Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-08-06
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
The Veto Mcssagc.

passed by msjoes in both Houses OF Congress
be found in this mornings paper. Its style plain
and unpretending-u positions, in estimation, weak
pntonable and In conflict with the action both Of General
Jackson and Mr.. Van Buren,, whose approval OF bills den
tcsly similar, both in prGcipe and in detail has
that OF, been complained or vioauve OF
the principles OF 9s-99 BY those oAo -op hghy ap-
prove Of Mr.. Poiks late Messase! We are at loss to
understand why Young Hickory DO right, that old
Hickory and his proegs and immediate escaped
censure for pursuing precisely opposite course IL
asserted by OF the Locofoco MEMBER his
the Message, that only does the bill just
toed by Mr. Polk involve precisely the principle upon
whchh various River and Hareor bills approved by
Jackson and Mr. Van Buren, rested but that the items
Of appropriation. with very few exceptions for works
commenced prosecuted under their and
OF with their sanction while the very few appro
paons that for the 6rs introduced have been
rendered necessary by the increasing population OF region
Of country bordering upon the Lakes, which wilder
mess when Mr.. Van Buren, Office. The new
items, however, they affirm, involve principle.
What renders this remarkable, is the fact
stated by Mr.. Thompson Of Pa Locofoco that "the Pre-
sdent had into the House. with his Annual Message
estimates for the construction Of nearly all the works
declared unconstitutional by this veto" That gentleman
also called upon Mr. McCellsnd of Michigan the chairman
OF the Committee Of Commerce by which the river and har
Dor bill reported, cay, whether he had called
the President in regard it, and learned his approval
OF it1 Al first Mt McClelland did answer; but sub
sequeny he evsded the question: by saying that he did
consider himself bound did he consider proper
here any that had taken place between
The President and himself in relation this He
considered all the communications he had had with the
President relation this subject confidential. lie
would state though, that consultation he had had
with the President he had the bill with him" And
later stage in the debate Mr. McCleand said, that "he
the inquiry put him by the gentleman from Penn.
sylvanis (Mr. Thompson)" As Mr.. Thompson pointedy
remarked, III oifness IoM anslser, zoe oil knoso
ishst the inference " That inference each reader may
draw for himself. Ii certainly remarkable enough
IL approval Of this expressed by the Pres
dent the chairman OF the Committee of Commerce. that
the Secretary OF War should transmit the President and
the President Congress- estimates OF the neces
ssry certain works Of improvement and thai
when BILL making the necessary appropriations for these
objects had received the sanction of Congress- should be
pronounced unconstitutional, and for that reason vetoed
Why send the estimates the first instance7 Why not
npprss Secretary Marcy thaiin making these he
was performing work OF suPererogaon, and imposing
upon Congress useless laborl But them is posrbLs that
The introduction OF thus into Congress design
I'D effect ulteror purpose. At all events need
hesitate express the opinion that il intended
operate upon the Tariff question, when three OF Mr. Folks
political friends (Messrs. Thompson, Broadhead and
Brinkerhof) express their decided conviction that il
action upon the Tariff bill had been delayed until the
eIpiraiOn Of the ten days, during which the Pres
dent is permitted by the Constitution keep bill in
his possession the River and Hsrbor bill would never
have been vetoed at al-or that ii II had BEEN the
Tariff bill would not have become a law Of the land The
people Judge from declarations OF this kind OF the ma
the influences work Washington 10 defeat or
carry particular measures-that one Of General
Jscksons emphatic remarks "ntrigue and corruption are
(avowedy) the order Of the dsy'-and that far from
permitting great their claims for support
upon their merits, they deIterously played of
against each other by the President and his partzans in
Congress.
twill be that Young Hickory blows up Old Hicko
rye rule Of construction, and even adopts the old Wing ag
show its falscy-o wit, that Congress has right
appropriate money for the improvement of rivers Beo.o
ports Of entry but dbOpr Them We subscribe TO most Of
The reasoning in Of the Message it is borrowed
from Wing commentaries General Jacksons celebrated
Msysvile veto. But we do not admit the justice Of the
discrimination between appropriations for the Improvement
OF hafbos the Atlantic, and upon the Lakes which are
truly great Finland seas-and which though there be no
customhouses established the ports upon their
borders, intimately connected with 'foreign com
merce" and far extensively engaged in it, though it
be indirectly than many Of the Atlantic seapors And II
this not is enough to know that the clause
Of the Constitution which gives Congress power TO regu
late foreign commerce, cones upon that body like su
PerysOn the commerce Of the iatsior infinitely
greater value and subject equal hazards from the DC
nils which result from unsafe habors well as from the
tempest We hostile general system Of internal
Improvement by the general government but hold it to
be much i's duty make provision for the safety of
commercial operations Cleveland, Louis and Buffalo
at Norfolk New York, Boston-on the waters Of
Lake Ehe, Ontario and Champaign. upon the Atlantic
or Pacific coast.
But we regard this quarrel between the two wings Of
the Locotoco party, one OF which certainly seems to be
far behind the other in s progressive march towards
political perfection. LocOOcO Congress has PASSED law
which LocOioco President pronounces unconstitutional
IL s for the people decide between CHsa and his SEN
ate.