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opsisa of he preseat Constitution his great dasssie
has been met iaa spirit g is inprtanee.
was ordAhcd that Per cent Of the sale thereof SHOULD 5.
appropriated the construction 81 roads, andos Il.
fr.Ass eslsst g sosass.ag ,ns new wa The eidsass.
and IN iSlls another act reeesed is stnefoa
Tor The opening Of pablo roads from Nasafe. Tennss.
rsser Malni TO- The western line Il The coanerieat -
serve. In 1916, MIR. Mhdison. withoat eonsuke Con-
xrcss, the State through which Il Was 10 pass
eoassrrcieda military road from Piseurg to Sacksts
harbour. IL ISL. the qsesticn Of the ConstisuoaAI
rawer 81 the general government engage iii works o
Internal Improvement, was thoroughly Con-
ersss Some of the most brilliant Statesmen that have
ever gracea oar legislative halls tosk part IL the de-
bates, and tswss decided by vote of 50 to Isl that
Congress had the pswer under the Constitution, 70 ap
proRFate money fer the construction Of roadg i-
Iar and ctker roads and canals, and for the ipross-
neut Of water coasses The prinetple beng thus es-
ahsaed the surplus iaads Of The government wpre ire
qasny appropriated TO interaa improvements Is almpss
every State ashs Unioa The great Caaabrrladd read
-praectcdhy Jdierson, e commenced ander his al
raihisiratioa u couthaesl harbuus were Sspsned
the beds Of rivers cleaned cut break wstcn eoestruet
ed light houses erected AID vigorous esrts mado
to sOaaect ard inpross every part q the country.
We have the record dc Gea. jackson before as and
il net that WISH avoid Preiixy, wsal1
er;be The reade:, but let il susee-unti what
~ e5atriat,edthat maa IL Congress lses far
fsy fam Gka gzckson did 81 ro and roiee In
cy Of the NEST liberal construction q the Constitution
this particular. voting upon seerg occasion up taS5
favor II the sxPsdieacy II internal mproFsncRtby Con-
gress,
Ii nay Bel dousted whether he lid mol upoa o;s oeca~
soa exceed hs bounds q fropricy Ia 1871 apt rs.
bill submitted Congress for the purpose n open
ing national road hroaeh he State Or issonr and fur
fyes a,srsi males into the Iexican territory and Gen.
jackson deliberately recorded his eote in favor ni it,
lhis act hs separated himself from Of the warm
eat friends 81 iaeFnE IueSesaeat wAa que. tho
soastItatons power carry he weFk Of improvement
into the territory n another nstioh.
II woaia he strange process 81 avsarenis9n that,
BY which aae could arrive the conclusion that the
Of NOR
over The deninoAs os Gaoaer gorsrisatat shsn eau
legfmassgEexeFcs IN ssewni We, can readily per-
eese how doubts might arise the minds of aas duaia
friendly % sAtsTaa bat net externally snprevensat,-
respecting she pfopreiY u executing snh Preec
ihaeae under Consideration; b1t hew apersoa vAosvo
ted for that measure, could afierWsra doubt the
constitutional power o. the U. s, Congress- % make
roads its territory. Is an eaigms Which submit
for the SOLUTION Of thu aasr To show iurther the IN
egroea position Of Cau Jackson upon ihs snbect at
the OF which peak, shall qaao frnta letter
written BY him RESOLUTION ofiniiFl fromths Legs
laiure ofiaaiana submitted through Got Ray lin 1875
(shert'e General f3r spresdsney )de-
string 20 know bis opinss upon suaject het @asofs
tai mpor ahee 70 the new States cspeelY lis says"I
pray you Sir respectfully the Seasse Of In
dana that my opinions pesentare yecsselq kt tseg
csfe IsAB aa3 "a, 1asa rts6 6r tie qtss! tariff
aud appropriations for Fatsraa, iaprQesass Z Aad
aasthc paFs Of the sse letter the General catinues
81 will lurther obsers TO your sxcefieaey, shat my
vidWs q constitutions persr. aad Americat policy.
we're mShfd in small degree, 10 sFaes AMI re tho
Sages ct the Revo.n9a; sind that my exprrisacc has
dspSsems 70 torget taer lessons, aud cnneluion
Il viii repe9t. ata oqaibas fesain eg rare ii - sad
~. Further still, hedecisred iuthe etser thst.
faferai iaar0eemsd and tte tefiH. fa5racet he lead
ing o5iecs p as sgsi teaica espae1 % III sause Of
u AHsTican.9 Did Henry Clay ssY marsia Eyes
saftsr Gea jackson became president Sc gave His
tiaa in ls2a. to sres blls iAvasiGg se principle Ct
iteraal Improvement IN It's fullest extent. lle siSaed
hill sapropriating S25.b5s, for the iaprevineat sf
Cape Fear IlYer in Moa;h Carolina aaoSSrof 900 and
odd dblarifr remoYl1s balI at or TIA &ssth of
Black riyerEin Ohio 5.99foF ranoTfaE eb,hFueIione
al the mpah' of Hg Lodas Bay Ia Netr York (
$1,000 for improving tie navigation Of eoaneaed Creek.
III the saneIState Rad hall million of dollars for tho
purpose d Surveying thk lnaa laes. sec0rsnea M
The suggestions eths State Georgia. for the aeliora
ton Of the foaditiea Of that unhappy people.
