Mr. HUBBARD, of Connecticut. I desire. Mr. Speaker, to submit to the judgment of this House, in a word or two, and a word or 2 only, whether it is not idle for us, in the consideration of this bill, to discuss the comparativeinerits of League Island and NewLondon or Portland and some localities on the Hudson. It seemsto me that the arguments of the learned Gentfrom Pennsylvania were entirely irrelevant. If they had been put in the form of a plea, I think I would have deinurred to it; and I might have done so with perfect safety. The bill does not call upon this House to adopt any lparticular locality; it does not call upon this house to act at all upon its own judgment. It iswell known, and has been well said in this debate, that we would not any of us feel competent to select a locality for this purpose. The bill calls for the appointment by the resident of a skilled and exerienced board to make an examination of eague Island and the marsh lands, and makea report to the SecyNavy; and it would require the SecyNavy to act upon the recommendation or report of that board. Sir, as it seems to me, there is but one sin gle point in this case; and I invite the attention of the House to thatpoint nsI understand it. The simple question is, whether this commission or board shall not have free scope to examine other localities. Now, when in point of fact it is well known, and must be well known to every member of the House, that it is believed by a large portion of the community that there are more eligible sites for a navy yard than League Island, I ask the House if the substitute of my colleague contains anything more than a fair, reasonable, and just proposition. I think I know, and it must be well known to the members of this House, that a large proportion of our people believe that there are other localities much more advantageous to.thaiGovmnment as sites for a navy yard than n League Island. This being the fact, the only point in this case is, whether this board sha I not have its hands untied and have an opportunity to examine such other' sites as are suvgested in the substitute. ‘his being the only question, it does appear to me that all this discussion with reference to League Island and all this talk about the demerits of NewLondon are entirely foreign to the question before the House. The substitute only asks that this board shall have an opportunity to examine other sites when they go out ‘to examine League Island. If League Island is the best and fittest place for n navy yard, Philadelphia has nothing to fear. Why should the members from Pennsylvania trembleso much in the apprehension that this House will do a just thing and give the commission power to examine other sites? They cannot suffer by it. It will give satisfaction to the people, and will give better satisfaction to the members of this House. Ire peat, that gentlemen ought not to object to giving the commission power to examine these other sites.