Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-08-10
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thousand dollars were appropriated improvements Of
aaroofS and Rivers, clfefy in Tie y est and on the
Ea"'S lhe message 10 the House. returning The Bill
""' assigning his reasons Tor Withholding his assent -
o"s a"u wen written and, on hasy perusl seems to
u" " cover even wider ground than any messages of
'"l'a' character, which hav, emanaed frsm Mr. Pok's
predecessors Apart from The constitutional oues,ioo
we must say that we are glad Of this veto Wnbout .
sios' detlicton OF principle and il gives US no MIA
sure 10 see such defcon IN any politician no matter
" ""a parry, and least OF all in the Chlof ,gisfraie
OF HE Countrywide Polk c.uld mol have sipued This
n lie MS been as nniiorn aud ardent opposition
~ fe Whole system as 10 ;he protective p,licyhosyk
We ''"f ii regard to both, he may be justly CHARGED
with sone indlreclion viii! a view Of concllia,ny ,un
port !" are pleased with the veto because 50 laroe
sum could not be spared ffem treasury which will
shortly be bankrup-beeause many of the works ar.
quite Local IN their character and moreover unnecessary
aud were fosied into the Il II, o buy IN su,,,r, r.,
II-and asty, and ci4tly because we wish to So. ,ns
Democratic party, when In power carrying ON D,m,
eatc measures Let lhose who are 81 enthusiastic !,
The cause OF Democracy reap the fruits Of It's prncnl,
and policy. We think il bat right that Peunsylvani,-.
Democratic and deuded Pennsylv should feel IN.
effects OF those views Of political economy aud nation
cOtIiIEteH
The mighty We,l Is, Ia the main Democrats aud NJ.
must unanimous in favor Of having its rivers ceare f
distractions aud It's hatb1s rendered accessible nv ,le
'nndS OF the General GlyernTnpnr. Western member.
can derlam, as eloqneny others upon the absr,c,
oe1"''S o The te0eis oil the Democratic party and of
Government administered upon the principle of tho
''fceSI construction OF The Constitution -thongh they
are ready eaangh, at all times 10 vote for bills which
can "nly become laws by descending the oslenslbIe
lenes Of that party aud the expense Of its theory et
he Constitution. Now we WISH for The sake Of homes
y ard consistency, To an end pal to all his.
bet there be harmony between the acls and the nin
elpes o'ihe party, aud then The election of President,
OF decided majority in both Houses. viii have som,
significance. The West supported Sir. Pork. knoN-
my his opposition 10 the sysen Of Internal In,,v,
mert. It has ,ht To complain tha, he did M,
turn ralor 10 his principles LIT taen not be as,y
again Of the fully and Inconsistency Of voting. on ,be
same day ioT a man Who N Congress Will zealor oily
support Bill, and for who, as President. will If
honest IN carrying out his ave" ed principles impose his
veto upon the same.
Ia lure House. the veto gave rise to sharp debate an
outline OF which viii be in another column Mr.
bot CLASS II seems, Is delighted h the doctrines Of
''e heSsaee-bul pioiess lh1t they be applied
10 the Bill We shreHdIy suspect Mr.. HOLMES in
tended 10 be lfoncalso excessive wsshs laudson of
Tue 'e"' which supported The principles Of the Bait-
noTe Consenlion''-a Convention al MIlirh vhen in,
eIf'Sa'ed he Confessed he was not present, nj rny
one else from South Carolina The report Of his r..
marks IN the lnlesencer ntepoIalcs "Roars o apgh-
ier," and well Il might. For Instance:
ll The Democratic party nreent Ia stand toceII,.r !,
mus not divide on local 4ntstiuns o internal improve.
mehts to he brought Every mars duur. They bad
done soriously They lad given he country such n
President as the world had never seen nor ever w,ni
STE a3'o Pfooahiy' president wha bad done his duly
an the Oregon question:. Renewed nerri.,nl 4
president who had batlled lrumIlrsny In Tie oli,tus
lnhof'al struggle between motiop,l, aud free Trade
"ho 'id "nieitfed tire eHer4ts ii great PEOPLE, and
had made THIS t-aveIu!alH universal li.s-'. -,
d belus particular curst'
MI bfodhead OF Penn, good Democrat who had
voted tor the Bill. said he would support the veto to b,
reve"ged upon The West. which had deserted his State
On great Question Internal Improvement, and the Ia
I'll, he coniended, must stand or fail together.
Mr. Dtakr'h Il did nal exactly make anu,her sl,jhe
tf higher "sges bat he sand sone hard because true
lhngS, aud very explicitly stated hat hal his advice
been taken and The lhe TurH postponed for one
week lngsr the BIN Would not have been veioed-,he
lnsinuaronso credabe 10 the President and Western
members OF course, being that IN his deep anxiey for
have run the risk ofofiendng Western gentlemen by a
veto Upon Bill which they had much at heart, We
are Constrained TO believe that this assertion is true AID
mat The W est Was humbusged into giving precedpncs
10 The Tariff BIZ. MIR Brinhprhuf snveres at the Pres
denl aud speaks of the real lckory-lhc old Ick
lie quotes the opinions of Gen. Jackson, Mas,rs Vim
buren,, Benton and Wright, with any one Of whom III,
Pr sdent might be compared and so nehi, (he s,ys)
Mr. Bnnkerhoa be TO Hercules This is .hat burola-
~"
We take II fr granted that Western Democrats GEN
era lily would be willing admit that they have dur,np
The whole session, been must egreginlsy humbugged.
ne manner IN which they were deuded, with respect
TO tie larba and River Bill the debate in the House
npn the veto sulfiren tly explains ! appears ha, the
BiI was submitted 10 the President by the Charman
of the Committeeman that he manifested no cons,llu-
onal srrnpes about il aud objected but one i,em-
The chIe' Of The Typographical Bureau been silent as l.,
us constitutional otJecHGS and cunientrd himself hv
cutting down the amount IN cases. Every one of
The items but five recommended by the Secretary
and supported by an able argument and t. Ills ar
gnment the President called the particular attention
OF congress. Cnder these clIcunsl ances the Bin
passed the House by an exceedingly large, and the
senate by very decided, majlriiy--and surely of
all things its friends had the least reason 10 fear
a veto. We can readily imagine that this somethuo