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POLITICAL.
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and should this measure not lie foufM war-1 unconstitutionality, declaring that the as- character; or if it can be considered ina-
ranted by the Constitution, tW it? would sent of the respective States, in the mode tional, that no further distinction between
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be expedient to propose to the ; States . an provided by the bin, could not corner iiicj me appropriate dunes oi me general ana
amendment authorising it." j jj power in question ; that the ouly cases in State Government, need be attempted ; for
A The constitutional power of the) Fed- which the consent and cession of particu- there can be, local interest that may not
ical Government to jpon struct or promote lar States can cxteriduhe power of. Con- with equal propriety be denominated na
'; State of North Carolina, y
'' ;1 ; " Jlaywood County.
Superior Court; of Equity--Spring TermC 1830.
Information tiled by
: MAYSVILLE ROAD BILL, v
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
! House of Representatives', May 27; 1830.
; fine t olio wing Message was received eral bovefnmeiii to construct or Dromote
from the President of the - United i States, works of internal improvement. D&sents ffreW, are those specified and provided for tionaL'It has no connexion with anj.ee-
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returning to the House of Representatives itself in two poinV of view: (he fifcit as lin tlie Constitution, and superadding1 to tabhihed system of improvements; Is ex-
ciusively u itniume limns oi a ciaie, fciari
mg at a pompon theTOhio river, aud run
ning out sixty miles to an interior town;
ington Tarnpike Road Company,'.' with which they may occupy, be claimed !as he- leases which are to be provided 1'qt by the! and even as far as the State is interested,
his bbjectibns thereto : j' . Icessary to their preservation knd7usfe : the expenditure of money, would, still leave conferring partial instead of general ad-
To the House oj .Representatives .y second, as asserung the simb ri Congress, vantages. ?
Gentlemen " I have maturely con sid- appropriate money from the national trea-1 all. the great and most important measures I Cousidering tite magnitude and impor-
cred the bill proposing to authorize "a sury maid of such torks when ' uihlerta- of Government, money being the ordinary tance of the power, and the mbam-
Roiidulus M. Saunde?rs,
Attorney General; v
Margaret Latfimer, -James
Lattimer . - A
. I'lizabeth Lattimer and
.Margaret Lattimer Jr.,
Dorothy Dalev ;
John M. Dale,1
Edward C. Dal& .
Saralf, Dale, and .
TJizabeth Dale
j John lt. Lattimer,
Sarah Lattimer), : '
Margaret Lattimer,
I lehry 'Lattimer,' and
James Lattimer.
The Information chan
the Attorney General of
this State, in' obedience
to 'a resolution, of the Le
gislature, praying that
two grants for 49,92ft a
qres of land each, lying
in the counties of Macon
and Haywood, issued up
on Entries, made in the
county of Buncombe, by;
W illiam Cathcart and
'": Stedrnan, and
which grants are in the
name of WilliaparXJath-
cart, arid bearing date on
the 20th of July 1796,
may be, Vacated, ahnui
led arid revoked, and de-
ed absolutely void.
is that these grants were
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Hie enrolled bni, entitled "An act au- uearing upon ins. sovereignty ot theftates tne avowais, oi ins opinion, that "a-te.-thorlzinga-subscription
of stock lin the within wjiose li it$ their exeewtion con-v stnetion of the power to provide for the
Maysville, Washington, Paris, and Iex- teuplated, if jarisdk:tlori of the" territory common defence and general welfare; to
subscription-of -stock in the Maysville, kexi by State'authoritv.' surrenderii-' the. land necessan' means of carrying 4heiu in- ments to winch, from the very' nature
Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turn- claim of jurisdictionl In the firsl&view, to execution." 1 have iot been able to the thing, its exercise must, . necessarily,
pike' Road Company ,"and now return the -he question of powtis an open 6 1 J, and consider-these declarations in any other be subjected; the real friends of internal
samp to the House of Representatives, in1 can be decided witlroit the embarrassment point ofview, than" as. a concession that improvement, ought not to be willing Jo
which it originated, with my objections to attending the other, 'a-ising mm tli prac- theinght of appropriation is not limited by confide it to accident and chance. Vtiat
itpkissap ' tice of the Government J r' $ , the power to carry into, effect the measure is properly national in its character, or .
