Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-06
The President,s Veto.

g;ess, giving grant OF land for The benefit OF the
Insane, was laid beford The Senate on Wednesday.
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oil his Arguments.
have been unable 10 discover any distinction.
on constitutional grounds, grounds of xredien-
cy, between an appropriation of ten millions of
dollars directly ffon The money ia the Treasury,
forthe object Contemplated. and the appr pnniioii
of lands presented for my sanetion- And ye,
cannot doubt that II the blll proposed ten millions
of dollars lrointie Treasury OF the Uniietl States,
for The support Of INDECENT insane in the severn
States that the constitutional question involved IN
the aci would Lave attracted lorciply The attention
OF Congress-
respectfully submit, that, IN constitutional
point o. view II IS wholly imniateElai whether tie
appropriation be IN money or land.
nc pubic tns colnnon OF the
Jiist lS nucii as tue proceeds oil that
anu oil duties OF, IMPORTS re NAMING niiexpenasd in
inc treasury vs. suei II has been pesigsd, is now
ptsYsee' ana may need 10 ee SO plelged again ior
puolc3 inueuleune
~ ptoetly,t IS eistiis nisheu from actual mon-
ey cnisY ~ liils respect, tlal us Profitable man
ageneut sometimes requires lhat pofllon 81 ii be
printed 10 oca objects y, lle States wherein
y may 10 lie, as would oe done by any prt-
ae1t Ioptesor 70 entancs me saleSyalne oil iils
llsale aolnatn, All suclg innts OF land are, IN
lacs, a uisposai OF ~ LOT value recefyet; but they
nuoIa no HIeespshs OF cousin utonals reason, tor
gtS,ng away any portion oil Tie public lands. Still
al.
leSss Wl'St nave os oss 10 The federal
soyelntneht, anu ihsfelore belong exclusively TO
tls ~, s'a sss''. ~.
L. ~ assume snat rue PUBIC laEas are applicable
~ s,sase ouleo.ss 8hetnst OIL puphc stiuc
ponce, OF oil Stale admlnisr
9s 70 70 lie amount oil
s.e sa,us =. ne lanus, an De.
.Wssiis sls stghes anu powers OF Tue states and
nose OF me Sslss For Il the pabc lands
nus NC anp.iee 70 the snppoIt OF the poor, wheth-
% tletn anu
s.Si os MOI 70 me ordinary liml-
s.iv's u tnS Sonstsluliuns.i linen Gong pos
sesseu unq a. power 70 pIoylde lor eSpeudi-
NuIes IN states by means OF tie public iandss
even 20 me degtse OF s'isitaying the .aries of
Judges. and all other lenses OF tue
y and internal administration within
.ile slales conclusion Tom the gril-
s;tal survey OF the Whole ubIsci, rs 10 my mnds
iIfssslipie and closes the quesfions both OF right
and oil pediency, 50 far as regards tue principle
oil tue appropriation proposed n this bill Would
not the ailiiisSionof such power in Congress 10
dispose OF the public domain work the Practical
OF aalefn ite portion of the public aiids
THE sixteenth sscton) III the Ststes
pose education and occasional grants for siiulnr
purposes be cited as c6ntfadieting these conclu-
stoils tue answer, as Il appears TO me. is obvious
and Satisfactory. Such reser, atoms mud grants,
/ eSides Icing part oil The conditions ON which
tie proprietary right ofthe United States is mann
tanned, along wit III the eminent domain of a par
c3latt Stnte, aud by which the public lands re-
mai Tree from taxation IN tile state vbicl It
nited States. are The acts of a mere land owner
disposing OF SIN III share Of his property in way
70 augment the yalue oil The residue, and in this
mode encourge the early occupationoi ii by the
industrious and Intelligent pion eI.
The great example of apparent donation OF
lands 10 the States likely TO Ge relied upon stis
lalnins the principles OF this bill, Is the relin-
punishment of swamp lands 10 the States IN which
they are situated; but this. alsc, like otkes grnns
already referred to, was based expressly upon
grounds cear.y listing IN prlncI pie tron
any Which cam be assumed for tile bill herewith
rsturned. VIZ: upon the interest and duty of tie
reporter. They were changed aud not without
resoiis to DE a nti ance lie niab of The
lsnrounding country. he measure was pre- icleJ
not upon tile ground of the disease inflicted upon
THE people OF The States winch The united S.ates
conld not Justify as Just aud honest proprs et6r
bni also upon an express limitation OF the sp,iien-
on Of the proceeds IN the ffst instances 10 pnr.
4 poses OF leyees and drains thus protecting tho
liea th Of the llliab tantss and tatsthe sametime
tenhancing the value of the remaining Innds be-
lnDging 10 the General Government. Il isnot 10
be denied that Congress, while ptimihisteli: the
public lands as apfopretor within the principle
ldlstinqy announced IN my anfiunl message, may
sometimes have failed totstnguish accurately be-
tween objects which afs and which are not wiki
| IN IT'S const tqtional powets.
itert the most eat einl exnpnnt on, tibsi but
Two exanp The acts of Congress which fnrn-
ish any precedent for the present bill aud those
eSanpiss VIII, IN my opinion, serve rather MS a
warning than an inducement-to tread in The
SAME path. 81 sstE ~
The irstis the act OF MARCH, 3, 1910, granting a
township OF land the Connecticut asy ium for lie
ledncntion OF The deaf and dumb. . * s
The second that of ApriI 81 1896. ma up A sim
ilar grant of land to the Kentucky, asylum Tor
lteaciing the deaf and dumb.
The frst more than thirty years after the adopt
ionol the Cons lion, and the second more than
a quarter of a century ago 3sss ls4s iss1ts
irnese acts were unifnpoftant as to the aino mt
appropriated, and so, far MS Lean ascertain, were
passed on!tWo grounds Firsis that the obi ect was