Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-07-10
Richmond, Va. Tuesday, July 10.


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teligencer of Saturday last gives the following sketch
OF its contents:
coming under that enon sOOO on
the berwick branch the PissaSSS S
B S hS o%%s exceeds
For the Delaware ,D Beo hS,!, sa1OoO 100000
the pier and mole at oswego N. Y $4,000
improving Big sodus Bay, NY. 1900
G osT%:oss H Inist e. :. 1900 1900
Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi rivers, $1,000
the Cumbe and river, 10000
expense ofsurveys under Act 1924 5000
bridges % o"d 70 Mar. Ill., Hill, Ssine,) SiOOo
sootnaiHs c@%bsflsad Road sSi in Ohio Ohio, 10000
the Sam. same road road in in Illinois, ILLINOIS, SSSS
roadsip siicbgpn, 10000
We understand the President is of opinion that This hill
comes within the principles of the Maysvie Yeto#-We
have no hesitation in saying that we essentially differ with
him. and that we cannot reconcile of its provisions
with that celebrated Document Why did the President
disclam such work as the Maysve Roadl Because il
OF local. not general Of a State not national cha
acter But can such works those for the improvement
OF the Cumberland, and Genessee and Savannah rivers
&c. be considered as OF national character? If these
indeed TO be considered samples of national cha
ter then is the principle Of the Maysve Veto so fit
tered away as 10 be comparatively OF little account What
river there in the u States which may i'm the same
way put in its caims Where is the limitl Who shall
say "Thus far shalt thou go and acknowledgements
has before it ga harbour bi-whicb embraces
various appropations-and among them S2O 900 for tho
clearing out OF James Rver-At the next session per
hqPs, we may have the York, the Rappahannsck, tho
appropatonall the rivers in both the CaronasOall the
rivers to the North of the Potomac.-Where will be the
end OF these appeals OF Sectional avaricehese impor-
tunae claims upon the public treasury-his log-rollinp
combination Of various local nteress-his disbursement
OF the peoples money, and this extavagant extension of
the specified powers OF limited government
Where is it now to end! We always thought the Mays-
vile Veto did not go far enough W. seems u.s. that un-
der the Constitution the Federal Government has nothing
at all TO do with Internal Improvements-and for this rea
son, we could not recognize the distinction which the
Maysvie Message made between the National and the
local Improvements But honOred the Maysvle Mes
sage because 1t was generous attempt TO put stop to
that wide sweep local which were calcnIateS
TO exhaust the public treasure, and corrupt the politics
OF the States WeFegre however, that the sigma
ture of this recent bill seems to weaken this advan,
by sanctonng certain local the spirit Of
this bill is permitted to govern future measures what
repeat must be the efecG We extend the powers of
the federal government to local enlarge
its jurisdiction. We make il the fountain of wealth and
OF power We teach the States look up to il for dis
bursements of money, whenever needs them We cor
rupt the people oil the States and induce them sacrifice
their Constitution TO seductive gratues We bind toee
interests OF the Tariff and Internal improvements
One raises the money; and the other spends it, As Mr.
Jefferson writes Mr. Madison in 1885, 1t will be source
OF eternal scramble among the members who get the
most money wasted in their State, and they will always
get who meanest" In these times partcuIary
when every OF eXpence is seized upon waste
the public money, in order keep up the Tariff; when
the disposition is TO grant every claim which presented
to Congress- however eXtravagant il may be, il is with
pain that we OF expenditure opened upon u.s.
which seems TO be, what Mr. j. calls boomless abyss
oil public money! We confess these things stare u.s.
Observers upon the spot speak OF progacy in the ex
o
thing like constitutional checks, which characterzes
portion OF Congress-, and excites very painful re-
Elections Time will exaperate the disease instead of
ugatng it-unsess eectual are devise
for arresting this current Of extravaganza.
The Harbor bill has not yet passed. II out this
system OF expenditure Ought to pass Ought it to be
sanctioned? May not hope that the same vigorous.
hand which is about arrest the Bank of the u will
not permit the whole of this Internal Improvement
this sort OF Onniln gGiheTt, be pamed upon usbut
that some stop may be made iso pause NAV be puC
until the power can be fairly conveyed or h.
(SayS Tho
sage) be the wish of the people that the construction of
roads and canals should be conducted by the Federal Go
venmsnt ii is not only highly eXpeden but indispensa-
bly, necessary, that previous amendment of the Cos
tuition deegatng the necessary power and defining and
restricting its exercise with reference to the sovereienv
OF the States, should be made Without it nothing extern
svey useful can be effected The right TO exercise as
much jurisdiction as is necessary TO preserve the works
and TO raise funds by the collection of tolls TO keep them
! in repair, cannot be dispensed with"
litbe the desire of the people that the agency of tho
Federal Government should be confined tile appropra-
ton OF money in aid of such undertakings in virtue of
State authorities then the occasion, manner and the
of the appropriations should be made the subject
OF constitutional regulation This the more necessary
in order that they may be equitable among the several
States;-promote harmony between different sections of
the Union and their Representatives preserve other parts
OF the constitution from being undermined by the exer-
else OF doubtful powers the great extension of those
which not and protect the whole subject against tho
deleeHous influence OF combinations TO carry, by
cert, measures which, considered by themselves mVbt
meet but little countenance." The President must see
even since be has signed this bill from the wv cases
that have multiplied in Congress, what excess the po
pensy to spend the public money likely 10 be carried
Within the last two days the proofs earngTbis
very harbour bill is strong OF itself not then
the time to pause to let the people consider these things
and devise TIT means for curbng the Tariff for arresna
the encroachments Of the Federal Government and for
preventing the growth Of that gigantic and splendid pow
er which u not arrested in time, may overshadow the III
berries OF the people and the rights of the States
r Forsyth said ought rejoicing that the Pro-
side9 could, however make the two bills
alluded TO by the Senator from kenuckyi and he
there this differences that not take upo,
himself the refusal of aPpopang for maay
large had been expended there Wey some
yeelonabio appropriations tackled TO the bill"
THE BANK OF THE u. STATES
The intense interest is excited about the fate a
The Bank Bill is the universal topic Of conversation
We have uniformly believed that the President would
veto the Bill Many Of his enemies are of the opiniop
that he will sign itand others again profess to believe
that he viii accompany that act Of prcrogave by de-
oaraton oil his Willingness approve provided the next
Congress by passing the BILL shall thus afford conclusive
testimony, that such is the will Of the people"
said at Washington that the President tc rtain.
ly not sign the BILL that it would be returned 10 Congress
yesterday to-day, with his objections expressed in
strong, clear, and unequyoca erms-a he will take he
ground that Congress has iot the constitutional mower IN
create such hank, and that if il had tie power il should
not be exercised inthe creation Of monster calculated
to destroy the liberties Of the people
Many OF his enemies chuckhnc the effect Of te
responsibility which Is thus thrown upon his shouiders
Mr. Clay and bis satellites predicting that his Veto
VIII send him back to the Hermitage But whatever be
the consequences 1T believed that he will not shrink from
themand that he will not hesitate to put down tis
monster Of corruption. He will glory in his martvrlo,o
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