Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-08-02

nliccn scale, the settled and ,cared policy of HE
Administration. But in truth, MIR. Van Buren, s opinions
upon both these euhjecls have been greatly n,seprc
scnied. In Gen. Jacksons messages 10 Congress- he
recommended "a notification Of the Thrift which should
p7'G'lcr the reduction NJ The revcnn" IN Ihc cauis If The
G"c2InmeHi, and tie adjustment Of liz, duties upon i-
pear with view IN equal justice in relation 10 all n9r
national! Interests, and TO the counirrac"n Of icign
pIcY s" far as il may ne injurious hr,ss Interests -
In Mr. Van }"re" letter to Cnn,nec appointed by
meeting 4; Slnccu Sr:;ngs IN North Carolina in Ocio-
Der lsi2. Ilr thus expresses his o;iu; ms:
III Protective Sysen, nni its pscr adjustment, hrcaaie
Part o the cabaei alb the which President Proposed
10 carry into c'rc; The policy in relation Hpur, u!cin
h Previous has been avoNcd nnkuess
which .ions lis this enI be- Recommended!
dhca''o" Of the Tariff which sou prodr. rciucion Of The
vsnnt 10 The wants OF the Government adjustment Of tic tu
y "fon imports witt view equal justice relation NIL
"n" Interests and ohe ro"ner"cun OF foreign policy far as
these sen'imra ly concur; aal haze been thus explicit
IN lac statement q" them that there he Tor msnPTe"n
Si"I as to m. viows upon the SUBJECT sincere faithful
Application Se principles lcsI'iu,in by private
H. anns oa wlc, is ruassem, with the nur a stability Of
tho republican sye preference in Gicourag mtn,, such
manufactures essential 10 the national defence cxen
others proportion they nr adapted to our comny
OF which the prniuced by ourselves proper
respect Tor III" rule which demands that all should he imposed
!" proportion the ability and condition Of the Contributors woul
lam conycr give Ultimate satisfaction vast or;y q" the
People OF The United States and that spirit c. discUmen
which, uuhapply PREVALENT nni which such
veinjury TO the institutions OF our country"
The compromise (as it is called) Of the Tariff question,
has adjusted that subject until the yea. 1912 But this
should be considered to be under this mitaon that the
money 10 be raised by it, shall exceed the wants of
the Government, restricting th"se to simple G"a
ecOn0mfc0l administration al its affairs"
If the sum: tn be raised under the Tariff ad
justcd by law should prove excessive; should greatly
coed Tie u the Government on the scale just de-
scrhcd the people it is believed will pay
unnecessary taxes in the shape Of duties, merely to
malar smrpluScs in Ike Treasury II The Tariff be kept
within the limits ndicardby Mr.. Van Buren, do not
apprchend that it will be oppressive or dangerous
In relation TO Internal Improvement, the ony complaint
Il Buren,. as %
his vote The Cumberland road bill. That road
sustained by Mr. Jefferson grounds peculiar TO il,
growing out cr the disposition of The territory Of the L.
States through which 1t passed But MIR. Van Buren,
has publicly admitted that he regretted that vote and in
point of fact he has uniformly voted against snch i'm
provcnicnts by the General Government since.
We call The attention Of the people TO The following
extract:
'Mr v Barren By certain that IN ' m him
self has i"rn altogether without .u!; AZ Ia" vT! list 'i;r
he the SrnItc, the kwlrdc" "t l!r perpetual DIR lin that
the cgmbcrIAni road destined 10 i' Public Tra:u
to aid in The p1oycrni and ron"r tI" Of the c%Sr
c"ur,ry lad induced h, without ini yamiGaoa. lr
vision authorizing te collection Of toll "m his road 1 r OF
the Cumberland road. respect its reference the
tion p"wc CT this Government, is mater entirely sui
IL auti"rizei during the administration OF NJ "i't,
states, a"I had Of the State. through which pas.
e H. has he"rl "xl ntn "i the s"iert .liciIh
la; been '""f OF r"H"i reirrrnre INA" has been satisfactory
T. lis mind All thai he say i: hat il tie q;r:'" were again
w.: M, ii. r., " H.; hill; nr r. not The onv vol"
in The conrs OF cyca yar.' scrvir@ Which
liz GU, torture into IN Inconsistency with principles
DIV % r an more ." nm N M W. r. gcreA ia r
Tie rgd, The frdee, 70 call 10 Ord(r, &c.
