The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-04-29
POLITICAL.
-THE YETO MESSAGE.

are induced to sanction the.veto message of
Gov. Ritner upon the impro, ,ementbill after
his having signed the Mammoth Bank bill
especially when his reasons for vctoing
the former are founded upon deception and
falsehoods. When the bill r.-ciartoring
the United States Bank was presented to
him for his signature, he could sec nothing
to disapprove, although it embodied host
of other acts, both public and private and
yet when the Improvement bill is handed
him for executive sanction, he sets his foot
upon it, because of the different appropra-
tons in the same bill What glaring de-
ception Are not all the appropriations for
public purposes, and do they not embrace
the same objects of utility to the public p
And were not the different acts attached to
the omnibus Bank bill as various in charac-
ter and design as the Kitchen cabinet of his
Excellency! Wehave not time for any fur
ther remarks of our own upon this strange
document and will therefore subjoin few
extracts from exchange papers to give our
readers some idea of public opinion.
From the Lycoming Chronicle.
Gov Riner, mot to speak profanelv,)
certainly knows more than all the world be-
sides. How superfluous it is, while the
state of Pennsylvania is enlightened by the
rays of its present brilliantexecuGve. to elect
men to legislate and make laws.-The ses-
sion just ended has fully tested its folly
for all the labour, time and consideration of
our senators and representatives in forming
land maturing an appropriatlng bill, received
from the governor the most formal manifes-
tation of contempt. The veto was unques-
tionably written before the bill had passed
the senate, as it speaks of appropriations
which were stricken out. BUTT is not to be
supposed that his excellency. would so much
degrade himself, or turn the encrpies of his
powerful mind to examine personally a doe
ument coming from the representatives of
the people, when he is engaged on matters
of so much more importance. The veto
was handed to Gov. Rister. several d9vs be-
fore the passage Of, the bill, already cut and
dried, with the injunction that il should lie
sent to the house ifer0tin. lie of course
obeyed, and the consequence is that our
grand system Of internal improvements must
be spended-buslnCss paralyZed-con-
tractors made MISUNDERSTANDING men
thrown out of employ-produce reduced
and pressure III the money market increas-
ed. The proclamation, which is the off
spring of deep sense of the injustice done
the citizens of this state, amounts to nothing
a mere declaration that there is sum of
money in the treasury unexpended, but
which is i'll reality appropriated to specific
objects, entirely unconnoclcd with the main
lines, which the vetoed act contemplated
chiefly TO benefit.
From the Creensburg Argus.
We wouldbcg leave to observe that we
entertain some doubt of the governors sin
cerity, when he displays such 'holy hor-
ror' Of the spirit of speculation, and such a
dread Of its effects upon the morals of the
community. When the charter of the U.
S. Bank was presented to him for his sig-
nature, he could discover nothing dangerous
in it; and yet no measure ever adopted in
Pennsylvania, is better calculated 10 create
fluctuations and their consequent specula-
ton, than the erection Of an institution with
so large a capital, and such immense resour-
ces. 1t provides the funds for the crccul1-
Tor, and it controls the market OF cur state;
eovating and depressing it at its own good
peasure.-But when he is called upon to
sanction bill. appropriating less than one
tenth TBz capital or that bank TO state purpo-
ses. 20 be extended in and among our own
cidzens, FOR the benefit and prosperity of
the state, he suddenly discovers in it a great
source of speculation, and all the dangers
attendant upon an overstocked market. Ex-
traordiuarV acutcuesS9
What are the consequences of this veto?
Why the progress of the public works will
most likely be retarded, if not entirely stop
ped; the enterprise Of tire community re-
ceiye a sudden check; our commonwealth
is thrown perhaps years back in the march
of internal Improvements, and the credit of
the state is likely to receive a shock, whose
injurious effects may be felt many years
hereafter. Let the blame of all this, rest
where it ought.
So much was the governor frightened at
the mischief he had done, that be immed-
ately follows it up with proclamation
(Which win also be found in tlis paper ID
sustain the credit of the state, setting forth
her available funds, which display is rather
unfortunate, as it clearly shows their made |
onacU tn meet the demandg of the rasant