Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-09-30

this country though the treaty was not then made which was
to IT. additional ground for Directing such appro
piaons by Congress TO point out the evil and perncous
consequences which he thinks will flow from this great and
increasing system Of appropriations and improvements by the
General Government he proceeds in very striking and pc
cua passage that message survey the and future
field for its operation, and says:
Regarding only objects Of Improvement of the nature Of
those embraced in this BILL how nexhausble shall find
them Let the imagination along coast from the river
ST. Crox the Rio Grande and every emptyng
the Atlantic and Gulf Of Mexico to its source let il coast
along lakes and ascend all their tributaries let pass
TO Oregon and explore all its niets and streams and
then let raise The The future, and contemplate tie
erte 81 this republic, and The objects Of Improvement will
embrace as avancesto HIGH destiny and the mind will
be startled at the immensely danger of the power which the
principle OF this bill involres'
Without attempting to follow the Presidents Imagination
in this wonderful voyage of survey exploration, and disco
very, IN which, seems, the outline OF his country, like the
circle OF the horizon, recedes he advances startling any
bodys mind with the immensely of his conceptions the
future extent and high destiny of this republic would
remark that when the President raises the curtain Of the
future as ne did on that OCCASION and audes future ter
ritorial acquisitions percepbe TO his eye the prospect
which lay before him. distinctly understand him. the mys
terry and poetry Of prophecy and prescence laid aside plain
prose, TO mean New Mexico and California; and every
body else will now understand it. Well, now, is il not
strange incredibly strange say the least Of it. that while
the President was actually engaged in spending millions
nuay IN "a foreign for the acquisition of this connty,
which ne now commends to our adoption, chiefly on the
ground of the commercial advantages and facilities which il
will afford he could abuse his conscience, and
compromise his own character for integrity and consistency,
as to make the prospective acquisition ground OF objection TO
these improvements, BECAUSE when acquired, would in
crease the necessity for these appropriations For is evil
dent that these Territories not worth to what they
may occasionally require from the Treasury for the improve
mens OF their harbors and navgabe rivers they worth
1.-THE Of what it has acquire them, and all their
boosted commercial advantages must pass for nothing 1.-THE
ports OF San Francisco Monterey, and San Diego and other
harbos and rivers these territories and the increased
which the President tells destined derive
from their commerce, not worth what il may US to
improve and keep them in order should like to know how
much they worth this country and if the eighteen and
quarter millions of dollars stipulated paid as the pur
chase money for them might not well be retained in the
Treasury.
But this is the only instance in which the President
has claimed the power in his right and without consult
ing the people their representatives, pledge the Treasury
the United States for the prosecution of great and
ve enterprises beyond any thing that Congress has dreamed
of in latter days, with augment, his own ia
vore phrase, the commerce Of the country It for
purpose OF this NATURE much reprobated by him when
tempted smaller scale by Congress- that he authorized
Mr. Trst late commissioner Mexico, offer the Mex
lean Government five millions of dollars for the right of way
across the lsthmus of Tehuanepec The object Of this pro-
position to to the citizens Of the United States the
right of passing merchandise of every description whatsoever
free Of tolls and charges, the shmus from sea-
great commercial highway and improvement for which
the President was willing to pay that But that
the Mexcans had had enough Of the Yankees passing free of
toll their soil of late, and would accept the offer
otherwise should have had appropriate the money from
the Treasury pay for suppose whether approved Of
the Presidents bargain not But if the President failed in
that effort he has been successful n finding crossing
place little lower down the continent On the 18th day
of December 1916, treaty of peace amty navigation
and commerce negotiated by the authority Of the Presi
dent with the republic of New Grenada and which has since
received his entire sanction and approval well that of the
Senate. has, therefore, become, in the words Of the
stuton part and parcel OF the "supeme law Of the land y
and whatever binds observe and do be perform
ed Ia the thhh article of the treaty, which long
to be read at LENGTH find it is stipulated between the
Governments that in consideration that the Government of
New Grenada guarantees to the Government of the United
States that the fright of way transit the btnns
OF Panama "upon any modes of communication that now
exist that be hereafter constructed shall be open and
free to the Government of the United States and for the
poaiion OF any articles OF produce, manufactures
chandise OF lawful commerce. belonging the citizens of the
United States; and that other tolls charges shall be le
We'd collected upon the citizens Of the United States
their said merchandise thus passing any road or canal
that may be made by the Government of New Grenada by
the authority of the same than under like circumstances
levied upon and collected from the Grenadan citizens &C.;
the United States their part in orte 10 them
selves the constant and tranquil enjoyment Of these advaR
and especial compensation for the said advantages
guaranty positively and efcaciously New Grenada by
the present stipulation the pect neutrality Of the before
mentioned shmus with the view that the free transit from
the the other be interrupted or embarrass
ed in any future time while this treaty exists and in
quence the United States also guaranty the MANNER
the rights Of sovereignty and property which New Grenada
this treaty for the purpose of commenting upon the policy
the mpocy Of IT, but merely show in this connexion what
uniformly consistent friend the President facilities and
enterprises grand and magnificent SCALE for the
agament and expansion Of commerce. when the left
entirely subject his control and bis discretion, be-
yond limits Of the United States and he can take such
steps regard TO them may suit his august pleasure with
consulting the representatives Of the people on the
ed II the Father Of his Country" who irst warned
US the solemn and impressive manner against the
danger Of "entangng alliances with other nations" which
he thought Of sufficient importance merit bis attention in
his farewell address TO his counymen, and from that day
this believe it hiss been considered the policy of this
country 10 avoid them. will not pretend say that APP
pehend that this treaty Of alliance with the republic Of New
Grenada to guaranty its sovereignty the Ihus Of Pana
will ever involve in difficulty with any other Power
but the time will do say that such thing
impossible, especially if that hmus should become, has
long been contemplated the site Of ship canal the
Of the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans for in that
such stipulation might for aught we know involve in
with Of the most powerful maritime nations Of the
world to preserve the sovereignty Of that country it. So
we'll did the President himself appreciate the force Of the
objection arising from this consideration he deems
cessay anticipate and it in his message sccompa-
nying its transmission 10 the Senate by remsrkng in relation
To the COMMUNICATION secured by this article Of the treaty
the ishmus
"The advantages TO which would result
from such communication only with the Of
America but with Aja and the islands Of the Pacific,
obvious TO require any detail Such passage would relieve
from long and dangerous navigation of more than nine
sessions the northwest Of America comparatively easy
and safe