Sincerely friendly to the improvement j Although frequently and jstrenupusly at-; forjwhichthe money is asked, as was for- otherwise is an inquiry which is often ex-
ofortr country, by means ofroads 'and ca- tempted, the power; to thik extent J has ne- merly contended. tremely difficult of solution. The appro
Lndsj I regret that any difference of opin- I vef been exercised by the'Vldverninient in Thcrviews of Mr. Slonroe upon this sub- priatious of one year, for an object w Inch
uuuc u AAmmuuuijg tu ii, i a single liisiaiice. . n aoesyot, in ray o- Ijeci were noi leu u miereiice. iuruigi is vuusiucici iiunuuui, uiuy ut rciKierca
between us ; and if, In stating pinion, possess i it, and no liUtheSefore, I his administration a bill was passed thro nugitory, by the'refusal of a succeeding
-
iot,, in the mode
should exist
tins difference, I go beyond what the oc- which admits it, can receivi
casion may be deemed to call for; I hoDe sanction.
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my l Official both Houses of Congress, conferring the
Congress to continue
the work, on the
jurisdiction and .prescribing the mode byl grpund that it is local, fto aid can be de-
tofind an. apology in the great importance But, in' the otherview; bthe power, the which the Federal tiovernmcnt should ex- rncd from the intervention of copo rat ions,
bfjthe subject; an unfeigned respect for question is differently situadl Theground ercise it in the case of the Cumberland The question regards the character oi the
the high source irom which thisj branch I taken at an early pened cf tb Govern- IRoad. He returned it with objections to work, not that ol those by whom it is to
fraudulently, irregularjand illegally obtained up- of it has eminated, and an anxious, wish Intent, was,'i'that wheneier
moyJ has its passage, and in assigning them, took be accomplished: Notwittobtanding the
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no ii nTrnn uii or rrocr inns 'i n r l n niroiT iAfiriiitroriTiAn i a. i . At l i i t i v m v
r u a ----"y"-. ... WuUa,tUuuU w oe eorrecuy unaersiooa Dy. my consut- Deen raisea Dy tne general author, ana occasion to say, tnai in tne cany stages oi union oi me uoveniuit-ui iyuu mc
veinS aCndS ueatsi in the discharge of alK my duties, is to be applied to a 'particular meure, a the Government, he had inclined to the ration, bwhose immediate agency any
founded' nwtothe following statement of facts Diversity of sentiment among public func- question arises, whether lie, paktcular construction that' it had no right to ex- work ofteriml-improvement is carried
That at the time the said land$ were entered tioaaries, actuated by the same general measure be within the enumWated ruthor- petid 'money, except in the performance on, the inquvryivill still remain, is it na-
they were fin ,;the occupancy of the Cherokeeiln- motives, on the character and tendency of ities vested -in ' Consress. ' Ifit be. trie mo- of acts authorized by the other specific tional and cpuductiveto the benefit of the
dians: and constituted a part of their territory. 2: x. i j ... J . .6 . f 7 77 J . - . ;. , ., t V . .i : -..i i.
