Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-06-04
MAYSVHLE ROAD BILL.

House. OF REPRESENTATIVES,, MAY ~, 1880.
The following Message was received from
the President of the United States, returning to
the House of Representatives the enrolled bill
entitled An act authorizing Il subscription of
stock in the Maysvillc, Washington, PARIS, and
Lexington Turnpike Road Company, with his
objections thereto IT, S. Tel
To The House Of Representatives..
GENTLEMEN. have maturely considered the
bill proposing to authorize "a subscription of
stock in the NIaysvillc, Washington, Paris, and
Lexington Turnpike Road Company and now
return tho same to the House Of Representa-
tivcs, in which it originated, with my objections
to It's passage.
Sincerely friendly TO the Improvement of orr
country by means of roads and canals, regret
that any difference of opin ion in the MODE of
contributing to it should exist between us and
if, in stating this difference, 90 beyond what
the occasion may be deemed TO call for, | hone
to find an apology IN the great Importance of
the subject, an unfeigned respe ct for the high
source from which this branch oft has emana-
ted, and an anxious wish to be correctly under
stood by my constituent IS in the discharge of all
lie fnactionarios, actua ted by the same general
motives, on the character and tendency of par
ticuar measures is an incident common to all
Governments, and the more to be expected in
one h ich, like ours, owes its existence to the
freedom ofopinion, and must be upheld by the
same influence. Controlled, as we thus are, by
a higher tribunal, before which our respective
acts will be canvassed with the indulgence due
to the imperiectons of nature and with
that intelligence and unbiased judgement which
are the true correctives of error, all that our re
sponsbility demands, is, that the public good
should he the measure of our views debating a.
like their frank expression and honest mainte-
nance.
In the message which was presented to Con-
gress at The opening of its present ssion, en-
deavorcd to exhibit briefly my views upon the
important and highly interesting subject, to
which our attention is now TO be directed. |
was DESTROYS of presenting to the Representa-
tIves OF the several States in Congress assem-
bled, the inquiry, whether some mode could not
be devised which wonld reconcile the diversity
OF opinions concerning the powers of this Co
vernment oyer the subject of internal improve
"'S''bj anu tiic III WUICE IneSc powers,
IT conferred by the Constitution, ought to be
exercised The act which am called upon to
consider, has, therefore been passed with
knowledge of my views on this question, as
these are expressed in thu message referred to.
In that document the following suggestion will
be found
"Aiter the extinction ofthe public debt, il is
not probable tina; any adjustment of the tariff. /!
upon principles satisfactory to the people of the
Union, WILL until remote pcriod. i ever. leavc
the government without considerable surplus
Ill Tho treasury, beyond what may be required
Tor It's current service. As then the period APP !
proaches when the application Of the revenue !
to the payment of debt will cease, the disposition
oi the surplus will present subject for the seri-
Gus deliberation of Congress and it NAV be for
tunate Tor the country that it is yet TO be deci
dcd Considered IN conDexon with the difficult |
ties which have heretofore attended apr,ropria-
lions for purposes Of internal improve ment. and
with those which this experience tells us will |
certainly arise, whenever power over such sub
jects may be exercised by the General Govern |
mcnt it is hoped that it may lead to he adop-
ton of some plan which will reconcile the di- |
verslhed interests of the States, and strengthen
the bonds which unite them. Every member of
the Union, in peace and in war, will be benefit |
ted by the improvement Of inland NAVIGATION |
and the construction of highways in the several |
States Let us then endeavor to attain this ben |
eft in mode which will be satisfactory to all |
That hitherto "adopted has been deprecated rs
an infraction of the Constitution by many of our |
fellow citizens while by others it has been
viewed as inexpedicnt. All feel that it has been |
employed at the expense of harmony in the le |
gisatve councils and advertng TO the Con.
stitutional power Of Congress to make what I |
consider proper disposition Of the surplus re-. |
venue, su5join the following remarks "To |
avoid these evils, it appears 10 me that the most
safe, just and federal disposition which could be
made of the surplus revenue, would be its an. |
portonment among the several States according
TO their ratio Of representation and should this
measure not be found warranted by the Consti- !