Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-08-09

H''huy Is ne announced for recollection b,
ms managers IN Congress, by abortive aud de
| 'eplVe Legislative caucuses, IN Penusylyani,
! an" Ne" YORK, aud by the subsidized presse,
ny ""'hotuy.' DeieTence 10 public seutnen
anu our republican Institutions, would surely
I n"Ve dictated moie full and fair trial OF hlm
before this annunclatiun, II there were no IN.
ierestS 10 be served but tnuse OF the country,
| no MOI myself, however, l6y so much stress
/ npoh We nasty violation Of this pledge, as oi
! the other Two
/ Next, he was TO be the President OF the oa
ton according 10 hs aivlce TO Nj Monroe,
and TO Play the modern Hercules aud crush III,
many'hehded monster Vi party SpIril pr.
saWe he meant the kiad OF party that now
ihIes the nation aud moi that wholesome KIND
'"fned upon s'eat leading principles OF gov
e'"meh' aod policy ter this kHd OF party
| seems as necessary 10 the preservation OF Tree
government, watching aud checking enrh 9th
er' as The Fathers OF the Republic thought the
United States Senate 10 be- hy checking aud
restraining the Executive Mag,sirat, Ih,
9ehaie, mean such as II came lran The hand
| Its makers-HOi such as now is or la,ely vas.
thu sersile Register OF Ektculne (or rather
OF CabmsD ediots.
Instead Of administering the Government
upon the elevated PRINCIPLES OF the FaIh.r
OF his county and Crushing the factious mon
s'tr. II has taken advantage Of ihe decime of
ms PHYSICAL aud mental powers, aud con-
qnered him-llaced itself in the highest seat of
government WIN all lis heads ertct, like the
two grisly bears On the Missouri coat OF arms
ana made nm The mefe INSTRUMENT VI It's IurUu.
Lent and chaotic reign
In opeu violation of the Constitution and
laws, II has changed the proud tenure of oncr
chlse unde, lts teet Fidelity and fitness ave no
longer any srcurIty TO our Official agents, even
dn'iag the short terms OF Their appointments
bat srrVlle devotion 10 the regnrng monster oi
party is the only test.s Our ulhc,s are no
longer pnbhc properly, bui Executive lusitu-
menIs and the Whole power mud patronage
81 the Government are wlridrd ms paiiy en-
&iae, hed the officers, honOrs, and pmpluunents
ol The krUnbllc are used as brtbrs 80 buy pn'
p"lar'y, u weapons 60 crush opposition, aud
lence HE 'oice OF expiring hbeny
Nor i this all The founders Of the Repab
lie iondir believed ,Jai by giving 10 the Unucd
states oedate high tRnk, connected with buth
me leg liiatIye aud Executive departments of
ne government, With longer term than the
/, esldfnt, and II Comparatively independent
tenure OF olhce tiny had forever placed that
body above the reach of Cabinet influence rs
an iMMOVEABLE BARRIER between the
encfoaching sprril OF Executive wll aud the
occasional obnilnIons OF popular passlon; but
Tie InslUuatlng spirt vi Cabinet influence
gained Tor II tIine, EVEN the Senate! The Sen.
ate Was carried. Inc great Oarrlei icas dl,sul.
we'd by thai power, which, having the urIgina~
ting OF honors aud Offices, " il always more
llkhly 10 attract than TO be attracted by tue
power which eau only obsIruct then course.
The government lrds changed from repubi-
can 10 despotic, by the detection OF the senate.
until thu excesses OF the Cabinet, by subsid,z.
log the press and gaming away from the cause
OF constitutional liberty, by the srduciions OF
hOnOts and emuluments, that powerful ally
winch crowned despois secure 10y the awe otthe
hByonet, became SO alarming, al length, ,hat
the very flitniS oil INSTRUMENTATION laltered IN
tier career, aud abandoned their standard. in
several honorable and even memorable insan-
ces. The Sennie hecame partially itself again,
aud resumed its restraining power aud duty
bur even yet this last hope OF constitutional
liberty is llckerIng TO lls extinction, aud can
only be revived by the renOVatlng virtues OF
The elective franchise.
Our National policy of Internal Improve
menrs aud Native Industry. Here We might
excIa,m al the threshhod,w uh Cardinal Nolsey
i O. day, our hopes budded and blossom
forth, 10 morrow comes lrosl--a n1pplng
frost, aud bghts them all-ior herr, gentle.
men, is tue celebrated Veto Message, holding
up the ST. LOUIS Beacon OF June Il, cou-
iain,ng tina, ducument,-ihat child Of many
fat hers.
Imagine, il YOU please, such prodigy in the
physical world, as an infant, mosaic aud les.
selated in It's various hues, with one patch Of
the European or Ango.Amerlcan white one
of the deep red Of the aboriginal Sioux i-ano-
ther OF the let.black African with touch OF
the AsiatIc, and a dash al the halmuck Tartar
or Laplander-sucna calico child would be a
greater non-descript IN physics, thdn the Veto
Message is 10 politics. lis various parts father
themselves.
First IN importance, tho not in order, Is
the contribution winch ascrbs TO the grand
magician the Premier OF the United States.
Listen aud admire, ii can fad II, and have
designed II as the people ought TO designate our
arrIng cabinet--wIth aConluunded black mark
HIRE II is
.'Ifn be the wish of tho people that the
i" cons ructon nfroads and canals should be
" conducted by the Federal Government, II Is
- not only highly expedenl, but rndlspenslbly
" necessary, that previous amendment OF the
" Constitution ,delegating the necessary power,
preference to The sovereignty Of the States,
" should be- made
TINS IS distinct aud complete paragraph. If
this be so, the matter is settled against Us, until
we can persuade three Joiothsto do what We
cannot persuade tuO hirds 10 do, otherwise We
would have oveffuled the unexpected aud
sIncly veto. lflhe Secretary's reason be valid,
the message might have been closed with thai
short paragraph, without tue long equISocalIng
uain OF sophlsily which the document exhibits
Il might all nave been condensed In "A slnSie
hne " You have no power 10 do IL
When former king Of France, visiting one
of his fortified towns, reprinanded his miinaiy
governor for not filing salute on the arrival
lis Majesty, the General answered." sire,
can assign you forty good reasons Tor not
sauting your Majesty first, mad not a
particle of amm1ni ION to do it with, and Sc.
cond''-Stop there, said the hing, that rea-
son IS sufficient"
Not content with denying the power 10
construct such works, the message goes back
10 the Foundation oil the government, IN the next
paragraph aud undoins ell that has been done
E,r half a century denies even the power OF the