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tthis' irSa detltoiort,. the, power to gt on
nanny -oe ,tess odooxious to carTy.w! v"c vr-. vt "2 Av- ' aires - to now
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( in thjrTftCtion -utiefofe', : Jby we -ojinicuj
WitAY-Sr-Pmav' i1easi.ihtf -Vreai'debtoc ptit'-ttpon.
ictfut fristrufnent,' uhlew it rffCitf9,entircl5U
f v tlieir own And in'the Dext pttpe, a ciecturaxion,
nv me iresiarni -oi- live urniu ian.r,,-.--jVT!
will 'nnl AneJtinti: bv liia anhfobation, VlY partN
it olar rneKsucevis to 4y to Chgre$svm Reflect,
e' yoxr t;edtidt defibWte ot (bia-jaii.euttdni'tbq
lThtrVre ient'beW bvthe neoDle "(Vir the express
tfteaf intereats of their. .Tns niidpaiion of
'v wi?out.efcedtnri!btit it jiai brecaent io be
f u-mHnfKe F Confess' Mitel v".4 have s rrtun
i 1 V : ;
;! rght to tlVe'.r oplnioo b the fresi'trnt to hiaand
; the IqtiinatiOTv t-f thetf cohf ttrhitcy i tbnk
nther i tftiieh TeowW froTnVKepublican refi
;dent o t he t?preaenttiveof the Pebple'.'-. It
lx ' : yis such f s M 'ucrat wgh C.wae with his aerf?t
It tnf be aaid t fiat tills p&fragVof the Mesaae.
, was aitnrty" intended 1o preaewt a factand rtut
- to jnppty-fi eenknre; If sucJtVsa the intenilon,
Ve.cao oivly any ihaHit has been very unhickUy
' tnide-tirau'rhe-atlirTeVnt aspeciVand that no
hiHepndept Member of CtinpKa cAjld read it
4 ; , withoot Je'eirnK that hljr priyAtg Was inTaded,
and his .freedom ofaefjoh reproached. . r r
3Ve proc ed riowjtd a conJe ration ihe ar
. gumeiH . of he Message.', v f.V,.'.
: -Tlecrrln - to tlie . langiiape employed in the
. oommunlcationof the'Kxecoiive.to Congress, at
; the conimencemei t of the late session, and re
.. peating that langoagelhe sMessape sys, in re-
fercDce. tq t her poorer, of Internal Improvement
by ; t lie General nmerit all, feel that if
bas'been employed, at (tlie expanse of harmony
'inVfeeJ I'"&tire.dbtciif 'and this is now
- atated as a reason iridenehdently of constitati
bhal cnnslderaiionsi ajirisf tfrnp'oying the Bur-
- plus revenue tipon objeets of that descn pt ion.
U shimlv like tq know what power exercised
X bv the 'Government is notopen to the very' same
btj-Cfi6n f Upon Whit qnestjonof ptihjrc. policy
? Jaa wibiic sentinVt ht kc ver sjbee'ti nnanimoua i
; THke'thei'Navyi for ixapiple;'; Do ' we not all,
iyho arevoM enotihj temembter what bitter con
,.vte'sts' therejuseil to .be ir CoipTess,''n the infancy
-of the NfcvV whether' itVshoidtr be strangled or
;?; Xirstercil i'lfs ; friend j5rVvavh d m its 'favor but
X -yhtjct of harmom f existed -Viij ther,I ;efcislat 1 ve
, " irMr.irVwben ijie Kavy-wjas Ted'b rnnjpri-Si-
' tiwy . t t" ;jittiiv?nreileralist,; ,1'ory,
vi,5;-':vk" .-j iOMKi'tjblat.Vere'epitb'eta not .too bad, at one
pej io1,' A o'be bestout;d 'on, aH 'who dared to au p
port : iijXThe same may berobweryed of questi
Atuk coiscV'fiiigfhe ajrnirtNtipn of the Army.'
Iti'Ch nwre fctiorRly may. it miy be- pedicated
' fof the Tariff qujpstionrthe bnkVquestipn, the
: Direct "rax. and thevPublio incl.4. That there
are questions which, because of their irritating
pature. otight riot to . be poached in Congress,
, except onder, impenous circMrnitances, we ad
m'rt t such as the Integrity of the Union, or the
loyalty of uriy member of it ''jsi atut in a matter in
JerestingtoparttcflUrtaleathe condition of
slavery Hut We jiranpot re'eognize theValidity
ofl jBiicli an objection to nyprriiciUir measure,
78 tlat iibenefia'one divsion. of on it country
.Imorethan another.' Wtrat mcostre doea nol ?
