Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-03-25

10 possess, ana NnlerRNc read so much about in
British books, are, f,tst be confessed, too apt
enough 10 ascertain at has been already ex.
planned, to wit that iti$sstally out fthe reach
Of the President 10 eN<rls>n influence beyond
the law, and that he caiiist, like he king of I'm
g!auaabut votes ky bribing members Of he le
gisiatuAx. IN efIl 1, it is this very want OF pow
er to bi&e, thatst,mul aaeSsuch faction 70
cry downFhe PrssideH 10 reDdering him sns
Pected; foA ss poneytbr SFSs il their object,
and the exAggre has ny sgh TO satisfy
sh s% ' Of for The 's: only
cut've out of 4%r, andaw;lh. Nm all his co-ad.
tutors, so IS MAKE vacancies FOR the leaders
ct The taetions Thx point is so clear that it is
wonderful OF good tizens, who are truly the
friends Of frstdom, dtA1ot stand M more stout.
" Tor PrfsSient thao}sey do, whenever they
see him assMled by aixetion in the Senate, or
elsewhere.
The increasing evil lies in the analogy, al
ready spoken Of, attempted 70 be established be
tween an English king and President No
parallel can be run in that direction. The true |
line of simiitude is 10 be found in The place oil
soOereignD in each country In Great Britain !
the kiTg is sorereigss- nathe United States the !
people are sovereign. As BoDsparle lately said |
IN one ofh's official addresses, De vital princi- |
PIE OF S; nonarGey is vse iyoi AEen when the
~,
that, in political sciss, tie kin soeyer dies,
and, in the sane sense. he tsppiel h this coun-
Ivy never die. grhe sns''s;, ,'a psralel, there
fore, runs bctwssn the avg in ENG land, AMI The
people, IN the United States. tyss in this point
OF view, likewise, We Sres so,fes ard the maxim
that RE King can aoHo -pro1gf for II is not per-
sonaily consIdered, that he csn do no evil but
That politically. he is answerable for nothing. !
FMS IS precisely the too with our citizens.
1her can do no uyoaS. Who ever talks of PVT
nshlnS theias The analogy extends in the
same way as il regards hattery. IN Great Bri- |
tam the monarch is fl1ttered IN the United /
Sia,es 1t is tho people who cajoled. In truth,
what is sovereign is invariably Aa;tered; chief
~ because sovereignty IS the fountain of honors |
and wealth, and men End it their interest to
hatter it.
Considering the subject in these lights, there
IS sufficient reason. allowing that the patriots
OF England in Inc opposia;ka-are not all patrio
out OF place, why an Hi,position there and jca-
lousy of the crecui5xH should at opce be more
useful and commehnab!sPthan witR us. The
people of Great Brltain having, as were, no
state OF nullity, andswhol Seyer. cithe in farce
or earnest, givesa ccdht snance q them,
does so far ameliore,e tfeir cpndifibn as TO /
restrain the hand of eppresMoh tim entire |
ly crushing them. Batin the <isbIted States
the people are every thiiissxsssTe particularly
with respect TO the House OF Representatives |
and executive, whom they actually elect every |
two and four years. Hence strong opposition |
and stimulating factions are exceedingly PERM !
cious in our government. because they distract |
the public mind and instead it. The remedy /
for the evil is to pace the intellect OF the cti-
zens upon solid basis, by establishing certa in |
principles in correspondence With the provis- |
ons ofthe constitution. One ofthesc principles |
should be, agreeably to my experience, thar the |
people oHgt 70 Sc most suspicious and tch FIJI
cthGt branch oiS9sern,cnt zshich is zost oar of
their yeach corroRi. How does this apply
Putting the judiciary ont of the question, and
inspecting the more paiitical part Of the govern
mental tnachinc, the SENATE is, most emnha.
csliy, almost entirely out Of the controul OF
the people; for, independently of the mode OF
choosing the members, it Is. literally, an iasfi
fTtionJor kLfe. There is, % be sure, no heredi-
tary succession, dura, ion for individual lives
but there is lbolifienl vitaLit, that never
ferishes; and the two ,hirds who always re-
main are quite enough 10 corrupt to their pur-
poses the new members that biennialiy come
IN, and who, in many instances, are the old
members reelected.
If then, jealousy ofany branch or body of the
government is TO prevail, the senate ought
to be the object 1stitssa seoatorioi influence de-
pend on it, SIZE danger ous,rock 10 the bark
of freedom, Yrhe people caHeot reach, by e.
whilst tfs'Eepres, n,atwes and the President
are perPftually witAinS,he skhere of their
chasten9g sufirages. l.fNus "a ablish for our
selves ijast maxirrs o}fsfzs<A AID not import
from abEoad notions t'.:sass shsensibiy lead
US intoS TrstOcracy or eohzFcc9y, If not Into des
Potismt CANILLUS.
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