Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-06-04

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trary, he has annihilated that BILL He has arrested
that little. 10 al grsping, deba-ing log rolling system
oil appropriations, which wa, calculated to co-rn,t
portion OF hs peope, to debaae their re.es-n ive-
and to pros'u'- the vital principle. OF the Cln.i N
to the hut OF seifint-rest has calei hack in.
en'on OF the people To those principles. ard lie r.us
OF r. establishing, with MIR Jefferson, he 20 ii, oh re-
publican doctrines OF '9S.-He has a med the truth
oil The celebrated apo,;icgm of VI NJ Iti.ons Report
"The ground taken Gays he) eaciy period U, the
oveinnen was, "thas. Whenever money ha, bee
raised ny the general authority, and is be applied
particular measure, question arsa., whether thu
particular mea ure be within the enumerated an hos.
Ties vested in Congress Ii il lie. the money requisite
Tor II may be applied TO IL; II not, such ?pcato
can he made " The document in which ih,s pr,ncip:e
was st advanced is Of dsserved.y high asthory and
should be held in graceful remembrance Tor i,s mme
h'ae agency IN rescung the conntry from nIch exist
ing abuse, and Tor il conservative ell CT upon some OF
the most valuable principle, of the Con,ti'uon. The
symmetry AMI purity OF The Government would Doubt
less have been better preserved il this restriction OF
the power o! appropriation could have been IN ain ed
without Weakening its ability TO fulfil the general oh
ecs OF its institution This is the ara which General
jackson wishes to rcstorcwhen the Constitution shall
be the only guide OF power and the rights of to States
and OF the People shall DO protected against all federal
encroachments.
Those who think that Gen Jacksons MESSAGE Is in.
operative, marvclously mistaken lie has already
done much good-apd the n. ntcllicnccr is forced to
confess that he has 'takcn ground against Internal I'm
provement, much more decidedly than looked Tor
generally"
He has, in the first place, arrested the appropriation to
the Mays'ilc Road And il that mcaure had prevailed
what Hood OF local applications would have poured at
once upon Congress. There is scarce u Creek whether
Mouse Creek Mammoth; scarcely river
which required to be cleared OUT scarcely canal to be
dug turnpike rad to be opened or rail- road 10 be
laid down. which have sought the bounty of the
Government The tables of Congress would have eroan-
eh with peuions-and the fesh-pots of Egypt, would
not have succd for the hungry projectors The conse
quences oil this state of things upon the virtues of the
people, the Independence of the Representative, the
treasury oil the nation, will Squire pencil, more vivid
than our own, adequately TO pourtray
But the President has arrested other bills beside the
Maysviie, on the SINE principle. On the very last
morning OF the Session he put his veto, 2ndy on the
Washington Turnpike Road Bill.
And BLY, on so much OF the Cumberland Road Biz
as might extend the rosd from Detroit TO Chicago be-
20 "a the Limits of the Territory OF Michigan (rh-re
u said 10 he doubt since whether the whole of the
said Road does not e within the T.rrorv)
lie has arrested, for further consideration Al iy
me bill n relation TO subscription Tor the cock Of he
Louisville and Portland Canal Company.
And 5th!y the bill, nsminally in relation 70 ce tain
Light Houses and Hirborsbut being at the same time
sort OF mednge, embracing appropriations certain
works, CAS- Tor instance, Mouse Creek which IA. ir
friends eng aed upon il, under The hone probably nj
smuggling them all through the same time But
M President had the spirit to take hi. .t,nd and re-
serve them all Tor future consi aon-1hc.e bill.
are no. The law OF the ian because by the 18th sec of
the Constitution, " Ii any hill shall not b. returned nv
the President within ten days Sundays exceptedD after
II shall have been presented TO him. the .ame HAL he
aw'n like manner as if he had sgneo it. unless n.
Congress, by their adjournment prevent lis return in
tchtch case az shall not be idID."
But in The 6 h place, an amendment 10 the Cumber.
land BILL for carrying the survey Vest of In. Mis-
sssippi from ST Louis to Jefferson was reectsd in the
Senate on Mr. Vinton's motion, because came witt il
the objections Of the Presidents Me..aep
When the principles of this Message therefore have
such scope-when many bills, contrary to the Con-
suniion, haze been rejec;ed-when the Presi.n n, mani
iests such dc cdsd spirit inerpre ling aud apnIvin
the maxims OF his Messaga, feel more aud more the
great obligations which we are under 10 thi. di.,,n
gu,hed man The Republicans Of '9s, will hail him
with gratitude-as arresiing that tide OF encroachmen
which would have proved much the more fatal from
the strong private interests, whch pushng Il on
-Weare the more anxious to render him the thanks
which his due, from the risk he has run-the inter
ests he has opposcd-he pejudices he has exced-the
very friends whom he may have offended by pursuing
this course We aware of all these considerations
and we admire the the more because he has dared
TO meet them all The Washington Correspondent of
the Boston Palladium writes alt is said that some OF his
personal friends, well aware of the consequences
which must result TO his popularity, should he
refuse his approval and signature this Bill, la
boured much to prevent him from doing so. Such
refusal cannot TAIL to create a hostile excitement i'm the
west the effects OF which General Jackson will have
TO iee, should his name be again submitted TO the peo-
pie as candidate for the Presdency"-But we tI st
to the virtue and intelligence of the West for his acoui
tai. Ii they would sacrifice the Constitution for road
Ill they so Tor local, instead of general obects-if they
would rather that power should be usurpea than leg
maely given by the States themselves according to The
forms OF the Constitution be But truth great
and VIII prevail Mr. Jeffersons f,vorite West' NAV
err FOR moment; but the voice of Reason will brine il
right.
view 1t as source of borndoss patronage Executive
members OF Congress and their
INC upu OF inc fosOHico revenues; but the
VIII Dc soon called into their aid will a
among The members. who
III 'hei' tan ami hsy ,ot doays oho
Hr. JDeTsons Letter TO Mr. Madison, 7La I70j
HeiU,hts.-Our attention has been called to marrin
al note in the Enquirer of the 18th ultIt ners' (savs
our CorrespondenD 'rom the pages of Helvidus that
Mr. Madison solemnly protested against the Proclama
uon OF Neutrality issued by Gem Washington Now.
the protest was not against the Proclamation itself but
against the Executive Prerogaive attempted TO be en-
grated on it, in the publication of ''Pacifcus" (by Mr.
Hamlton,) TO which the Essays of "Hevidus'werc an
answer The latter justified the Proclamation in its true
construction. There nothing, therefore, in the Pro-
test adverse to the Act of Gen. Washingon or TO the
participation of Mr. Jefferson in tive have not the
pages OF Hevidius before us; but we have such conf
dence in the accuracy of Correspondent that we has
ten TO lay his statement in question before the Public
THE DIFFERENCE.
~ "it - your bull that has gorged my OK"
never has more Glamour been raised, and with en-
niue justice, as against the Indian Bl letter from
Washington in the Phil. Inquirer, has the following
appropriate remarks:
"Pelitical parties of camelion texture varvinoe
neir principles and their actions, not unrcquenuv az
circumstances direct. With very few exceptions the
friends OF the former administration are opposed 10 tis
executive measure. MIR. Adams, in his MESSAGE in
1925, uses this language
"Being deeply impressed with fhe oninion H., A.,