Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-06-17

NF''f0b~ ~" ~ kt'''t wv NO Nb'rtV no - q
on the questions OF lntetn 4 Improvement which have
come betr him. Now. II the ccurss he at prssen'
pursues ADD in,erds to continue, BE- rish'. I IL p.rhsp.
= mater OF lile moDt ut vile her he ~ cot stent or
not wi b bis previous d cl,rsti L ;fpr NC pre,ume b.
seb mp no ci lin 10 infsihbiity DIT 4, 10 evidently
the de,isn OF those VITO 'tus a'csss hin. To max. this
ah~ged inton-ii-tcN, IN argument Tor 'h.ir tav0riie
"syster ) aud, in tbi- POM OF We ~ ! is worth Will.
TO take soms poicc OF he all, Z alton. We have given
soms st'sn ion 10 hi. sutjec,, aud there appear TO us, to
beJdets which require merely TO be stated, in o der to
reIuie all argum' mt. as 20 the Pfesiden's Inconsistency
a. is pretended, that the r.jss,ion Of the b.li, fer sub.
scribiug to The stock OF the Rockville and MaysviIle
Turnpike, I. inconsistent with hi, sanc,iou Of he law,
making appropriations Tor continuing The Cumberland
Road wes,watdiy. lie. ua see. The act Of Congress,
approved April 30, 1892, by which the State Of Ohio was
admitted ioo the Union, provides that 8 per cent. Of thu
nett proceeds OF tho sales OF public lands within tina,
safe. 'ball be az piled TO laying ou, and making road,
Leading from the navigsble waters emptying into the
Ahaniic, to thu Ohio, ito the said State and through
the same Under this law il was te,erpioe by those
who then administered the Government, land whose ca
paoiIty OF interpreting laws will hardly be questioned,
even by the advocates Of Internal Improvemen,s,) that
the road should be commenced at Cumberland, and thus
has been always soucu'redi in az a decision with regard
10 me eastern alton OF this famous, expensive, and
row wretshedly bad road. Is continuation through The
Stale OF Ohio, 1, also provided for by the abovsmen-
toned Law.
the ) a o OF Indiana into the Union, il 10 provided hal
q per cant. OF tue nett proceeds OF sales OF public lands
within thai SAT-, shall be applied to making a road or
roads leading TO the said State, under the direction o.,
ConRre,s. A similar provision 10 iound in tho acts Of A.
P'l lS.b, 1918, aud March oh, 1920, by which the
Safes OF Illinois and Missouri were respectively admit
ted in the Union, and thus the extension of This road
to the Mississippi rivsr ia q measure 10 which ,bs
government oil the United States must BIZ cop,iJsred a,
pledged by compact with the several States interested a,
least so lar as the expense OF the work be- dsfrsyed bv The
provi,ion Tor that purpose, made in The several aeis re-
ierred tc. Accordingly, on The 10 h Nay, 1920, ,ha, 10
ABOUT tw9 months alter ii.e passage Of the last Of those
hcts, the Dill Tor laying out a road from Wheeling 10
the Mississippi river, received The sanction of The Pre-.
muent' as a saIvo, we suppose, for doubling sonsciences
me preamble OF This act res',es as an argument for is
passag-, a plea oil increasing the value Of The public
isnd', and Il contains also o proviso,. iha, il .haII no, be
construed az AL oblig alton OH the part Of the L, tied
ea'es 70 construct the road ; bu, though Cor e.. was
ever willing 10 spend their money, provided ,6-v could
cave Their principles, l, IS absurd 10 suppose, that sucb
pr amoie' and p'ovisos really deceived a sioele repre-
sen'anve: Without entering a, all on the question OF
,he consl u'ionaliy Of such eOactmen,s as hos, we
nave quoted relative TO ttis road, the facts stated are
certainly sufieient to show ample reasons for the Preri-
dents approval Of the acts making appropriations for il,
conhnui'ion, during the two last years.
Is 1t then ignorance, or is 1t obi guilty ( mental mar.
eeP"on, winch prevents some psrsons from seeing the
gres' ON renee between the expenditure Of national
iunds, Ito be replaced hereafter out of tho two M,
cent. reserva,ion) in fulfilling these obIigation. h ,ssd
upon %eonpacts, aud the conTibu ion Of Them in aid nj
NE enterprise, however ~laudsble, OF a private compa.
ny Incorporated Tor the construct ton OF a road Grom
Rockville TO Frederick,own! The diff r.nc. hs,~a'n
,he ca es appears to u, so obvious, % to r, quirs no fur
ther illustration.