Inlthe niure of thing, it .mpst be ao. . Will any
cue pretepifAlmt the bill for-the remoynl of the
- todians, which', passfd buti the daybefore this
$ meaiagef was sent fp Coogrea, iwalan exercise
6f power. leS vat the expense of harmoqy1 in the
Legislative ''.tjiiUAcila" thn theluternul Improve-'
, met UWs'r. (Strely not :fr; whil that' hill
pftsfced tlie, Ilouseof HcnreSftit tlvej, otfter a
acaper-.tte. aituggie oy a majority , oi oiny nve
Vote's, one of Ihe bills ii jcted bv the President
J passed by a najfrity of tve io- Vm-a larger ma .
brity than an ever hefCAlculaX d tiirn p "Con-
gress upVin any qiieation that is jit all contorted.
id the PreKidcBti because it had been cluse
.' ly. contc?Ht.ed,'' rect;tU-';ln'4!.';tl)i,.t F.-rlFar frm
; tW V 11 wW his pleasure tbaf it "kiiohM-ias j nd
it was ho objection to th:t bitftlnt it ws more
. itihe expence of harmony in tive. Lv.rl.tive
CtnJlsiJhappeffwps ny mensnre sVnce.tlie
Ut)$ efbarxo .vViU'i ihis practicij. demonstra-"
tibn of f is' nsopif dnr-ss, w e" fee I' onrse Ivej an iho-
med-o p'nt ,'ent if eh out of viev thlk objection
to Internal fmprovenieiit. : p Cjn i haye hoinfliu
1 ence whatevei as jiMrficatiort of the rejection
: cf the' Unad- UilW - X-:'- ' ':
x- Tite message goes;pn tp y that to avoid
tbes evd" pne ef.whtcfv vie have sb,e n is
tAf,in evi!.-ttit anlinseparable liicident to le
jiUtiono(the ' bth being t lie, CQiislltutioml.
ftcrttplff of the, ininoriy rf Conf?rPss,Hfdf of Hie
People) it appeafsto me r'that the roost safe,'
'us niA federal .1ispsivion?which could be
mde of the surploarevenue. YWoul'j bits ap
poifionment among the several SUtts, accortTAig
. tothe'ir nUio of renreaentatroiu?? v i . U
This measure, if practicable, is liable to objec-
, irons, wnica, w.c. win ner,aijiiic nf rainer .man
, attempt toJJttatfSteInnerat placcH would
. diarnthe genel overtiment of the tpeans of
s doing general' good, for the purpose of having
. things gool in t,hemselvest done so partfiallv by,
' the States) as to po!uce evi? instead of good, by
exciting great and just . discontent: "anting the
States. For ins'aoce : Interval ImprovVnier.ta.
v Ca nals; wh PubUc Highw 8 ave ' mov wanted, ;
for the bV.nefil of tie )iole jtjpioni v bet ht-r pe
national defence, for tmmereV or for joatfida
M here there Utbf' greteWV$e!fiVrtt. cbun
. fry with the. fewest natural, or cstub lib'ed laah.
. tics of that tscripripnr -Where is that county?
Is it New-York or.yennsvtvarria, or is it lIiMsou
n1iiuniiiif,'ui.iuiins luv me ;f wumui recion
on the Atlantic border, 6 ia li;the vast WetrVnu
region ?; e latter- erUinlylEuu thWditrH
butfon sysiem'pTOtipseitoalhiWttbe
sand and the State q. Indiana ferfaVlv.lVvbredS
Jhree thousaiid. WiH Utegtates---tfn tb'H Slates
uuuia 10 irisiai on o ungual ano so inequity
coikctmeand1
. distributiiiff the revenue' a f n. xRlWt.t i f'tvrvi 9
: C ' oue, inate'jur.4uf. employ m'-jiKenffhililfationat
V;.X wors , to ttie, Statei, respectively,1 a:yH4 the
;:'X duecl iriverse of Ute ruJof
v . . to. aayt -for ; everv thirty-tour thousand drlars
V -H . -distributed tp the State ofew-York, ttte Stated
':X" 1 of MIssouTiaod IHinoiarc' to " rVceiv'eftine iNon
"v Die r ,,r wnai reawn- ar tne tatev tattuliv
r 7 i , r reoreseoua.in tue aenaie ot tne united state r
t noi?f hut tn fuard Jicinfit tlm miinfp :ktt-fl i;.,,JI
.''-KLrff-X ihus groand down to insigiuficance by-ibevluri
a -';Jv -XLrl $tt 1 Another JrnoterJ .pbjetioo tbis project'
!? V V " V w',hgt " tffitf prario'tlprtv yestip jhe
'XXw. 1 1 Federal Governmentihr power of coicctmearf
Jhere be any one pow?r .which is reserved to thej 'fl preceded the rejection or' the other TLet
JStatea, it is the poWero UyfanaUolIecf theirii !$-be recolTectefiithaf the MessanlaeWtK'i
: r, ' - - - r - - - . " - v fc- .M.fli. r .
