The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-08-22

treasury appropriations ivr similar Improve
menis 10 other States.
la ils operation ii will be oppressive md
unjust towards those S,aes whose repre-
sentadves and people either deny or doub
the existence of the power, or mlnk We eN'
etcise inexpedenl, and who, while they
equally contribute TO tie treasury, canno
consistently with their opinions engage II
the general competition 70: share of the
public money. Thus large portion OF
Union in numbers aud geographical ex-
tent, contributing iu equal proportion OF
taxes to the support Of the government
would under the operation OF such system
be compelled to see the na'iona 'feasore--
the common stock Of slI-unequSlIy DE.
bursed, and often improvidendy vat d i'r
,hesdysnlaee Of small scclions,i ,inslead OF bt
ing applied .ihe great national purposes IN
which all have common ir'eresl sod lo'
which alone the power to collect The tsve'
nue. was gwen. Should the system OF IN
,ernsl Improvements proposed prevail all
these evils will multiply and increase WITH
,be increase Of the number of the States,
and the extension Of the geographical Inn
lie of the settled portions Of our country
with he increase CT our numbers and 'hs
ey,ension Of our settlements The To-
cal objects demanding the appropriations
of the public money for their Improvement
will be proporlionately increased In each
case The expenditure Of the public money
would confer benefits, direct or indirect,
only on section, while these sections
would become daily less in comparison
with The whole.
The wisdom Of the trainers Of the con-
s,i,s,on in Withholding power over such
objects from the federal government, and
leaving them TO the local governments oil
the States, becomes more and more mans
fest with svery years experience OE'h op
erslions of our system.
In country Of limited extent with 5ulI
few such objects of expenditure, (f theI
form Of government permitted iL) COM
mon treasury might be used for their i'm
p!ovement with much less inequality and
Injustice than in orc Of lha vasi extent
which ouls now presents in population and
territory. The treasure Of the world wo0ld
hardly be equal 10 fhe improvement OF every
bay inlet creek and river in or country
which might be supposed to promote the
agricultural, manufacturing, or Commercial
a--Ine 4etcrsl conservation was wisely a.
da2ted in lis provisions to any expansion Of
our limits and populations; and with the ad.
vance OF the confederacy Of the States in
the career Of national greatness, it becomes
she more apparent that the harmony Of the
Union, and The equal justice to which all
IFS paris are entitled, require that the feder-
al government should confne lis action
within The Limits prescribed by the const.
tuIIon to lis power and authority Some
OF the provisions OF !hia bill are not subject,
to the objections stated, and did they stand
alone should not feel !; to be ny duty to
withhold my approval.
Ifno constitutional objections existed to
the bill, there are others Of serious na.
ture which deserve some consideration, ]
appropiates between one and two millions
of dollars for objects which are of 90 press.
ing necessity and this is proposed a, a time
when the country is engaged in a foregnl
war. and when Congress at its preeen, ses
fion has authorised loan FOR the issue oll
treasury notes to deIrsy the expenses Of the q
|gar 10 be resored TO if the exigencics odb
Me- government shall require it, IL wouldll
5em 10 be the dictate Of wisdom under
pch circumstances TO husband our means,
Z8d not 10 waste them on Comparatively
impor,ont objects, so that we may reduce
Il loan or isaue Of treasury notes which
by become necessary to the smallest pisc
ablo sum. Il would seem to he wise too II
bbsiaIn from such expenditures with al
10 avoid 'he accumulation OF & laigel,
lie debt, the existence Of which would
opposed to the interests cf our people
gell as the genius Of our free ineuiu-
3.
hou'd this bill become a law, the princi,
which il establishes will inevitably lead
5ge and annually increasing spproprs-
and drains upon, The treasury, (Dr II is |,