Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-08-26

| o. Prom the NAuoaai In,eniseneeG
THE VETO OF THE RIVER AND uARBoR BILL.
An examination Of the late Veto the River aud Hsr
Dor Bill viii lead any inaairing mind the inevitable
eluson that both the theory and the practice Of the Demo-
cratic Ruling power heretofore and pomul gaIed.
| totally unlike.
First then have the fact that General Jackson gave
his Presidential assent to and hsrbot bills, OF the
character ot this tho following dates law ct 23d April
1880 'dem % March. 1885, idem 81 July, 1885, idsn Cd
March, 1888 As specimen OF these and the objects
OF appreciation. we will here suelon eomPend OF those
contained IN The act approved by Gen. Jackson tho ID
| day Of July, 1882:
For removal OF obsrueto in the Kennebec river a. 600
| For repairing Plymouth beach $500
! For repairing beach at Provincetown $500
| For deepening channel at Pass Heron, Ala. $3.50
| tor deepening Pascsgous river IL 900
| For improving the navigation OF Red river 10000
| For work on Delaware bscskwser 27OOOO
For repairs ct Cumberland road for 1891 5.s6S
| For repairs OF United States military road between
| Pensacola aud Tallahassee 1000
| For repairs Of military road from ST. Augustine to
| Tallahassee $500
| For improvements OF hsrbor OF ST. Marks $500
For repairs Of piers at k.nnebsnk river, LOO
For removal OF distractions in Berwick branch,
Piscatsqua, $50
For scs-wsl at Deer island. Boston hsrbor, 10000
For breakwser at Hyannis hsibor, $500
For removal Of bar at Nantucket harbor, 5000
ror complexion OF ereskwster, dixie, and chan
mel at Mill river, Conneetieu 400
10 pier sud mole ct oswoeo. New York $4,000
For removal OF Instructions at Big Sodus bay, 1900
FOR Improvement OF entrance to Gcnesse river, 10000
Tor pier at the mouth OF Buffalo hartor, 1900
For work at Black Rock harbor, $500
For wo.k at Dunkirk hsrbor. 10000
For improvement OF harbot Prcs1ue I.e Pa, $500
For improvement OF harbors at Newcastle Mar
Gus Hook, Chester, and Port Pean, the De-
lswsre, 10 600
For improvement Of oeracoek inlet 22OOO
I or improvement OF Cape Fear riyer, below VIII
minEton, $4,000
For improvement Of navigation Of the Ohio, Mis-
sour, and Mississippi rivers, $4,000
For improvement OF navigation OF Arkansas river $4,000
Tor improvement OF mouth of Conneaut creek, o. 1900
taSula creek $500
For pier Cunningham creek, Ohio 500
For the removal Of distinctions the mouth Of
GraGu ryer, Ohio 1900
For improvement OF Cleveland habor Ohio $500
For removal Of sand bar at the mouth VI Black
river, ohio 5000
For removal OF distractions in Huron river. Ohio $500
For Piers at La Plaisanec BAY, Michigan 5000
For improvement Of navigation OF Cumberland
rver 10000
For removal OF distractions in Savannah river $4,000
For expenses for examinations and surveys under
act of APnI 80, 1924 10000
kot repairs OF the Cumberland road cast of the
Ohio river and other neeiful improvements on
said road TO carry into effect Of Pennsylva-
MIA and Msrylsnd, the assent Uf Congress being
given 100000
70. repair, and bridges to road at Mars Hill 81 900
For road from Detroit to Chicago $4,000
For read from Detroit TO Fort Grauoi $4,000
For road from De'ro Saginaw lOOUU
For repairs Of Little Rock and Memphis road,
FROM Li'te Rock To ST. Francis riyei 10000
For Washington and Jackson road, Arkansas 1000
For Cum Der and road in Onio of Zane.ye 100 900
For Cumberland road in Indiana 100000
For Cumberland rosd ~ illinois 10000
Land aud roads, bridges surveys; fre,h water. sal,
water, no water bar, channel beach, pie, bikes lakes
bays creeks; great rivers small the mighty Mis-
siSs'pp ana IT. two great eonhuents only
butAues, but tributaries Of rbutaneS-al these are
locked In the liberal embrace Of the Jacksonian
sirueIon OF that day Now which is here the true and
which the false Dromio OF dissmilar which is
the real Simon Pure Shall take the man or the mas
ter The copy or the original heeoln counterfeit
For OF these must be false II either Is genuine Per.
