Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-11-04
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ADDRESS
ADDRESS
ORTIZ Committee 0pIo;n.cd by the Republican Corrrspod-
ing COMMITTEE, to thr cjti=n,s cf .NeisOn cc"Hfy.
fCCxCLEnEp


ortiz Committee opfO;ned by tie Republican Correspond
Ing CO,nmittcc, to he cjii=eas Of .NtIsOn co"r'y.
lCcSCLrnEn
H. 1t charged against MI Van En;rn h7t De Is INC
advocate of general system OF Internal improvements
Lv the Federal Government. We deny Tie CHARGE and
:arlcssy assert, that Nlr Van Buren, Is utterly opposed
to that systchO,h as TO constitutional power ana rX'
! ccdcEcy. We shall net now undertake to d''l" ms
svs,r suffice it that it is ih"l system which The
t'rdralist5 and every other class Of ttwinlrans, by
Whatever distinguished, whether trdcrall;'s or
National Republicans, have uniformly adTncncd. and
which tile Ntm0cfa,ic Republicans have as uniformly and
vcrinny opposed ncxpcdicnL and umcolStItu-
iiona Tie only of Mr.. Van Buens life, tor there
cannot be found one single expression oil sentiment Ia
vorube to it, upon which the charge is founded, Is IFS
vote riyrn in the Senate Ut lie United States IN favor
f ,I hill to erect toll .putcs The famous Cumberland
road This vote regard Object enable, 1t was CIV
Ell howe ver without much reflection his entrance
into the Seiale and solely compel those wln used lie
Cumberland road 10 pay such tolls Us would Keep IL IN
reuair and prevent lis being perpetual Charge !" lie
unalc treasury or falling into RUNS his was ll"da-
bl and Just Object, yet involved principle OF Inter
nal Irprovrncnt and indirectly cOunrnancrd lint sys-
AIR Van Burcn, early as lc27, sensible n The
error which lie had committed against tile principles pl
the Constitution aud his own liked Opinions upon ms
sul Ct publicly Giscaincd the principle and rrpiG'alrd
,hr vur Ills LscIalnrr 10 be found IN nate alnrx-
ed to his SPEECH delivered in the SENATE Of Inc u States
in 1927 upU! the powers Of tie Vice President 1t Is as
follows: =.
rcsurcl lie himself has been altogether without lHu'--
A, fine yrrv first session after lie Inlo lie SENATE
tie know, drc of the perpetual drain tia! The lnmhfr
lard luad drs;iurd /" prove ""n ne pn''c frh
surv unless son,c means taken Ia prevent H. ana
sincere dsi,p To all times tar rs he could con-
. sistculv with the Constitution, To aid III The improve
mcn and promote Tie prosperity OF the Western c"n
,rv had induced him. without full examination to vote
fr nrovisiou authorship the COLLECTION OF l" on ms
oJ ,rbr aIni, Of the Cumberland read, in rrsrcc, 10
lis reference TO the constitutional powers ct iS 60
vcrnmrn, is matter entirely SUI g'nrtS II was an'
thorispd during the Administration of NJ. Jei'rS"n,
and grew Of he disposition Of The lrTiit"ry Il
,l United State through lcl IT passed lie has ne
YER Heard IN cxamnaI"n &" the snli"c ('''h"'e" II
has teen matter Of constant rrlrfencr ''t ms ID"
! satisfactory 10 lis mind. q" mat h' Cd" %! -,
tlal if Tie question again presented 10 hr', he
wonId vtc against it, and that his regret tor having
done otherwise would be greater, had not Mr. Monr"'
much 70 his credit put his veto upon the OIL: ana were
il uo The ONLY vote in the course ct seven years S'r'
VICE. which the most fas,idous critic can torture mo IN
Inconsistency with the principles which Mr Van !rrn
protested to maintain, and in the justice OF when "c IS
rvrry day more and more confirmed. . :,
Retire. This retractiOn, however, MT van bu!cn hau
;ren hv lis course in the Senate of the United States,
The ,osi satisfactory and conclusive evidence OF his Ut
. Tor hostility 20 this corruptng, consolidating system
$ which Jefferson and Madison thought UTTERLY suDvefs''e
l. On tine gad Of January, 1924, he offered series OF
" resolutions prcposng amendments 10 The Constitution
nc:ng 10 E,an and dtnc Inc tEtre'sc n h'S pc'tr: arc
/ SccHIc The Suite SOrrTetgn RcS Jr0M iHcf0C"H' 81
| ilp iCW bTipt IciNaTRS NHiC.i it maui "P'''
;rn he adycred to the alarming assumption OF pGwei
IL r'G,rd TO Internal improvements by the Federal 10
: yerrinrn and deprecated the fatal influence when
rr was likely to exercise upon Inc ri@h' q" 'ile o.at
On tie 1il nC Drcelbrr, lczo he again nrcusHI ~
ward the subject, ard cilerru Two r'sou'o"s uc
y. claring, ~ ,l,o ,or,r r.
