Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-03
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THURSDAY aIORNIN;. JUNE 3. 1890.
TIE LAST DAY


The Washington papers of Tuesday bring US the
proceedings Of Monday, tue last day that Congress
sat. Not much ofntercst transpred. In the Senate,
where it had originated, the bill authorizing sub
scrption ofstock in the Washington Turnpike Com
pany commonly called the Frederick aud Rockville
road) which had passed both Houses and tho popu-
lar branch by vote Of two to one was returned with
cut signature by the President, with the following
message;
:. WAsmNeroN 8ist Nay. 1880
TO the Senate Of tie " States.
Genuemen have considered the bill proposing
ITO authorize subscription of stock in the Washing
ton Turnpike Road Company" and return the
same to the Senate, in which it originated.
am unable to approve this bill. and would respect
fully refer the Senate to my message to the House of
representatives, on returning to that House the bill
TO authorize "a subscription of stock in the Maysvile
Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turnpike Road
company" for statement of my objections to the
bill herewith returned. The message referred to-
bears date on the 9th inst, and printed copy of
the same is herewith transmitted
fae ANDREW JACKSON.
The vote was then taken on the question, whether
tho bill should pass the Presidents veto to the con-
trary notwithstanding, aud decided in the negative
ayes 81, noes II. 1.-TWO thirds required.)
But little else occurred in the Senntc, worthy of
attention Tothe House, the President returned
the bill "makng appropriations for examinations and
surveys and also for certain works of Internal I'm
provement, signed, with the following extraordinary
message;
TO the House Of Representatives.
GENTLEMEs:--l have approved andsigned the bill
entitled An act making appropriations FOR examina
tons and surveys and also for certain works of In
ternal Improvement" but the phraseology of the
section which appropriaes the sum of eight thousand
dollars for the road from Detroit to Chicago NAV be
construed to authorize the application of the uppro
priaton for the continuance of the road beyond the
limits of the Territory of Michigan desire to be
understood as having approved this bill with the un
Outstanding that the road authorized by this section
is not to be extended beyond the limits of the said
Territory ANDREW JACKSON.
May 81, 1880
We call this message extraordinary for the follow
ing reasons-The annual appropriation for surveys.
has been always considered as involving the whole
principle. On that ground the main battle has been
fought for several years. Nevertheless, the Presi
dent approves bill making this annual appropriation
for surveys of routes &c Now if against the prin-
ciple In conscience, how does he sign bill involving
it TO the utmost extent If ugsust it, why does
ho throw out the admontory observation, that he
would not have signed the bill but upon the under
standing that the Detroit and Chicago road was imi-
ted in its extent, to the territory of Michigan. The
right make roads in the Territories the most scru-
pulous have never denied to Congress, who to them
stand in the relation of the local Legislature. The
right construct Roads the Territories is consti-
tutionalb by universal acknowledgment The meaning
Of the President is, that if the road which 900
appropriated touched the territory ola Slate he
would not have signed it; yet the same bill makes
appropriations for surveys and examinations where
YER, in State Territory, they may be called for.
We confess in all humility, that here distinction
past comprehension Again: in his message on
the Maysvie Road, the President acknowledges the
right under the Constitution, of making 0pproprid-
fons at least, to Internal improvements; but in this
message, when by signing the bill, he conesses the
necessity of the Detroit and Chicago Road, he gives
the House to understand lhathe would not have sign
ed tho BILL had the road extended beyond Territory
into STATED Had it infringed upon the territory
OF State, he would not have signed it, however ex-
pedient, however necessary however desired by the
State itsolf however natonsl-.and although he re-
cogniaes the right of Congress to pass the bill in
question, in his Muysville message We leave it to
them who defend whatever the President does to TO-
conce those Inconsistencies 1t surpasseth our obl-
ity, as II also belongs not to our province.