Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-08-15
/, The Presidents Veto message.

"On Friday afternoon last. the following
message whs received by the House: 80
To the House of Representatives: 9'a ,eSt7
have received the bill on,i.led "an actI
making appropriations for the repair, prcser.
yalion, and completion Of 'cenAin public
works heretofore commenced under author
Ivy Of law" lIreaches me in the expiring
hours Of The session, and time does MOI al.
low full opportunity for examining and con-
sidering its provisions, OF Of stating a. length
the reasons which forbid meto give /, my
signature. eF Y
II belongs 10 that class Of measures which
are commonly known as ih,erb1l improve.
rnents by the general government. and which,
from very early period, have been deemed
Of doubtful cons,itutionaliiy and expediency,.
and have thus failed to obtain The approba-
ZION Of successive Chief Magistrates = Z VI
On such an DISCRIMINATION Of this bill as Il
has been in my power 10 make, / recognizeF
in il certain provisions national in their char
acter, and which, If they stood alone, II
would be compatible with my convictions oil
public duty 10 assent TO, but, al the same
time, il embmces others which are merely
local, and nor, in thy Judgment, warranted
by any safe or true construction OF tho con-
siilutiof.
| To make proper and sound dscrimina-
lions between these different provisions
would require d deliberate discussion Of gen
eral principles, as well as a careful scrutiny
Of details, for The purposeof righ.fully ap.
lpying hose principies reach separate ison'
OF appropriation.
Public opinion with regard TO the value
and importance Of internal improvements in
1.-The country Is undivided. There is dispo
si,ion, on all hands, 10 have Them prosecuted
with energy, and 10 see the benefits sough
10 be attained by them, fully realized. I
! The prominen, poin. Of difference be-
tween those who have been regarded as the
friends Of system of Internal improvements
by the general government, and those ad
verse 10 such q system, has been one o
constitutional power, though more OF less
connected with, considerations OF expediency
i My own Judgment, il Is well known, has
on both grounds, been opposed to"a genera
system Of Internal Improvements" by the
federal Government have entertained ih.
most serious doubts, from the inherent diff
culdes Of It's application, as well rs from
past unsatisfactory experience, whether ,h'
{ power could bs exercised by the genera
fEgovernmen, as, to render lis use adyanla
lgeous either toths couptryi,as large, Or Of
leclual for The accomplishment Of Tue obiec
{. lconiempIaled. itif. = JlSi (, isgY,os
II III shall consider Il incumbent on me Y
present to- Congress-, q. lis next sessions
+ ma,ured view Of The whole subject. and 4
j endeavor to define, approximalelysai leas
D and according 10 my own convictions, wha
I appropriations oflhis nature, by the genera
3 government, the great interests Of The Unite
i States require, and the constitution will ad
i Unit, and sanction in case no substitute shoul
!. be devised, capable of reconciling difference
both OF consli,u,lonaliiy and expediency.
i In The absence Of The requisite means an
y lime, for duly considering the whole subje'
9 a, present, and discussing such possible sui
h slildle, i, becomes necessary 10 return ih
bill 10 The House Of Representatives,
4 which II originated, !, and, for the reasor
rI,hus briefly submiued 10 ,he cohsideratio
of Congress, 10 withhold from II my appro'
v al. gas rBa,s FRANKLIN PIERCE.
i WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. 1854 e y