Mr. HARRIS. The State of NewYork some 4odd years ago entered upon this system of internal improvements. She has expended upon it, incluing the original cost of the work, upon the enlargement of the Erie canal, which cost $31,000,000, very recently completed, and including also interest, expenses of repairs, and superintendence, $166,000,000. She has received in tolls from these works a little more than half that amount, not over $90,000,000. 75 million dollars have been provided for otherwise by the State. She has devoted to it her permanent revenues. She has taxed her people largely and liberally for this work. Vitiiin the very last year she has taxed her 'p‘pople about a million dollars for this work. e have not therefore exacted largely from the western States in tolls upon these canals. The State has put the toll as low as it was possible. When we commenced the work, we applied to Congress to aid us; but then it was unconstitutional to aid a work of internal improvement, and we were obliged to undertake it at that early day single handed and alone, and we have one on with it. Now, it seems to me it is a ittle ungracious to send this foreign corporation there to occupy our soil without our consent., Under these circumstances, is it too much for NewYork to ask that this thing may be suspended for a few months, that 'she may see what she can do in the case, that this corpo ration may not now be created and vested with this powerirrevocably to go on and occupy the soil and territory of I NewYork and to construct this work under the circumstances I have mentioned? Again, sir, NewYork is proud of these improvements. She has a right to be. Her people are sensitive in relation to them. And now or Congress to pass this bill and send this corporation there with the powers that it is proposed to confer upon them will inevitably create great excitement and agitation; and this is certainly not the best time to excite and agitate the people. We have questions of excitement and agitation quite enough on our hands now. I hope, therefore, for this reason, that the Senate will postpone the consideration of this bill.