The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-08-26
The Vetoes.

The President deservesthe thanks ofth
country for promptly arresting by his veto
the River and HarbOr bill. A measure
more unjust in is operations and impOliti,
could scarcely have been devised. Ever
admitting is cOnstitutiOnality, under the
existing condition of the public finances
when the nation is at war-and there is a
constant draught upon the national treasury,
It must be evident to all, that il is extreme.
y unwise to appropriate 4 large sum Of
money Tor efecting local improvements
But it is contrary to the provisions Of the
constitution. In the language of the Pres
ident "the Constitution has not conferred
upon the General Government the power
to construct works Of internal improvement
within the States. or to appropriate money
from the treasury for that purpose" Not
only so, but if by an extraordinary stretch
of power, this measure had been carried
out, the President has, with prOpriety, de.
c!ared that innumerable other localities, in
every portion Of the country would demand
the same consideration at the hands Of the
general government. The system once
commenced, who can predict where it
would end The constitution wonld have 70
aubserye the most unjust purposes, and the
people be saddled with an enormous debt.
The Executive interposition to prevent
the French spoliation bill becoming the
law Of the land is as deserving Of common.
dation as his Interference in the first in.
stance, Every circumstances demonstrates
that those claims are fraudulent and illegal.
They PurPOrt to have existed prior to 1900
the debt Of the Revolution and of the
Las! war, has been paid off--the national
treasury has been repeatedly full to over.
flowing land yet, mirGbile dsctu, they have
never been settled. But even, if they
were legal, the President has properly OBJ.
Jected 70 the unheard ofand unjust method
" which i is proposed to pay them-in
land scrip. A more palPable wrong,
upon the States in which they are situated
could scarcely be perpetrated by the gov.
eminent. These claims, il il stated. are
mostly held by cOrporatiOns in the eastern
cliles-and according to the provisions Of
the bill one Of these companies would Dro.
badly obtain thousands Of acres of the most
fertile lands. Thus would monopolv be-
created in their favor-the speedy settle.
ment Of che public domain be prevented
thousands Of honest, hard working citizens
be prohibited from purchasing homes at
low Prices-the new States be derived of
the revenue which would accrue from those
lands ifseltled BY worthy, industrious citi.
zens--and the government defTauded Of 4
source Of its revenue. Not only 10 II
those claims were admitted and paid cor.
rupt and unprinciPled men taking advan-
tage Of the liberal spirit manifested BY shs
government would continue 70 SCI forth
claimsths most unjust and unreasonable
and the result would be q bahktup. treas.
lEy, and the country groaning beneath ,hs
Wsiglt g oppressive debts.
1hs executive infsrPosition d hosh 81
tie iastancss 70 which We have alloded. ai-
erl, i1creased evidence Of iho wisdom Of
80 ifaliefg Of the c6nstih1bp b clothing
aefIsaideni with ihs power 9 arrest ne
e1il, q hasy, Hl-adSiasd ls s'.lalion.