, upon any goods, wares, or merchandise, imported from the following free ports of the British colonies (here follows a list of the ports in the West Indies, &c.)-in British vessels, shall be levied or exacted in any of the ports of the United States, (excepting the ports in Florida,) than upon the vessels of the United States, and upon the like goods, wares, &c. imported into The act to the ports of the United States in the same. go into force after the 30th of June next, and, if it is found that discriminating duties are levied on United States' vessels, the President may issue his proclamation, and the act may be suspended.]

Some discussion took place, in which Messrs. SANFORD, LLOYD, SMITH, HOLMES, and TAZEWELL, took part, as to the most advantageous mode of accomplishing the object, whether it should be done by the present bill, or be left to negotiation; it was urged that this bill would put our trade on an unequal footing with Great Britain, inasmuch as they might bring the produce of every part of the world to our ports, while we could only go direct to the West Indies with our own produce and manufactures.

Mr. HOLMES moved an amendment that the act should not extend to the importation of plaster of Paris into the United States from British provinces, unless the same advantages should be granted to the United States' vessels, as to the British vessels concerned in that trade. The amendiment was agreed to.

Mr. SMITH then moved to amend the bill, by adding after the word colonies, "or such as inay hereafter be declared to be free ports;" which prevailed.

Mr. CHANDLER said they had entered into every kind of speculation since they had been here, and now they were called on to enter into partnership with lottery venders and subscribers to stock companies, who had sacrificed one-half or two-thirds of their stock, and with the States of North Carolina and Virginia. It was said the report on the subject was too long to be read. If that was The gentleman from Indiana had the case, he thought it was too late in the session to act on the subject at all. called on the gentlemen from North Carolina and Virginia to make any explanations that should be called for as to the nature and utility of the work; but Mr. C's object in rising was, to ask the Chairman of the committee whether the stock had not once been fully subscribed for?

Mr. TAZEWELL said he should vote against this bill. He had done so on a former occasion, and he should continue to do so as long as he lived, and against every other bill of a similar kind, come from what quarter it might. He did not think that this Government possessed the authority, in any form, manner, or shape, to expend the pub. lic money in furthering this, that, or the other project; and, though this money was to be applied at his own door, and in his own State, he must vote against it. It came Mr. HARRISON said, there was such a difference of across his principles, and those he could not sacrifice to sentiment amongst gentlemen on this subject, that to pre-promote his interest; but, as he had been called on by the vent its occupying more of the time of the Senate, he Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals, he felt would move to lay it on the table; which was decided in it a duty he owed to the People he represented, and to those who had this business at heart, to eke out the statethe affirmative by yeas and nays, as follows: YEAS.-Messrs. Barton, Benton, Bouligny, Chandler,ment which the gentleman from Indiana had made from Edwards, Harrison, Holmes, Johnston, of Louisiana, Kane, the documents before him. Lloyd, Marks, Noble, Reed, Robbins, Ruggles, Sanford.-16.

NAYS.-Messrs. Berrien, Branch, Chase, Dickerson, Harper, King, Macon, Rowan, Smith, Tazewell, Van Buren, White, Williams, Woodbury.-14.

So the bill was ordered to lie on the table.

MONDAY, MAY 15, 1826.

Immediately after the Revolutionary war, (said Mr. T.) the active mind of him who, by common consent, was placed at the head of all the citizens of this country, as soon as he was relieved from the toils of war, employed itself in looking over the map of his own country, and of his own particular State, to devise the ways and means by In this which its prosperity might be advanced. view he proposed, in a written communication to the State of Virginia, in 1784, to make the Potomac river naviga The bill from the House supplementary to an act for the ble, from the head of tide water to the utmost point where gradual increase of the Navy, was taken up; and, after its navigation was practicable, and the same with James some discussion between Messrs. CHANDLER, TAZE-river; and to connect the waters of James river with the WELL, BRANCH, MACON, and HAYNE, the bill was ordered to a third reading, by yeas and nays, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Barton, Bell, Benton, Berrien, Bouligny, Chase, Eaton, Edwards, Findlay, Harrison, Hayne, Holmes, Johnston, of Louisiana, Kane, Knight, Marks, Reed, Robbins, Rowan, Ruggles, Sanford, Seymour, Smith, Van Buren-24.

