Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-07-27
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From tho baltimore RcpobIicor1

Among the arguments used in vindic a.;o, of Gan
jackson, Tor the exercise OF his con al ,,b, o1
rejecting the Maysvle Road BILL wa. on ar;s;n f.
The state OF the Treasury-ln hi, Message an ria,
ea-,on' the President enumerated the many cas which
had been made Tor similar app opriaions all of which
mao equai claims on the consideration of Congress with
the Maysville Turnpike AMI gave this pressure of ne
uons and applications, and its certain in
exhausng the Treasury, reasons of expeaencv ;,s
hiying him in srresting the progress Of such sy.,m
For this exposition, he has been attacked in the most
violent and abusive manner by the qriou, satellites
OF Daniel Webster and Henry Clay, aud charged by
them with calculations aud Intentions at once weak
uniounied, and inconsistent. He il at one time acrus
ed oil misrepresentng the state Of The Trea.ury and
ehuiheratng Tor effect merely, bills which had not
passed. and were no, likely pass; and al anoth time
the whole extent of the draft upon the Treasury i. AL.
m,eu ana the Coaioniss cry out agsins, him as the
aunor oi the ev, by his mismanag OF the public
funds. r
Nov, as to the charge that On. Jack ION enumerated
o,s .hat mad not passed. and were not likely pass
we answer that the policy disclosed by such an avow-
at oil the Coalition, IL, should be- ah 10 the system
ne PRESIDENT gave list OF applications which had
man to shew, which OF them had any inferior claim
to the Maysvi'le Road All were equally national: if
mat was national, and all had right to government
General Jackson, not the intention of Congress
to grant aid TO all Which, then, WAS il their inten
'ion 10 AID! Who were their favorites. Whose mill
pond had found most favor in the eyes of these iDpor-
tat men! Ii they grant the public ,noney TO
some only OF the applicants, what rule had they aop,
ed Tor the distribution! Equal in claims equal in prsc
y, \
Is the particular mark by which the favorite works
be known? The Maysvle Road lead. to the door of Mr.
clay residence: was that an argument The Rockville
foau runs through country, which hoped ms hit
be brought up to Messrs. Webster aud C,y was that
one oil the Inducements for supporting the bil There
are among the applicants some, which will benefit parts
OF the country, whose politics doubtful Were
those TO be dvered hers which belong 10 places in.
corrigibly republican those to be punish pd2-
hese teings are not asserted but they are we fear
the inevitable results Of the System OF partial sppro-
pra'ions, as insisted upon by the opposition and fair
deductions from their general principles. The mower
claimed for majority in Congress. of granting or
withholding at pleasure, aid from the Treasury in
renee to objects Of equal claim and character is of too
dangerous and despotic nature, and easily turned
no political engine, for mere bribery and corruption
70 De supported by patriotic people. The President
has arrested the mischief upon the threshold; The d-
in' es'ed patriotism Of the act evident to the peope:
they Will not 10y DESERVING him, beay and ruin the IN
se1ves.
We have before us public document, stating the
amount OF appropriations made at the last session of
Congress, with the object of each We Law an abstract
Of the document before readers in which they will
Ind an answer 10 most of the complaints of the coaI
ton elamorers. Every rejecting citizen will perceive
that IL was impossible for Gen Jackson TO acaissc in
the profuse disposition of tho public money by Congress
without increasing The public DEBT or retarding its
payment. The amonnt OF appropriations grained by
Congress, actually exceeds the estimated amount Of
revenue, for the coming year. The REDUCTION of
the TAXES. while trelieves the people from their bur
dens Is likely for the present, to diminish the esour-
ces OF the government AMI yet the enemies of Cen
jackson abusing him with every variety of Marty
violence because he refused to push on the EXPENSES
beyond the REVENUE, and thus make DEBT and TAX
Civil list 81 $50 is, g,
Military service S7Y I7o II
r orhhca'ions ISL, 900 90
PENSIONS 1859 66l 90
naval service 8 779 1863 So
Indian Department, SC. 3O9 40 ~
Improvement Of Ripers and Har5ors s67I23 As
Examinations, Surveys, and Internal
Improvement PSI 400 90
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