The Arkansas advocate., 1830-07-07

We have often mentioned the extra yaganoe In wnlch the General Govern ment would be involved by adopting, upon al enlarged scale, system of h. ternai lmpros ements. If any proof were necessary to verify this assertion, 1t VIII be found in the appropriations made iii tile bills which passed during the recent session, and which onlyawait- ed the Presidents Signature inordef to become laws. Gen. Jackson has never been placed Ill situation which called more loudly for the exercise ot hls iirp- ness and wisdom; and by his veto he has done q lasting service to the eoun- try. lie has stayed, for time, the pro- gross oi a system of bonndless prodlga- lIty he has resusltated the originaiprin- mples ol the constitution, prevented the violation of State rights, and the dis sentlons to be produced by the improper exercise powers never delegated. He iiiiaiss iii;aiss postponed the the severance Of cur Union and lifted from the shoulders of the people weight of taxation grievous to be borne; intolerable and tyranmeal, unlimited as 10 its amount and intenni- nable as to it's continuance.
 Now, what is the pretence upon which these measures have been ren- dered so popular9 u Is nothing less than that, the whole country is to be paved with gold. But who is there so stupid as not to see that the money must be drawn from the pockets of the peo- pie. Would 1t be honest in a private contract, to demand and receive, or take by eompulsion, one hundred thousand dollars, where, by the terms ofthe agree ment, 1t Is evident not q cent was in- tended to be given? In what better situation are the advocates of Internal Improvement, if the testimony of Mir. King. member of the convention that formed the Constitution, and a federal lst, Is to be believed, that Satch poorer had been reftsed 10 De eonferred, asld that the idea of satch aae auboraty had been con- cedea, zVas ne0er dtougtt of lsa that illus trioatS 6ody. But, many of the support Iers of this system have confessed that they would not prosecute it if 1t were to be maintained by direct taxes. It will not surely be denied, that whether director indirect taxation is rcsorted to, the same amount of money will be ne- cessafy and that 1t must be collected from the people. Why, then, are they anxious for the adoption of this scheme on the plan of high tariff duties? Be- cause, in this latter case, the people do not perceive how their money is drawn from them. They do not know the sum they pay, and are deluded by the idea that they and their country will be en- riched, when, in fact, as we have heard il well remarked, if the system was in full operation, they would pay out a dollar and receive in return, but 2 cts. Such would be the fact, as the remain ing twenty-five cents would go towards defraying the expenses of collection, paying 1t Out, 5aiid other iI1eidetsii char ges. But why should not this fund be collected directly from the people? and why, under these circumstances, would the friends of this scheme abandon 1t? Because, the eyes of the people, in this event. would be opened, the delusion would disappear; the wise and prudent xvnuld raf,c~, frx aO,,pto,ec.,o1, .L l;a.s
 patton of their money in wastefuI and unprofitable projects. 1sit right, then, to impose on the people? is 1t right to cheat them out of their own funds, in order to dazzle and blind their eyes by cutting expensive canals and construct ing magnificent roads? And shall these deceivers be applauded as patriots and canonized as sages and public benefac- tors? Knorvllle Register.
 Our sentiments are so well expressed by the able Editor of the Banner of the Constitution in the following article, that, in addition to what we have al- ready said on the subject, we transcribe 1t into our columns. knonviHe Reg.
 We have already advised our readers that the President had had rejected the biil making an appropriation for the Mays vile and Lexington Road, with firm ness and independence which entitled him to the gratitude of the nation. 1t is now our pleasing duty to announce, that farther display of the same manly and elevated spirit which induced him on that occasion, at the hazard of his personal popularity, to perform an act which he considered the welfare of the