Mr. SUMNER. I shall not make any further resistance to this proposition, and, indeed, Senators will bear witness that I have hardly made resistance now. I have performed a dut; it is nota pleasant duty when lam called to differ from associates about me, but I think Senators will appreciate the position of a Senator of Massachusetts who was addressed as I have been by the municipal authorities of Charlestown. I think that they may enterinto the feelings, perhaps, of those authorities. Surely they might be pardoned if they saw with regret this property passing from the reach of their taxation; passin from the reach of those influences which would enter, as they supposed, into the prosperity of the city, and coming with in the iuclosure of the U.S. Coming within that inclosure may add to the strength of the navyyard and contribute to our pride, but it does take something essential from this town. It is nota large town; the Senfrom Maine knows well in point of acres it is one of the smallest towns, probably, in the whole country. I believe it does not contain more than 600 acres all told; but it is a historic town, and the people there naturally feel an interest in keeping what remains to them of their territory within their own properjurisdiction, and not seeing it pass out of their hands and coming under the jurisdiction of the U.S. I think I can enter into theirfeelin s. It is not without a pang, probably, that the municipal authorities there will hear that such a disposition has been made of this property as will take it from their jurisdiction. ut, sir,the maps before us. the committee assure us that it is needed by the Government. If it is needed by the government, that is enough; I cannot o pose it; but this discussion, perhaps, may at east put the Governmenton its guard with regard to the price. It may induce it at least to inquire whether the mayor and other municipa authorities of Charlestown are right when they say that the value of the land is only about 60,000 dollars, when the owners putit at $135,000. I ask, therefore, the SecyNavy to be good enough to take notice that there is this discre ancy with regard to the price, and I hope he will be particularly watch tul and see that the public interests do not suifer.