Now, 10 dispose Of the "Harhor bills" the ,nn,ov,
OF which has ais, bern held up to publ. vi, W bv ,b.s.
pretended advocates Tor consistency. o. sems oeca.
s,on, soon after the close OF The session of Is29-3O
hr' Ci1y thought proper TO sneer at he Presld. an >. ,e
iuslng his signature to tbs MaysviIls road bill. wb,l,,
he approved an appropriation Tor improving The nayig..
ucn oil Conheaul creek, in OHIO, a sire am CT the ye,,
existence oil which he, M. Clay, was ignorant RI,
Mr.. Z. was unfortunately also ig norap,. th,t mi. eyeot
work oil Ialefnal lmProvcment-the object of which. il
may De remsrked by the way, 10 to make a harbor on
Laks E'ie-lsa bani'iDg b, queathed TO G. neral J,,k.
sens care, by an adDinisir non with which NJ r.
mad something 10 do. The first act making AN annro.
pL,an9n i9r me purpose, having been approved on the
"a JudTeh, 1879, IL had, herefors, bec6a,e A Law h, tors
tue installation VI President Jackson. and i, bscams his
duty to have The law ' faithfully executed" The s.m.
remark applies TO all IL items OF appropriation 10 'he
haroor bills, which have been approved by G N. J.. AZ
VIII at once appear by comparing them WIN nr.vi'n.
laws-ihe objsc' II all Of ,hgm was TO cont nue. sub
complete pro- cts sha. bad been /" commenced' bsfore
he came into ofhce. Was he, Tor the cake OF Z" con,is
tency'" to suffer these works 10 go 10 ruin in ,bair nm.
hnishsu s's'e' and thus render worse han useless all
,ns previous expenditures m de in ,hsiS construction;
WIN almost az much proprieiy nigh, IN I've ordered
me des'rusnon OF those already completed. Il il snt-
hcien' mt mo-, a single neto object of Ibis pet,v hind
ois originated und1f Inc present Administrative, anf
MAJ, OIL The contrsiy, retaining aud finally r, ;,c,ipa
the h rbor bill Of 1880. the p. e.ideni exercised Ri. nr,
vI!ege In preventing The extension of this .yit.m. The
only time that It was in his power to do go. We have
40 doubt, thai had the same bill pasted IN. Senats
where 1t was los, Iast winter, il would have me, sg,in
WIN me same iaie. Ii is said, though our faith ~ en-
ute'y ~Snutg 10 the accuracy OF the statement, thai
the PRESIDENT was waited on iast session by a member
Of The Committee OF Ways and Means, who assured him
that The bills for the improve men, Of hsrbors, &c. then
presented Tor ms ,ane'ion, had been prepared in s,ric,
conformity Win the principle. of his Veto Message
~ there be any truth 10 this state men,, and I, Ia 6nss
TONED, II probably is that the gentleman alluded "a.
meIsiy po'nted out to tho President the fact. tbat tbs
Ills had bssn prepared in conformity with the off.
ciai Inmates from the War Department. which
TACT VIII appear by reference 10 Tie printed public
docUDeLt, r
Without pretending 10 know, In the most remo,. uan
ner, The reasons which have really governed the P1e,i
den'' ~ arriving at bis conclusions on this subIect Of
loieTnai improvements, the eonsi lerations above st,t.
Gu appe:r "~ quite sufloient TO explain how those
conclusions may have been attained, without ar,uing
any vasclllatoao OF purpose, or Inconsistency of rea,on'
ing. TWasb Cioa.
MIR. bLAIR-Sir-I perceive that some Of fine onnosi
ton prints are striving to give currency TO the old v;Io
SANDER, sometime since raised against OIL venerahto
Cbiet magistrate aud MIR. Livingston, and as long sinco
Feuteu ana mailed to the counters" "that they refused
10 concur IN a vote OF thanks TO Gen. Washington. for
ms Pabhc services when he was about retiring N nr;-
vste life. Now every well informed nerson pm
this 10 De a base calumny, which can have no other oh
Ject Dut 10 prejudice the minds of such az are ignoran,
OF l"e transactions OF those times; and surely 10 honest
man "oniu knowingly circulate a base ounterfeit- If
nc DO so inadvertently, he would never rest until be
had made PREPARATION for the injustice he had done ,nd
common honesty requires those editors who have h,si.
circulated the SANDER, at least to acknowledge their ig,
norance. y
for the sake OF such as have not leisure and opportu-
MY Tor s'vesngstion tits well, perhaps, to state briefly
the tru'a oil the matter, which malice an ionorancs
have so mongled and distorted. "
Washington whilst President, wa, in In. b,b;, If a..
semOllng the heads OF departments in a cabinet co,oc;I
ana OF being guided by the opinion Of a majority in ali
Important concerns "Hence the official scts of te
President came to be considered as those of his ,oL;nnt
and were. 10 common parlanco, called the acts If A.,
dd"i''iSTdHon, and they were opposed when 4, was
ueeHeu necessary and canvassed, and freely spokep of