Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-08-13
THE VETO.

respondent Jackson until the late era has called al
tention to the indications of medtated retreat from
the consequences IF the Veto.
In late Telegraph the following passage occurs.
"The President stands fully pledged upon this sub
lect in various ways; having while a Senator from,
tennessee, voted upon sundry bills having for their
object, Inl ernal Improvement
I'M letter of August I'd, the CORRESPONDENT of the
Journal thus speculaes:
Correspondence Of the Journal of Commerce
w ARLINGTON, Cd August, 1890.
The operation Of the Veto Message tipon the peo-
pie ofsevera States indicating the NEST ufavourable
results to the present Adininisraon,-it seems now
TO be the decided policy of workers to shift
sides leave the nuers and ant-atItudnarians ofthe
South to play Their drama e rens the popu-'
lar piece in the West, internal Inpr oveIneDts
Within the last three days have heard one member
or the Cabne,, and another officer Of the government
next IN rank to Secretary, and in point of talents
and reputation equal to any Of them. contend,
lnat the RlaysyiIe Message denies to Congress only
the power to appropriate aid ofiocaI improvements
but admits To IT the power to promote bv appyopyia
ton the execution of system of national internal i'm
provements. Fhis, taken in connection with the
commentary OF General Green, alluded 10 before pre-
pares me 10 expect singular analyses ofthe Mes
sage had doubt that Cen Jackson himself vas
honestly 10 favor Of Internal improvements s. there
fore believed ne had BEEN deceived by the author or
suhors vi the Message and placed somewhat in the at
titude OF the DeIphc oracle with the capacity TO deal
IN engmas, q power to make responses lessintelbls
than the dreams OF NebuchadneZzar. He has sense O.
noughto discover the effects ofts deception and when
some honest friends frankly explain the tendency of
this mystfcatioD the good old gentleman will come
down like thunderbo unon tine heads of the profanc
priests and consume them by the flames Of his wrath
had Gen jackson been allowed to make his own ca
bnet, he would have had one of uniform character;
but with such piece Of Mosaic work as that which
now stands in the place of O Cabinet, he uirht as
well put on the of Harlequin and go on the stare
as to continue IN the executive Office in the hone of
administering the government with credit to himself
and benefit to the country. Depend upon what I
have said retreat is sounded and the next annual
communication to Congress will be somewhat in the
nature ola codicil to the Maysvle Road Message
No doubt We said at the time, that the Veto
message had left back door open for retreat in case
OF necessity-that let public opinion yoer or vary as
1t might, there were doctrines in the message to
SUIT every possible change. If public opinion came
round to lin ted construction certain portions of the
message would be exhibited to prove that President
Jackson was OF that schoo-,hat if after the expcr-
rlent, the majority remained fixed and immutable,
III favor of internal improvements, it could easily be
proved from &c same document, that he recognized
the power of appropriation TO nationat objects of
Improvement That III short the message was en-
electioneering experiment -designcJly ambiguous
treacberous and decetfi'l! Let US imagine what is
indeed evidently trae-that the experiment has fall
ed-that the President has lost ground, and put Mr.
Clay ahead in the West and in New York--docs any
man believe that the cunning little Secretary Of State
viii not cndeovour repair the mischief, By forcing
'Ee sutouiatop to change tee gsne'