The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-04-25

10 infer an uhlruth, az he tlIr STEwARrl LOW
seemed TO admit this was.
Mr.. STEWART rose to explain.
Mr.. WELLER | suffered the member with
but one slight interruption at the outseD TO have
his hour on yesterday, in bis efforts to iniure me,
and place the brand on my brow; and ] cannot
yield the floor to-day He may reply to me, i'll
he chooses, after have concluded.
[Mr. STEWART "said that he could not have
intended 70 say what Van Buren told his Secre-
tary, for he was not one OF his cabinet, and did
not hear what passed between them.'
Mr. WELLER. Thank God! he was not amen
bsr of that cabinet; but it, as he says, he knew
nothing of what had taken place, why attempt TO
speak of itl As general rule, man acts wise
ly who does not speak Of matters about which he
knows nothing. | charge him nothing for this
advice, and he might have proftcd by it, if it had
been given sooner.
But the member has attempted TO escape from
the issue, and represents mo as pedging myself
TO prove the untruih Of all he had said in his
speech on Tuesday, Sir, made no such issue.
am not foolish enough to charge that q speech
of an hour, OH twenty different subjects, contain
ed not single truth. The member from Penn
sylvania must be the greatest ronancer, the most
parsimonious econOnizer of truth that the age has
produced, if he could thus speak extemporane-
ously an hour, without stumbling on solitary
fact! His whole argument yesterday was, TO
show that he had stated some truths, Ia fact which
did not controversy and in his effort, reminds
me of the we'll known auecdote of the Indian and
landlord. The Indian told the tayern-keeper
that, for glass of rum, he would tell him where
he would find deer, Just killed The white
man agreed: the Indian said, go to certain field
in that you find an oak-tree, with three notches
omit, and under that you will find the deer. The
white man went, but returned without the deer,
and commenced abusing the Indian for his fraud
The Indian replied, did you find the field? Yes
Did you find the oak tree? Yes. Did you find
three notches on it? Yes, saidthe white man, but
found no deer. Well, said the savage, three
truths for one lie is pretty well for Indian. Sc
it is with the member from Pennsylvania he
thinks he has succeeded admirably, by showing
that some of his statements are true.
Having shown the shutting ofthe members as
to his declaration on this floor, and fastened No
/. upon his brow, will hereafter show how fal
the statements as 10 Withholding appropriation;
is true. For the present, let me read another
remark ofhis. lquoe again, as Intend through
out, his own words:
"The Committee of Ways and Means had de-
clined reporting any bill whateyerfor internal i'm
provement. The gentleman had expressed some
surprise at this. But, said Mr.. S., it is not sur
prising, looking at the character Of that commit
tee. He would tell the gentleman why it has sc
resulted, TWAS because majority of that com
mittee-because two-thirds Of that committee
belonged to the party of the gentleman from Mis-
souri, MIR. BowLIN, who denied this power Il
make internal Improvements. Yes, and the,
were bound to deny that power, or TO abandon
their candidate for the presidency, who denied i
peremptorily."
Here is another statement without foundation
in truth There are not two-thirds, nor Major
ity of committee, who deny the consttutional.t
ofthese western Improvements.
Mr. STEWART 'sl.d, that what he had sail
was, that two-thirds of that committee wer
friends of Van Buren,, whodid deny the power"
Mr.. WELLER. This was no less untrue, as ht
would show directly Mr.. Van Buren, never de
MED the power Of the general government TO i'm
prove the navigation Of the Mississippi and it
tributaries, or of the Cumberland road, or It's RICH
to construct harbors on the lakes. The membe
from Pennsylvania was not member ofthat com
mittee. He Mr. Wy was, and therefore he gay
him the same advice he did at the outset-whc
you know nothing, say nothing. a majority c
that committee do deny the power Of the genera
government 10 carry on all extended system q
local Improvements in the States. and so do th
party generally. We stand upon the principle
laid down by President jackson in his messag
vetoing the Maysyille road bill, on the 27th Mal
1880.
In speaking Of the Cumberland road, he says
''Not less than twenty three different laws hay
been passed through all the forms of the const
tuition, appropriating upwards oftwo millions an
half of dollars out of the national treasury,
support of that improvement, with the approb
ton of every President in the United States, il
cluding my predecessor, since its commences
ment''
The Cumberland road has been regarded
all our Presidents, from its commencement undo
the administration of Mr.. Jefferson, us a great n
tional work over which the general goyemmel
had power. Not one chief magistrate has eve
denied its constitudonality.
Again President Jackson says:
"fhe bill before me does not call for a mo
definite opinion upon the particular circuulsta
ces which will warrant appropriations of none
by Congress to aid in works of internal improy
ment; for, although the extension of the pow
to apply money beyond that Of carrying into c
feet the object for which it is appropriated, ha
as we have long seen, been claimed and oxerC
sed by the federal government, yet such gran
have always been professedly under the contr
of the general principle that the works viii
might be thus aided, should be of general, u
EocaE---nGtionGI, not State character. A dis:
gard of this distinction would, of necessity, le
10 the subverson of the federal system"
He then proceeds to say, that she cannot /
gard this bill (the Maysville road billy in any ot
er light than as measure Of purely local CHI
acter; or if il can be considered national, that