Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-11-12


to the Mssss ippi aver principles Of economy,
nd under proper resIricti0 Instead Of twenty
eei hs road ought to be forty feet WIDE the centre
stoned graveed, nd each side 50 arranged as 10
ntfJrd good summer turnpike. The best road he
ever travelled over IN Holland, and shat only
nine fee i'd h. mad eUf brick, turned edgeways.
After estimates were made, such prlncI-
pies stated, his idea would be to make annual
appropriations to each Of The three States, The
work to progress under their own and guar
dianshiP. He thought, aud 1t had been asserted
that 81 600 per mIlo would complete It IN the
way proposed. 1t had been tried on some roads
in Kentucky, and he believed that amount an
swered the purpose. He would say To the States.
that If they choose to undertake the work. aud
take tho amount Of the estimates (whatever 1T
might be,) they should have appropriations; #
,has not sufficient, the States shonId fur
nish the residue Of means to make tho road BY
money taken from their own Treasury. rs
matter of National pride, it ought to be finished,
and himself, and ohers from more remote
sections of the Union, were disposed to favor It's
prosec ton on fair and economical principles
/ Having stated. briefly, the policy Of tho Wings,
since in power, If in power they have ever been
since the death of Gen. HARRIsoN.) it was right
that he should say something Of the good done,
aud The reasons Why more was not accomplished.
In the first place, no would nltaie to the recenr
Treaty with Great Britain. Gen JACKS Us Al,
m!nlstratIon made various eT,rts II settle the
long existing difficulties with that Power, bat
failed in every The King Of Holland was
selected umpire, but his award was PROMPT
~ rejected by the then existing Administrator,
and the delicate matters involvs wero lelt in
condition which threatened to disturb the peace
OF The two countres.-lhe Wings, since the
come INTO power, have. am proud to say. hon
orably achieved settlement nj the question at
issue. take great pleasure 10 awarding 10 the
President-who deserves . iittie comuendatio
other respects-and to the Secretary of s ate,
all the credit due them for this negotiati It's
true, we have not gained mach, not As much land
that awarded by the KING Of III 1!Ianj. We
ge, Rpnse's POM, and Tho navlg ,t,oa Of the s..
Johns river. though somewhat under British
Influence. On the whole, said Mr.. CLAY. be.
lieve neither party has gtined any great adFAn-
tage, aud, had been Senator, | sh ould have
voted for It's ratification That The peace secured
10y i, will BIO permanent, ! have great confidence,
most enduring where neither purity has secured
any undue advantage.
Mr.. Clay went 10 advert 10 the domestic
policy of the Nation, and TO the Extra :, sson OF
Congress-, called by the llmentcd HARRtsoN. lie
nowleGged that he advised in part, the CON
vocation Of that session. j. was necessary IN
give efficiency to previous tr'Hm2hs. Fello"-c-
izens said Mr.. CLAY what did y0u mean By the
victory Of 1910? Dt1 You mean :" change one
tenant Of The White II pIse for a0o'hei? Was II
to Re a barren victory? NJ! n! Tho o. jsct you
had in view was to produce Il radical change
t c policy of the Government. You wished to
see the currency restored, dlsordcrei exchanges
rectfcd, revival Of business secured. and al
the great measures decrecd hy the viii Of the = /
ton established Forty years had otfes,ei the
utility Of ii National Bank, in establishing Ma
tional Currency.-At that extra session mix
Bill was introduced, and, contrary 10 the general
expectation, vetoed by the President. So anx-
ions, however were tho Wings to carry out I'll 0
will of the Nation, that some of them Il not /
Of the number) wished to ascertain from NJ. TX /
EJo,I g II yrs,ti *
probation. He (Nr. CL>T) could not g aHd ask
any Executive question Of that sort Tde Pes |
dent did tell them. They exhibited the draft of |
a bill, and with his own hand and his own pen tie
altered the title He told them no would sign il
he told his Secretary Of State that it would be
approved BIZ him. This Of the occasions !
on which CONTRARY TO his general Practice and
the habits Of bis lfe) he "kept dark" No one
knew how he would vote. He felt sure that if he |
favored it, that very favor would be likely to pre-
jIdice the measure in the estimation Of the Ex-
ecutive. felt precisely like that vene rable and
es,imable patriot, JONATHAN RoBERTs, when late
" asked. 'horo many Clay men are there IN the
Custom House," Cloud laughter. We passed the |
bill IN the Senate in the shape in which it came
from the House, and exhibited TO The President
body, head, and tail. Would you suppose it
possible that n bill thus prepared would receive
his veto? Singular IL mus, appear, it
toed, and such principles. too, rs left hope
of establishing auv bill calculated to correct the
currency Of the country.
Il, tue same session, Tariff bill passed
~hich furnished eight or ten millions TO the
Treasury Nor was ,his all Owing 10 the mis-
governmen, which had 81 long afflicted the ma
ton, the People suffering pecuniary embar-
and a sa'u,ary Bankrupt Law seemed
called for by tho public distress. Though here
10 the West We DID no, need it. I felt that II
due TO the countryside ,rhole country. Here.
said Mr.. G let me correct mistake which seems
to be abroad IN some quarters, resembling an old
story of m1ny wears standing. When voted for
Nj ADAMS IL was said that violated Instructions
Not so. When gave that vote. ! represented
the Lexington District. and II is well known l
fact. thai at period. since that vote was cast, :
has the Lexington District reversed H. IN any
manner. The counties which composed it new I