own rerenae'it.ttelrvOwii.plctjBreVTBr Cbejjcctipft of the
whence hiidl
litem u pc uatrtpirw Vi'fp f'VV ?-'' -a
horrent the io1icy of ttiteThaltATproventrroa
tvVt itM.Tstjtiie which the Preficfem batbeen
oi.tnf .Meawje iunperj peewit mtf '?trH
;-The t i p-reTfti-hararoht of tbeMessage
.cotvtativ f ejisoniug, the orcevr which, we think,
no ofle can dissnite.iMtjs shewn very clearly
rT.at ht beer tle nifWactidn of tbe Gpvetn-
mtnU in oopbsttionTlb nure tlf orizing; in re
garH tpihe .rWer ;or,appropTiftion, ond-it .is
W;e!v-arwt weJUnld Jth t H,e pii'.hc -gon-l
and- the 'nature! our nojitl institutions
refiuk tfmt Irtdivulitnl ilifr- veiices htmtd yteUi
i' Xtt fetlttd acq"?"" of the -people
nod Confederntd! AUthoriiies, in part-cubr
r fi,k r,itwi.tntinn. on ntmbtuil
taints. Not trieoncdp-tht much to the spirit
of pur institutions wcnhl impair their stnSiljty,
aiid ritfeat the ohjectt nffhe rtmsWntion t!s(.
,tu tlvs dnctrTiVe we' heartily concM-. and we
are 'gIai(lNW 'find it where it is, not only on ac
count of its applicabiliK' to the appropriation of
money for object of Infernal Improvement, but
alo to other question on which it lias ben ap-prt-hend-d.
from rmrior indioa,ons, that the mid
of the President hs fixedly mvle up. The
Tovei,ofapprpii!tinir money f r any object "rt
embraced io'the Yf C'fir ; pranH frs be en dotthtetl
at'aii 'earrV piod of the novernment. 'from
?dfBeivedlv1iitjh authority;" it h;w been douht
ed in latter time. alo : but' wbateer doubts
have rested uppn iV the polo is, conceded, in
tlus.Heassge, thave been settte1 In practice,
and especially by the purcb.ise of Louisiana and
the construction of the. CunS-rl-nd Road, both
measures of Mr. JsmcaanjiV Adniinis'rM'ion.
Froni this ren-oninc, we.are jrl d to arrive at
the rocliK'on that the President, when he was
advised to ntpget a plan of a "sationa! Hovfrn
ment TJnVMtmti'ute forth People's Panic of
.the United Jt!te8, jrivirg, as one rnaMn for this,
vrxorpm'-mlat'on, that. the con"titu'ionalHy of the
Bank of the Unite! S'ates hd bn welldout.t
ed" did not Tnean' to dchre that tte exintinjr
BanV' is not constitutionnl, ortht it mav not be
coiititutionaHy re-chnrterrd., 'e canot hut
infer, from the paswipre jus' quoted from the late
Meswge, that, though ottiers had
did not doubt ttie c.onlitutina,:tv
doubted, he
m the Bnk
of die United Strt, arertb "vp
U ettlod ac-
qtiecenr of the People n?l Confederated Au
fhoriiies" in rejrtd to thnt matter. If this doc
trine of "Swell settled Rcqu"escnce',he as n-e a
gre that it is, anplicalto ti t''e purchase o" Lou
isiana and the .Comber ind R ad, o f trfifri it is
conclusu'e as to th Rsnkqiestion, which wa
decided bV Congress a dozen venr b Tore tboe
two questions' jnd hns hen uniformly snstind
by tin: judicial rihnnn1s and acquiesced in by
th" People t Ih's 'lay.
Admifirg, however, in terms, the power to
appropriate money in the manner U. for the nnr
pnses proposed by the r jrt d bills, the ISfes
sf jje df clares 'he MiysTiVe R;d not to her oV&
character so Nitiond as to authorize his sig
the bill concerning it; and, by assigning Jbp
same ""nds for the injection of the RocVvdV
and Fiedcrir.k Road, he places that road oiTtlie
same "locsl" ground. !'