- - ctprr uaiuuuicii mcaouico, 10 au luwucm tum ucy icuuisiie lor 11 may De appilCU -lO 11; I grants OI IWncr, accoiuill" lU U MIlCi cuu- I invic, ui iuvui, unu vimamig umj w
)f mon to all tiovernments, and the more to it not, iio such application can be made " I struction of them; but that, on iurther re-1 advantage ot a portion ol the L'nioul
made be exnected in one. which. like ouhL owes 1 The document in which this rt-mriH flrtinn and nbsi-rvation. liis mind had un- liut. although. 1 micht not feel it lo be
That the said yilliam Cathcart arid
man, were notthen and never have been citizens (
this State. 3. That no actual survey ever was i
a i tTTj it 1H"S ?mini e nMits existence to the freedom, of 'pinion, first advanced, is of deserved liigi au- dergonc a change ; that his opinion then my official duty to iuterposc the Kxecu-
Deputy Surveyor, was the; Agent of the said Will- and must be upheld by, the, same inflence. thonty, and shouldbe held in gratiaul re-, was, 'that Congress haye an unlimited tive veto, to the passage ol a bill apjfo
iam Cathcartand directly interested in thegrants. Controlled as we thus are, by a higher tri- membrance for its immediate agc;y .hi. power to raise money, and that in its up- priating money for the constrtictinu of
4. That the entries contain no definite description bunal, before which our respective tacts rescuing the country from much e&istinf propriatioi;they have a discretionary pow- fciich werks, as are authorized by the States,
laidlntX wiUjbecanvassedith the indulgence due abuse, and for Us conservatieffet upoS er, restricted only by the duty to appro- and areational in the.r character,: I do
were made to William Cathcart 'alone irreruiariv to the imperfections of our nature, and some of the most valuable principles f of priate it to purposes of common defence; not wish to be understood as expressing
and without any authority. 6. That the surveys with that intelligence and unbiassed judg- the Constitution, The symmetry jj J pU- and of general, not local, national, 'not an opinion, that it is expedient at this
"includa more than 640 acres each, and that sepa- nieiit. which are the .true correctives of er- I ritv of the Govemmpnt wnulll Hni-tUc Statft Vipupfit t" and this wns nvnwrd to time, for the General Government lo tin-
1rl1at!hSryWe 7 fit haveSS ' ror1 at our responsibility 4 demands, have leen better preserved, if th'U ?stric- be the governing principle through tie re, bark in a system of this kind, and anxious
to the General; or State Governments from the is, that the public good should be the mea- tionofthe poweTiJrppropriatioi;j could sidueof his administration. .The views that my constituents should be poCSM?d
year 1796 to the year 1827, on the said lands, but sure; of our views, dictating alike their frank have been maintained without weileuin' of die last administration aref such re- of my views, on tins, as weir as on all
thatontte its ability to fulfil the general objects of cent date as to render a particular ret.r- other subjects, which they have committed
liiniseli or dm agent, m trie yeaxittrJ, ciannea tnat u, m i- . , . .. . c . ..." , rr , , 1 . .. - , ,
ihP Mirl lanH, WPrp Pwmnt fmmiatatinn nnrititliV In the message which was presented to its institution : an effect so likely to attend euce to them unnecessary. It is well- to mv discretion. I shall state tin m frank-
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ground that they were within the boundaries ;eet yuug at uic upcumg us-present i us aamission, .noiwiiiistaiiding its appa- known that the appropriating power, to I ly aiiu Dneny. liesiacs many minor con
opart foMhe Cherokee Indians.
session, I endeavored to exhibit briefly mv rent fitness, that nverv snlifiPhnpntil min. I flu ntmnct svtpiit wliirli tinrl L'pn r1:nin
mi -w n .1 - i t , ' - . I k t,. 1 J J I . 7 ' " J wvvv.S wviuJtii- I tv . " a.M
i in inrnrrnai ir.n i iiniii'r r'rmrcrps annr ip inrr is i j - i - z . i l v l i . i r t i . . . i t a i
sideralious, there are rwo prominent views 1
recognized and execised) impression upon my mind, which I think.
are entitled lo your serious ntteution, and
cartwfts a citizen of Pennsylvaniandis believed tere$tmg subject, to which bur - attention a period of thirty out of the fohy-tvv years ments, was fully
-to be dead, and that one John Br(iwn, as agent of is- now to be directed. I was desirous of J of its existence, lias adopted 'a , mioe en- by: it.
the defendants, who are citizens of Pennsylvania, presenting to the Representatives of the larged construction of the power. It is This brief reference to known facts, will, 1 hope, be maturely weighed by the
has m their names commenced suits m Ejectment, svJra StWe in Crnr c,ccomklQ 1
e i - " - "J v.vr y vu fJj ; ttiiii- I j&a w cuuiui Hi tu ciiun nit, uiiuvuiiTa it I wi'v.