With thi3 record bef5rs him. no wed sarss,se that
in short year the Presidents fiaws~eonld have
dergane cpnpete ehaage. and yet ad hlsia 1850.
applying this kiHgly ygto 10 bits for Internal lnprovs
laeat passed BY large majority Of tbs psopas repre-
sentatT Is ii both Houses q Congress- Ns rfsr ths
Rochelle aid Maysvs roads. aud to TIE Lau'sS lie and
Portland 4asl The Arst Of these as sas u
meet the cities Of Washington ard enriuuasi- The
Maysville road il asserted BIZ the United States En-
ginecr Que q tle greatest thoroygaiaresia ken
tacky. bass the Sf the mail betweea the Az
laatic States, through Kentucky. Isaa.ser 5lsbsins.
and on 10 New 0caas;. whiie such was The yretched
co diton sf the read al the e the Engs sers
port ihat THE government WIS paying y mile for
the ranspotaifoa cf the 1T. The EbHsvitts
aud Portland csaal ysas The oaiy ohs1rleoht in tho
great high NsS the West. which in ,s eanTf travef
more III IN ~ miles sndis directly c1nnstssd With
the If thirteen States aud tSrres9 ~ which
have that period been converted into Siafis The
manner ia which this bill defeated, wls by the
poeketins process principle Of coHdGct s&apred by
Gen ssc waen he was not prepsredae gin
f5r his reed0n IF public tnaasare, tkpgi il ns subse
qurnt mrssnge 10 CeNgress after sufficient sm- had
elapsed 10 suggest PLAUSIBLE protest. siinsea
ally msde 10 lhsse siihlsrts ts Ettle rsIastkahis
that Gem Jackson. ID he'd been tbs nyeicrse adsos
q inesa Improvements tor hftr years. should 81
at 40 late perodin f., c1Neeye that i was
Unconstitutional TO profeeue them uedyr the auspices u
sthe general government. plead that bis opinions
had undergone change; and that the last works prs
reasonasAa e assigned reader may Judge. when be
year befpre The PfesidSnt had gYen h' ssnction 4
bills that comp 4ratfye d6Htiye and local il
chsrad,er. In tile spring of 3l his conduct pre-
seated another coatrast the opnsns he had Just pre-
Yeus expressed. for he gave hs assert bills ihYol
ing tho prnfple fully egar % hs loeali'
u nationality Of tho works. and taxine The genera
gevsrnmeat toeths tdns Of more thar ons million .
dollars =.
10 1893. We fri hin opposing the sirnast sanirnss
wish Of thsuAtoa expressed through Representa-
lives. and il raaanerh highly rcprehensble il
tive oiesr of assysrhnaent based upss the principle
representation bill passed FOR les Temporary ap
propfstion Of the proceeds Of the saIes Il thePublS
sai. providing that for the term u Eve years. thee
should b. allowed 10 tbe States Of oLso Iadians, liz
nos, Aiabsna Missoarf Aississipp Aa Louis ans.
spectivey aboYother due share. twelve and hall pc
eeat for objects of education and ierss linproE
The Legislatures II those States sulJ direct;
that the oter screen egs should be dyissd sAaong a
. the other States Of the Union.
This haze yielded a. fs r. 5t 81 iirs
years ISLES theann 81 fifty MILLIONS 81 dallars beside
the twelve ahda half par allowed To the tstes,
which the landsWere located amounting 10 six nail
lions The following On estimste II tbs advantaE
tia, would hare accrued to the States. NeH Yori
would have received between 1s35-,33: the sun
eight rn,l as Pennayir FIVE milians seven hun
dred and III, thousand Virginia, four and one hH
millions; Ohio lie .aFne Massachusetts. Two millions
&c Nor a. Il interaed by the sale a these lands,
afford advantages 10 capitalists for large sPecastohs, e
il expressly ordained that the sales SHOULD be mad
in small parcels and therefore teud rot BE- conssders
oppressive to the coihalon people, Hhsn Il IS Femen
bered that the lands in question were &c dsd 70 the gene
raj government by theofl Staes saoa asIer tie peac
Of 1883 for the erlress benefit Of all thf H disec
conrayentida Of this agreement the new sates appFo
rriaed almost exclusively to themselves frsp 1879
1929, niae millions seven hundred and fly e. onssfs
dollars Of the propertyof the tesote nations any ma
perceive the iniIstics percrated upon ike cd States
the defeat Of this bill Il passed the Senate by vote
y to 5. and IN the H5lse By than r5-tsiris.
he President p0ckesef the bill. for had he returned
with his objections. IS he.had time 70 havn d0he !;
would hare been passed again By the aiorify
iwo-thIrds, and thus became law withbuf The exech
tive sanction but he chose to rctan II eatl That Con
grsss expired, and thus defeatedthe nneasnre
In his sbse9 uent message he assigned a. ia feass
for refusing 70 give bis The bill. that il ".
contrary 70 The terms o the ces,on Of thete lands
United States which were. that they sheasd b r III
oeneht Of the teao!e tgiioa whereas tie bill gave na
than equal portion the new STATES III which II
lands were situated" Aad yet. he had before res.
cd the opinion that hese aads shoud be considered
eeioagng egtsrely q the States wheTeia hey wen
found fTc b. continued.
W ------~1s s1s
DISTRICT cOURy.
The District Court will commence liz ann,ia
session, on fhe 18th instant in this piacr Its com
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