Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-05-08


mus survey the whole field, As fan puts as in
's'esnng 10 himself rs they are 10 Others aud with
'ia' generous patriotic ieel1ng piompler aud better
man the mere dictates o' cool reason, winch leads
MN To embrace the whole, with aheetlonde rcead
as constituting altogetheh that object which ho 40
much bound to respect to defend, aud 10 loye,-hs
country we nave around us, aud note on less
W'ihh the influence ahd protection nj the General
government, AL 'he great interests oi Nsueultutc,
Navigation, Commerce, Manufacture, tie Fisheries
an" Meehanic mis- me du'ts OF Tue 1o'einmcnt
then certainly c\tcndovef all tins territory, aud cm-
ntact all these vast interests W q have maritime
frontier. sea coast. o many thousand mllc>' aud
whie no one doubts that 1t Is thee duty III Government
to defend tins coast by suitable military rfcpatailons,
there are those who Vel suppose TINT the powers OF
Government stop Al THIS point aud that rs TO works
OF peace, aud works OF improvement, they atc be
yond our constitutional limits. have eset tlonght
oihei"lse. congress ias i'Hh -" DOUBT 10 utu"'"
war and 10 f1l'' 'lnes ana i'''eS a1d II ms nec's-
S"IA the feh' t" h"hd ellh'"'"s aoa t3.ieiirs' TO
protect tie coast hom The effects 81 WA. bH Con
Slr>s ms authority also' anu " T. ~ daA 10 ''Su
late ah1hetcr' ana II has me Nh"s power al col
'EHhs "ut''s u" "'lolts la" '"''' .H II ll"'' "Ne
poils anu haio"lS ana 9oe@ Nad'' '>'' In us haN's'
very e9llN III 'n' h'a'oN 81 Tue 'oNeih@1ot' was
hc'lnel ny 'oubless, "a tue l'P"lt . oShlN re
Specialize eonmt'e'' thu thr transfer by The states
10 CONGRESS ol me po"ef oi collecting tonnage ana
"ihel aae' ana ,h' gam al me aulaeillN to fcgu-
'Aic en1e'''' charged ahHt'rr' necessarily, with
,"o o'iA ~ '""' 'i''= VII '''f dad NialNr' Aud
hight houses, ana ol nta1nS such Improvements, as
might have been expected to b done by the
States II ih'N had retained ill' usual means, by
retaining tue power al eoirclmg dultes on imports.
The Slhe' It W. admitted, had parted with
Tins poWet' ana Tie dulN "i lHate1s NJ aud Ia
c'Itauns Commerce by h''r nesahs, had pas
Scd, alon9 with tins power mt" o'hei hahds. have
never heslacd, therefore "l'h the SLATE nj The llea=
sniN would admit To vote ioi reasonable anploprh-
ions Ion Bfa,"'t'lf Ll&m Houses fhts, li'rbots'
and simiin Improvements on any rart ol The whole
ATLANTIC 'oa't "' The ''4a OF MEXICO lfom Maine
TO Louisiana.
But ho" stand" the mlnd hon'Icf' How IS TIA
I"ng the N'sl Lake. 3nd the mighty rivers OF the
North and W est DO ON t"uNnluuaAA rights and
duties terminate, When the WATERS tcre In be salt :
or dothfN 'Nt III Inil H2ef ON the shores at these
lhland Saas htffi could douhl about tins; ana
Yet, temlemen, ! remember even 10 have particIpa-
Ted IN warm debate IN the senate, some years ago,
upon TIE 'o""uiuIIonal lt2h "' oiieiess To maxi
an appropriation iot flf III me 'i4hof ol bniia'o
W hal MATE nhof 1t boial'' where ml'"" ne
Nr maj any aou "l'ft' lh'lc one, WIS never IN
tended any even Nhoald te made Fale money from
the ople I" run "u laeis i'onj'e sbnles ct l''he
Etif' on deeP'n tue en1eh's "l Hcl @llal"" myers
Nhaff WAS l'c tnnsolna"i'il "uihelllA lnt UH'
Where "euli sU'h "'iidrs 81 r""' tsfel Ito" lon2
would Tie States INV my power Il Ill LIT II lli'll
territory mgllth' iuIliiessA Ndl' d Ion slth hhll'l-
lowed purposes OF 10" ION. "'"li The ftop'e nave
any hohh ~ lh'l laeNe L. Il ''' ',"i'irh' 81 i've
OnGed States m2hi lax them, AT pleasure, Ion such
rNirha91il process IL 'hfst lhls' "laFcs' haI
bols and bfta"-""i'ls III INC i''h'' use HIGu
mrns, Hthtlrnri' however earnestly i3oi lo't'' Ire-
ioiore do not strike Il WIN tf''' lnNt'al lh' pre-.
sent day II Nc stand Oh lht shore % Liz I'f'' ana
see hundreds al Nt sels, WIN N"4t2' ca to'' ana
thousands 81 valuable live mo'"S on II waters W IA
lr" s1eitei> i'm tn. stelh, h"i hhfhs ti''. on
n'd' a>eiHh ny "i' l9 u ''o'' 'Hn III. hs' great
Lakes stretching away many 'ii""''h> ol lhl'S, h"'
III si!ll2hl nae nni Win lu'' ana aaiieNanN as Il
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So'1 Il NAY was ever ps9'' II N'n,eo 10 'h' '9 III
any H''"'sh'"' " "i' ~ 49, '"' ''' ~ '
wisdom Ana I'i ne 'zA' ''n' any MN Is Ut 20
mend thf "h"'' "' H. "i''ih me ''"pf al hi' P"''f'
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curious constitution na,i ""'',' w iess W. at
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