ON THE SUBJECT OF A SURVEYING AND EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND SOUTH SEAS. DELIVERED IN THE HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE EVENING OF APRIL 3, 1836. BY J. N. REYNOLDS. WITH CORRESPONDENCE AND DOCUMENTS. "The assembly to which I address myself, is too enlightened not to be fully sensible, NEW YORK. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS. 1836. Q 115 .055. R46 "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, April 2d, 1836. "Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following resolution : : “Resolved, That the use of this Hall be granted to J. N. Reynolds, Esq., on Saturday evening next, for the purpose of delivering an address, on the subject of an Expedition, or Voyage of Discovery, to the South Sea and Pacific Ocean. "The Resolution was agreed to." Dir. PREFACE. On the 3d of April, I delivered the following discourse, on the Σ subject embraced in the Resolution of the 2d; and, from a wish ww to make my views as extensively known to the public as possible, and documents, contained in the following pages, may, perhaps, be regarded as the argument, history, and projé, of the intended expedition, and, in this view, may be of some interest to the public, at the present time. I am aware that more might have been said, and better said, on this subject; and I shall, therefore, be happy in finding that the reader has added new arguments to mine, to give an impulse and character to a great national undertaking. J. N. R. New York, Oct. 10, 1836. |