Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-05-14

"0' ~ 80 hNIiONt-
inent', Is that any reason why you should vote for eve.
ry and all The visionary schemes that are presented
ner.s 20 we not see the friends ofihe system in an al
most unbroken body. voting Tor every proposition that
comes before us! Why is this go. Each gentleman
mere VINO has a road or a canal. or expects one in his
section OF country. votes for every oihsr, however use.
less 1t may be, Tor The purpose of keeping up the alli-
ahcr, so that oil Others may, in ike manne-, support his
iavo'ite projec, when IL comes up. And thi, il what
You call n system. Can any one deny that hi. ia tb.
d,yF" 49,
Sir the gentleman il a member Of the Comni,tee
on in'etnii Improvem. M, aud scarcely a day p,sses bu,
we have a new GilP reported from that coin,si,ee, tor
some new object Of improvement. The gentleman
knows that the very day after the Buffalo road bill
w W, rsJse'eu, Three bills were reported, and l presume
win hts appreciation, contemplating an appropriatin of
SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE THOUSAND Dol.
LARS, in the shape OF stocks TO be subscribed in three
priva'e companies.-LHok It the long catalogue of bills
on this subject, on III order. OF the day, and YOU " i'm
see That II hey all pass, more than THREE MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS will be appropriated Tor this single year.
lou nave already passed through this house, and sent
10 the Senate. and l believe the gentleman, and the
friends oil Internal Improvement, genei ally, have voted
LOT mem, bills appropriating more than a %niaien, idol.
lars Tor barbors, light. houses, SURVEYS aud improve.
iheht'; anu yet, upon each one, when il comes up sem
ara'eiy Tor consideration, we are told, it is an old story
20 tax about economy and the payment of thu debt"
MIR. Powers of N. York accompanies his Speech up
on the same subject, with a table of bills 'already re.
ported by the Committee on Internal improvements, and
.e amount oil appropriation" The sum of the whole
Is IIbiils, and the amount asked for, at present is S5 I63-
437. This, too, is exclusive of similar appropriations
proposed i'm the Senate.-Mr. p. estimates the additional
sums which would be herereatcr asked for, in the ex@
tension OF the Maysville road, and the Buffalo road, at
~ misunderstanding in all more than 26 millions. Add
these, too, are only reported by the Committee of In
ternai nprovcment-and besides there are still pending
before that Committee, applications for IL other. roads
canals and bridges. Thus, the whole IL millions of Ia
ri money can be very easily absorbed by Internal Im-
provements, by schools, colleges, and the hundreds of ap-
pncahts who wouldSbeg assistance at the doors of Con-
gress.
And can the friends of tho State Governments-uay
oil the liberties OF the people, look upon this sw Q -pirg
power in the Federal Government, without some a,aruS
Mr.. Madison tells US truly, in his memorable Report.
mat II we once depart from the particular enumeration
OF powers, laid down in the Cons tuition. we are per-
tecty al sea. He tells W., " that there 10 not a single
power whatever, which may not have reference 10 The
defence, or the general welfare; nor a power
oil any magnitude, which, in its exerci.e, does not in
voiVe IT al'n't an application OF IN ;ney; and that, there
lore, the government which possesses power. in c-
'her one or other OF these exten.s, ia a government,
without the limitations formed by a particular cnumers-
ton OF power'"-And he goes on 10 tell us, that " the
obvious tend ncy, AMI inevitable result of a consoIids-
uoh OF me States, into one sovereignty, would be 10
transform the republican system Of the u. ). into a
Mohatchy, ,s a point which seems TO hav. been suGi.
cien'ly decided by the general sentiment OF America'
anu he remarks, " two consequences, evidently now-
ing from an extension OF the Federal powers, to every
suoJsct iaiing within the idea of the g general vel
fare ="
."one con.equence must be, to enlarg. the sphere of
discretion allotted TO the Executive Magistrate. Even
within The Legislature limits properly defined by tie
Cons'i'ut'on, the difficulty IF accommodating iegaireg.
uiauons 10 a country so great in extent, and so various
IN us circumstances, has been much felt; and has led 10
occasional Investments Of power in the Executive,
which involve perhaps as large a portion OF discretion.
as ca" be deemed consistent with the nature of the Ex-
ecuuve trust. In proportion az the objects of Legislative
care night he multiplied, would the time allowed fer
eech be diminished, and the d ficuity of providing uni
form and particular regulation, for all. he increased.