We do not feel mncb interest in examining
the que1iori of;the nafi;inh',jr of the Roiv's, it
being made clear, in tlie st quel of the Message,
that the want of nHtiunnlity wa not the influen
tial cause of the rejection of these bills. And
yet we must sv, after much- consideration of
that point, thatiwe think the objection to the
nationality of either ot these. Roads is insufficient,
upon the Cabinet's own ground, to justify their
"Mis-nj; the 'preside nt 'onltbi tefo upon tlwm. 1
What constitutes a N'fiiamt R ad ? Muvt it
traverse thc.M'h'le Ui ion or w!m proportion of
it ? Is it not sufficient, in innke it generally and
ift'iouHlly ht-nencial phe df ni'lon quoted bv
the Message from Mr. Mon uok's tit position) that
a Road i an imporant link in the hne of com- 1
munica'ion in wlilch the country at hrge is deep-
l Iv iut.-r'-st dV iV.!b r. if .n to the road between
M3'Kville and l.evi'ijjien, t';- U S. Fnint-crs,
Uol, l-0o and Majr TatMiiLE in their report
toCongiess 1827 8, r. "mavk, that that Road is
itiore travelled tmi ny other of the same ex
tent in Kentucky? and the peat Mail between
the Atlantic St itta ami Ke tncky, Tennessee,
Alabama nod other Western Saes, passes over
t, frr" the transportation n' which over th': route
the PoKtn?isfer (l-neral acually pays more than
eiphiydolJars a mile. From- an-nccurate reis
et of the -'tntvejiing oyer 't, kept for thirty days,
during, the last year a, a print near Maysville,
ir-appeatf-d.t'haT within that period there passed
over this Road,!. bes d-s ph-asn're Carriages and
droves ot rattleVcc. not counted, 9400 persons,
12,800 horses, -150; waggons ami carts, giving
an average of 3 17 persons, 427 horses, and 52
Dragons and catts per day. Surely suclr a link
irt' a. great post road, so much travelled besides,
is , sufficiently important to make its improve,
merit nation dry bene(ie d. If that be not sutH
cientJy naNional, however, beyond question the
RockviHe Road in ; bein a gap of .only 25 or 26
nrileV in the who'e chain of conur.unication with
tbe Western wilds and waters, which is in cer
tain seasons d the year almost impassable, and
not susceptible of profit ah e improvement by in-
. 1 nians .uv tli-cor.ttmon ot thisroadV e
people of ihe West are, at Q'rturn seasons of the
'-ar almo.rc'ut pH' fnnn the Capital of the Union
and, if Gen; Jjirxsosr had travelled over t at the
proper seasmi for judging of it, instead of the
delightful 'sc-afton of June, we opine he would
have rtfnrned tp the Palace with a much clear
er perception of its-nationality than he entertain
ed When be -returned to the Senate the bill ap-
propnatuig money tot its, improvement.
Will any argue! wth uathat t heproprrations
prvptjied; by jhpe bjl!3 're les;afoal in their
eharacter.t han a nurnUer, which aye-at the Jate
sewsipif of, Congreis"j;epeJy ed t he President Vu ti
hesitatiiiff approbation Ia'thefapproprWion.fif
25,688 fpr the im prove meht tVf the '-iiavigationtpf
Cape Fear Ui ve r in 5lsTprt h: Croli ria, more na
tional than th i Myv'ti le Itojul ? Or' that of
8,C0Q ijml odd d;d!Vfffrremw.inir siihl bn at
vnrjjie1r the m .iih dt) Black Hirer, , in Ohio i
Sjate;of New :o )c? Thee 4nd :manv others
w,,JprtvJbvforeJhe4'rxecmre.tov
iilepurthre in direct i'oji liv-stile to' tins wise! bv.
nHicem. afulttuly useful - policy ofimprovW
tur wayd nfL ater courses, .The "reasbning
andlhe conclu-vn, of .the, .-ts-igl'tlgiit;
angle to the m bole orevtoua demonst r
1 the tntentioHS of the PresideuV $&X
But, pot ft gp: Pck ko ifkr m rthe aeision
ik n
7JiVItsageplace8 the re
aillifeoiia ph cbQ btmd pf
vr iur rc
groiind pf
bqrrent the policy pf intTh?VlATffovnt;l1J'n
bfe b snm of oua,tewnvwe .'-jtberw-tljat
: tipvwni1t he tht firsf'lo hold Ut their bIKlS ''
o p,o;uaMfr oti(i th.lars for improying-bf-'-n'pifem.ttW.
Creek, in Ohio f Or
tlmt;to2na;iKrd fTo'llrsTor rtmoting oh.
,tutCVPn.at the rnontli id-Bi?: Sfidns Bay. in the
lria
nWaorthaniwpu
f lrii i i in ' a r iiii . .
mifehi be&rf;ii
c1tkSAiidnwIVaveom
t ir,ui w nsni areaotobfectipnr,
ble on aecmint oeKeiHral
rianiam-fbrthesev anJJfre c.qir.jr--ble-erou
nds of exce ptionahem-rvhat, snail
iu Arikt i',i;,n which enconntereo no
misffiviriejiln he Executive mrnu r "v
r.A Win ;..af1 the Annropriatiott
first .tnentonert nms prop '
of a specific sum for the definite PW
Tndian law trives t,Wrd powervtp:thc Pre
dent to give and gimrrtninthe Ittdians rerntiy-.
ing West; any parr, orlthe vhoU of the Public
Lands West ot toe Missisnippi, t.ani, nw
State or Territory :) and in this donation,- to be
K.th Trc nt. be lt nore or less, there
is no ingredient benefit to 1 he U.S'ates vatiovaVy,
because the Preside-nt will g-ve to the Indians
at least as large and valuable a tract of land
West, as that which ther noworcujiv Kast f the
Mississippi: that is, he" will do so, .Jf he acts, as
it is to be presumed that he will, in the Spirit of
the law and of humanity. And this enormous
power the Pres-deut nviv exercise aithout dik
ing thebdvice of the Smote as formerly. In ad
dition, moreover, to the five hundred ih-'Usind
dollars in monej, .lrestly appropriated, he may
pledge the Uni'ed States to any amount, and then
may call on Congress to redeem the pled?.