sonaywe care not which 1t Is, impartAly holding the
id-'s and his wosshippcr's political notions Iusl
same respect; but st stand warranted 10 claim in
that the latter shall hy in the face of the form
AID denouacc the apostle OF his own creed Surely
the teachers wisdom must be little, If the scholar knows
much the
But e' look q the course of reasoning which
conducts the submissive adorer OF Jacksonian ineprea
tons TO conclusion IN utter overthrow Of the great oraee
decisions
FIr, President Polk objects To the bill lately vetoed by
HIM. that embraces "obIecu OF local character" aud
Iha,n such appropriations this bill are constu-
tona', there be limit the power; It reach
every where.
Now, this may be true but as we have seem il is so
written IN Jscksonian law the bills thit have cited
contain items strictly local. Just does this bill
But the distinction between local and national mprac.
CABLE for unless that only be national which directly
beneficial every individual nation at once anc
that Ony local which adds advantage entirely confined
10 the spot improved what human wis line
at which things be local and begin TO b. naona
The whole but aggregation of the parts; and bene6
not only 10 each 0eaiy but individual. far
gain TO the entire society, In all things and particularly
IN physical imPro' eneni, there 10 local good which
without it, nstonal effect go,d which does
not confer much greater benefit particular place than
atalI others ne distinction impossible then. except
TO woFd-cachers: the moment VOC TO IN ngs and
practice, II must 90 given up. And Mr. Polk himself
presently shifts to other rules recOnGable with his rs
an improvement "withn Stale" he thinks. beyond tho
Federal power; improvement OF salt water is he
sVefs iorbldden aad all Improvements for commercial pu
poses must reach from State State embracing at least
ftoo 10 their ELECTS Now, an improvement within State
Gas the Louisville canS Of States
lake barber may be hundred important Than
lite seaport and certainly Constructions in Cape Fear
river aud many such within n State"
But besides that each case has circumstances found in
no other and that imaginary considerations hopes
be realized, enter into many cases, the elements Of the
question may IN The vary from year TO year aud
make that naional which once only local An i'm
ProVsmeni at this point may egmze OF national bene
mt to-day that which yesterday OF only local interest
With advancing art and accUmulatng wealth. whole sys-
TEN OF such Improvements spread work Of canals
and railroads s the land. Whether created by F
deral or state private resources these will lust much
nationalist works at points would the sudden ad
mission TO them Of Of the great deep-of that sa
cred s9 water the flow Of which alone can according TO
the president, eonseerate an Improvement s national
The second proposition OF the President IS. that "the
contribution has not conferred upon the Federal Govorn-
ment the power to construct works II Internal
UihiR the States This proposition he evidently state,
identical with his fret and If things could no, be ma,
tOna because ihin State. Is the being 70 fhouf tim,
would render thing naonaR According TO him then
Internal Improvement, be constitutional must be exter
nal!
His third proposition Is a reassn why his fret and second
must be rue that approved Of the Government
ond the pressed gmsnt Of the people have
den cd the eIistence 0i such power" (Of with
IN StsteD Now, II whatever the Government does and
the people submits to its tona then prescription
constitutional the spois-system is constitutional these
have regned eighteen ycnrs-lOnRrr md much
raby than any such coursc" and Judgment as he speak
Of But before thai"cOurso" b,Ran-om 1915 to 1888
directly connoTy ono prevailed, with the same popular
sanction; ant then, Of course, the only constitutional
one Such Is the force Of this Presidential reasoning
The courso and the approval Of which speaks were those
Of General Jackson in his second and Of people vino
IN his rs just as much approved opposite one 1t wss
tho course Of President, all whose acts and doetrnes
however arbitrary and contradictory. the popular judgment
must be said almost equally 10 have approved from pure
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