(Tut 







This subject U so national and so intorna* 



.t it ha* never been 



character of a mere party qoea* 



,,. Thr national ...!.. .t...... Q| I- tl, tbtflfjftl 



,( 1< .J,*rt,,,..fth. - - :-.. . 



JBWbandgrraJ steUssMa BJ bui - 



u* f.ir tilt* *.,rk to begin. 



li-.l to the westward. 



re of every |iri- 



; .rt ml American. The flrvt report 

 ulr to UM Senate, waa unanimous, 



..uifttana, AlaUma, Geor- 



it i.Ul ;l > fur less restrict- 

 CutCsbilJ i...* befon LbeSenaU, Purtbof 

 idsfution and Mr.>nt;er pressure upon the 

 HT> of thr ooncessioni t.. mat t obi . '. m 



M,a,e U,,, ,,r,.,. ,,! t,.. 



d the hope o/g*at 



Mr. Turpie. of Indiana, led in oppasilk*. and 

 took up the rariotts probabiliUsa a* to UM es|. 



prias; a to the policy and right of 



Pmident, I am Wittily in favor of iW 

 tell travsn* list 



n\ v 

 the industries a 



v JcTcl 



.nt no M-t 



.1 111- ir h 



ain that this meanure had it* 

 t of thr MM urn of those eon- 



nnii-nt ai-l. Of f-r .m\ f-.rin f 



itfinat.-d with ft reflation of 

 rioted tn the iiniuirv 

 was Man- 



n r at a coat that would 



burden. in canal tolls, upon 

 i commerce of the . 



tin- fa. t tlmt tin- 



1 fn.m lht> 

 of individual* cnul<l -I. (am 



not think UK 

 membrr ..f any irtfuiatit- aflssmbly in Cliristssj 



, ; " ' 



long wished for. earnestly aftpeetod. An asp*. 

 ration so deeply founded to the k* 



.as only bean matohed by the dinVulty of 

 iu aocorapliahment TlM sueosssful eoniplHioa 



/ , ._ _ I .. - % **l*| m . 1 . M - 



*.... 



' : 



-The Soat Canal joins only two sraa. A very 

 long and sometimes tempestnowi voyagv tinonffc 

 tiMBtraiuofUtbraluru. 

 Mandebi.apartoflbcanaJ>.Mirney. 

 ican canal would unite two Wm 



nsces vast spaces in the surf ace of 



with iMr 



iMtl 



from capitalists so great a sum of money on the 



mpany and it 

 it heavy rate* of interest and large issues 



t*rpn*** "f *" Ilia.-:. ' :.[.-. N.. IDofc ^-r^ 



>it such sacriflcca. There 

 honesty or 

 rerk less speculation in the mutter. 



as obvious to all that tho power of Con* 

 gls to ai 



dscd in h -he Maritime Canal Com- 



lnv. . -ii,| wreck the company, destroy tbe 



i*a. forct- 



kwa. and lose to our citizens as much as $4. 

 00400 actually . besides great j- r- 



SonaJ ri^ks they" ha<l incurred on account of the 

 canal and a vast amount of labor performed by 

 any of our first dtiasM, It wwaqunQ) bH 



al our IntarventioQ in the in.: 

 trtou-ly affe. t th.-.r.-li: un-l ,, r .-j-. > of< .r 



>-.->-'.. . . 



we see UM revisiting shade of < 



:- .- ., .-.. ' ;. . . . 



flowini; in* unbroken course from shore to straw, 

 and exclaiming: Thi*. at last, is the way to the 

 Indies, to the peari.bearing Orient, to the El 

 Dorado of far ('at hn 



,,'; M , r ,!';:*.!;' :;r. ; : ..' ' ' 



but "d^not rHfJr m.wm this part of the argu- 

 ment to funds or money. They require ways 



progres way in which the iulsujtion and I pwr- 



-^ ~^f m ^. . ^M ^ * m k^^^l&^M*! tfL^a^^ 



poses 01 prouvoMni may man a SSBUUSSU swua 



MdPJS rrpird tbe 

 any MHfelta UM 



fpri 



mot,, th. 



pi.- in this - unless Congress 



the en 



r that of the rotn|tany and gire 

 nt (ho power* of a boldsJ 

 Uick and a majority of the 

 oorpovatioB. 



1 not ! carried out until the 



: cancel erery out -tan* I ing con* 



connected with the canal 



emitr created a ilifTi. ul- 

 tho Man 1 1 in.- Canal Cotnjmny f.uin.l it 



: in a \%.i^ ughly cmiitahlo 



!m and in k^'inc with an 



met I... I 



tlM bill-i* that 



gra 



illtT. 



t: !.. 



auisHrui to ask. -U thore aurthAnf to UM Cos- 

 rtitutimi whMh forbids Ihbr Tht inniiiMlrtM 

 in the Nil b that UK O 



and guaraahM UM pavuisul of the 



io)c aniiution to aocomplisli this grand 

 rk, in which our whole people bare a ju* 



bnskvd. 'U there 



of \r. 



is aousir. But I think UM 



i&ould or. Is there anything in the 



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