The Marshall republican., 1914-02-27
A NATIONAL i.
HIGHWAY

/: along the proposed National Old
+: Trails highway, Judge j. NJ.
|: Lowe today pointed out the fact {:
/: that so far back as President /:
4: Monroe and Jackson, statesmen
realized the national obligation /:
4: to create Just such road as is /:
advocated By the National Old :
Trails Road Association.
The bill OF Congressman /:
Shackelford which already has /:
passed the House of Representa- {:
tives he believes will effectually
defeat the efforts that have been
made by truly patriotic citizens
and discourage the local road
building spirit, II the Senate ad-
opts II in its present form. ::
Both Monroe and Jackson
held tenaciously to the policy of
4: appropriating the National reven-
ues to National purposes only"
Judge Lowe declares.
.... - - -
Monroe In reversing former con-
ciusion. states that a more thorough
study OF the whole subject had con-
vlnced him that Congress had the
right to appropriate the National re-
venues TO National. not State. Cen
erai, not Local. purposes. and that
this shodld be the settled policy OF
his administration. And II was.
Andrew Jackson, when vetoing q
bill appropriating the National rev.
, enues TO the building OF the northern
end OF the Old Wilderness Road lead
ing from Lexington. Kentucky. to
Maysville. adistance Of about sixty
miles quoted the language OF Presi-
dent Monroe as sustaining his own
veto, to-wit
That Congress could rightly ap-
propriate the National revenues "a
roads OF general. not local. National
not State. benefit. whereas, the part
OF the road sought to be improved by
Mr.. Clay's dill. was purely local. and
not OF any general. or National bene'
III.
This is undoubtedly the correct
principle, and II ought to forever pu,
at rest schemes and subterfuges foI
appropriating the National revenues
TO matters OF local and State concern
/ only. I.
President Jackson said further. In
speaking OF Mr.. Clay's road: 1T has
no connection with any established
system OF improvements; II Is excius,
lively within the limits OF a State
starting at a point on the Ohio river
and running out sixty miles TO an In
terror town, and even as far as tn,
State is interested, comforting psrtica
instead or general advantages. .
Although many OF the States with
laudable zeal and under the influ
ence OF an enlightened policy. are sue
eessfully applying separate efforts
to work Of this character. the desir,
to enlist the aid OF the General Gov
ernment In the construction OF sucl
as. from their nature. ought to de
volve upon II, and to which the indi
yidual States are inadequate. is botl
rational and patriotic. And II tina
} desire Is not gratified now. II doesn'
} follow that II never will be. Tn,
general intelligence OF the pubii
spirit of the American people furnisl
sure guaranty that at the prope
time this policy will be made to pre-
vail under circumstances more auspl
cious to this successful prosecution
than those which now exist. tu..
He stood for a System OF Nations
Highways, and states in his veto mes
> sage that IL the local Maysville an,
, Lexington Pike had been a link O
! part of such System he would hav
. approved II.
"on March 8. 1887, the very las
day OF his last Administration. he al
proved an appropriation to continu
! the construction of the Old Cumber
4 land (NationaD Road. Nationa
a Highway built and maintained by tn
: Government. and supported by ever
administration from Jefferson's i
1906 to 1897"