Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-08-09


'he public service demand the effort or The sac
! rlhee, As thn arts advanced under ihs creaiiv,
, power Of human invention, should new an.
! unknown descriptions Of arms aud muniiionl
, OF war be discovered, or even some lrfial mod,
OF conveyance through tho medium OF The
} atmosphere he found out, they may be adopted
or rejected, as means, though noi specific d
under tho war power. In short. should ths
sacrifice OF wat estates Of private property,
over wide districts Of country, embracing sever.
nj States, become The proper means demanded
by tho occasion. il oah be done under the
general power 10 takn private property Tor
public uses. by making just compensation
ana whole foreign provinces may he purc released
or Conquered, rs means Of securing ihn pubi
peace, as IN the cases OF Louisiana and Flofi-
da, unless, indeed, the lnte reversal of H
iormor decisions, by the Cabinet. should nnnul
The once disputed purchases Of those Conn.
tres and turn us, neck md heels out of the
Uainn by a single flourish If no. Magieian's
wand, Aud who are 10 Judge OF the expod,-
ency Of such strong means but the living
generation, Interested in The t,inrs that demand
them, ae''ng 'hrgngh their representation IN
Congress
And under the wise maxim OF Washinc on /,
and other heroes aud sages, to prepare IN
peace Tor the state OF war, cannot such things
he dome " IN these times Of piping peace when
We have nothing better 10 do. II iha natural
! iormntton OF our country, and our liability 10
| INVASION, should render u prudent ? Or, are
the powers OF The union ALIVE only ~ wHr, md
dead ~ peace, like ocr,ein llown,s closed upin
HE calm shades OF the night, and open only TO
the blnziug sun
What would common sense man, who mel.
iher spliis hans, nor shops logic, nor looks u
thousand miles OF Tor that Which lies close nu.
der his nose, thnk oinn smgfant about Ia
leave the good CITY ri 81 Louis, aud settle IN
the dick forests Of the Merinnck, who would
hrst pack mp his family aud all ~ his wdgon,
aud p"sh in The TN knl. cutting his why us he
went Would II not be more haokw oodsman
like, 10 go III advance, select h,s site, md make
andopGn his way Aswith individuals 30 with
naiouA ~ tins respect
| "a, III commerce. The word uSpd IN
tho constitution is, " regulate" or make laws
Oh rules Congress shHil hH-e power 10 reg
uRte commerce with foreign naflous, among
the several : nlss, mud VI ht,e Indian tribes
| No word about h territories suppns thy
drpnnt oh lly upon the " nulhhcau0h Of the
Lon,'iann aud Florida acquisitions.
my remarks upon The waf power, aud its
means, seem appcdbe here, so Tar rs convey.
Lnre Is ia the question.
In point Of tect, The General Government
has opened harbors md ncis, bull sra walls.
bieakwaIels or nthfcInl hnrbors. aud openrd
the channels ot rivers ~ AID of commerce,
lhreisu nnd domestic. hnd adopted many means
no. SPECIFIED ~ The Constitution, nor knp@n
when Il was framed Should u long hnt oh.
str"cted river run through several State, aud
ihe ld"er onos refuse 10 open the channel rs
he upper CUES had done, then the wisdom OF
on ancestors ~ assigning this great object 10
The care Of the General Government. instead
I..f Ia. 4 4 N
fest To our senses.
3D. Tue diffusion Of int diligence, or the pub
lie natl Is emitted to all the suitable means
discovered, OF 10 he discovered, 10 which ihc
iwp other great national objects are. Iine,
there Is one mean, "p0Sf TohdS," mentioned IN
ibe CuDstlutlDn and quhbers, who hang in
the bark, aud never rench the wood, might
here quote lain upon rs. aud say, "0hprosaio
untns est eHclusuD ahet''--the expression Of
one Is The exclusion of the Others but let Va
remember, with national pride and gratiinde
10 the memory OF FULTON, # mol with justice
TO his hens, that since thai specification OF the
ouiy inland means o conveyance then used
the Steam Boat has bern invented, aud stems
our Western waiors--long lines Of water COM
muniaflipn OF thousand mics, or iva thou
sand--aIlnOsl from the Aegbanics 10 the Rocky
Mountains, and from our Northern limits 10
the Gull OF Mexico, are passed like the 0igLt
OF u plTd by the power Of steam.
| Would The mhn OF common sense doubt the
cOnsllutI0uhiity OF adding this TO the means
Of conveyance known 10 our ancestors, for
the purposes OF war, commerce or intelligence
In point oi lact, II has been ndded 10 the for.
mer STOCK by the constituted authorities OF The
NauoD, unless that decision, too, be reversed
by the late VETO, and tho reign Of dull moiion
restored upon US. H. indeed, the whole Union
! A Il a..
could doubt ihe consfIiuiinnHty, II thought
eApedieni, oil the total disnse oil post roads
Bat some WORK. are National (ptoyided they
do mol touch any State NJ HE nhiIou, interested
~ her use,) and others Hfc purely ioca, ac-
Cordng 10 the shTewd Cabinet dIHlncilons Of
lIle Massage.
TIE nationality of n work does not depend
upon lis locHiity, hut upon Ms general nulny 10
The people OF untI0n as, for example, the
Capitol Of the Union, confined 10 one poor
mere Of Ef"und Oh the lril bank OF the Potomac,
is Tor the use Of tho whole, and cost them Two
mi IionB oil dollars Hisenal5, afmGfIcs and the
like aie confined 10 narrow spots OF earth the
y bic offices aud departments, aud the Veto
Cabinet themselves a,e nj specified IN the
C9nslliuloG but were deemrd exped,eni
means for the Accomplishment VI Objects that
were specified.
Jhe New York Canal. opposed by our pres
cut Premier, aud adVoca ed by Clinton aud
othefs. with a patriotic zeal thai drew the nd.
mIaiioH 81 the world upon them, whilst their
Opponents were lost m low lnIrIguss Tor Office
aud n0mUai honors, is national by us uulIty 4,
though purely local. Sc graphically; Tor II
ulites the bay oil New York with The cham Of
Northern Lakesi aud the Michigan oud Illinois
Canal vi be national, although wholly ia the
STATE of Illinois. by completing tue circle Of
navigation around almost the whole Union -
These works are but segmenls OF the circle,
sthl nationnl in their benefits, and ought 10
have been made by tue national mtans.
But should Illinois desire cross Canal TO
/ convey the produce OF the upper Sangsm0D
Settlements into this national channel, that
would be purely local, IN tue true sense vi the
; phrnse.
So of the land conveyance. The proposed
road from thu Atlantic to the City oil Jefferson
( will be of national utility, and ought to he
made by the General Government. to which
the States nave surrendered tue fruitful sources