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this J not impracticability, ol brinffin': back the 1 romine onictai communication tub-
no- I operations of the (iovernnicnt to the con- milted to you it appears, that if no ader&e
order struction of the Constitution set up in lTlte, and unlorcM-en contingency happens in
and that publication be made once a week, for six "-v.u-j-v, u,icr M,i icuctuous wmcu uiey augx&if w aiumug iiiui iu uc iu irue reuuuig, in iuh-iii iciai-vnr, auu uu ui.usum tu-
. era'Advertiser printed at-.Ruthtpdtonf-; and. the these powers, if conferred by the! Consti- ' In the administration of Mr. Jellersbii, thus giving an admonitorv proof of the the payment of the national debt, ue may
. 'Nationar Gazette, of ' Madelhta tlt tho said tution, ought to be exercised. The act we have two examples of life exefee of force of implication, and "the necessity of look with confidence to its entire cxtiu-
vdefendants appear at the next terrru of this Court, .i,:iu i uj ;,U . -j ' u .i w f - i- i1 i i- , . . ., , J, , .i ' i
to be held at Waynesville, on the second Wednes- wniC A am called upon to consider, has, the right of appropriation, which ,fin. the guarding the Constitution with sleepless guishment in the short period of fouryears.
' Jay after the fourth Monday in September next, therefore- been passed with; a knowledge consideration that led to tlieir Adoption vigilance against the .authority of prece- The extent to which this pleating antici-'
and plead, answer or demurr - to the aid informa- ot my views on this question, as these axe and in their effects, upon thd public:mind, dents which have not the sanction of its pation is dependent upon the policy, which
tion or .the Fame will be taken ipvrconfesso and YnrfispH in tn' ttip.csS Wforo t'- T I n.v unA - ? .v-.u I i.' uul i. .. -
V r ' 'HI - -"w.--, a w.i. w. i, , ,11, iiou a Ejcawrj ci"ciii;y ill mai iiic 1 iiiuoi i in in i y ucinivU nin u t. iu, Uliiiu I ilia w. imuuvu tu jiiaiiuii iu iKtiirm cr
ne?!. xPvue . . I :; . k Ui,a?rlo.,v,or,. tKo Li .. 1 ; ti . . n - . i .' i . . r.i. V . r '
Witness Joshua Koberts. Clerk and Master of r ! ' - u "u""ig ouggsuuii cnaracieroi me power, man any L UDse- u is;ine uuiy 01 an 10 iook to mat sacreu I oi ine cnaraeu r m uir tine, now ui.uer
raii.cf rlirAra ntona nf thna tato in tho Piromt
Coiut oftneOmted States for this District. ibr the q1"1? wneuier some moae could not be ute recital ot the acts which! sustain
lands included in the said grantsJ T devised, which would reconcile the diver- assertion, but it is proper that 1 shbfild
ivi isoruereupieuourtinatacopyottmsin- opinion, concerning .the powers of lice some of the most prominent, im
Ji iQrmauon Deervea upon tne saia Jonn i,rown, tu- innvikrn-mtnt -tV,-
eaid Court, at Office, the second Wednesday after
the fourth .Monday, of March ,lb5l. . 17 6w
Pr. adv. 7 50. ; ' J. ROBERTS, G: M. E. ,
WUl be touud: ', i lauent events.
";4fter the extinction of the public debt, fifteen millions
it is I not probable that any adjustment of
CAB tNET FURNITURE ? the tanlt, upon principles satistactory to
pi A BIN ET FURNITURE V every descrip- the people of the Union, will, until a re
Hi tion, made in the test workmanlike style, mote period, if ever, leaye-the Government
l?rd k iousknd3 f w?d' .caV? h?d atthe without a considerable surplus in the Trea-
AVork feliop orthesubsenber, in Asheville, Bun- - yrvnnA n-&
combe County. The following are a few of the P"v " uc ,eiluuculul ua
! many articles in his line of business which he is in current -service.' As .then' the period ap-
tne habit oi making :
Bedseads ol every kind,
botas,
,; j-i i
L'lU.UUUtUS,
China Presses,
Secretaries, and
Book Cases,
Bureaux of various kinds
Breakfast, dining,, and
, tea Tables, f
Card and Pressing Ta
bles,
Ladies' Work Stands,
Candle Stands,
Wash Stands, - ;: ? j
Easy. Chairs, ' vii
Cradles and Cribs, i
Cupboards, 'h j j '
iJiock Uases & Coffins.
