The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-03

because am without concealmens, and should
indeed despise myself il could believe my.
self capable Of desiring the confidence OF any
by means so ignoble.
am, sir, very retpectfuliy,
Your most obedent servant,
ANDREW JACKSON.
DR.. L. ii. CoLEHAS, WArrenton, N. G.
Extraci frem The Second Aanuai Message Of Prssi
dent Jsckson, Dec. Z, 1880.
sAmong the numerous causes for congrat.
ulation, the condition Of our impost revenu.
deserves special mention, inAsmuch as il
promises the means Of distinguishing the pub
lie debt sooner than was anticipated, and
furnishes n strong illustration Of the practi
cal effects Of the present tariff upon our com.
mercial interests.
"The object Of the tariff is objected to BY
some ~ unconstitutional and il 10 consid-
cred by almost all as defective in many oil
its parts. The power to impose duties on i'm.
ports originally belonged to the several states.
The right to adjust those duties with view
to the encouragement of domestic branches
Of industry is SO completely incidental to that
power, that it is difficult to suppose the ex-
istence OF the one without the ether. The
States have delegated their whole authority
over imports to the General Government,
without limitation or restriction, saving the
very uncomfortable reservation relating to
their inspection laws. This authority having
thus entirely passed from the States, the
right to exercise it for the purpose OF protee-
ton does not exist in them; and consequent
ly, il it be not possessed BY the General Gov
eminent, it must be extinct. Our political
system would thus present the anomaly OF .
people stripped OF the right to foster their
own industry, and to counteract the most
selfish and destructive policy which might be
adopted by foreign nations. This surely can
not be the case; this indispensable power,
thus surrounded by the States, must be with
in the scope Of the authority on the subject
expressly delegated to Congress.
SIN this conclusion am confirmed as well
by the opinions of Presidents Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, who have
each repeatedly recommended the exercise Of
this right under the Constitution, az by the
uniform practice Of Congress, the continued
acqaiescence of the States, and the genera
understanding Of tho people,"
the sHarmonIous''t Ia virginia.
The Democracy Of Virginia are having I
desperate quarrel over the nomination Of tn,
party candidate for Governor. The party il
divided between Hunter and Wise upon tn,
Presidential question, and tho partissns o
these two candidates are moving earth ant
all beneath to secure preliminary victor,
in the choice Of the candidate for Governor
| The meeting in Richmond appointed Hunt
Or delegates to the convention, whereupoI
one Of the victorious party called for tire
cheers which were given, and then Gov Wise
SON CALLED for three groans which were ais
given with will by the opposite faction.
The trouble is not confined to Richmond
but the strife is just ~ fierce throughout tn
State. The Virginia Sentinel, which has no
pitched in for either faction, fears that tn
Virginia Democracy will soon sink to tn
disgraceful level of their brethren in Ne,
York. 1t says:
"There is, in short, an angry and embi,
tered feeling pervading the party, from til
Pan Handle to Cape Charles For this stat
of things there is a fearful responsibility
somewhere; and it attaches chiefly 70 thos
/ whose duty it is to promote harmony an
Koou IciloWnnip Ia tao party lHe IHture
ominous and very threatning, and the onl
remedy seems to be that the calm, patriotic
unsel6sh men OF the party, shall rally Mt Pc
tersburg, overpower the wranglers, and Civ
tone 10 our councils and direction to GU
policy. The exhibitions which we are no,
making, are y shame and u reproach to us
and wholly unworthy of our past histor,
| viii the Democrats OF Virginia, the tre
and trusty men Of other days, permit the par
ty, in this State, to be split up between rivs
factions, and portioned out among rivs
leaders ? Amid the din Of the contest tina
now RACES among the factions that take nam
| from mere men, cannot party be forme
for Virginia We honestly believe there i
great danger TINT New York has come dow
to Virginia. Why else do the proceeding
Of our county gatherings too often resembl
the proceedings Of n bag Of catss Why d
! We hear threats on the right hand and on th
left, TINT IL this man or that man 10 nomi
mated, or not nominated. at Petersburg, tn
nomination will be disregarded ? !"
l4OcatB ON OF the Pacific RailrOad.
Great Invent kansas city.
From the Jansas City journal, 22d.I
4 1t will be seen by an article in another co.
umn, that the Board Of Directors Of the 81