The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1825-01-29

rod. IL Is destined To swallow up all the inino'
| establishments of a similar description. The
| detaic on the treaty t,aking power, invo'red
the question Of the ultimate concurrence OF
( the house Of repreae nta,ives, by means OF
their conceding. or rdusing the requisite ap,
propriations The classification question had
its secret influences OF this debate, which end
ed without settling thF principle.
| The only qnestionspf impo, tance during the
administration Of Nc SoIadisou, which invoiv.
ed the leading doc,ffees ofthc two parties ~ "a
| the bank bill, with the intcrnal" Improvement
clause in 1917, aod the establishment OF me
! present Bank of the United States, the year
after. To the bank bill of 1917. clause was
aided Il think by Mr.. Caihouu) appropriating
| the gains of the bank to internal imp ovemcnts.
| Mr., Madison gave the bill his decided mega
tive. ON the ground that congress had no pow
err to Iegislate on internal improvements. -
| This was March 3, 1918. The national bank
wa, carried through afterwards By the 9 cat
talents of MIR. Dallas, one OF the ahest men
this country has seen. Mr.. Dallas was led
away bv his duty a. hnsncicr. and by his long
come ION with the great mercantile Interests
of Philadelphia. with whom a national bank
was a Cavorilc measure: or he never would
| have been the advocate OF that measure him
self But the sanction given to this charter I'd
monopoly, by series o. decisions Implying
| it's constttutionality, render ed by the supreme
court, made j, extremely difficult for congress
TO decide Otherwise SO IT is; lc' in but the
| giant foot Of usurpation, and the whole body
of the monster will soon force Its wav Good
citizens. accustomed 10 reflect, have long
viewed with silent horror the po,tentons pro
grcss of the iedc, al Judiciary This body is
now, as from the beginning 1t has been, the
strong light arm of consolidation .he judS-
| es of that court arc as wise, as learned, and
as honest, as any o,he' judges constituting
any other court They arc men like other
men. They are creatures of the executive:
Judges whose motto is.gfHoI!ae srfSdio!s0n-
en- to extend their authority; and they have
faithfully pursued it. When have they ever
doubted the cons,itutionaltv of an act of con-
eress? And what occasion have they passed
over of deciding on the constitutionaIity of
state laws? They seem to regard themselves
| as an insulated body, far above all state autho.
| rites whose proc ecdings they have a fullright
| to annuI or control The doctrines OF that
court, regret to say, are fashionable among
the members of the bar; and as think. have
given federal leaning-ap propensity to defend
the consolidation measures, TO very many Of
the best heads Of our country
| During the administration of Mr.. Monroe,
much has passed, which the republican party
wond be glad 10 approve. If they could. But
| the principal feature and that which has chief
| " elected these observations, is the renewal OF
| the SYSTEM OF INTERNAL IMPRovEMENT.
| The scruples Of this gentleman 90 the subject
| of the C. Cumberland Road. have subsidized and
for reasons and for motives Of verv manifest
| operation, he has become a thorough convert
10 the doctrines of his ancient enemies Mr.
Calhoun. I dare say, bad little difficulty in
I o. grooming the doubts o!ihe ~ idcnt, when
he set before his eyes the g,itte'iag prospects
Of ten millions to he Distributed in jobs 20 for
| ,i6ca,ion contractors and much in the con
struction of roads by canals throughout eve
~ part oGthc union. except IN those states
| which Chiefly contribute to. supply the funds
These splendid projects OF Mr.. Calhoun, CO.
Iinciled also with Mr.. Nom oc's favorite plan
Of Cortific atoms on every part OF our coast, re-
curing of necessity a consideT able increase Of
the standing army TO man them. But the
main objects arc the power and patronage
the prodinious influence that The President for
he time being and the Seer etarv of War
| wonld require Nv contro'ing the expenditure
of every cent that would otherwise form n
| surplus revenue 1t is hardly one time i'm ten
that the ostcnsitlc reason OF public proposal
is the real one Let any man look at Mr.
CaIhoun's report on fort firations in which
he proposes 10 lay out about one million of
dollars s0ufh. and nine and half millions
NORTH Of the Potomac. and one main Object Of
this project, will start up untisguiscd, and
stare him in the face When Mr. Jefferson
proposcd TO abolish the internal taxes it was
not on account Of the burthcn of taxation
from which the people would be thus relieved
but to take away the executive influence over
La host of dependents, in the pay aud under
the cont,o OF of that department. But MIR. J
was a Radical at that time; and report sav-
he is so still He well knew the use that
might be made Of this executive influence ::
and he need 1t not Indeed, no man ought to
he president, who does need it - or who wish
e. TO admin. ter the fashionable Jolly of the
day, a PArRo&IziNG GovERNMENT.
In Jan 1891, Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Findlay,
of the Senate, moved separate resolutions. in
Substance that the committee OF roads and ca
nails do report on the expectancy Of requesting
the president to employ part OF the engineer
corps to ascertain the praciicability Of uniting
the Schuy kill and the Delaware. and the Al
lcgany and the Susquehana. in Pennsvvania
Which on the application of the Pennsylvania
delegation to MIR. Calhoun. has been extend
cd to the Susqnehanna and the Chesapeake:
and to several places in the middle, the north
eastern states, and in Florida upon pretences
and for purposes, not YETI SO far as know
developed. The application Of the Psnnsyl
vania dele CATION was cordially received and in
stantly granted, and Dir Calhoun himself.
has been lately surveying some OF the creeks in
the Alegany mountains. no doubt for some
~ cat national object he eater to be explained
The influence OF the Pennsylvania delegation
was TO be expected.
This power assumed by congress, to max
roads and canals through the states at their
will and pleasure, was regarded as an usnrpation
by the democratic party, who called on their op-
moments to uoint out what clause In the const;