Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-11-13

docs tins argument prove? 1t either proves
nothing at all, or it proves too much. The
power of Congress To make the appropriation,
,citt that r;eic is denied-as it is.ncither among
the" enumerated powers, nor by any just
Interpretation" inferrable from them. Ii the
/ premises fail, what becomes of the conclu-
sion Does the passage of the appropriation
bill or the employment of the engineers, or
even the presumed change of opinion in the
President, ;ilfct the question in the least ? Ii
so, one usirration may sanction another, I'M
I'll every safeguard IN the rights of the people
Is broken down and disregarJed. This, in
Fact, is one ofthe great dangers to be appre-
hended from the astutcncss of construction and
implication.
| About the President we have not the sla-
dow of doubt We do not believe that he
has changed his opinion upon the subject. We
know better.-But he might have supposed
the bill itself, when it was brought Ia him for
| MS signature, came i'm such questionable
shape" as not to call upon HIM positively
to renew his protest against the doctrine. He
might have conceived that the Information 10
be attained by these surveys, would have been
a necessary ally in the Accomplishment Of
some end justified by the constitutions. He
might have considered the typographical sur
veys as useful for military purposes Then,
1
motives, as TO suppose that he has changed o.
pinons which he has ayowed in so solemn and
novel way !?
! But let Mr. n. pass from the Clct itself to
the principle. Wenow call upon HIM to pat has
finger upon that clause of the constitution,
which does convey such a power 10 the gene
raj government. An argument of this sort
would not only save great deal Of trou-
BILE IN hunting up prccedents but it would be
worth all of them put together. Whence then
do you dcducc this power? ne pause for a
reply"
| After satisfy ing himself that it is the bust
ness OF Congress TO attend 10 internal inn
provemcnts, Mr.. n. suggests the claims of the
Susquchannah. to the patronage ofthe nation {;
but has $ a su'licicncy of public spirit TO APP
| prove Il FIRST attention to the Ohio and Missis-
| sippi. All that he means To imply Is,
! That The people of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and
| New York, &c. possess much right have the
onsiuehannah river surveyed nj the cost oi the Unit
ed States, rs those Of Kentucky, Ohm, Indiana &c.
| can have to claim survey of the Ohio at the
expense al the Union else think TINT there must
he one constitution for the Atlantic, and another for
the Western States, though never yet have heard
that there was, and hope than there will be.
| Equality Is equiy--coniorni;y is justice"
/ Ihe lntelligencer, too comes forward with
| ITS schemes of expenditure
| ." They for the common benefit and OUGHT To
he executed III the common charge We speak of
such works as the projected canal 10 unite the waters
oil the Delaware and Rariton thar to connect the
i waters oil the Delaware and the Chesapeake Bay
that to connect the Potomac with the waters Of the
Mississippi &c. &c. We would also specify the
To connect The Hudson with the waters ni the Lakes
had no, tho rich state of New York herself spredly
undertaken IL and, even il is, would willingly
see Tie United States contributors 10 that g eat work.
How many more projects will spring up TO be
executed at the charge of the public treasury
, should hispower BIZ conferred on acknowleJs-
ed to exest, it is difficult even to conceive
La newly settled country like ours, compre-
hendlnS sucha vast extent of territory, such {;
variety of soils and climates intersectcd by SO
many beautiful rivers, and lofty mountains
and inhabited by such an enterprising and am
bilious people in Il country thinly populated
where so much Is TO he done by art and indus
try, what must be the resources ofihat trea-
sury which should undertake tn construct i'm
provemcnts throughout the whole, upon tn,
principles OF " equality" and justice What
] Il host of officers, contractors and unfertaker
D would it require: What patronage would
add To the goyernment-and how utterly i'm
possible would II be for Congress, constituI-
ted as they are, 10 legslate correctly upon suc
multitude of distant and conflicting inter
Z esis Even in Virginia, sectional lraousie
: have already sprung up, as 10 the mannerHf dis
nursing our fund for internal Improvement
Would not these feelings he carried To tn,
height OF evaporation under The general go
vernmeni, involving perhaps even the safet,
oil The union? We want no other evidence q
TINS, than the closing remark i'll the above quo
taiion from the sober and patriotic Mr.. Niles
X We regret 20 witness already such tendenr
q III our system, and public measures, 10 Great
II sectional or geographical distinctions; an
D we should be unwilling TO multiply tn
: pretexts for discrimination So odious and dis
e organizing.
e STATE OF THE LITERARY FUND ON TIL
T. 30tli SEPTEMBER, 1921
S PERMANENT CArIrAL derived from the followin
= sources, viz
o Fines, forfrurcs and penalties 5000 9
= Redemption of lands 1920 Y
Escheats Il0I7 q
Bris,oe Estate, in part of the Decree
agansi! Lee 9,Ol7 8