proaches when the application of thev re
venue to the payment of debt will cease,
the disposition of the surplits will present
a subject for the serious deliberation of
Congress ; and it may be fortunate for the
country that it is yet to be decided. Con
sidered in connexion with the difficulties
ivhich have heretofore attended aboronria-
; Having served a regular apprenticeship to the tionk for purposes of internal imnrbvempht.
axtaye ousmess in one oi the principal cities in Vir- 1 j- 4u u u- u n
ginia, he has nahesitation in saying that his furni- ands with those which this experience tells
ture, for style ?nd durability, cannot be surpassed us if ill certainly arise, , whenever power
by any in tlie State, Those wishing . to purchase over such subjects may be exercised by
can be supplied reasonable terms. Orders from the General .Government ; it is hoped that
a distance will be thankfully received and Dunctn-1 , . . , ; . . i - 17
ally attended to. i - I n x I" leaa lo ln? adoption ot some; plan
ALSO on hand and for sale 11 bar-r rwhieh win reconcile the diversihed inter
rels" of SUPERFINE FLOURS v ri I estsbf the States, and strengthen the bonds
17 4wr. SAMUELJIOGEIIS. which unite them. Every member of the
.rtuw,.- - - Union, in peace and in war, will be ben
PUBLIC SALE OF REAL ESTATE, efitted by the improvement of inland na
il 1 HER authority from the President and Di- vigation and the construction of highways
I will on ra .ir.K-X 7r t I "v ir the several states. iet us then endea
i win on Monday, the 12th day of July next, ex- - -; - , . . .--r , . ,
,Tose to nnht. c.io k k;(.A. uua i v. 1 vor to attain this benent in a mode which
PubOc Square, in the Town f Rutherfordton, the willbe satisfactory to alLThat liitherto
i2fKracf adopted has been deprecated as '.an in-
. perty of Robert H. Taylor. ! : feUpw-citizens ; while by others it has . been
SO acres, formerly owned by Robert Harden, viewed as inexpedient. . All fee that it has
J hVlSXSr61 Cove,fonnerly ow- bcen.employedat the expense of hanhony
100 acres, formerly owned by James Levans. in te legislative councils and adverting
170 acres, on the Road leading from Ruther- l the Constitutional power of Congress to
jordtono Morgan; formerly owned by Freder- make what 1 consider a proper disposition
lC. a Aitvii Kivpn -ii L - , of the surplus revenue, I subjoin! the fbl-
: dred dollars, by the purchasers giving bonds with lwig remarks : "lo avoid these (evds,
approved security.. Terms will be more fully made it appears to me that the most safe, jusi
nown,anain?oiTOauon,asioine1iuegiveh,onthe and; federal disposition which could be
dy ISAAC T. AVERY. Ami r made of the surplusevenue, would be its
I allude to tie payiTent of instrument, instead of the statue book, to consideration, muit be obvious lo all, and
for the purchase ofiouis- repudiate at all times, encroachments up- equally to, that events of the prrj-cnt fs-
iana, and to the original appropriation for on its spirit, which are too apt to be cf- bioii are will calculated to awaken public
the construction of the Cumberland oad; fectcd by the conjuncture of peculiar men solicitude upon the subjtct. Rythe state-
me latter act deriving mucn weigh? irom pnu lacmtating circumstances; is it not mint irom me j.reasury uepanmeiH, arui
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ine acquiescence and approbation Oi; tnree litsstrue, mat tne puonc goou and tnena-l wioh; irom uie yi-rK oi iue cnaie una
of the most powerful of jthe pngin'sKmein- ture of our political institutions require, House of Representalhts htrt-with sut-
oers oi me coniedeTacy,expressed ou!:h mar individual onierenccs should yield to miueo, u appears inaiineouisw men nave
their respective Legislatures. ' AjBiouh a well settled acquiescence of the people pascd into laws, and those which, in all
the circumstances of the latter ca'sil may and confederated authorities, in particu- probability will pass before the odjoum-
be such' as to deprive so mujh'of jas re- lar constructions of the Constitution, on J meut, of Congress, anticipate approprm
lates to the actual construction of the road, doubtful points. Not to concede this much I tions which, with the ordinary i xpt ndi-
of the fdice of an obligatory exposition of to the spirit of our institutions, would 'im-j tures for the support of Govtnimeht, will
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me. v,ousiiiuuon, n must neyenneis, oe I pair tneir siammy, ana ueieai ine t'Ujecis excecu consiaenioiy me umouui. in me