What was there, in the principle of the Rock
viHe Road Bill, in which, besides tlie general in
terest of the whole Union, about one half of all
th States are speciallv interested, so. far as, the
communication with the Seat of Government is.
of anv interest to 4hem. that was tens national
than theind'sn law f What is there in either of
the Road Bills that involves any thing like the
same sweeping powers ? Themain distinction
that we perceive between them is that the Road
biHs involve djiiiitet and Indian bill indefinite,
expenditure ; that tlie Road bills proposed the
exercise of a limited power, the metes and
bound! of which were prescribed in the bills
themselves, whilst the power to be exercised
under the Indian Iw is undefined and unlimited
by any thing hut the Executive discretion-
Grant that U. is discretion has been properly
given, and will be wisely exerted : Still it is diffi
cult to understand why it ts that a lull vesting
in the Executive almost unlimited discretion arte
p(ftcer. received the prompt sanction of the Pre
sident whilst bills, of much nanower scope, ex
presn the precise intention and positive itfiU of
the Legislature, and leaving nothing'-to discre
tion, received their death-blow at his hands!--
tin
How sh dTwe account for their different fates f
It has become very apparent, we think, in the
course of this" brief examination, that the objec
tion, which proved fatal to the Road Bills, was
riot difir want of nationality. Let us see whe
ther a further examination throws any addition
al liifht upon their sad di-stiny.
The prospect which h presented, in the para
graphs which next occur in the Message, of a
nation of twelve mill aus of happy people, after
fifty-four yeats of existence, free Iroin debt, is
a cartivtinfc on" to t- mind's eye. Will it e
ver he realized ? We know not ; but this we
know, that und r the administration of Jeffxrsox,
ithat same object (a cardinal point in his creed)
1 was not considered a isufficient bbstacle to the
purchase of L'uisi ivf or t-" the commencement
of the Cumberland fioad ; ib-t it did not prevent
under the admiui.si ration of Madiso, the under
taking of a war to vindicate tlie national honor ;
that under the admim: ration of Mokroe, it did
iut stand in the way of the. pensioning the sur
vivors of the revolutionary war, or the purchase
of the Floridas that, 'iindt-r the administration
of ApaSis, it did not prevent the subscriptions
to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, to the Ches
apeake Sc Delaware Canal, to the Dismal Swamp
Canal, to tin- Louville and Portland Canal,
nor the eomir.-nc-nrieht of the Breakwater at the
nviiith of the Delaware and that, during all
four of these administrations, and th two last
especially, extensive and expensive fortifications,
planned and l'giin under the administration of
Mr. Mow roe, "have been erected, and the amount
of our naval force quadrupled. fcJor did the bea
tific vision of a paid-off Iebt prevent the appro
priation of money, at the last session of Congress
for various objects of expenditure, not belong
ing enher to tlie civil 'list, foreign intercourse,
or the :rny or n-vy. It did not prevent theap
propriation of half a million of dollars, the pre.
hide to the appropriation of several milt.ous
more, to relieve the Statt s of Mississippi and A-
labama from their Indian population Si it oupht
not to have prevented the appropriation of a
hundred and fifty thousand dollars in aid of the
Maysville Road, or of some 90,000 dollars to
wards the Rockville and Frederick Road. For
objects of expenditure, which the Repreaenta
tives of the States and r ople consider lauda- j
ble, it is the province of Congress to provide the j
ways and mians ; and it ought not, in our opini
on, to be for a moment, presumed, that, if the j
Executive sanctioned them, the Representatives i
of the People, whose peculiar duty it is, under
the constitution, would fail in their duty of pro
viding revenue to rm-et expenditures, which they
'themt-elves had originated.
To the argument against these bills, drawn
from the amount of appropriations proposed by
bills pending in Cong-tess, we object altogther.
Those inchoate bills; constituted no proper
ground of action for the Executive. The intro
duclion of such a topic into a Presidential Mes
sgi, is itself a novelty and ah anomaly. Be.
sides, as we have already shown, the President,
directly after rejecting The Maysville Bill, signl
ed one ogthose vey bills which lie had brought
up in array against it, involving an immediate
expenditure twice as greai as proposed by the
Road Rills, and a contingent expenditure of al
most incalculable amount.
