Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-03-27
River and HarbOr ImPrO vementS--
The Veto.

We have been looking with some anxiety.
since we discovered lheda,e ofihe ST.. Clair
Flats bill, TO find out what became OF The bill
for The improvement, of the Savannah River.
We early expressed The opinion lha, ve did
nol believe the Presden, dare veto South
ern bill, aud il turns oui we were right The
following exlracI from the Washington
correspondence Of The New York Courier
and Enquirer. tells the whole s.ory in lerse
and vigorous language easy 10 be under.
stood: .a-.t 19s.Hl .8
at is ascerlained ,ha, The President has
suppressed the bill for The improvement, Of
the 81. Clair Flats and The 81. Marv's river
in Michigan, passed by a ,wo.ihird vote in
both Houses. This bill originated in the
Senule, and was passed by the House as a
counlerpoise 10 the bill approprialing $751;.
600 for ,he improvement Of The Savannah
river, which is approved BY the President.
under the pre,eA, thai the obslrncliOns de-,
signed 10 be removed, were placed in the
river by The governments, some seventy.
seven years oeo, thai is 10 say some thirteen
years before The government appealed 10
for ihe remedy had any existence. This
pre,t nee was so bald grauilous and unfoun-
ded. that the Senate insisted upon its being
struck out before they passed the bill. be-
cause il was felt 10 be a pal.ry misrepresen-
,aion. unworthy appear on The face of
their proceedings. Yel This miserable pre-
verica,ion is the only ground alleged by The
President or his apologsis for making This
bill an exception TO Iha, class OF measures
which he has chosen TO place under The ban
of his Executive prescription. E, iaU8t
This is Jacksonism run into the ground.
Il is an example Of silly and capricious ex.
eculive sbsolulism, founded upon no princi-
pie, and regulated by no rule. |, is The very
dregs Of ,ha, man.worsnip, mistaken for a
system Of political doclrne, and called 'De.
mocracy.' Jackson ve,oed ,he Maysyils
Road and ihe Uni,ed Slates Bank. Pierce
velots the granting lands Tor the relief Of
the insune, but signs ,he bill giving away six.
W millions Of acres for ,he rele. Of old sol.
diers. lie yetoes general bill for neces'
sary works Of river and harbor improve
menis, but signs The Cape Fear River bill.
an obscure inlet in q Loculoco Slnle, where
the elec,ions Of Two senator's wus pending,
aud whose streams are therefore constitution
al. lie signs the Savannah River Bill, ope.
rating within a single Safe, bul veloes ile
other for removing impedimcnls in a chan
mel Of navigation coasng the shores Of sew
en- Siaips. He veIoes The French Spolia-
lion Claims, bu. approves the i'exan Claims,
double in amount und moi half as meriiori.
Gus; Notwithstanding measure which he
thus mukrs law. involves The assumption
and pay,ntE.of Two hundred millions Of
Stale debts. The plea urged by him ngains.
the French Spolimion Claims wns thai they
were ti6y Yeas Old; The prelexl on which be
pays The Savannah River claim 10, that Il Is
over seventy yenrs old. .aeff VI ss5saya
There nre TWO things 10 be observed 10
hot ,tr.,,vy er-as >sj..esiAs --ii.,
he German, 80 cents.
Hydropathic Family Physician, A ready Pre-
icfiber and Hygenic adviser with reference 10