Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-08-11
TILE VETO

ihe extremely intelligent CORRESPONDENT of tho
journal of Commerce (both the paper and tho Cor
respondent Jackson until the late era) has called NJ,
tenton to the indications of mcditated retreat from
the consequences of the Veto.
| In a late Telegraph the following passage occurs
The President stands fully pledged upon this sub.
Ject IN various why's; having while Senator from
Tennessee, voted upon sundry bills having for their
object, Internal Improvement
Ina letter of August Cd, the CORRESPONDENT Of the
! Journal thus speculatcs:
Correspondence Of lie Journal Of Commerce
wAsHINGToN, Cd August 1880
Inc operation Of the Veto Message upon the peo-
PIC OF seVerai states indicating tho unfavourablo
results to the present Administrations seems now
to be the decided policy of its wire. workers IN sf
sides leave the nufcrs nd t-atitudins rsn, fthe
South to play their Drama 81 reinsfa,e the ponn
i m piece 10 the West, internal improvements
Within the last three days have hcar one rnember
OF the Cabinet and another officer OF the government
next IN rank to Secretary, and in point of talents
aho reputation eqsal to any of item contend
lhat the Maysvlile Message denies 10 CONGRESS- onIv
the power to appropriate IN aid ofioenl improvements
out admits to the power to promot G. by appyopyio
a0n the execution Of system of national intern,i i'm
proVements This, taken in connection with the
commentary OF General Green, alluded to before mo
Pares me TO expect some singular analyses oftbe Mes
sage bad no doubt that Gen Jackson bimseIFwas
honestly IN FAVOR OF internal improvements & there
fore believed he had been deceived by the author
titude OF the Delphc oracle with the canncv 10 do
IN engmas " power to.make responses less eI,bla
IMAM the dreams OF acknowledgements. He has sense r.
nough to discover the effects ofths deception and when
some honest friends frankly explain the tendency of
this justification, the good old gentleman viI, co
down like thunderbot upon the heads of the nroEano
priests, and consume them by the flames ofhiswroth
itad Zen Jackson been allowed to make his own On
bnet, he would have had one of uniform charnctc
OUT with such piece Of Mosaic work as that which
now stands IN the place of q Cabinet he nirbt ne
Wen put on the coat Of Harlequin and 20 on The stare
as TO continue in the executive Office IN the hone Of
administering the government with credit TO himself
ana benefit to the country. Depend upon what T
nave SAID, retreat is sounded aud tic ne.t annual
communication To Congress will be sone,vho, IN tb
nature ofa codlcl to tho Nuysyile Road Mcss,Cn
No doubt We said at the time. that the Veto
message bad left back door open for retreat in case
OF ncccssiy-that let public opinion veer or vary as
1t might, thorc doctrines in the mosso no IN
suit every possible change. If prblc - ZION came
round to ted constructions certain portions of the
message would be exhibited TO prove that President
Jackson vas Of that school.hat It. after the eXpor
inent, the majority remained fixed and innluto bIe
IN favor OF Internal Imprnvem ants IL could eos,lv bo
proved from the sumo document, that he recognize
the power of appropriation to national objects of
Improvement That an short the message was an
eIcctonoering experiment -designeJly ambiguous,
trcachcrous and dccctful! Let us imagine wlia, is
indeed evidently true tina, the experiment has fail
cd-thot the President has lost ground and pu Mr.
Clay ahead in the West and IN Now York-does any
man believe that the cunning little Secretary of State
will not endeavour to repair the mischief by forcing
the automaton to change the gamer