Not finding in the objections alrerly examined,
any arguments against these bills which are not
either neutiaUzed by one another,, or nullified
by the p ior or posterior acts lot the Executive,
we are necessarily impelled to-further search for
the mot iire. When an hnest observance of con
stitutional compacts cannot be obtained, from
communities like ours," says the Messsge, it
need not be anticipated elsewhere-" '
Whereafter, we meet with the following pas
sage , , '-. ...
" It" it be the wish of the People that ihe con.
striiction of roads and canals should be conduct
etl by the Federal Government, it is not only
highly expedient, but rxntsrsKSABiT necessary,
that a previous 'amendment of the Constitution,
I f , For this object-ihe , President approved a
bill which passed at the last Session, appro pri at
uig;for the etpenditute of tlfisyear, ope hun
dred thousand dollars and for the bW quarter
of the next etjr sixty tw6 f thousand ' Hollars',
more : which acts of his we heartily commend,
ik. well aa ithe appropriation pi forty, odd thpus
$nd dollars for what is . called ndBtatw'Tttd&Zfa
Matne 7$tJVe wish it Jxad come into the: headif
M..4r. t " U..t- t.l t- T-i-t .-.?..
roaq-oiu ojr tne
suppose mey
.We a Ivert to
to shew what altenha.
ted aistinctiona.have.been drawn, by the Ad
f nunisiraiionoeiween uitterent mt
loh prtdseiy the saftte fobfinri '. ;v
roct)n'ofitbecorrect,,TnC7.--t-r :
titbuarpgatea v;"
Seised fcf twenty years, , and or the,
JwV".':--rJi.vw1:: Sven tennis oi u
his vote' M Jiory " 4 f,rirr." i .
2! 12--:htt, ejected him. tPiusU.t;iiv
and b the ttfi-wn Vill pf thepl t
hands eceptedhe trust Pt WVy
Ka.tder an obligation n,,t to et h,:ns,.f a-
; -7-;--.-.... - cV)iceive'Kof no reason o
gainst it. feciW agaUt
.e
SoWseSled.cvct
exhibited In the uniform tenor pt hts pubhc hie
and declarldkpns. v -K " "! V
But the Megefitl'ther sa,y : V !
If it be the desireof tb Prd.that the
f the FederaPGoverji.nent should
a
be
U. m the t nronriatu)Kof money in ai 1 '
-.h undertakinc, in virue ot Slate auiuormrs
ihn th necfixion. the muvnrr
and tke extent p
the appropii .tions should b' m ide the sftlyt
ronsiituthual retwlmhn. This is the nioit
tel
;j
upon
P
e
vi
improvements, whv, then, ihe ncdisunx thf mna
nrr, a d ttie extent of the appropriations mu t
be settled bv an amendment of the ConstituliwU
Thus end ail the hopes encouraged by the ear.
tier passages of. the message, winch iuiue
that all doubts of the 'Constitutional power of
Congress to this extent mud "yield to u well
settled acquiescence of the peo.'We noil con'ed
erated authorities " At the moment we sup
posed ourselves in port, at safe anciiorae, wait
ing tor a favorable wind, we find ourselves a
drift on the broad nceani withotit compass pr
land mark. The sealed acquiescence' is um
settled, and the Constitution itself, ; previ'-us-Iv
expounded in tlie Message, has become un
constitutional. 1
It the first and the last Executive Messages ot
the last Session be taken together as comprising
the System of the present Administration, its
hading features are to he, hrst to put-cl-'wu tue
Bank of the United Slates and erect iu its stejhl
a great' Government Bank, founded on the pub
lic credit and revenues ; to put an end to all new
expenditures fur Intermit IniprovemeoUest they
should be aii inducement to a continuance of the
Tariff'; to distribute the surplus revenue among
the several States in proportion to their repre
sentation in Congress ; and to withdraw protec
tion from Manufactures lest it should produce a
revenue which m'o'ht induce a continuance 4f
Internal Improvement thus making the Taritf
and Internal Improvement re-act upon each oth
er '
What & glorious System !
, tx would ne to abuse the patience of the read
er, were we, in contusion, to prolong the arti
cle by comments on the use which li s been
in ade of tUe Vs ro i a ths case'. This delicate
power in the President has rarely, if ever, bt eu
exercisel and should seldom be brought into
action, upon grounds of expediency merely. If
there is any one thing of winch the Representa
tives of the States ad the People are entitled
peculiarly to judge, it is of the manner in tvhiv;ti
the public moneys should be expended. ' If a
proposed expenditure involves noc;:nmitution l
difficulty, wnich in this case the Message set out
by disclaiming, it seems to us that tue President
transcends the true line of his duty wht'ii.he in
terposes his Veto. That he has tue power to do
it cannot be de-.ied So he has the- power to
call Congress together: but would it be consid
ered a proper exercise of that power to call them
together to p.iss some me -sure which he had re
commenced and they had not passed upon ? Is
there any more reason in the Prc-aulent rejecting
two or more bills because he haJ not recommend
ed them ? The Veto is a bin h prerogative of tie
Executive, a Well as a deh.'Me power. la the.
