The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-12-11

amFh'ets, peii9uiSals, uuu othot PiH"eo
matter shall be modified, AID some reduction
thereon made.
IL cauuo, be doubted that the proposed re.
ductions Will, for the present, diminish The
revenues of the Department. II is believed
that the deficiency. after The surplus already I
accumulated shall be exhausted, may he al. |
most wholly met, either by abolishing the ex.
listing privileges Of sendinSuo<0D patter
through the mails, or by pl bf the
Treasury TO the Post Ofic l.hen,
sum equivalent TO the pos kich I, is
deprived by such priv. E last is
supposed to be the prefe and WILL
il no, entirely, so nearly MAT defcien.
cy as to make any further appropriation that
may be found necessary go uncomfortable as
10 form no obstacle 10 the proposed reductions.
! I entertain TO. doubt Of the au,isskiix Of
Congress ,q.snake ana OPERATIONS for Trading
oheolsln vi public work. compri..
ing vi called works Of internal
impi is authority suppose to
be dSV ION the power Of regu'a.
tug c6WUV0( with foreign nations, and a.
mong the States, aud the pow ct Of laying and
collecting imposts Where commerce is to
be carried on, and imposis collected, there
mus, be ports al d harbors az well as wharves
and custom houses. Ii sh;ps, laden with val.
liable cargoes, approach the shore, or sail
along the Coast, high. houses are necessary
at suitable points for aha protection Of hfe
and property. Other fSOlkiies and securities
for commerce and navigation are hardly less
important aud those clauses in the Cons,itu,
ton, heretofore, 10 which have referred,
have received from The origin Of the Govern.
ment a liberal aud beneficial coss,ruciian.-
: Not ouly have lighthouses, bnoys, and bea.
cons been established, and floating lights
maintained, but harbors have been cleared
and improved, piers constructed, and even
break waters for The safety of shipping, aud
sea walls 10 protect harbors from being filled
up, aud rendered useless, by the action Of the
=, ocean, have been erected at very great OK.
Z pense. And this construction Of the Cons!l.
tuition appears the more reasonable from The
4 consideration, that if these works, Of such evi.
dent importance and utility, are not 10 DO ac.
complshed BY Congress, they canno, be &C.
complished at all. BY the adoption of the
Constitution the several States Voluntarily
l parted with the power Of collecting duties oi
lmposi 10 their own ports: and II is not TO be
Z expected that they should raise money, by
= internal taxation, direct or Indirect, for The
u benefit Of that commerce, the revenues deriv.
e ed from which DO not, either IN whole or in
u part, 30 into their own treasures. Nor dc
Z perceive any difference between the poaer
: OF Congress to make appropriations for oh
= lecis # this klsd on the ocean and the power
To make appropriations for similar Objects on
I lakes and rivers, wherever they are large
enough TO hear on their waters an extensive
traffic. The mognlfceu. Mississippi ard its
tributaries AID the vas, lakes of the north
and the northwest, appear 10 me to fail with,
: il the exercise Of The power. as justly and as
!. clearly as The Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
g l. is mistake TO regard expenditures Judi
ID cinusy made for these objects as expenditure
e for local purposes. The position, or site o
II the work, is necessarily local; bu, is uiili,
IS general. Ii a ship be list 90 the bar q
a the entrarce of southern port for want Of
= sulc ent deph Of water, it is very likely L
be northern ship; and If steamboa, b.
y suck in any part Of the Mississippi, cr &C
c. count Of It's channel Mt having becH proper
re y cleared OF distractions, 1t may be boa
- - belnngi'g to either Of eight OF ten States.
of may add, as snmew hal remarkable, that a
u mong all he thirty one States there is non,
ID that is not 10 greater or le.s extent, bound
Of ed on the ocean, or the Gulf Of Mexico, o
one of the great lakes, or some uavigasl,
= river.
;" In fulfilling our constitutional duties, fellow
;, citizens, on thi. suhJeci, as in carrying int
: effect all other powers conferred by The Con
:, stitution, we should canslder ourselves as dc
beraling and acting for one and the sam,
" country, aud bear eonsiAutiy in mind tina
- our regard and our dug are due, not 10
particular par only but To the whole
:. therefore recommend that appropriation
~ be made for completing such works as hay,
, been already begun, aud for commencing
h. such others may Sc m to The wisdom o
:. Cong ess 10 be of pubic and general impor
lance -
TFediff cuItes and dels incident tot the settlement
OF private eiaims by Conf r-s, amount in many
" to denial of Justice There is reasen to appTehe
that mrny fortunate creditors Of thu Goyernnen
he have thereby been un,vo daily ruined Congress
IN has so much business Il public character, that
ts lie impossible should tive much attention to mor
til private claims and tlrir accumulation is now
great that many cainhnis must despair of ever b.
c. ing ablo TO obtain hsring II may well be doubt
en- I'd wbsthtr Congress from the nature Of its organ
as zaiion prop-rly constituted to dec dc such ca
ia ses. 1t is impossible that each member shsud
I'd anime he merits Of every claim which he is com
nd PEELED to vote and !. Prepogsrous to ak jnds
IS 10 decide a case whith ho b her heard susl
n. sirhs, to sI.iman, II the NJ .nr, and per
a, ce,ys no better renedr for ~. ktowinp OWL Tia,