New York and the East desire to see
the transportation of the western pro
duce to their doers through lakes, canals
iad railroads, Their representatives did
not venture upon a direct opposition of
the proposed bill, but they cooked it so
as to bring out the veto. That Arthur
and his stalwarts should halt for an in
atant before any coustitutional impedi
ment is ridieulous to think of. Bayard,
And .endletbn may cavil for a strict
construction of the cifons, for it may be
they have not yet forgotten the teachings
of Calhpuo, Jenton and other lights of
Democracy. Whatever Kent, Story and
others have written, no one now doubts
that Internal improvements, tariffs and
national banks is the policy of the Gov
ernnment. Iead the innumerable bills
for deepening the creeks and mill-damls
down East. Look at our national cur
reney-greenbacks, and doesn't every
wooden ntmeg, ham and pig of the
eountry proclaim home protection ? The
old Constitution is gold yet. It is as
malleable. It has been hammered so
thin that it covers every thing from the
sins of a President to.the stench of a
dead jacktes. But the devil take poli
ties. My theme is
OUTLETS AND JETTI'ES.
Much has been said, pro and con, of
these systems, and I find that the argu
nuents which are advanced of either are
about the same'as those which were ad
vocated years ago ,when these questions
were discussed in the public prints.
