Mr. WILLIAMS. I wish to make one suggestion as to the argument offered by the Senfrom Maine to show that this appropriation ought not to be made. No one, I suppose. doubts that it is necessary that there should be hospital accommodations in the city of Washington. Nobody doubts that it is the duty of Congress to make some provision to establish and maintain such an hospital. Now, it does not seem to me to be altogether logical to say that because Congress does provide what is necessary for the wants of the people of the District, therefore Congress must make every other appropriation that is asked for, whether such appropriation be or not necessary for such purposes. If the argument offered by the Senfrom Maine is to have its effect, then there is to be no hospital in the DistCol at all, unless it can be managed by private persons out of private funds, and I understand the argument to be that if any appropriation be made for any hospital, then an appropriation will be asked for 2 or 3 hospitals or more; and the inference is that no appropriation ought to be made at all and there ought not to be any hospital here at all for the accommodation of the people. Now, sir, I think that Congress may, with perfect propriety, make an appropriation for this hospital, and refuse to make any other appropriation for ii similar purpose unless congress is satisfied that other appropriations are necessary and that this appropriation is not sufficient to meet' the wants of the people in this District. If that is apparent, then, so far a's I am concerned, I am willing to make all appropriations of this nature that are necessary, that are required by the indigence and misfortunes of those that may be found in this District. I was inclined, for the want ofinformation, to vote in the committee to strike this provision from the bill, not mowing anything about it; but since that tim I have received information which satisfies me that this provision ought to be made, that Congress cannot expend this amount of money for any other purpose that will do as much good as it will to provide for the construction of this building. The ladies that have charge of this charity have commenced the construction of a building, as I understand; they havea propriated some 4,000 dollars; the iiuildin is partly finished; it is necessary that they s on] have funds to go on and complete the building; they ask Congress simpl to appropriate a part of the necessary fun s, an they say that the present accommodations are not sufficient. The have rented a house, comparatively a small house; they find that it is not sufficiently large and commodious for the purpose of a hospital, and they desire to put up a.building for that purpose, one that will be sufficiently large and suitable for such a purpose. I have understood I do not know but that I may be mistaken that this is the only hospital in this city that is now receiving persons and is in actual operation. But the Senfrom Maine said that there was another hospital, and perhaps in that respect I am misinformed. It seems to me that we might with propriety make this appropriation, and then decide on the propriety of others when application for them is made.