The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-16 00:00:00

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againz,t the euirent, but in vain; the crowd became.
every moment more dense, the Chief Magistrate
gave up the attempt in despair, and putting the.
address in his poeiet,gazednot in silent astonish-
ment at her MAJESTY, as she drove of and left

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the ceremony unperformed. This evinces gross
mismanagement. These honest burghers had
made great preparations for the occasion, erected
triumphal arches, prepared loyal addresses, an&
were anxious to have at least one good view of
the QUEEN in their lifetime, yet, from the fault
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of some party, were utterly disappointed and ap-•
parently treated with contempt. This may al-. :,„;
ford the Edinburgh Magistrates the consolation,
allaying companions in affliction, but it will not
create addjtional respect for Royalty, nor give.
these simple-minded people a high idea of the'
manners and usages of the upper classes.

The House of Representatives at Washington.
might have better consulted its own dignity, and iy
,
the respect due to the chief of the Executive Fe.'
deral Government, than by appointing a Select. ,h'
Committee to inquire into a Report upon the al- I,
leged abuse of the - veto power by President. ,4
TYLER. That the First Magistrate of a great :
Republic should reject in a period of fifteen '-,,
months four Bills of the utmost importance which - ;il
had passed the House of Representatives and' ',I,
Senate, was rather provoking ; but English read- !,,,,1
ers are not to suppose, that in doing so, the Pre- ''4l,i
silent acted as absolutely as a British Sovereigu'',4l
would do in rejecting Bills passed by the tiv(v:'':(
Houses of Parliament. Here the rejection of it -'
,:1
Bill by the Sovereign is absolute—no explanatioto
can be demanded, no redress had, nor any /phi.' '',
gation of the evil which it might occasion ob".-"..,4
tained. Besides, the Sovereign being constittr%o
tionally incapable of doing wrong, Minister9':::l
could only be held responsible. But in the fof
United States the PRESIDENT is as responsible tat,'
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the laws, and as open to impeachment, as the,-,0
meanest citizen. He can veto no Bill withont?l
stating his reasons for doing so in a message t°, 1;0
both Houses, and if these reasons are judgegc
foolish, frivolous, or unsatisfactory, the vetnet.ij.',,,,!?
Bill becomes a law by being re-passed by a ne`',;4
jority of two-thirds of the Members of the SenaWi )
and House of Representatives. Under thegl-';,,01
circumstances we condemn in toto the appoini:ol' '
ment of the Select Committee upon the VOW
question ; and we still more condemn the intermit
perate Report drawn up its Chairman, Jr;al 90.
QUINCY ADAMS, of which the substance appe ar', ell '
in yesterday's Sun. The more scurrilous 101;0 I
tions of that document we carefully excludO9L
from our columns ; and yet enough was given Z' `e:t .'
show that the Committee were far removed frenij.',
that equanimity of temper essential to the for
ing of an impartial judgment. After the exPtitirilof
nation which we have given above of the ros!,,, ol
working of the Constitution of the United S'Ate:;
with respect to the veto power, one is altno5":;
tempted to smile at such exaggerated langnage;
in the Report as the following:—" The power°,f
the present Congress to enact laws essential to tile:_ •
welfare of the people, has been struck with apopl •Of ' •
by the executive hand. Submission to the PR °II: •,,
DENT'S Willis the only condition upon which heor-"
permit them to act." Overlooking, as too tr.if3loc:';
for notice, a bad metaphor from the pen Of a!ili'
ex-President, have we not shown that tw,,,qtii
thirds of the Congress, unanimously ap;reei.°ll.ol
can laugh to scorn the whole power of the vet° ''' i
In fact, the PRESIDENT cm do nothing to iiir,ii
pede legislation on the part of Congress, i 911:„. i-. 4;
vided he is even in so respectable a rninoritY', e-
that of one-third. The appointment of the Co 711.114
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mittee, and the publication of its Report, will-.P.
tend to popularise American institutions in ) 3 1,,4.1';'
rope. For our own part, wishing well to 1.11.
Americans, and particularly to Jour/ Qui' t9i3f,
ADAMS, on account of the excellent sere !?0:)1
which he has rendered to the slavery abolit?l .4011
cause in the Northern States, we deeply ..Itri 1
gret that any such Report should have-, ¶
peared. If JOHN TYLER is President itYeP of
cident, the blame rests not with bin', ,e;111
with the framers of the Constitution---:nr.
