The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-02

Shreveport ousana Democrat published in the ocali-
ty of the Red river raft for removing which an appro-
priaon made in the vetoed river and harbor bill Is ID
such healthy with the usual complaints OF con-
raced opposition that copy it entire 1t does full and
justice the motives of the President and to the
known feeling which has always animated the democratic
party this subject Who that reads this article will not
feel that there is much in this dsneresed
serton of great truths than in the shallow and reckless
criticisms of such journals the Mobile Advertiser
TIE RIVER AND HAnHoR Bul-We published in our last
the simple elegraphc that the river and harbor
bill had passed both branches of Congress- but our columns
were SO much crowded that had room Tor comment
therefore had defer that duty until this week We now
up subject and before close will respects
the South Western whose comments of last week deserve
at least passing notice.
We dead against any general system of internal
mprov by the federal government There is
in the constitution expressed implied for such
power and every good citizen United States should
oppose the exercise of power by the general government
clearly defined in that great charter OF our liberties
The South Western and other wing prints to forget
that the federal government is of limited powerseI
pressly given and clearly denedasd that to go beyond
this line into the wide field of constructive hazard
the extreme and would bring ruin and desruc-
upon entire political fabric For Gods sake let
stick the constitution however much we may be occa-
the palladium liberty the anchor Of hope, and its
sacred provisions should not be nfged in the smallest
particular IL true the raft taken Of Red rieer,
mouths of the Mississf deepened, and many Other great
improvements of the kind, and to such no good democrat eoa
object even upon constitutional 9rods but these are to De
coupled ,oi other improvements of strictly local character
that find no arrant in the constitution let us hare none
Throw away the good it be had only in connection
with evil that will most assuredy one day work the de-
strucon whole political system if once established
general system internal Improvement by the federal
equally Objectionable as matter of policy No
system could be liable to abuse and would be
abused proved by the fact that at one time about
years ago. the amount of appropriations asked
for for internal reached the OF
500 900 600 But fortunately for the country it
rested by General Jackson and the constitution and the
country saved ruin If the system had gone as
under the administration of John Quincy Adams
the long this would have been hopelessy
bankrupt people burdened with taxes to support
the and pay the interest public debt and
all political virtue would have departed.
No system could be liable to abuse once let it be
fully admitted and petitions would flow into Washington
from every quartercvey neghbohood would ask for an
appropriation clean out creek, rvuet, to deepen
little inlet of the Members would run for Congress
on this question: specuations magnificent scale would
follow and it is needless say that the end would be
tire destruction of State rights and State sovereignty and
failure disastrous failure of glorious system OF
Whenever the people of this country get in
habit of looking to the federal for avors in
stead of to the States and TO their own exeruons we
bid adeu the most promising experiment in segovern-
ment that the world known for it would be the
foresadowng and the certain of total change
the establishment of great central power invested with all
power all authority and complete and total destruction OF
the rights of the States.
No; let the people, the cities and States, carry in
tcrnal mprov they able to their money to
much better advantage much economically and great
" their satisfaction than if it used by the
federal government.
The South Western informed that opposition to general
system internal Improvement by the federal government
democratic doctrine and happy to state that
has the sanction Of the great lights of the party
Jefferson Madison, jackson, Polk and Franklin Pierce
and truly glad that it is democratic for it will most
assuredy DO the brightest jewel in the of the
democratic party.
The South Western makes ill nAtured and reckless
statements that scarcely worthy reply Here is
Speaking of democratic members of Congress- this veracious
print says
We have not as yet known them single
act calculated to promote the public welfare
most veracous statement, when consider that the
has been in the hands of the democrats from its
foundation the present hour with the exception Of few
and that country has been prosperous
other nation the annals of history when consider
that the wings have yet succeeded in establishing
a single principle measure that when, by chance,
they succeed in getting into power they forced by the
strong current public sentiment conform to the settled
policy the democratic party The last faint struggle Of
whiggery made the beginning of Mr. Tyler admins
traton which defeated by Mr.. Tyler himself though
elected by the wings whg An attempt was made to es-
tabish bank and other odiOus measures but the
whole scheme aed since which time the great wing party
has made the slightest struggle on principle.