Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-03-29

impair the constitutional responsibility of the Tx
ecutlve, tor the President to devolve ,pon his sb
ordinate officers, the high duty of I" recommend
ing to the consideration Of Congress such meas
ures as ne shall Judge necessary and cxpcdent"
1t is the province rather of the House than cf the
committee to determine
1t will he seen from the annexed remarks of
Mr.. Archer, that though the annual appropriation
Tor internal improvement, surveys, &c was not
SO earnestly resisted, this session, as 1t has been
yet 10 prevent silence from being construed into
dcquieseence, the motives OF those, VINO iorbore
TO deny the existence OF the power implied by it,
were explicitly declared and were very different
from an abandonment the principles for which
thcy have heretofore contended. As we doubt
not that the evils which Mr.. A. apprehends from
the system now pursued, will flow from il SO we
trust that they may produce the effects which he
anticipates.
On the first days Debate, in the Hnu.e OF
representa-, after MIR. HALL. in moyiuo.
an amendment, had diselaimcd an, intent,nn 10
discuss the question Of The power of Internal
improvement
Nr' ARCHER, of Virginia, r,sc. and said
"nu no intention, more than the @eniicman
49, 1"''" Caro'ina, % discuss the question of
VIC power OF InterHal Improvement FL. ram
CURED, however, that the bill ourhi mn Ia mss
WAN Out notice. The quarters Of rop,trv f,n,,
"hieh Inc gentleman from North C,rolina aud
hi;h sell came, INDUCED an extraordinary sens;
p'''S 10 this question, and this bill extended n
s'eu'er number OF objects than had been EN-
nraced ny any bill before. 1t was agreed ,b,,
"a at thIs tine, wol,d be unavaiIin~
Fihc'pies, stronger than any conyic,iop vouId
obstruct fair audience al this momen, E,,.
one however, he wished il TO be known. Tim, he
u'u not despair On the contrary, he thoumb,
he saw, IN the depth of the gloom which ;nyol
yea the question, the outbreak Of the lrh,
"h'ch was TO redeem ii he thought ne saw
"Istihe'iy, The cause of the prevalence NJ n;s
.ahe Old ms subject, in the abstract cas-, which
n'u "een given to the discussion. The imputa.
Wv ''. 1910" n"u peeh east on his own State. and
10 representation, IN this respect was ms,
But tins power, IN a practical y;o, -
ihost important which had ever bcen assam, :,
under THIS Government. TIE Gnvcrnmc,, rr,,,
It's nature, was obliged TO be- prodiral IL .,ns
8 eat Instance, and other legislative bodies
' ,. 10 intercept responsibility. It's pro-
ps' o"Jeet' Oh expense were large in a great
rec ihashhite, aud not easily subjected to nc.
$3.50 :acu'h'ioh. Hts very means of raising
money, in an indirect mode, not claysnr;"o =, :.
notice OF The People. facilitated e,traysmance
mere was but one effrctnal restraint-i, was
III 'he limitation OF the objects 10 which lis ey-
Pe""''tres might be applied II would he prod-
'Sai OH lis appropriate objects but The number
oi those was confined The piacticaI effect Of
'he power OF iniernal Improvement, was 70 take
away 'his bride from lis extravaganza. There
WIS wa, no emu TO the expenses on this single obot
" were was the limit. IN time or m new in rcrr
enee TO the works of Internal InIroyon.,,,
"hich tbs country presented? If there were a
l'h'''' oeiore the list had been gone through. the
renewal of expenditure must commence from
their decay. Where was the limit too TO the
jobs, abuses, and corruption, in the execution
aud management He did not mean, cwrver
10 so into these matters. At some time, the,
mos' be forced on the attention Of the People Isl
their proper character. For that time he was
wiling 10 wait. When annual approximations
SHOULD succeed annual appropriations. TO remove
sawyers from the Mississippi, or sand bank,
from the Ohin, Immediately TO be replaced, the
People would open their eyes to the abuse, and
be led. m that way, TO inquire iGto The validit,
% the power. II was in this view that for him.
self and his State, he was willing 10 forbear dis
cnssion. Ii was in the mirror ofexperienre that
The frighlful enormity Of ibis power was t. be
| disclosed
| 1t was his fortune TO be present at what had
been called the great discussion of this question
| IN 1924. Every person present, then. must re-
collect, with him, what had occurred Our
| forebodings were met, necessarily, by tie dee
laratiou, that only the definite aud united elias,
OF national objects were claimed And how has
this pledge been observed How has il no
! been violated? lie repeated the violati m had
been gross, open, wanton, shameless! In thi
very bill. appropriation had been made for two
creeks in Ohio. This clause for surveys too
10 the bill Of 1924, it had been specially inser
ted ''to designate objects Of national impor.
tance" How had this pledge, too been obser
we'd What proportion Of these surveys hat
pretension TO this character Yet, we went o,