Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-01-07
Presidents Message and the RFar-
Dor Bill.

pued, AN act 10 prONlUe Tor continuing certain
works in the Territory of Wisconsin and for other
purposes" In consequence of the late period at
which the bill passed (t being in the last hours of
the session. the President had no opportunity for
transmitting a veto message 10 Congress. assigning
his reasons for refusing to sign the bill The
President has accordingly sent a message to the
present Congress stating fully, clearly and distinct
ly, the ground of his objection TO the Harbor Bill
Of last session and also explicitly defining his 20
stion relative to Harbor and River improvements
in general. We are unable to give this important
document to ouI readers entire owing to its great
length, but few extracts will suffice to show most
unequvocalIy the position of the President; his
languagei SO plain that no one can mis- apprehend
the policy OF his administration relative to Iarbor
Improvements, In discussing the power Of the
government to improve harbors, the President
holds the following language
:" If the power to improve harbor be
admitted, it is not easy to perceive how the
power to deepen every inlet on the ocean
or the lakes, and make harbors where there
are none, can be denied If the power to
clear out or deepen the channel of rivers
near their mouths be admitted, it is not ca
sv to perceive how the power to improve
+ them to their fountain head, and make them
nayigable to their sources, can be denied.
Where shall the exercise of the power, if
it be assumed, stop! Has Congress the
power, when an inlet is deep enough to adj
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IN relation to jde constitutional POWER Of Con
gress to arprop'i lie moneys FOR tie improvement
haFoaTs an rivers the IRE lent contends that
that instrument coLta.ts no exp 5 grant OF the
kind. lie proceeds to show that Gu .inI the space
o. more than thirty years after the adoption of the
constitution. this povcrvas not recoen zel BY Con.
gress, and that its exercise IS an innovation ,yhcl
has gradually obtained favor in late wears Up,a
that clause of the constitution which is chiefly re-
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