British MonarcJiv, where it is absolute in tue -v-
vr ign, there bus been no attempt to exercise it,
w . believe, for many years Indeed, by disuse,
it may be said to have become obsolete. Ii con
sidered as a power which may be ordinarily ex
ercised, in t:iis government, the first question
hereafter will be, in reference 10 any proposed
act of legislation, IVhut does the President ?
W ieu wv- cook to this rand we scein to be ap-
proSchingit; our government will indeed have
beco'ne, wjvat a distinguislu it ln-nd of ihe pre
sent Administration si. ice pronounced it ou the
floor of Congress an Elective Mokarcut. Far
irom imputuiir the intention to either the Presi
dent or his ..clvisers. we nreiltr.r ih romp.
queuce.
I JJJB
True Eloquence. The following para
graphs close Mr. Sprague's Speech 011 the
Indian Question, in trie United States
Seriate :
It is said that their existence cannot
be preserved ; that it is the duum or lVo
vidence, that they tinust perish. So in-
dec l, innst we ait
1
but let it be in the
course ot nature ; nbt by the baud of vi-
wieuce. it in truth,
decrepitude of ajre ;
thev aie now m the
m
let us permit thehi
to live out all their
days, and die in
pace ; not bring down their grey hairs in
blood to a foreign grave.'
I know, Sir to" what I ex poSe "myself.;-
To feel any solicitude for the fate of the
Indians may be ridiculed as false philan
thropy and morbid sensibility. Others
may boldly say, tht-ir blood bi upon u,"
and sneer at scruples, as a weakness un
becoming the stern character of a politi
cian. If, Sir," in ordeiV to become such,
if be necessary to divest the mind of the
principles of good faith and moral obltd
tion, aud banlen the heart against human
ity, 1 confess that I am not, and, by the
blessing of Heaven, will never &
.ucian. t , ; v ;j - - ' ; r-' -V
- Sir, we cannot whplly silence the mon
itor within.-- it may not be heard amulet
Abe clashing of the areja J inf tlie etpvl
pest ami Convulsions of political 'conten-,
-tons ; but: its still small voice' 'A will
;i$m.k.tojus.r-yhen wemeUitate lpne at
rise upjrbm atsoliury pillb -andin
Rat dreadful hour, whehvnot what we
pavedi fjarbrse
vervthe popritiespied iao a spol
otearytn wlncljcj-rest
to give; to h1mdVat?a.
Cessary, - ctv, otu. 14'' tz, 24. 2 X )r -i. '
This pas-age appears to us to close the huf IVS, II. 3 jW.L4T 'h, 36,-t" 2fi 11
. ' .H ..r. 1 i.w.e.t.i 111 W:. SXfl. 'V. Vi it w , o a
the iii"U(is 01 iiiirin! mi"'" 1 -v, ... ... . , j, 5. R in ,
i-echido ai least anv Jurt ner appeni mi -mm? j, t T. Vf5 2' w
cutive on the Mibjt-ct. If the people arc in ta- I, 3.. 5, 8, 10, K, 13, 15, j 2a lj 9l
r nr tne anoroDriauou oi hi.i m , - - - .. il. c vv. v-
'''i'llS'lN DIAM!
BYithoVity-of an ad bftheGeneral a
, of4heStafeof;l,,dian,, aroWrfV
lg!H d wil
8ale,Huibe holiest: btikle'r,' U
11 Pftcra
.1 r..
xrvOt ii Fracthmil Sect.,s 2 lOnJ0 A-
nrrft at the Town of 104
vf;tas,r lyprtfon of ibe .Mf.tont
State oUndkum, by tUe actof ConlrewTr If th"'
Witzr mo kid n, UnsxJTv. c
the fitW. Of Ufe, by i d Sr
V j " 1 r-t fi: - j vi ' . . . . l,e Vjc ivj.. 1
Lnd Omce, and the approbation of tlie u .l
dent'offhe UnVtedStaUs. le
; T-he;jrt wImcA wiH be ofTered for Suy
chilesvecltOiis and trartion ,1 s-ctin. : '
S'-CtlOll r .
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R. 10 E. 1, .5. V. 29, l..'il E. 1 3, 5, 8
10, 12, 13, 15, 17. 20, 2 2, 24, 25. 27, 29, 3 '
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10, 12, 13, 17, 2 ), 22, 24, 25,27.29,32,3.?.