NAYS-Messrs. Branch, Chandler, Clayton, Dickerson, Harper, Hendricks, King, Lloyd, Macon, Pickins, Tazewell, White, Williams, Woodbury-14.

waters of Albemarle Sound, by canals. The first subject was accomplished at once: because the whole territory His recommendation was attended to; and, lying in the State of Virginia, required no other aid or concurrence. in pursuance of it, as far back as 1786, laws were passed authorizing the construction of the Potomac and James river canals, which were afterwards carried into effect. The canal now in question extends half its length into North Carolina, and it required, therefore, the co-operation of the two States and Washington's influence was exerted to procure de enaction of the law out of which it grew. The low authorized a canal of very limited dimensions, to connect the great waters of North Carolina and Virgipa; and that law received the concurrence of the Legisatures of both these States. At that time, (Mr. T. sad) we were in our infancy as it regarded caTe sum necessary to accomplish this great work, Some discussion took place between Messrs. HOLMES, nals. BRANCH, LLOYD, MACON, SMITH, WOODBURY, of twenty-two and an half miles, was estimated at $80,000, NOBLE, VAN BUREN, SANFORD, and FINDLAY; which was subscribed for in North Carolina and Virginia. and the Senate refused to take it up, on account of the There was no such thing as a civil engineer in America, late period of the session not affording time for the discus-and some military engineer was picked up to cut the ca

IMPORTED SALT.

Mr. SMITH said, as Chairman of the committee who had reported the bill, he felt bound to move to take up for consideration the bill repealing, in part, the duty on imported salt.

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the case.

