Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-09-18
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES

The Territories are under the sole and exclusive ju
risdiction of the United States. Their laws must be
submitted to the President and to Congress-; and all
Executive and Judicial officers are appointed by the
Their citizens cannot vote for President or any Of
the officers Of the General Government, upon any
Of the measures Of Government; and they are rcgar-
ded by the Constitution as the property of the nation
To the Nation, therefore, 10 whose will they arc
subject, they may with propricty appeal as the Rep
resentative of Wisconsin, respectfully submit I'm
this and another communcatlon) the following facts
to your consideration. There is, or should be, moth
ing political in their character they have reference
only to pure, faithful and just administration of
Government, according to the wants ind wishes of
Of the Peoples
During The session of Congress which has just co-
scd, after many efforts had been made to induce tho
House to set apart too days for the consdera
ton of the business of the Territories the last hour Of
the last day of session of almost eight months du-
ration was reluctantly given.
There wera more than thousand petitions pre-
scented from Wisconsin upon subjects either of private
or public interest To many of these petitions at
tenon was given, and where, in other cases, bills
reported the majority, without the slightest ex-
vote upon their merits prevented their passage by in
cessant demands for the yeas and nays in the taking
of which the ,chole Of the hour ,eas consumed.
These demands were made by Mr.. THOMPSON of
Mississippi, prominent member Of the Van Buren,
party in the South and one of the majority, upon a
bill to provide for the projection Of commerce Lake
VI Cd igmby the construction OF harbors OIL the west
shore of thu lake within the limits Of the Territory
To this fact call the attention of the friends of
those who have been shipwrecked and lost their lives
on that Lake in consequence Of the neglect Of govern
ncnt for the last three years to provide commodious
harbors on that Lake; of those, whose steamboats,,
vessels and property have been cast upon its shores
of the thousands of persons whose safety has been
endangered in the passage is waters, the Van
buren, party by their strength and by their ar,fu
agcmcnt defeated this bill,
and inc tho nffr n
the union between the Van Buren, party and Southern
Nulliicrs perceptiblc. New JERSEY, If she is
still an independent State, must still feel that she was
the victim Of the first Even now she may read OH
the banners of the party that Van Buren, Democra
cy scoRNs HER BROAD SEAL.
In the coalition between Mr.. Calhoun and Mr. Var
Buren, the latter agreed to be considered Northern
man with Southern principles (which, being interpret
cd meanthat he s,rrenders TIP the principles and inter
ests of the North, for those Of the Nulicrs Among
those interests, which thus sacrificed by him in
der to secure majority in Congressman perhaps Eec
toral Votes the protection of Commerce by the con
structon of Harbors and Light Houses, and the sys
TEN of Internal Improvements, stand prominent. l
must be obvious to every that these systems car
never be restored SO long az Mr.. Van Buren, and Mr.
Calhoun have the control Of the powers Of Govern
mint Mr.. Woodbury., in his Annual Report to Con
gress gave the first indication that these con
sdcrcd by the coalition as the branches upon which
rc,rcnchmen, in the public expenditures should be frs
commenced.
rtrcnctment gr ,d,tni elimination OF the expcnd
| lures fer Roads, Rivers Harbors and Light Houses
bit Il total abandonment Of the system. OF this h
gave unqicsonabe evidence in his Letter of Deem
her, 1899, approved on the same day by Mr.. Val
Burch, see House Document No. n by which Con
gross was informed that he had taken certain specific
appropriations made by Congress ron THE EREc1Io.
or LIGHT HOUSES and applied them to the constrnc
t"n of the NEW TREASURY BrrIplNe-an object in hi
opinion of greater consequence than that vessel
when drir,n blythe storms and gales should be guidc
by hcaronlght from shoals and rocks into SAT
and lu e. harbor. He says:
II have the honor to state tina, the following trans
f.rs Of appropriations have been made in this De
par,ncnt to wit; From the following appropra
tons TO the credit of the appropriation "for the con
slruclion of the New Treasury Building"
From a Light-Housc at tho mouth Of Potoma
| ere Observation-Disclosures. S6 oO
" For erecting Light. House al Wing creek, $500
| " For Light House at Big Sandy creek, on
| Lake Ontario, ca. Of Jefferson, ............ 500
"For erecting Lighthouse near Absecum
| Inlet on the sea coast in the State of New
Jersey, ........................ 500
/" For erecting Light House at Love point. 800
| " For Light House in the Chesapeake, 500
"For Light House on the south side Of
Cunningham Island, in Lake Eric, ........ 800