+ rom 'hcse sources would necessarily ensue a greater
ia'itude 10 The agency of that department which is al
ways IN existence, and which could best mould regula-
'!ons o a Ceherai nature, so as TO suit them to the diver
sity oil particular situations. And il is in ,hi. latitude, az
a supplement- TO the deficiency OF the laws, that the de-
gree OF Executive rreroga,ive materially consists.
rue o'her consequence would be, that Of an exces.
sive augmentation OF the Offices, honor. and emoIn.
ments depending on the Executive will. Add to the
present legitimate stock, all those of every de ,cription
which a consolidation OF the States would take from
.bem' and turn over to the Federal Government, and
the PATRONAGE OF the Executive would necessarily be
as much swelled in this case, as its preroga,ive would be
in the other.
."This aisproportionaie increase of prerora,ive and ma
tronage, must, evidently, either enable the Chief Ma
glstra.e OF the Union, by quie, means, to secure his re-.
eiec'ion from time to time, and finally, to regulate III.
succession as he might please; or, by giving so tran
scentant an importance 10 the office, would render the
elections to il 40 violent and corrupt, tn, the public
voice Itself might call for an hereditary, in place of an
elective succession. Whichever of tbes. events m ;aht
Follow, the transformation Of the republican system of
tne United States into a monarchy, anticipated by the
General Assembly from a consolidation Of the States in
10 ons sovereignty u be equally accomplished; and
whether II you'd he into a mixed or an absolut4 monar-
chy, might depend on too many contingencies 10 ADM,
oil any certain foresight"
Every thing, therefore, that tends 10 this consoIid,.
uoh, ought TO be wa ched and avoidei-as calculated 10
or,hg more or less o! those mischievous conseauences
whlch MI. Madison has preiicted.-Every addiional
step, brlngS with il more OF that Executive Discretion
ana taat Erecuftue Patronage, which pave the way for
the decay OF Sta'e authority, and Of the liberties of the
r'opie'-I-et us he wi'e, then, in time.
The last Charleston Mercury hods a language some.
what at variance with the information OF the N. Jnteui.
gencer. 1t declares, that The People of the Soutb do
not wish disunion; that, on the contrary, all their efforts
are exertcd TO avoid il; but that they will have union ON
ly upon equal terms; that they will no longer be held in
bondage by the North-thatt they will submit no LONGER.
that If Congress has The right to pass such laws. then din
we live under an unlimited government from which the
sooner the South is released the better: that If II has
not the right to pass them, then ii is guilty of gross usur-
patton which ought TO be resisted" Sc, Sc.
POLLS IN VIRGINIA.
We have no additional returns since our last. exce,,
the entire .aprit Poll of Halifax, which gives for he
New Constitution 629, and against il lt-And also re
Nay Poll of Spottsylvania County, For the Constitution
90, and against it 33.-Making
For the Constitution % oso
''S"t"St 14,2S3
Present majority o n
Randolph, Scott, Henry, Accomack and WestInoro.
land, still TO be heard from.
house OF DELEGATES.
3S6. " '0"S u 'cou
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Not in tie lost Legislature.
The Gotd Hunters The Georgia papers inform ne
mat serious trays occur among the gold-diegers in ,he
Cherokee County. In one case, it is said n partv oC IN or
bD rnlInia uuarn Ir;yn.n ri -A 4nR