=; ,kr roads and canals within the respective States
vt 81 prcnonr 10 raise select committee to prepare
am ,ncu, men, to the Constitution, ''prsenlng ana ue
cnrm The power Congress shall have over the SUBJECT
u Internal l,pruycncns and sulrcing lie same 10 suI'
,rcIor: ms shall eti;clualy protect the sovereignty
" to- conceive States and 10 them Just as'rl
Lu,inn of the benefits resulting from all appropriate"
nrtc for that purpose ;. ,,;o,s
The sound principles contained IN hcS' tesoIu''ons
Is, ,rc too manrst to require the aid "i lilusuato ""
re hc;r r,uny and Justice obvious TO every inlelgeh
mind to require further remark These resolutions pro
,os,d 10 carry the recommendations winch hau 'ee
m oc,.pdi made by Jefferson. Madison and Monroe an
which have since been earnestly recommended ny IKE
;dsr Iork.on. Mr.. Jefferson gave these resoutinhs
re, decided aprrnbation In letter to " uocc u"'
January g. 1896 published in the an volume Oh MS Co'
icr nnnirncc pare 424 he says:"l Lave duly receive
~nr Gvor Of December the 3ls ard ar, Win y"'' d
Inc evils which Tie present lowering aspect OF "ur pc"
g. ticnI Irizrn oninnnsIy por'cnfs I'd. u' SUN.
a lure dav which hoped 10 be very aiS''hl tt W '.
iii cIles oC cur rurcGn, nj mg ut Change, WIN i'c cha'T
he # circumstances to be expected bnl certain
Inc did net rxprcL that they would not "n'livr '
. which established them.
50, hGrz cycusjnq himself account of waning ooo
The e. c. No, o,,or7nq the lists he sad.-"l will, howcvt
IN ID
sor onc ward ON tic subject The South Carolina 1T
nir,;cns lrr Emta's molten, and above all, bay"y
on n,opcsilions shcw that other States are coming ,r
pa on tho subject and letter for any one l." 'ake '.
lhon Virginia. where opposition Is c"ns'Stf'u % @
be mon MACE" From this letter: 1t IS readily PeEcrr
ihe Inv, dance rous Mr. jefferson regarded the system 81
rrrol improvements which had crept INTO Tie pFacu,
If ir roycrnnrnt 10 The ehts 81 nc otnfS' anu
o fir, p,;rcp'ts IF g0rcrnment, ana now ipo''I'
their sufi arc the principles contained 10 lhese LES
ten lutions of Mr.. Van Buren,.
On the .lst of April, during The same session Of 20
ion rrss he Imposed the appropriation Tor Tie LouS'
ss,rI ard said "lhc aid Of this government can oh'y
" GorGed to these objects of improvement IN hIes W?
w. n,,kinr \ road OF canal, and assuming JrT'sdc'i.
I,rng i, 10 the States, by making an appr"fIa,L
no. without doing either. In his "Phi,h tae ''e"''''
let, mi had no right to do either
a.y On the 18th Of May following On The pr"posoIW
ss% arnr pa,r money the Dismal Swamp Canal ar
ken Barren said , ,.u e. h did mn,
ST. He would not vote for the bill, for he da hot
you eye that this government possessed t''c
nowcr tc make these canals, or to grant ihoi'y ~ w
H. ,hrm If lie believed in The power OF Tue
nrnmert to grant money Cor this purpose, Inc p'es'
lace mode would lie the last he sloid th!hH "a u
rIy, inr If there was any grant Of money a. a wv
well ,nInose il should be direct. Whcre ara was gro"
e en in The mode now proposed abuses woud creep ID,
IN nine eases out of ten. deception Wouio DC P.ac'S
1a IN Tie State of New York, MIR. Van GrFen saa' u
6tt lad fl experience of this, in the application iot Gu
sou, ~ for hanks plausible pretences were set up, tat
l,on d h. The rcby benefited, ill these practices