Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-08-11
THE PRESIDENTS vETO

Has been cordially received in every oirec'
lion. The Fredericksburg Recorder says:
uTb;s Veto will be sustained. There is 4 re-
VARIABLE n%nanimiiy Of feeling on The subjec, o'
Internal improvements by The General Goverh'
,nan, rhronphout The whole Union The ex-
IRENE danger oil running into wasleiul eAceSses
10 30 apparent, that public OPINION every "h'i1
will. al least, acquiesce IN every rrsuic!i'e anu
conservative movement OF Inc AuEinis'idnoH
In this place, we have heard but one voice ana
,ha, l. q loud approval Of the Presidents course.
Could i, be otherwise? In The present straight
ened condition OF the Treasury, when II behooVes
The Government to husband all lis resources,
wonld il no, be the height Of folly and mischief 10
launch on, into local and individual schemes OF
Improvement. which have been passed through
Congress BY the system OF log-rollins alone E
General Jackson vetoed The Maysvile Road Bill,
when there was a plethora in the treasury
Wha, excuse could Mr.. Polk have given, had ne
signed the present bill when the Treasury was
empty, and especially when his notions oil con-
~slruction on this point are more stric' thah 'hose
OF General Jackson
p,, in the debate on The Veto, Mr.. Bredhead
Of pennsylvania le, ont The true secret. Abiding
10 The Western members who had stricken down
a policy (the Tariff which would have brought
Them money TO make these internal improve
men,s. in which they were SO deeply interested
he adds, ..The truth was, The 'no systems of pro-
lection and OF internal improvement must aandoT
fall together" Here, then, il is conceded that IN
order 10 %'proiecI' the manufacturers, the most
lavish, unequal expenditure must be SCI on loot,
and that 10 procure the millions 10 carry on The
works, The taxpayers OF The whole country must
suffer, though mos, Of them should derive moi
an iota OF benefit from the improvement. We
see, here, the strongest objections 10 the corrupt
ing system-and no friend OF Jusl and equal law
can fail to approve The wisdom and moderation,
and concientions discharge Of duty, exhibited by
the President.
Blu, some o:,hc Wing papers go to an extreme
length. They maintain the omnipotence OF the
Federal Government, ridicule the notion of State
sovereignty and strict construction, and transform
our federa.ive system into the most odious speci-
men Of consolidation. Talk of the Veto being
a "monarchical" principle! The following
broad declarations of the N. Y. Commercial Ad-
VcIlSSI NOulU SudHsC oW
most oppressive on The globe. We submitlhem
without comment. The people OF all par''es
must look with alarm npon such wild theories
which would break up all the State Constitutions
and make the Federal head a most stringent W.
ranny. MIR. Polk, in cutting down such ia'al
doctrines, has won Tor himself the thanks and
confidence Of the Republic. The Federalis's
may ridicule The "abslractions" OF Virginia, ou'
experience has shown that it is only upon the
principles OF The Virginia School that the Govern
men, can he safely and properly administered
GAS 10 the hair-splitting and wire-drawing 81
the message on the alleged Constitutional grounds
of objection. we have no iaith IN them. Ihey
belong 10 the Virginia school oil distractions
which excludes common sense from It's list OF ele
menlary principles. The plain English OF lht
whole case is, that cons,itutionaily Il IS ne duh
and pathin The yorer of the Federal Government
10 do anu tilng and ersry thing adransaseoastoh
country. The real question 10 be considered, \
that OF erpediency. 1, is nonsense 10 talk oi tn
Government not having power 10 do tins or that
Government has power to do any thing, subject
Of course, 10 the ultimate decision OF the people
whose agen, it is; and experience has long since
taoghl US, that neither are Governments yer!
soueamish about assuming, nor the people abou
sanctioning, e%xertions OF power, without muci
regard 10 the letter or the spirit of any consIitu
ton. What cared General Jackson Tor The con
s,itution, when he had a %favorite purpose in view
Or what cared the people for his disregard Of tia
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