The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-11-16

.,.,,ossz Of individuals aud not to STAY
..,.,, If ercroarhment or to preserve pu-
=, and honest, in tn administration Of the 90
ssrmcnt.
.,.,,gc ofihe following resolution, m'rodac-
Nj, Madison into the House OF kepresen-
,o,iyc. in 1896;
.Leg rhafa committee be appointed to
bil. authorizing The f1esiaehi Of me u
f'I' c,,t... 10 CAUSE to be examined. dnd"herc
h'',' ,r,. 20 be surveyed, the general route most
IT,. c,r the trausp oftation Of the mall between
F''I in Maine. and - III inc state oil
,..,r,ia. aud 10 cause 10 he i1!d oe'o'e on
'"''- NH OF such examination and survey
-.a'' vi, .,,,,ate Of the expense OF rendering
N'v' ,fr II. in all its parts 10 be the establish
SI'n l.,,,c oftbe post the expense Of such exam
90 and survey to be betrayed out of the sur
'l..' rr,.nQe of the Post Office.
a.. .,orld like to see the Enquirer place this
..ol,,i,n in iuxta-position with some Of It's IA
,y,r,cts from Mr. Madison's '9S Report;
Which its memory aud its pen are so iami-
liar Ills in vain that it endeavors TO extricate
&c, MADISON from the" open and apparent in
.,os;.t,ucy in which this resolution, as compar-
I,..,b some Of his aiter-sentments, involves
..,.-..h..o ouibble at which the ,cricst tyro in
( ,.,.rr,ep would blush. MIR. Madison luckily
t..,,,dnccs the words for The transportation ot
a.. ,,oir in his resolution, aad the Enquirer
..a..;o then, door opened for his escape-for,
,. that papcr, il is nothing more than Post
paod which Mr.. NJ meantto have constructed
Mr. Etchic had forgotten, or expected that
"a. readers would forget, that he had himself
...,os ont If number, .rontcnded that the CON
,,,u,,ioa ofroads could never be deemed grant
cod uo,ycr, from that clause of the constitution
which gives to Congress the right to "eSiablid,
pt Offices and Post Roads = But the autho-
,t.of Mr.. Madisons aa8le IS too great to be ca
,,Iv surrendered and therefore, he may find in
Nj, clause a Justification of his Inconsistency,
while the heterodox Mr.. Clay was ridiculcd by
tto Enauirer and others of the same stamp for
l,rnr 70 contend that the word "cSiubHd''
,ngbt nationally be deemed SYNONYMOUS with the
ward " construct" So true is it that one man
NAV, with mpunty, steal the horse, while ano-
,hrr shall be hanged for looking over the hedge.
drion of the Enquirer is truly pitabe 1t finds
itself under the necessity ofdcfcnding. in the o.
pni,ls of NJ Jenefson. Mr.. Madison, and ma
ny other of the sternest and ablcSt leaders of the
Republican party, tine very measures which it
blsso harsly condemned in Mr.. Adams. In
such dilemma, it betrays its weakness, by be.
trayng its passion-hying TO lessen, by insinu-
atoms against the personal character of It's APP
ponents, the weight of arguments which il is in
competent to mcet.--We close with the subjom-
experiment remarks ofthe Intrlligcnccr;
"Whcn the above resolution was on its pas
SAGE. Mr.. BAIpwIs Il veteran Republican of the
old stamp said, twas Properiy he buaac@
'ofthc General Government 10 tuHcri0te He
improvement of tn r1933; for the different
States arcmcompcteut totha business their dit
flentdcs,ens Gushing with each other. 1t i,
enough tor them to make good roads TO thr
scapous. The Cross road, should he left for
The Government Of tie Whole
Here is volume ofargumcnt in nutshell
Nowirc-draWmg and splitting of hairs, bat plain
practical good sentc. Snail Ne bc told, after
this, and the series otlceislauvc acts that have
followed it, that We are following strange Guds,
berause we yindratc the power to appropriate
money tornaional roads and for analogous OBJ
iscts
This motion of Mr.. MApIsoV was not the
hrSt which had the same object IN view, but
seem, rather to have been renewal Of propo-
slton made At preceding session for, as far
back as the l4h day of january, 1913, com
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