Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-06-30
From the AUGUSTA Constitutiondlisis. a.
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r THE GlIG GAGi0SC ONVENTION..
q This 6odysis ID assemble on The fifth of
saext mon aIh aid Isl itracting very general
intercst al The Nofl, &and West, among.
both parties. yas originally designed,
OF al least prof fesred !sto be a meeting Of:
those ascs The Iafp Of;
flyers aud dshafbpfs IS, The federal govern
ment, without distinction of parties. II
has been the object Of the wire pullers 10
concentrate as powerful Influence as pos
sibIe against The conservative doctrines Of
the Presidents Veto the River and Har-
bor bill, and atsthe same time not to
rouse The democracy ofth country by ap
prehensions oftah assault on their funda-
mental doctrines
The contemplated convention aims 10
combine as many influences from different
sections as may be necessary to carry the
river and harbor' bill by a. vote of two
thirds In other. words, il is designed TO
coun. noses aud see that bill holds out Pc
cuuiary inducements to sufficient num-
Der of Congressional districts in the diffe-
rents States interestsd,tto command the
requisite vote, lfil doesnol, as is proba
BILE from the failure TO get two lhirds'in
1916, we presdme that committees will
be appointed 10 hunt up the forks of rivers
aud the mouths of creeks in various other
Congressional districts throughout the
country, and TO ascertain and report how
many thousands il may be necessary 10
appropriate to each, in order 10 get the
votes of those. districts, until they have
made up the desired complement. This,
we presume, will be the practical working
of this effort to overthrow the Executive
Veto. l, is not necessary to. enlarge on
the dcmoraizing effect Of combinations
tho h6nle leagues of The pro,ccIiouists got
up 10 dictate protective tariffs to the gov
ernmcnl--,he pdnicS got up by the United
States Bank forsihe purpose of extortlng
renewal of its charter, and all other
such schemes Of 8the latitudinarians, are
"weak inventions of. the enemy" in COM
parison with it's Wholesale undertaking to
oct possession ofthe national treasury.
We will say ia conclusion, as was said
by the Prosidentip$ his veto, that there are
objects ofnalionalimportance, and coming
within the legitimate scope Of The legisla
rive powers of the government, which
should meet with! federal sanction. There
are such embraced ;in:the vetoed bill, bun
they were blended with others grossly
local and sectional, and which would, if
sanctioned, have been precedenis sufficient
10 bankrupt the most4magnifcent treasury
which. even au Oriental imagination could
conceive. A precedent would soon be-
come established law, and settled practice.
The power that appropriated, would not
be the representatives of the constituency
whose money filled the treasury-gross
corruption would Triumph in place Of fair
|legislaIoo, andZhigh tariffs aud high taxa.
lion wouldinevitably follow:
Wo hope that the Democrats Of the
West aud Northwest who have combined
with the eswhole, and universal Wing party
Lin his al,ackson The spublic;treasury, in the
I,midstloo alforeign War,swhen the national
honor has sacred claim for every dollar
that can he spared. tosconduct that war,
will. be disappointed in5the effort 10 keep
down party artyp polilice and party ex-
element on:this question. II is said that
| prominent Wings are engaged in shaping
Line action aof1his Convention so as 10 turn
lit:lo polilicalsacconnl. They aim 70 make
Lid subseryient the election Of Wing
President in1s48. May itbayo The effoe,