great tatters of American independeacilja
he has taken an unpopular, he has Itg:-_, '-ait,:„ . ' '
a bold and manly course. He has trttettle- ' 11'
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party, and, in opposin g the Sale-of Lands' ''''t:
i,s,td
tribution Bill, he stated clearly that lets olt
cf,.. ~,,t
was to provide a fund sacred to th-e dischalcc
the public debt. He was tnorr.over the Pt ,i 'OP 1"
to propose to Congress the re duction of 7,40,,1
prerogatives and powers of the President;io :4
that he had authorised a similar course to t 0.9.,1
recommended by the Committee without til 'r
covering with obloquy the Presidential otAef',-
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Nothing can be more gratifying than the • u -ti&J,
versal delight of the American people at the 'f- to :i*,!,
cess of Lord ASHBURTON'S mission. At all ,‘• eire
public meetings and festivities, and in tm '"j . I
re,
journals, of every shade of opinion, the " ;o,t
,i:
vailing sentiment is the pleasure that is felt_,' .it ; '
there is no longer the danger of a war with -r--4 dell,
land. The people oa this side of the Ada 13'64.,
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cordially participate in the gratification der.;
t'i
lat,
from that feeling. Our readers are aware o
from the first breaking out of the rebelliw ;Die
Canada we deprecated the adoption of any A bff ' '
of policy, or any course of action, that con' ''',be. '
any possibility involve us in a war with
1.:or I
United States. Upon all-occasions since, ,m : ,
under all circumstances, we laboured iuce 61 00' '
to prove that we had nothing more at hero 't 1. iok,
the maintenance of the most amicable rel 11. t; ,el,
with our Transatlantic neighbours. As diffel C ;jot
arose we took the most favourable view of .';', ills
—represented that the dignity of so pow, 1.1110'4
State as England was best consulte a ..A .
being ever slow to take offence, 76,jV
ever ready to accept an explanation—and 'd5,..%14,,",
upon the all-important fact that the Ame .11 i'9lo,
were our brethren, "bone of our bone, ar id' flee.,
of our flesh," who in their hearts look, ~.d."llPrat
old England with a sort of filial affecti
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Government wisely took the same vi'. 1 v °I of
question, and the result is that the p eoPlen:ir
Great Britain and the United States ar ein t— 4
tures at finding themselves on. the em 'ev
,'!
becoming better friends than they ever wer e
oil(
fore. The trade between the two countries 41
be greatly facilitated by the confidence v litt'ill ,1,,'
the Treaty of Washington will beget in , "aal
commercial world. Altogether there is .1.1)-tilii.P
for national congratulation on the general re 5'
• e.
of Lord ASHBURTON'S mission. ' './
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The speech of the Icing of PRUSSIA fit-
logne, on laying the foundation stone of buihtt'd
for completing the Cathedral, and the
with which it was received by a va
at mulaa-„:Tiy
will long be remembered in Gf,rmany,,:-;,5.f.•,
sentiments which his MAJES rexpresAl
were of no ordinary descriptioT:i. and remarksj'
not less for the Christian spirit toleration-Whig;
; 'Y
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they disro.ay than for true, patriotism and pater.P:i
love ror his people. The scene, too, was v°-
'adapted for such, an occasion. It
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in the midst of his Catholic subjectsa'
e
the banks of the Rhine, which the -n
mans fondly call their " own Rhine," II;
exhibited a Protestant Sovereign, divested °I
religious prejudices, dedicating a Catholic teoli
to the worship of the CREATOR. On referring tto
the stirring even ts of IRI3-14, when the inhabit' 4n 0,4,
of Prussia rose as one man ,against their op' Iros.l
sors, his i'vIAJF.sTy recalled scenes of the "I
painful description—the melancholy death 010,' toiy
,;;
QUEEN, the defeat of the army, and the fin
subj „
gatioa of the country. It may easily be ;.rxr'sgi".
therefore, With what enthusiasm he was vheer2i ~
when he reminded them of their bravery
pelting the enemy, and urged. them and
Germans to unite in defence of their fatheriiiiiciii-y.
and prevent for ever the recurrence of !.14.':.;
disasters. The war-cry got up
'NIERS, two years ago„ and the threat--. 1!
invasion of Germany, were not Ibr.Totten,i
%go 's
the most memorable part of this address-
pa;
that which ri,ferred to religious differetivair,
Most people. are brave, and ready to fight Toed.
fence of their country, but few indeed are iti1u,,,05
with the true spirit of religious toleration•
a'teo
wise and patriotic Prince, therefore, incuic
this os°.
Treat duty on his subjects in the
foli
words I---" May it (the spirit of union) attO