Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-01-22

ted staes ear..ot SLOW ore clause IN tie Consultation
authorizing their interference MIR CLAY arrives at this
power as he did at that to create Bank by construction
merely Upon implication, lie the right TO the
Federal power to appropriate any part Of the Territories
within the States to the purposes Of roads and canals it'll
out the Of the States lie assumes lie right to es
fahsh turnpike gates, and to levy tolls and every
road and canal which the general government choose
TO designate as the national property lie the
right 10 take ursc ion these publ roads and canals
y establish code of turnpike laws To prevent any
ct the payment Of tolls, and PUNISH tile noes the pat
OF individuals who may do any injuries the roads
canals Ont Of this part Of the system arise legion
OF little officers. tax gatheers &c who being in the
Doy ment of the general government, WILL in effect be
little standing army domcilatcd among us, solely devoted
10 the purposes of the administration. When the roads
and canals finished the annual thousands pour ed along
them in appropriations to keep them in repair ill be
fund placed in the hands of these agents for the purpose
OF extending the influence of those in power They will
be armed with double commission. they can harass or
tmae the refractory opponents Of the admnistl alton
with their Judicial authority, charging them with evasons
Ct the turnpike and canal code, and nhctng heavy penal
ties in summary way, such oifendersas they may con-
slider obnoxious and soenng It's rgors in iae Of friends.
The Eastern Newspapers furnished example, few
weeks since of single farmer who fined by corpora.
tim turnpike forty five dollars for avoiding the gates. Such
power committed to the creatures of the administration,
united with the faculty of employing and pay ing the peo
re Of the voinage for repairing the public works. and
exercising their influence over thousands Of leagues of
territory through the whole extent of the popunus staes
will form Gordon of strength much TO be relied by
administration which determined perpetua'e lis
existence and the Secretary succession by the means Of
mercenary influence and the hopes and fears which power
Cab Inspire.
The worst feature in Mr. Clay's policy we have yet
mentioned. In the Of his speech in 1924 on Inter-
nal improvement, Mir. Clay states this question typ
rahas are sed one by Federal, and tie ofhey5y STATE
Government, and there is not supply Of 7yater but Tor ne
feeder Of canal ptich is TO take NJ TIE constitution
sohch crGis The supremacy The sus IF the Injured Yates
a"swers his ques.sa-te ssad The Ye'e q araasai 70
the soil aid streams Of the States, the power Of The
United States Government is paramount TO that OF The
States within the limits Of which they exist What then
is to prevent the General Government from app paing
the canals of Ohio and New York Nothing but It's rtt
1ence. superior reh' over the sn and the ~aels Of
the States inherent in the Government ." the Union can
be oused by any appropriation ct either on the pa
of the State 1t is strange to contemplate the wretced
p-etex which Mr. clay Pounds his enormous para
mount power with regard 70 canals. The right to regu-
late commerce, Of them the other is far fetched
construction from the power Of making " Canals are
ia the forGfcoons, says MI Clay. Well, they
we're Notifications in fact the constitution expires y
CURES that tie Federal government should Obj aim by
from the States, ownership IN the soil before It
up jurisdiction over IT, AID yet, by Mr. Clay's
sweeping constructive powers leagues OF territory may be
~reed from The States, subjected to the Jurisdiction o.
the General Government and appropriated 10 the purpo
Of these quasi Qualifications, without the consent OF the
States,
Before We close cur remarks Oh this subject, would
clear clsun which many OF the adm sraton prints
have been busy in propagatng MIR Jefferson, Mr. Slai
son. and Mr. Monroe, have been represented as concurr
ing with r, Cays sentiments on the subject OF internal
Improvement For this assertion there not the least
il unlaon The three republican Presidents favored IN
ernal Imp the plan Of The Cumberland road
where tile rights Of the States maintained, and the
read open AMI unshackled, free alike from tolls and
regn iuriadc ion bot they uniformly opposed Mr. CLAW
III absorbing system. and proof it, will give quo
iation from Mr. Clay $ speech on Internal improvements
shoR,d be borne MIN! (sad Mr.. Clay.) that tie bh
which passed Congress this subject AZ Tie st session. haa
BEEN rejected 6y the le President of Tie United States ha
al lie Of the bresen session e President hao
ncaed his clear opinion, after epery eBor to come 10
fren conclusion thai Congress did nof possess The osVer
conteaed @ and mad casd uon take mp tie su9scf in
~ shape II amendment 10 The c0niption and moreover
ai he predecessor n the present and ate Pressdets had ast
tnimaied has oaiou thai Congress d not possess he poer
sir. Cays friends viii surely take his word as conclusive
~ this matter