Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-05-02
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.., constitutional questions, should he
-. s,,abl shrd. that hr may not be driven
:, fro "by every wind Of docuiae," but
-, bs should also make these opinions the
I'm rule his conduct Aud, until the
IA, neriod of misru'e, rijiculously called
=. - era OF Reform such has been the case.
n. hov different is The fact at present, in re-.
ii, even 10 matters ofprominent interest /!
~. law the President exercises the delicate
A.a,,snnnsible power OF aifsing his pefo.to Il
i ,eu ,..sed by the Representatives ol the Peo-
Ia, and tomorrow hs approves Of laws SINH
>. n character, and embra cling the very prn-
-. uh,cn he had previously condemned.
n.o,ipg The constitutional power OF the fede-
:, government over the subject Of internal
,n,ov.mrut at one session of Congress, W.
ga him a, The next attaching his signature 10
.,,eraI laws recognising this same power-ss
.Yb. had become alarmed al the indications Of
..Lt;c sentiment which had been elected by
\. o,pyions act, aud feared the effect it would
e,prci.e upon his popularity. n nothing else
had happened TO show the expedency of an
.neodnan OF 10 the federal constitution. reader
;os inc President ineligible second term. this
,o.lc fact would be conclusive MS To its vital
importance. The patronage of The govern
,pent should not b thds perverted 10 election
ring purposes, and great Cons tational prnc-
p,cs abandoned or evaded 10 promote the in
T..
dslinciion. Nothing, sooner Than this. will
bring Oh, government into contempt. by rem
atng il Inefficient for all valuable purposes,
.pd by converting it into an instrument TO be
welded for The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT oil unprincipied
mon
Thess remarks have been suggested, by
clancing oar eyes over the laws ,sseu at the
last ses.i IN Of Congress. and approved by the
President Among them we find several, ma
ling concentrations f,r Internal Improvement,
If chsract = some of them in every respect
similar to the Msysvills Road BILL npnn which
The prr.ident had ycnr before riaced his
refo. aud thereby acquired many plaudis from
Tim, class of politicians who affect TO be the
,o!e and exclusive guardians of STATE Rights,
but who, we venture 10 say, have done more 10
bane that doctrine into ridicule then its worst
enemies have ever done, or can do. The en-
curry naturally arises, why is the President
thus vaccillarins and inGrW of purpose II
the Msy.vile Road is an improper object OF
ihc naiiou4l bounty, i not Back Greek 1--WE
know no, vhare i, is) equally so' II the Mays-
vile Road is u" local" is Back Creek naiion
al ~ Why, them is aid to one denied. while Il
i, granted 10 he other, Simply because,
Whenever, in Sra,e holding the doctrines
Win regard 10 constitutional consiroctio on
which have been so Long and consistently u
vowed BY Virginia. The Presidents iatittdinn-
raasm should be brought TO bear against him,
hs friends may potato this Veto. 10 yindlcate
him from the hrresy Will, 90 the other
dsad, when Pennsylvania aud Ohio, and other
SIates, which, with them, affirm the Ju,isdic-
lion OF the general government over The pubic
HIGHWAYS, are TO be courted, his friends ma.
drec, public ate cation 10 the half dozen OF
10, which he has since approved To us. this
saem.to be drspicsble piece of ar'ifce-a
t1ntemp,ible system OF eec,ioneering-alIk
degrading TO the President and ruinous TO the
country. II indeed, call. loudly for " Reform. y
Opposed as we are TO the exercise of this pow
er by the federal governmeni--and aware, as
we also also gre, that Henry Clay advocates
The contrary doctrine TO the fullest ex,eni--yet
We are IN favor of his election, because we be-
liese he is the only man who can turn out the
pesen, odious gang of political Spectators
sAo have fastened their harry faogs uro the
public treasury land because, il the power Is 10
bs exercised, WI prefes that il shall be done b.
Que whose creed is inscribed openly upon his
banners, rather than by cunning schemsr,
who preteuds 10 deny the power, while be acts
iaOprn opposition TO bis nvo"ed opinions,
While on .hi, subject. NO have thought ii
no, naiar1opo to annex table, showing the
snoun, Of money approprin'ed by the general
goyernmen, since the formation OF the federal
Constitution 10 aid of Internal impros ements,
and its proporIi oaate disbursement 10 tue sew
Typographical divisions ofour country;
New England S,ates-Nlaae, Ne"-HamF-
.ane, Vermont, Massachusetts,
vi 'de Island, snd Connecticut. 1916, l0j
b Middle States--New York,
NEW Jersey, Delaware. PennsJi-
sana, and Maryland. 3ol, 435
q Southern Ststes-Virginia,
worth and South Carolina and
Georgia, 37,434
SOUTHWESTERN States-Ten-
ass,ee, louisiana, Mississippi. and
Alabama, 1872 I65
o Western States--Keniucsv.
on'o' Indiana, Illinois, aud Mis-
0ur, ct1,o,
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