Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-06-08

had Con; rived to soften General Marks So far as to
induce him TO express wish that the President would
renoininate him, that si Gen. NJ. did not mean TO
vote Tor Noah leaving majority of the Senate, if
Mr Tazewell were in his place. still opposed; con-
sntng therefore. the dignity and rights of their boz
dy, they ought not merely to have opposed the ap-
p'ntment on the second nomination, but resented it
Us an aiffont TO their privileges, and an attempt to
dfagoon them in.o submission We find however that
the great body of the Jackson Senators sub
nissve to thoir Chief they abusive and intoe-
rant towards their political opponents.
1t is subject of establishment that Rector vas not
confirmed on his second nomina ton. The President
ought to have chosen his time more judicously; when
some of the opponents of the appointment. were sick,
or had been called home by domestic atlliction.
THE TARIrr.-We find the following in the Bos-
ton Courier of June Sd. We know nothing of its
truth, otherwise.
Letter from member of Congress to the Editor !
of the Courier, says-"The members from the South
explicitly declare [since the passage of the redu-
cling the duties salt and mnlasses and allowing
drawback rum,] that they will complain off
the tariff my other articles. They say the ia riff
on cotton goods does not njure them. and that on
fine Woollens is paid by rich men. and the great
body OF the people have nothing to complain of
ciled." ~0 '''- ''N'' ''''''-
The retained BHIs.-At the close of the session.
the President retained for 'sfner consideration the
Louisville and Portland Canal Bill, (making on ap-
preparation to that work,) and another bill for i'm
provements in rivers harbors, &c. The National In
telgencer of Friday, informs that the President
has not decided the fate of those bills and will not do
SO before the next session of Congress.
question has arisen, whether the President has
z.Lk
gress either to approve reject bill. The clause
Of the Constitution under which it arises is in the fol-
lowing words:
EVERY bill which shall passed House of Represen
Senate s1al before il become law be pre
sen,ed 10 tho President of the United States If he he
shall sign if not, shall it. with his objections
to that House in which shall originated shall en-
the objections large their joura and proceed to re-
consider t. IT, reconsideration two thirds of that
House shall the BILL shall be sent together
the objections the other House by which shall likewise
be if approved by thirds of that House
il shall become law But in all such the
Houses shall be determined by and nays
of the voting for and asans, the shall
on the Journal Of each House respectively If bill shall
not be returned by the President within days Sundays
cep,ed) shall have been presented him. the shall
be law in like he had signed
sress by their adjournment in which
shall not be law."-Art Sec. g.
The National Integencer contends for the afir-
native. and CONSTITUTES the words ''return" and ere
turned to refer to the of bill returned ,oiM
oeetions. Its argument is very ingenious; neverthe-
less, we should have imagined before reading that
gument, thatif there clause IN the Constitu-
ton about the construction Of which there could not
be two opinions, that this the clause. If bill
shall not be returned in ten days. it shall be law
in like if the President had signed it, ur,-
less Congress by adjournment, prevent its RETURN
when it shall not be law. Now is every bill sent
to the President, retuned by him to Congress, either
with without objections? Except indeed in cases
of the kind referred to- If that be So why limit the
meaning of the word return, of bills returned
with o6jections2
The President, the National Tntelligcncer says CO.
incdes with that paper it's constructions. ard holds
himself to have the right to pass or reject the
two bills; but it think public opinion differs
and has adopted the opposite construction.
"Retrenchb,ent THE public is appraised that all
the mighty promises of Retrenchment which were
strong lever in the hands of the Jackson party to
pull down Mr. Adams administration, have eventua-
ted in the abolition of the Off of Craftsman (s50o
per annum,) the debate Oh which cost something like
10000, and in the Retrencamcnt effected by Score
tary Branch in ''newspapcr sli5scrp'ioD (hoc rnuc
is not stately But in the confusion incident to the
last days of the session, it has bean generally over
looked that the Office, any the salry of the
Craftsman has been reoiued leaving Secretary
Branches patriotic and agnfceDtsavings in "news-
paper subscriptien"-to stand alone, monument of
lis economy, and the fraudulent professions of the
Jackson dynasty
We wonder if it is possible for Mess's Hamilton,
Rives and Wickrfe, the principal members of the
famous Retrenchmeut Commtee-for their satellites
the floor of Congress, and their per allies
throughout the country, to survey the in
which their promises have been accomplished without
shame?
II The National Intelligencer of Saur day states
that Mr.. Randolph has iDiimated wish that John
Rondolnh CLAW of PhladeIuj,ia IN rrotcco or NJ