Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-11-18

congress upon thai qics, .on dur -, NJ ns - on
mu Tue nunosr OF bills making appropriations Tor
Improvement that Were negat,ved bv tho p reside n,
Upon this subject there may DO some difference IF o;
,b. %% o'ner members Of Congress- expressed in
10 .ne people, during the last summer be
correctly reported They deny there is any hon. of rr.f
on Ses: sS U Any by the Ps.
70 ne only 'eleam glance sht's differ es
Acknowledgements did to paraize the system of Int,
hon. ~, "ng the last session, aud gave brighter
nope mey would recede principle unon ubc il n
iounde than has done any time sine the system
%,r nuuaoe and New Orleans Turnpike Road after TN
OF Representatives. where able talents ON both ;ss
hi. m.S Tee employed. was ne.a,ived by a respec,a-
e mad heretofore been as holding the
s ank M .ne great system of National Roads aud the liza
The Track upon which run haa been three times az.
veyed oy me brigade Of the United States Ensnee with Gen
ago preparations were making commence the work M
% o. view ok' who unques,ionaby ablest cchatcr
inns gentleman had been accustomed tn sppor, h.t svs,
conside,abs 70 AID IN completing canal that
OF great National importance, the House of Repres,
auves In the Senate bill for this appropriation was rrror,
ted by the Committee and Canals but the friends Of
S , ,ousn ',ey made many efforts, could get the
Inc application from the Charleston Rail Road COMPANY
" @ e aoi an appropriation, reported in the House Of
IN .he hands OF the committee Roads Canals -Four
OUT OF nve OF tina, Committee had previously supported ali
ihe Baltimore and Ohm Rail Road which there had
r s H. , ana more hopes Than hom any other
WORN OF he KIND IN the United STATES was
'sed by the States of Maryland Virginia asked 70, The AID
ad
IN other cases. that of the Great ays
ues between the Western Ailsntc States bu vas ~, ~
e great through fare Tor military transportation from the ives.
% ne SEA coss' III Time OF war General smith, of
devoted patrons distinguished, influential mem
oi OF the senate aer bill had been reported an appro
paon could not prevail the Senate TO consider II anu,
he made many and jealous efforts
All those roads had been bv Irncr
sneers under the direction of the Engineer Department, and
aIse sums had been expanded by Conceal Government,
tor the surveys of the Buffalo and New Orleans r,rnt
and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road-wuh ali this prcn
saon expense aud patronage by the General Government
4 Init ,m.t
Orleans Road, aud that only give negative Thcs. vcts
e"ees OF opE"suon 10 mat system which Congress
n,hted before the President rejected the Maysvis Road
Which proves Congress did not act under pre go
b" from impulse a,an,, the principle itself Thee
wears ago all those appropriations would made with
ont hesitation. Such succession Of negative acton
pretty strong evidence that the which Congress- had
heretofore sustained tins had greatly diminished b,
10 an observer the spot who witnessed the aour NJ H.
trends OF those bills 10 get them for consideration aud ths
determined manner of an overwhelming majority of the senate
20 refuse them SO much hearing, furnished more Than
prnaoiIy that ROAD making ny Congress was fs, IN the TO
ana Is ''Seii an evidence of an unexpected action
san ne Presidents message accompanying his eo of
me nyr'e Road, gentlemen called il i eon,vocsI
49, a: ",ov' ana gives no assurance that he exercise
m authority to arcs, the further progress of tina, sys
tenn will not attempt, this message with the nicSv
uc, nu, wii view the whole scope Of his action upon
hls SUBJECT which must lead different Conclusion
lie negatlved This .ifnysriH and Ler;uoton
i"rnP~e Rond' by which he incurred the grea,
d,SpIeaS"rc OF many Of his friends and of many
o'her influential characters in Kentucky n. we'll
as elsewhere III the western States-For ,nis ,y,s
nor only road of great expecr alton in that slate
out was considered as TIL starting pole or CEN
tral piece for several her roads that wero IN branh
"UH IT, IL was TO be continued from M,vs-
vile IN Kentucky to Florence in Alabama distance
OF between two and three hundred miles Fror,
l,eHlhS oil IN Kentucky 1t to be extended into
'he state OF Indiana, distance of another t,vn or
three hundred miles And when once BEGAN Ike
us elder sister. the Cumberland Road nobodv
knew where 1t would go to, or where It would end
lhls negative was not SO small business
10 tcPi'SchIci l" ne rms nugmen, alton had
transpred before the Veto And thus il WINS that
such a cry was raised Therefore President Jsck
son oy mat Veto not only checked The system. but
saved 10 your government at least $50 600 OOO
winch was to be raised by yonr Tariff but has On
yea from corruption, some 0OOO or 10000 of vour
G,'izens' VINO were TO make prey of that money
For all the roads made by the United States ire yood
Tor nothing, and only form constant drain unon tho
itnasury for what they call repairs
But gentlemen who have limited the nerotivo -
tne .uaysUiHe and Lexington Turnpike only, have
neither done justice to tho subject nor to Presden,
Jackson. There bill passed both Huns os ~
congress for constructing Road, through mart
OF the state of Indiana, Il believe it wasj and into
which passed hro the State and approved that hart
~nch lay within the Territory: Upon the DrncioIo
tna' thn general government has the power to con-
stIuc' II ads withinlts own territories. By nerati
bn ,na. portion WHICH was to pass througha State
1T preserved entire he principles upon which be
negaVed the .HayscHe and Lexington Tfn-nD;ke
~ nc also negatved the Washington and Fieaerick
1urnPlFe hoad. This Bill WIS COTTON up and fos-
teleu ny inc most powerful and commanding lnf1n
ehce 10 the State of Mary and and had more patron
age man any other road Bill that came before Con
gress during the last session. or prehsUs onv oIbor
session. FP' u"J O'"ci
a. me bI making appropriation of an 800 900, for
tue completion OF the Portland and Louisville canal
W "hch the general government had previously CON
II"uleG Ia gely two or three times, without know
lhg Sylabe about the progress nf the work or dis
POSITION OF the money! and the Bill called the Linht
Ilouss bi'l' providing for the building of t0eal fbe
I'D b n"sm1 HOUSES placing tcentyfVe new Beacons
snu eu"ys' and for surveying and clearing out mir
,y-etS"t Rivers and Creeks, nobody knew where
oelns medley Of greater number of items
shed its beams upon the human race vyos son,
Wnch ne returned to the Senate this lacopc answer
lha' ne had retained those bills for farther cons,d
eIuton' And the Senate considered this answer
equivalent to his negative.
III n'gatVlng these several Bills, lie incurred great
responsibility, and much displcasure from some Of ME
IlenuS and lnILOW ,,l1o