Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-17
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he'al government newspaper at the seat or
s2Veramsnt says, ''the question: rcmai.s
whether the President has pewer now t. siga
these bulls m the recess. or whether, IL return.
ed 10 ths next Congress with his approval.
they will ttas bscoae laws The oh',,t *
the Oroao IN THIS mystiiyns Passage, il oh.
tously 70 hold sut the idea that tia fate az
these bulls is not settled by the course II. "a.
gard TO them which Gen jackson has bee.
made to adopt. BY holding this doubtful Ian.
saase 1t hopes to provide MS partisAns with n
pisa Tor allayias the deep dissatisfaction which
Is TEL. by the it,snis Of interaal Irnpre, enens
towards the Administration. and 10 kesn 40
ex9edient in reserve fer prepitiatinr pahll.
sentiment, IL he should find il aouyen;srtt.
retraee his steps Great doubt appears to ~
to rest en- the construction which tha Orrsa
has been directed 90 put for,h. The Constt-
luton. ~ the 9TH seetos of its frat a,tisl..
says
III any bill shall not be returned bv ,ha
President within ten days tSuadaya exseptedn
alter II shall have bees presented to ha,. ~.
same shall be law, 10 like manner az ir ha
bad signed e. uniess Congress by their adj
tournament, prevent its return, in which eAsa
IL shall not ba iaw.p
Now, as Congress did hdjours before tho
expiration Of Ten days after Tie bill. had b.en
HtS""f'NRN A
the contingency contemplated bv the Conan.
tuition has taken place. and shat the b,Il.
"shoii not be lava" II the Constitution hal
designed 10 give the President any subsc.
q'ient power over the bills, would that ,s,tn,.
ment have closed ITS provision on the subject
with so emphatic and unqualified a t,sclara-
tom Noald AZ not have gone on ~ say tl,af
the President might Laro the option OF arm.
ing the bills during tho reeossp The ex,rn.
sion OF authority claimed for the President. bv
the adsoeates OF an opposite doetrins is ret,s.
er too if6erdI a eonstrue.on ofthat instruments.
for Ltmitaiians ut any rate. That the uara.
ger. OF whom Gen jackson is the agent ara
wiling 10 aserbe this power To him, IN ordes
TO Keep pnDhe opiaioD "a suspense as to the
extesi OF hIs abandonment OF Internal I'm
provemesis, j, OBVIOUS from his message coa-
cerning the bills
The Organ, trembling fer the consequences
Of Goa Jaekson's soaduet IA regard TO these
bills, endeavoFs to snltt the responsibility from
him To Congress. The strange pfopos,tio.a
tnat the responsibility for The loss or suspeu-
sion oi the bllls fests, no, on the Presidents
who refused 10 sign them, but on the I..eis-
latufe which poSssd thsta, Is coachcd in the
following words:
''They did not receive tho signatures of thu
presiding siitcers Of die Two Houses until
Monday morning, asd nsra not submitfed ten
ths Pfesidsat, for HI. examination and appro-
val, antll few inmates before the adlautn-
msnt. Under saesc circumstance. hs i.su0Ie
prop" tonolyg The hco Houses thai he rsm,i1 n
(urtssy time t. ersnts4s and aet.bsrais bsj'n. Ia
signed tAsss The hoo Ho,ses, tgasneasatsiu
upon ,eessssssg ihis NJ rmation, adloas,.sd lie
any blame or responsibility aIscs irofn tho
adjournment ei Congress before the ase,s.oa
OF the President was made, that rcsponsihjhtv
rssts with those who threw the qllestion bs-
fore Liza unasr such eifennnstaseeA and by
the al tournament prevented that dxliberatIon
which importance OF the subjects r@aairad.D
Naw, what were sho terms of Cen jack
sons answer co the eomnuaic alton from tho
two Houses HAT is waited tiHe, accord
ing 70 the above Organic version Of 1t 80 ex-
anime and deliberate "befose he signed the
billsp" No--the answer was, tina, "ke baf
no further CO llpsuateasIon 10 "sspks 10 tic,sr--
(See report OF Mondays proceedings ur the
Telegraph Gao any Ian 9n-se indicate taor~
plainly than this, that Gen. Jst k,on took ON
hlpsseli the responsibility Of thu fate of the
bills? When this President Of the United
States, IN answer to communication from
Congress appfising him that they were about
10 adjourn, "uSLEss hs had G az further COM
! ''nuiseatioa to ntaae 10 tAsa, informs them
'that ".e Aas further eoss0ssn ssatioa TO gaa.s
s'kO tkss,," What are inc two Houses 10 sfo
bat adjourn Are they 10 continue their .es-
SONS, after such declaration, in the txgec-
taiioR OF seeing 1T Jasgied by ths reception Or
some former sennnuHeatlonp IL the Iissi~
deaf really wanted time TO make it, why did
hc net tell thsm 50, when the question wss
directly put to hims TIE verv words OF the N
message to him would have obliged them, in
such case, 10 give him lizns. II ia true ha
told them be had Ieta,sed tho bills TOR further
consideration; but hs IA distinctly apprise d
them that he had 30 design Of snbtaittIas the
result OF that Constitution % saem at ghoir-
/ pfeseat sessisa.
/ But can tnere be ims ginsd a more wretch-
ed lnposture thau the ptetext that the prasi-s
dent bad moi tune 10 make up his nliad ou
/ these bills? The Light House Blu Was pass
! cd by thu House "a Representatives ca sbeu
/ 9Th OF April, was sent to tile Senate, and On
/ the 18th OF May was parsed with amencsfe ~.
. and wss returned IN rs amended form to tie.
/ House. The LoassgtlLe ossd Portland Con3G
| BA passed the $esate, w here il had origtna-
ted, oa the 18th sf March. Ia the ease "
the former bali, Gen. jackson must thereforS
be presumed to have known its original prs !.
visions, from tins 1taAprIl to The 3ist 81 May -
an Interval OF nsarly eight pssks; aud is a.
mended character ioT more than tsce ~ eeks.
and In ths ease 81 ihs latter bill, he MIST he
presumed 10 have had similar knowledge a.
tl.ren wseks. How, euless bis wuole tsrns
was sDsrossed by his duties as PRESIDENT or