The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-10-03

he abuse Of the veto pow
,re remarkable Than their
establish by proofs which
of the {" Saviour OF his
onfounded by. The Proei
Session two bills passed
ia.ions for objects OF In
&c Of these the Presiden!
q law. The other he cd
therefore rejected. We
Ills. and We now ask the
ader to a comparison be-
.ctions from them. 1.-THE
exhibit the same de-
kc a selection Of the FIST
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TEE BILL REJECTED.
AN ACT for the i'm
proyeaeEt Of certain
harbors, and the BaYi-
CATION Ufcertain rivers.
Be IL enacted. Nc. That
for the security Of the
navigation and commerce
of the United States, the
following sums of money
be, and the same are
hereby directed to be
paid out Of any money ia
the Treasury. not other
wise appropriated. and
placed at ehe disposition
of ;l,e President for the !
following objects, to wit;
For the improvement
of the navigation OF Ken
nebec river. in the State
Of Maine, between Au-
sus,a bridge and riconic /
tails, according 10 the
plan submitted through
the Department of " ar.
ten thousand dollars.
For the Improvement
OF the harbor at the mouth
of Bass liver in the State
Of Massachusetts. nine
teen thousand nine hun
bred and thirty dollars
and Gorty-one cents e; and
For the Improvement
of the navigation of
the North river in said
State. sixteen thousand
two hundred and eighty
three dollars, according
to the plans submitted
through the Department
of " ar.
For deepening the en-
trance of the harbor al
the mouth of Connecticut
river, according to the
plan of the Civil Engi-
neer, William Barnard.
twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
For the improvement
of the navigation of the
same river. above the city
of Hartford, ten thousand
dollars.
For the Improvement
Of the navigation of the
Thames river, between
New London and Nor
wich in said State, by the
removal of the sand bars
which, at present, OBJ
struct the navigation, ten
thousand dollars.
For the improvement
Of the harbor at The north
end Of Goat Island, and
the removal of the light
house to a proper site ac-
cording TO the plan sub
mitted through the De-
partment of War, thir-
teen thousand seven hun. I
drcd dollars.
For the Improvement |
of the harbor of Portland. /
on Lake Erie. in the
State Of New York elev-
en- thousand FIVE hundred
dollars. |
For the improvement
of the harbor of Silver
creek, Lake Erie, IN the I
said State, eleven thou |
sand three hundred and |
thirty-two dollars TWEEN |
ty-6ve cents.
For the Improvement
ofthe harbor At the mouth
Of Big Sandy Creek, in
the couaty Of Jefferson,
in said State, on Lake
Ontario, nine thousand
two hundred dollars f.; and
For the improvement
ofihe harbor at the mouth
of Salmon river, OF Lake
Ontario, five thousand
dollars. according to the
several plans of the said
harbors. submitted tlro'
the Department of War.
For the improvement
of the l.arnor at the mouth
of Oak Orchard Creek.
on Lake Ontario, accord
ing to the plan thereof
made by Joseph G. Swift.
Engineer, twelve thou
sand dollars.
For the improvement
Of the navigation of the
Hudson river, seventy
thousand dollars ; to be
expended according to
the plan submitted thro'
the Department of War.
For the preservation Of
the port Of Little Egg
harbor, in the State OF
New Jersey according to-
the Plan submitted ihro'
the Department, of War,
five thousand six hundred
and ninety-6ve dollars
forty cents.
For the improvement
Of the navigation Of Del
ware river between Tren-
ton and Bordentowh, in
the State Of New Jersey,
twenty-six thousand dol
lars.
man tell US a reason for
one Of these bills which
to the other ? So far as
stween them, it is favora-
which only embraced ap-
aggregate amount of those
lich was approved. This
Ms" is produced entirely
OF a power which was
tuition expressly to guard
sh. So short-sighted is
men
comparison, moreover,
cen exercised capricious-
f; that is, upon no fixed
o the within of the mo-
'ssibly predict, for exam
At the next session revive
oed at the last session,
ould approve it or reject
ably upon the humor he
presented to him. He
! himself the Legislative
was ever exercised Dy
On in Europe. He does
rue, but he permits none
he chooses which is, in
Imself.
e President in this only
the Constitution gives to
he power was never CIV
t has been, and that the
has been violated by the
There are many powers
ich it would be an abuse
rciso. on every incentive