An American history . dison in his lastannual message to Congress (December, 1816) urged that bodyto turn its particular attention to effectuating a system ofroads and canals such as would have the effect of drawingmore closely together every part of our country. A few days later John C. Calhoun, an enthusiastic expan- 339. cai-sionist member from South Carolina, pushed a bill through -gj^ ^.j^gCongress devoting to internal improvements the $1,500,000 250 National versus Sectional Interests 340. Failureof the na-tional policyabout 1S25 which the government was to receive as a bonus for the est
An American history . dison in his lastannual message to Congress (December, 1816) urged that bodyto turn its particular attention to effectuating a system ofroads and canals such as would have the effect of drawingmore closely together every part of our country. A few days later John C. Calhoun, an enthusiastic expan- 339. cai-sionist member from South Carolina, pushed a bill through -gj^ ^.j^gCongress devoting to internal improvements the $1,500,000 250 National versus Sectional Interests 340. Failureof the na-tional policyabout 1S25 which the government was to receive as a bonus for the estab-lishment of the second National Bank, as well as all the divi-dends accruing to the government on its stock in the urged the need of good roads for transportation ofour army and the movement of our commerce. We are great,and rapidly (I was about to say, fearfully) growing, he cried; the extent of our country exposes us to the greatest of allcalamities next to the loss of liberty, disunion. . Let us. View of Cincinnati in 1825 bind the republic together with a perfect system of roads andcanals. . Let us conquer space. Calhouns Bonus Bill was vetoed by President Madison onhis last day of office (March 3, 1817). Not that Madison wasopposed to spending the nations money for improving themeans of communication with the West (as his message ofthe previous December shows), but because he thought that theConstitution needed amending in order to give Congress thispower. Madisons successor, Monroe (1817-1825), was also ofthe old generation of Virginia statesmen who had done so much Sectional Interests 251 of the work of framing our Constitution, and he too cautiouslyadvocated an amendment empowering Congress _ to make thedesired improvements. By the time a man of the new genera-tion, and a champion of the nationalized Republican party,came to the presidential chair, in the person of John QuincyAdams (1825), the favorable moment for the public encourage-ment of the develop
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