Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-03-10

iucstON5Q Oh TIC lIiploFcHite SutlC- 1
men the appellatiOn of Radio Yes, {
sir, the name Of Radicals, as ERIN of s
f distinction, applicable and aed to &;
| those who denied the liberal dimes of {
! Internal improvements, origisd, &C
coyding 70 the best Of my rejection,
! somewhere between North Cana and
! Georgia. Well, sir, those mlievous
/ Radicals were to be put downd the
strong arm of South Carolina wstretch-
ed out TO put them down. Aut this
time, sir, I returned TO Congr. The
battle with the Radicals had beafought,
aud our South Carolina champio Of the
doctrines Of Internal Improvemt had
noblv maintained their ground, j were
understood TO have achieved gictory.
They had driven back the enemyith dis
Icomf,ure; thing, by the way, S, which .
! is not always pcriormd when tits pmised. !
A gentleman, to whom have olady re-
lerred, in this debate, had come to Con.
gress during my absence 'front.', from
South Carolina, and had broughtsith him
a high reputation for ability Il, came
from a school with which we had ben ac-
quainted, ct nosciRre q s0cjis bid in
ny hand, sir, printed speech of tbs dis
ungushed gentemnn, (Alr McDlFrIEl
CON INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT" diver
ed about the period to which / now eier,
and printed with a few Introductory re-
marks upon consoIdaho6;- ruWhch, cir, 1
rthuk ne quite consolidated the arguments
ofhl, oooonen,s, the Radicals, { to crush
be to Consolidate. give YOU ashort but
Isubstauhve quotation from theseremarSs.
+ He is speaking Of "a pamphlet, then recent
! ly published, entitled "ConsoIIdatDn;" and
having alluded to the qucsuol Of re-
chsrerinp the former Bank oil the United
States, he says: 'Aioreoyer, ~ de early
history of parties, and when ML Crawford
advocated the renewal of the cd charter,
was considered federal measorg which
/ Internal improvements Regcy '0aS as this
author enormously states. Thl latter
measure originated in the administration
| of Mr. Jefferson. with the Appropriation for
/ the Cumberland Road; AID was fist pro-
posed. as a system, by Mr.. Calhoa, and
carried through the House Of REPRESENTA-
lives bv large majority Of the epubiI.
cans, including almost every oneoE the
/ leading men who carried Us through tho
late war;
So then. Internal improvements not
( one oflho Federal heresies.
( Oaeplragraph more, sir
The author in question, nor ,ontcui
with deaounciug as Federalists, General
! ) ckso1, Mr. Adams, Mr.. Cahom, and
the majority Of the South CAROLYN dele
CATION In Congress, modeslly extelds The
Ideuunciation to Mr. Monroe andthCwho!e
Republican party" Here are bis words,
During the administration Of IT, Mon
roe, much has passed which tie rspu5lr
can party would be glad to apprae, ifthey
couldll But the principal iedure. auC
/ thltwhich has chiefly elected tlese obser
vauols, Is the renewal OF the SYSTEM OF
/ internal IMPROVEMENTS " Now, this
measure was ado ,.ed by q vote of 10 TO q
/ of republican Cor gress, and sanctioned
' d republican President Who. then, /.
dis author. who assunes the higt prerog
alive Of deuouacing, IN the name Of tht
republican party, the republican admins
lr4uon of the country; a denunclahoJ
including within It's sweep, Calhoun
Lowndes, and Che,es; men WHIP Will b:
| regarded as the brightest ornaments o
South Carolina, and the sirong5s, pillars
Of the republican party, as long as the late
war snail be remembered, and PATRIOTISM
saau be regarded as the proPcrobject o
/ the admiration ana gratitude OF free PEG.
( plel"
Such arc the opinions, sir, which wert
maintained by South Carolina @ntlemer
Inn the House of Representatives, on tho
subject Of Internal Improvement when
took my seat there as a member hom Mas
sachusetts. in 1923. But tins not all
we bad "a bin before as. and passed It a
7 that House, entitled AN act TO pOcure the
( necessary surveys, plans, and @umates
upon tho subject Of Roads and Canals
/ z awi0ri1ed he President to c7Use sur
revg and estimates to 53mIde ottle route
| Of such R0tds and Canals as he Nigh
deem Of National Importance, IL q com
ImTciol o. military point of cie'0, Jort5
Transportation Of tie mail; AID ippropua
ted thirty thousand dollars, out o. the 'trea
sury, 90 defay the expense. This act
though preliminary in its nature. covered
I the whole ground It took for granted tn
complete power Of Internal Improvement
las Gar as any of its advocates bad eve
lconteuded lorit. Having passed tho 9th
: er House, the bill came up to the Senate
q ID was here considered and deba'el ii