nal: a man who had never seen one constructed in his life, made by the hand of nature, which is perfectly navigable. and was perfectly ignorant of the subject. He projected At the mouth of the Pedee the island ceases: it there it, and they commenced it, in utter ignorance of every becomes necessary to enter this great river; ascending thing concerning such works. They finished the cut with its Southern branch, you come within eight or ten miles the $80,000, and the tolls which were received while the of the navigable waters of Cape Fear in North Carolina. canal was in operation. But, when it was finished, they This is over a champaign country where there is not a sinhad got a ditch of eleven feet wide and one foot deep,gle rock of any kind, and nothing but the roots of trees to which foot, in Summer time, was frequently diminished, produce any difficulty in the excavation: you ascend the by evaporation, to six inches. They were occupied ten nearest mouth of Cape Fear, and there approach within years in cutting this ditch. So soon as it was finished, or two miles of that chain of sounds which extends Northbefore it was finished, it was found, by survey, by some wardly to the State of Virginia. A canal of two miles, persons who were a little better acquainted with the mat- Mr. T. said, would connect the waters of Cape Fear with ter, that, immediately West of the canal, at two miles dis- the first of these sounds; and he proceeded to show the tance from it, there lay the best feeder in the world, a lake facility of effecting a complete interior navigation throughwhich was seven miles long, five miles broad, and of ex-out, to Albemarle Sound, and thence to the mouth of the traordinary depth. This lake was found to be at an ele- Dismal Swamp Canal now under consideration, twentyration of seven feet above the surface of this canal, and three miles in length, which connected Aibemarle Sound twenty-two feet elevation above the tide water, At this with Hampton Roads in Virginia. You then, continued time the money was all expended. Application was again Mr. T., ascend the Chesapeake Bay and come to the made to the Legislatures of North Carolina and Virginia to mouth of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal; through authorize an additional subscription to the stock. An ad- this you enter the waters of the Delaware, ascend to ditional subscription of $40,000, or more, was, according- Trenton, and enter there the Delaware and Raritan Canal; ly, made by individuals, and some portion by the State of by this means you get to New York; you pass up Long Virginia itself. He was not sure, however, that that was Island Sound to Providence, Rhode island. Wherever This money was expended in the repair of else the canal may go, said Mr. T., I know not, but from some wooden locks which had been constructed in the there to St. Mary's River, in Georgia, there are only the course of the excavation of the canal, and which rotted insignificant obstructions existing which he had described. once in ten years. Still the canal was only eleven feet The high lands which separate the waters which fall into wide and one foot deep. Things remained in this state the Hudson from those that fall into the Delaware; those until the late war with Great Britain. The Chesapeake that separate the Chesapeake from the waters of Albe, was then blocked up, and the only outlet was through this marle Sound; those separating Cape Fear from South canal, and the whole of the tobacco and every article of Carolina, and on to St. Mary's, in Georgia, a distance of export in Virginia was carried through it into the waters of one thousand miles, required canals of something, less North Carolina, which nature has proclaimed shall never than sixty miles altogether. Of this chain, said Mr. T., the be blockaded by any enemy. Vessels, coming from Rich- Dismal Swamp canal is a link, which has already been mond and other parts, arrived at Norfolk, discharged their completed to the extent i before stated. Another link is cargoes into open boats, which went through this canal the Chesapeake and Delaware canal, for the completion to ports in North Carolina, and thence were shipped to of which Congress voted the same sum of money at the every part of the world. The magnitude of this trade, and last session, as is now proposed for this canal. It will be the importance of this canal, had attracted considerable completed in the course of the ensuing year. The link attention. The original $80,000 were gone; the $40,000 connecting the Delaware and the Hudson is now in train, afterwards subscribed were all gone; the new stockhold- but, Mr. T. said, he did not know what progress had been ers were not permitted to come in on the same terms with made in it. It was a fact that, during the last Summer, a the old ones, and they refused to come in on any other. vessel came from New York, passed through this canal in In this state of things, the Board of Public Works of Vir- its present situation to North Carolina, took in her load, ginia was authorized to take two-fifths of the whole stock, and made her return voyage. This, Mr. T. said, was the and subscribed the remaining three-fifths of the stock. history and progress of this canal. He had done his duty With this fund they cut a feeder two miles long, giving in submitting it, but, inasmuch, as he conceived that them the command of the canal; and they opened this ca- Congress had no authority to exert this power, he could nal to a width, on the surface line, of fifty feet, and at the not vote for it, bottom of thirty-two fect, with a depth intended for six feet, but, for some reason, was only made five and an half feet. The tolls received in the mean time had been applied to the erection of stone locks. There were, originally, twelve wooden locks, which are now all done away, and there are three or four stone locks, and finer pieces of masonry I never saw n ny life. The money the State subscribed has been appled to widen the canal. There were required stone locks where wooden ones existed at the Southern outlet, and a cin of 200 yards, to change the place of disemboguemment, because a better site for the foundation of a stone lock can be found than now exists. The funds are not provided, and, it hey depend upon the tolls of the canal to raise these funds they would not be forthcoming for some years, owing to the expenses of the canal. Tils (Mr. T. said) was the history of the origin and progress of the work, as far as he kiew any thing

about it.

This canal, Mr. T. said, was to be considered in a national point of view. By a reference to the map would be seen, that, from the mouth of the St. Mary's river to the mouth of the Pedce, there is every where a chain. of islands, leaving soundings which are navigable; a cand

Mr. BRANCH, of North Carolina, said this work was a most important one, and was connected with a power already exercised by Congress; for without this, efficiency could not be given to the fortifications; it was through this canal supplies were to be furnished which were to give efficiency to the fortresses at the Rip Raps and fortress Munroe; and should he, from a little squeamishness, deny to his People a participation in the feast which had been prepared out of their money? The money of the State of North Carolina had been taken, and often, by those very men, who now tendered him this little bone; for it was nothing but a bone to pick. The State of Virginia was more interested in this work than the State of North Carolina, perhaps more than any State in the Union, and those men who had taken the money of his People, and had applied it to objects of a different character, were now tendering him a small boon by way of return. If he should accept it, should he be compromitted by his vote; should he be bound to acquiesce in any violation of the rights of his People hereafter, by the vote he should give now? Mr. B. said he was an advocate for the equal and impartial distribution of the resources of the Nation; therefore it was that he had agreed with