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27, 29, 32, 34, X7, T. 31,-11. 12 1. J. 5,
8, 10, 12. lJ, 15, 17,,20. 22. 2J, 25, 27, 29,
34, 36. t. 30. R. 13 E 12, 13, 1L 17. 20,
22, 21. 25, 27, 29, 32, ,34, 36, T. ?l. It. 13'
E. 1, 3, 5, 8, -10, 12, 13,117, 20. 22, 29, T.
30, R. 14 E..1, 3. 5. 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17,
20, 22. 21, 25, 27, 29. 32. 34. 35, T. 51, K.
14 E. 24, 25. 27 34. 35, T. 32, U. 14 K. 3,
5. 8, T. 30, R. 15 FS, 5, 8, 10, 15 17,2),
22, 27, 32, 34, T. 31, It ,.15 fc. 20, 29, 32,
34r T 32, It.. 15 E. except a small nortioa of
some of the sections. -which vere sold by tiie
General Government previHirto the passage of
the act ot 2d ot March, 1K27, aiiuVsHi a kw
lr.cts selected for lock sites, stoue qim-rjes, fcc.
The sales will be continu-ef fro n ,diy lo d.iy, un
til all the tracts shall (iave been offere i, au l nv
sale made for a less price pericre than n re
quired for Congress finds. The purchaser will
have it i his option to midce full' piynient, a.-t
receive a patent for the tr?ct purci.iseil ; or, In'
payment of one fourth of tlrV imrcltas; in":i y.
at time of tlie sale, and ''ie'iiilert st ft six (v r
cent, annually, in advance, 'x-credit will be giv
en, by the State of vente.!.! years, fro-n ,hr,.'
first; Xlo id y in prober next, jf'or tlie residue.
Ttie Erie and Wabash C.i'pjd,--on or witli'm
five miles of which thee lanijis are sinntel, is
128 miles in the State of Indium, the villies if
the Wabish slid Maumee rivers, whicll or f r
tility.of soil, ahumlance of -dime-stone, springs
good-timber intt-rperse-doccasionalty widi s mil
prairie, navigable, rivers, and water priviU-s
(independent of the'. Canal, is' decidedly
mttnjcst the finest portions ot the Westerii cum
try. . The greatest rf'of Vie imls in tieanaf
Donation, is of the rich -st pi.rv, ; neau'iy
CiiUntry, well adapted fyr agricultural, co:u uo
cial and manufacturin,; purjoses, nl is duiy
increasing iu value, from thevraptdity of ean'ijfM
tion to the lands adjoining, which is believed to
be unprecedented, hitherto, in this State, awl
which must recoinmeud this sde as particularly
worthy the attention antt interest of ttie V
4Der, Mechanic, Mei ch uU, and Capitalist.
Ju ft, )
J. VIGUS, V Coin;n.ssio.icr
SWVL LEWIS, 3
OfBce of the flnard of Com-
niissiimers of the Wabash 8c f
Erie Canal, Treaty .wound,
Indiana, May l9ui, 1S3J.
June
87:lawS.H
TO GOLD MINBKS.
rilHE Subscriber having obtained a Ptrot in
-A the year 1827, for Mills tor grinding ''
washing Ore of Gold and other metals, ani
plan having been generally adopted, dertti ,
uecessrry to caution the public aji-m u" y'm
milar Mills wiihofit his consent. The sut " "
thinks it unnecessary to cive any clesciipt.oi. 0
his Millsfar they are in operation in varioii? jw
f the St-.re. If i Patents embrace U.-atic a
Ridge Gold. :, Liberal te'ims will becouc'
all whi make early, application (or Rig-tit. '
every information riven onapplicati
Charlotte, N. C. , JJJJ!L. .
State of North-Carolina.1
': WakeCotjny. .
Court of Plea s and Quarter Sess.ons.' t
.-.- . - X t oin ,.'
iay . t erm,, ioov. .
Jothua E. T.umsden vi. Jonathan O- Frem
Original, attachment levied on one rnan 1.
.. - x oedsteaa na otuer ";. fa(.,:on 0f
1 tnts case, tt appearing u- , .m,,c4
.thicoori 'thftt tW W
s bmself beyond the jirnits of the State, or o
eeals: himself that the ordinary P""
cannote served Pnim;. CTtfufU'
ed that publicatibn be -made in JLunj
Uter for siiLwsat thatninlesr th of
comes forward on, or before tb w
Pleas Vftt-d Quarter SesioBs;to be "J1,,.
urty of Wake, ttefoorthse " w
Ion the SdjMoaiay. of Aug4 next, w
eiXwl SSffiwlV
plead to issueliidgrroew wjllbe 7 alxi6cx
.tlie property levietfoa be tondemned subje
TjljLihtlflr'A iwiefverv : r.
rcimnect, at navigable points, the wX tU
ttuf Wabash river wiOi.; those of T of
andAvhicli have been designated anlL 'e,
for thit purpose bv CPmmissionpe.ul- aPn
T
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22, 24,.25, 27, 29, 32, 3k 36. T. n V
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