Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-01-21

tontemporaneously with Mr.. Mallary's re
port IN opposition 70 any interference with
the IarIha-and indicating the belief that the
system Is mmutably incorporated with the
policy Of the country--has a bin been report
ed by Mr.. Hemphill, from the Committee on
Roads. for national road from Builaloe. in
the state Of New York. by Washington CITY
to New Orleansl This bin empowers the
President TO appoint three commissioners,
whose duty ID shall be 10 lay of the said roa 4,
pursuing the general course Of that route, de-
s'gnated IN the report of the Engineers OF the
9TH April. 1873, as the Western Route, as
nearly as may be. An estimate of the cx
pcn'e is likewise to be reported to the Piesi-
dent by the commissioners, and If it does not
exceed $500 per mile, the prssid nj is re-
CURED to take prompt aud efficient measures
Tor lis immediate construction-and to defray
the expense, provided it does not exceed the
above estimate) the President is authorised
to draw from time TO time O the Treasury.
Mr.. Hemphilr. bill naturally suggests some
reflections on the past. This great national
road was one of Mr.. Calhoun's paintings and
as often as spoken of. or whenever a motion
was made during the last admin tration To
undertake. it, it was charged home as an cleo
honeering manouvre OF Mr.. Clay, to bride the
country interested, into the support of Mr.
Adams. Nevertheless, if there is good cor
respondeuce between the Administration and
its partisans in Congress, (anacng whom MIR
iiemphill and majority of bis Committee
are to be nunbered) the construction of this
very road, The barr contemplation OF which,
was so often rspsoscfdally cast into the teeth
of Messrs. Adams and Clay, is promptly re
solved upon, and the second important legis-
la;ivc step taken under Gen. Jacsson's Ad-
ministration, is a law providing for purpose.
How differently will the step be received
now. The Virginia Legislature is in session,
yet shall we marvel 10 see the resolutions an
nually adopted during MIR. Adams Admins
tration, rs-asserted by that body!
However il may end, it must be confessed
that the new Administration has commenced
most glorously for the wishes OF the South
In the first SIX weeks of the first session of
Congress, the radical tariff Of 1898 is defend
ed by g Standing Committee in all its ex-
tent, and the priscipie of the protective sys-
tenn declared 20 be expedient and immutable
and a gigantic scheme Of Internal Improve
msnt is recommended by another Standing
COMMITTEE, reaching from one extent of the
Union 70 the other, and requiriug-if the II.
States can get their work done on no better
terms than Virginia-an appropriation in the
aggregate, too alarming for Mr.. Hemphill
himself to face. True, neither the Report of
Mr. Malary, nor the bill reported by Mr..
Hemphill, have yet received the sanction of
Congress, but as the best understanding mus
be presumed 10 exist between the Executive
and its supporters in Congress, it is not ra-
tionally to be doubted, but that both the one
and the other have been moved in concert, aud
will finally receive the appreciation of Cen
gress and the Executive.
WIN 5. Carolina and Georgia now execute
their threats, and soccde from the Union?-
Or is Tariff or Road, administered by
Gen. Jackson, a very different dose, than
when administered by John Quincy Adamsp--
Or what is still more to the points this Adj
ministration SO strong in popular affection,
that submission is prudence, and no attempt
will be made to bully ito