For general devclopcmcnt of AIR. Van Buscn's
views TO Internal improvements. we refer 10 Tie toll
lowing extracts OF his letter TO the Shocco committee:
" I ne opinions declared by the President in the Mays
vile and his succeeding annual message MS understand
them follows lst. That Congress does not pos
The poser make and establish road canal with
in State, with right Of jurisdiction to the extent
have stated and that il it is te wish Of the people that
the construction &c such woks snud he undertaken hy
the Federal Government, previous amendment OF In"
Constitution comforting that power, and defining and
restricting its exercise, with reference 10 hc gnfy
of ;ir State, Indispensable. Cd An n:imaIinn ot his
belief that the tight to make appropriations IN and OF
such Internal Improvements as are Ut national! charac'
ter. has been generally acled upon. and so long
quissccd in by the FederaYand Stale Governments, and
the constituents of each Is Justify lis exercise; hut
thatit is nevertheless, highly execnL that even such
appropriations sinnd--wilh the exception OF such as
relate uhl-iousrs bracons buOys, pubic piers. and
other improvements in the harbors ana ,asIga3in rivers
OF the United States, for the security and facility OF Our
foreign deferred al least until Tie rational
debt is paid I'd. That ii il BE- The wish OF The fei,e
that the agency Of the Federal Government should DC
restricted 10 the appropriation OF money, aio e5tcn'
in that farm in aid nj such Undertakings, ~hch carried
on by State authority, then the occason The manner,
and The OF the appropriation should be made the
subjects Of Constitutional regulation
- In these views concurrd, and likewise participate
ed in The difficulties which encountered anAexpres-
scd by the President. in adopting the principle which con-
cedes to the Federal Government the 5t to make a-
preparations in aid Of works which mght be regarded as
OF a national character difficulties winch arose as wei!
from the danger of considering usage tie tonnda-
ton of the right, from the extreme uncertainty OF TIE
best rule that had been adopted or that could, IN
the absence of positive constitutional! provision. he es-
tabshed The which these objections
we're founded, fully stated in the document re-
lrrrcd to, and have been extensively Promug"ed
that it is unnecessary for Inc TO repeat them here
Subsequent reflection and experience have confirmed
INV uppehrnsiuns Of the in uous consequences which
would flow from the resumption OF appropriations "r
Internal improvements, with no setter rule iT TIE e."
vernmen of Congress than that OF winch nave S'oNr"
and do hesitate to express Ii as my OPINION, tiat
the general and true interests of the country would he
best consulted by withholding them, with the exceptions
which have already referred 10, until some coisllta
tonal regulation upon the subject has been u!aue
ain this avowal, ] am certainly not Influenced by
feelings Of Indifference much less Of hostility 10 Inter
nal improvements As such, they can have n" enemies
have never omitted give them all the proper aid IN
my power for which, by the way claim no particular
merit as do not believe there is an honest and sane
man The country, who does not wish TO sec them pros
per; but their own construction: and Inc manner IN
which, and the means by which, they are To be effected
are quite different questions Rather than again expose
legislation TO all the corrupting Influences ol "Sc
scramblrs and combinations in Congress, which have
been heretofore witnessed and the other affairs OF the
country TO the injurious effects unavodably resulting
from them, il woud, in my opinion be Infinitely prefer
able to leave works Of the character spoken OIL and mol
embraced in the exception which has been pointed oui
reposed with much success for the last two yeaTsV1
State efforts and private enterprise If The great BODY
sflhc peopr bccoue convinced that the progress o these
works should be accelerated by the federal ARM They will
not refuse 10 come proper constitutional arrange
ment upon the subject The suppuson that all equitable
rule which pays proper respect TO the nteresa and
condition Of the different States, could fail 10 receive
/ ultimately the constitutional sanction, would he doing
! injustice TO The intelligence Of The col;nry by such a
settlement Of the question, our political system III add
ton 10 the other advantages derived from 1t, would in
relation this subject hast be relieved from those IAN
crns shncks which spring from dHeTsItlrs oil nPtnon