The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-01-05

foand c0nvcUn OF rcSIo1slnlly 10 has country and
pOsery has made While his hopes Of the perrnanenee o.
this Union with in present countless blessings and is
glorious promise q steady advancement and permanent
srength and nausnes upon strict oonstras
ton Of The constitution be yields Presidents jefferson
Msdison JAcscn and Polk did the force q prccesnt
80 Ar A. works a the class sanctcned without Interrupt
on sncel7ss are concerned bat refusing 20 beyond
that point be srmy takes his stand upon The principles
which had beea consistently maintained m the last year
q Mr. M0nross administration the sOananess
Of which instead q having been shaken hare only been
confirmed and enforoed b. all subsequent experience
The President ntrOdaoes the Of Congress Of 1859
and ls45 ID relation 10 the maritime Jurisdiction Of the
United stas in illustration Of the position that no Just
distinction Ia respect improvements Of this character
exists between the oceans the great inland seas and the
vast rivers which terminate in them respectively and be
states The coneluson fellows
At the time q the adoption Of oonstuion the rSr,
VALLEY Of the Mississippi teeing with population And
supplying almost boundsss literally an nnex
plored wilderness Our advancement has ouispped
the antipaons of the fathers q the reub
e and II illustrates that rule l. admissible which
undertakes discriminate, so far as regards rs and har
Dor improvements between the Atlantic FA~bo coasts
aad the great and rivers q the interior regions Of
North America-"
The latter part az the message addressed to the meas
urs az discretion which pertains Congress and TO the
legitimate responsibility Of the EHeeuiive It's recurrence
10 the question Of constitutional power and its sound
practical suggestions especially worthy Of considers
ton Nothing mind be clearer than the wis
dom the justice the expediency Of the requirement sng-
gesed that no appropriations 70 works Of permanent
character shall be made without the condition precedent q
cesion Of soil and Jurisdiction 10 the United States
This condition which infer win be regarded By the
Presdeut as an indispensable prerequisite viii have
much more beneficial effect in checking large class Of
applications than might be At first imagined
The suggestion that each work ought to be provided
for in separate h and thus stand upon its Independent
merits is 80 evidently judieous and reasonable that one
Is at a loss to conceive why any other practice
should ever have found favor except that the friends Of
general system Of internal Improvements by the federal
government may hare thought that work Of doubtful
oonstutionality and expediancy might help another.
The message does underestimate the Importance Of
many Of The works for which appropriations have, from
time to time been made from the general treasury but in
dieaie that the President does believe eren admitting
the ccnsndonaty Of saeh appropriations that such is
the only, the best mode Of accomplishing the objects
sought He maintains thai the Of the proposition
shown by the unsatisfactory history Of the legislation Of
the general government applicable objects Of this
character and by the striking contrast il exhibits when
compared with the amazing results which private
prise and State legislation have accomplished in the
merrial facilities furnished BY means Of railways and ca
rails Far from supposing that these works are to be
abandoned the President points the just and efficient
means for their prosecution and early completion How
true and orcble the concluding paragraphs Of the
message:
Durinr ,eras az time Ia which the ourtrv had mot
look Congress for appropriations Of this mature
several States whose productions geographical POI
on invited foreign had catered upon plans for
Improvement CO their harbors by themselves, and troagh
support drawn directly from that commerce. in vir
express constitutional power needing for its
only the permission OF Congress HaT5or improvements
maintained the expenditures upon
being betrayed by the very facilities they Afford yolun
tary charge those only who avail themselves
such facilities, and be justly complained Of by none
the other hand, 80 long these Improvements carried
81 appropriations from the treasury, the benefits win
tnae those alone who enjoy the facilities afforded
while the expenditure will be burden upon the whole
try and the discrimination double injury places equally
requiring improvement, but equally favored by appro
priaiions
These consider added to the embarrassrents Of the
whole question, amply suffice suggest the policy confn
ing appropriations by the general government
cessa the Of unaoubted powers Of
ing all others individual enterprise the separate
States provided for their resources or by
rs the States lay duties q tonnage with the consent Of
Congress
VIII those who the most deeply interested longer
themselves in delaying and twartng tie accom-
pIisheut of objects universally desirable BY demanding
from the general government legislation which upon
grounds Of eonstitutonay and expeency has been re-
sisted from the earliest period Of history and con
times to be resisted By large portion Of Congress ard
Of the people2 VIII patriotic insist upon urging ad
hersnee to ssse, regarding which, after conflict Of
thirty years Congress Is found be almost equally d.
vided II the friends Of the system had in all branches
Of the gosernment power DO this woald il be eonsd
patriotic exercise that power with the recorded
circumstances before them Of Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Nadi
son. sag nothing 81 other eminent statesmen and with
the prevailing and nsuperAbe convictions Of the urconst
nationality and injustice 81 the system which cannot be
overcome = she ra9aciy u scramble clutch money
frcrn he general treasury overbear all other considera
tiohs2 We hope not
The very habit Of looking the patronage and treasure
Of the federal government for individual advantage and
local o3scs i rspugnant The theory upon which the
eousierary was formed and ieads 10 uuseas it rery
foundations.
REDUCTION or THE TARIFF.
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