Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-08-04


know, IN terms, that unless thu ''''''s'
"a the American System !, ,. 30
don them, aud look out lor ~.
now 1t was determined 10 seen, e''y''
solid PhalanX OF some sixty odd va ,%
take chances of relalnlup pcr we
through her pude OF opinion an
attachment IL The President. arS
ring New \ ok by virtue oftbe \,
wand; OF how all these s,innls'
inserted IN the original treaty ~
ton, TO be executed alter the H., ~
should be secured! But be,o,o
to dlsnount Them from that boEb,
pose the iallacy Of that preleyi \,
tend 10 one HioIe CONSTITUTIONS y
OF the message. In tie mean Il,
you to the published letter OF Nj ~
,. Z. tor a candid exposition Of .beT.
sIgns of thus administration.
We are told II Interferes with d.
dict,on ct the States, 10 make ,r5
tam such national works thro' ns,
that we must first amend the Con-,
so as to give the power, and regnl
exercise; hat IS to say, we peye,
construct such works while thew ro..
though the States do consent. 4 eS
rical illustrations are better than a q,
OF abstract theory. An illustration
fore our eyes ia the lands OF the r
States, lying within our limits \
they be injured, or the timber va.,'.
violation OF the laws Of the Union
was Thought worthy of such poi,cs
process must be III the Federal Co,r.
the INJURY Is done 10 all the common
ers,. the people of the Un,on; stI y
laws Of Missouri be violated on tho
section OF public lands, our iuris5,
over the offender Is as complete as 4
and belonged to the State or rs chr,
So, # deep ravine be dug across tbs
sent State-road mali route 10 Fag.p.
prevent the U. 5. mail from passing
lurisdiction-of the ofeuce belong, !,
Union, TO whose care the mail Is assn
ed; but if a person be murdered lnthe q
place, the jurisdiction belongs to Ms,
ri, because the care of individual No Is
signed TO TO the State. And so, il
gates were erected as the means OF M
ing the public, who use a national ro
keep it III repair, aud the gate be cut dow
the injury Is national: but # murdel
committed between the posts of lhe "a
Itself, the jurisdiction belongs to the ST.
No truth IS moro familiar to those vera
lu public law, than that the sovereign
and law OF u country may belong 10 d,i,
ent powers, as Is lnstanced IN the Case
the public lands. Great Britain maypI
,ess the sovereignty Of Hanover, andnoI
lf ITS soil With states disposed 10 cu.I
,ate harmony and unhon, there appears
leno more danger OF collision or lunsda
ION between the Federal and State G,t
ernments, IN these cases, than there is
collision among the heavenly oTbs, re'd'
Q 10 their respective spheres. Nel,
Inc State nor General Government Is sol
erelgn oven all objects; each is limit.
aud assigned 10 IT'S appropriate orbit.
Iw,ll now take up a few Of the prom
oent objections Of the message founded
reasons Of expedlency, and first
The public debt. Much glory il clan
ed by this administration for payngoft
public debt, and we are TO see somsh,
we never saw before, the prodigy Of o
ton without debit Il will be a %
thing; and since the two great sources
our national revenue have been ppsefr
-Cihe tariff not repealed by The nU.lha
md the public lands not surrenderod0
states contrary to the Constitution and
Sinking Fund law, nor thrown into
hands of few wealthy monopollss
unwise legislation I'VE shall soon beh'
that prodigy by the silent operation Of
Sinking Fund, as enlarged and re est
llshed, upon a broader and 6rmer bas
by the statesmen of lSl6-l7.
BY a law of that session, ten millions
dollars a year were appropriated and
apart, in preference to all other demlr
upon the Treasury, and solemnly deyo
to tho annual sinking Of the public De-
by instruments, and called "the Sink
Fund" This wise appropriation has q
cedence to all others; and all subsequ'
acts appropratlng money. are care"
worded that It shall be paid out Of ga
money in the Treasury, not otherwise
and to this Sinking Fund
pledged, by that law, the revenues Of
Union. arising from the customs and Z
public lands. The quiet operation Of %
Az. has already reduced a debt, whlcn
he close Of the war, was upwards
: loo, 900, 900, 10 the sum Of about hl'
seven millions Of dollars. Ofthis rena.
Ter, there are about 10000, 600, yll
he GOvernmi nt IS anxious to pay or
.esIdue Bearing mostly only three per es'
aud redeemable at tho pleasure
be Government; the use Of the money
ound more profitable than The paymem
bat part of the debt. so that oil ihe prese