admitted that, so far as the Imerei appro- of the Constitution itself. Treasury for the year lc30. Thus, whilst
priation of money is concertied th'r. pre-. The bill before me does not call for a we are diminishing the revenue by a re
sent the principle in its most impong as- more definite opinion upon the particular duction of the duties on tea, coflee and
pect. JNo less than twentv-three different circumstances wlffch will warrant auDro-1 cocoa, the appropr.atiens for internal inl
aws have been passed " through fall j the priations of money by Congress, to' aid provement arc increasing beyond the avai-,
"orms of the Constitution. laDDro feriatint? I works of internal imDrovement. for altho I lable means of the Treasury ; and if to
upWards of two millions' and a hajrbf dol-lthe extension of the power toapply money I this calculation be added the amount con-
lnis uul ui ine iauuiiui xreusury ja sup- ueyoiiu mai orcarrying into eneet me ou- lamcu m un omui oiv jicnuuig ieure,
port of that improvement, with theppro- ject for which it is appropriated, has, as the two Houses, it may be safely affirmed,
nation ofvery President oflhe lL;$$tates, we have seen, been long claimed and ex- that ten millions of dollars would not maie
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including my predecessor since n& j com- I ercised oy the federal uovernment, yet up me excess oer me treasury receipts,
T- .i the S. Bank of N. CaYolina, at Morganion
Rutherfordton, May 23d, 1830. , 15 tda "
apportionment among the several States
according to their ratio of representation;
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mencement. , '.. ; .1. . j such grants have always been professedly unless the payment ol (he national dcU, .
Independently of the sanction given to under the control of the general principle, be postponed, and the means now pjedg--'
appropriations for-jhe Cumberland and I that the works which miirht be thus aided, ed to that obiect applied to those erfymer-
other roads and objects, under thi! power, should be "of general, not local nation- ated in those Dills. Without a well-reg-the.
administAtlonrpf Mr. Madi'cn was al, hot State" character. A disregard of ulated system of intern,al improvement.
characterised by ah act t which furnishes I this distinction w ould of necessity lead toj this exhausting mode of appropriation . u
ine strongest eyiaence 01 ni3 opimo-a 01 us the subversion ot the lederal system. 1 not imciy 10 dc avoiuea, ana uic piaui
exieiu. a-Din was pa&seu inrouirri - DOtn I mat even this is an unsaie one. aruiira-i cuuserjuencc ujusi wr.ciuiera coimuuautc
Houses of Congress, and presented! ior his ry in its, nature, and liable, consequently, of the natioual debt, or a resort to addi-
approval, "setting apart and! pledngcer- to 'great abuses is too obvious to require tional taxes.
tain funds for coftjfctructin roads jid ca- the confirmation of experience. It is how- Although manyi of the States with a lau
nal?i and improving the avgatioh.0f wa- ever, sufficiently definite and impeirLv.e dable zeal, and uj&der the influence of an
ter courses, in otder to ftc'ilitate mote to my mind, to forbid my approbatioj of enhghtened policy, arc successfully opply
and give securito intrnalpimerce any bill having the character of thene ing tlieir sepa rate "efforts to work of thi
among the several .StatdsV a'itlnder under consideration. I have iyen ttlfits character, the desire lo enlist the aid of -more
easy, and less expeiisie,.fiie-means provisions all the reflecripnclemandeojjby the General Government in the construc
and provisions for the cbmMo'ifefence." a just regard for the interetfJJ of thosj of tion of such as frxnn their naturcought to
Regarding "the bill as asserting, fell power our fellow-citizens who have desirjjjits" "devolve upon it, and to which the mean
in the Federal GovemmeitJ to construct passage, and by the respect wJucWtfue of the individual States are inadequate, ii
roads and canals vithin the limitiW the to a co-ordinate branch of the Goiccrjfint; both rational and patriotic ; .and, if that
States in which they were made, fiie ob- but I arrf not able to view it in dny other deBire is rot gratified now, it does cpt lol-
jected to its passage, on the grouujd of its light than as a measure of purely local that xl neTcr will be.
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