Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-11-08
WPORT, n. I. THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER g. 1892.

which he stands before you as a candi-
date for reelection, is CONNIE ntary on
his professions directly impcaching his
sincerity, and insulting to the people TO
whom II is presented. So ayerse did he .
profess himself TO be tn an election of
any President for II second term, that he .
pressed upon Congress the necessity Of
recommending compulsory provision to
that effect IN the Constitution. Yet he
himself is the first person TO present bis
own name TO The people ns II candidate
for rc-clcction-an inconsistency which
in a hnmblc individual would be treated
only with ridicule and contempt. He
protested against the apro,ntn'n ut ofmem-
bris Of Congress 10 Offices under the
General Government; yet he has APP
pointed more than twenty of that body to
such Offices; and has in numerous in
stances created vacancies on purpose TO
supply them with his iavorltes. lie de-
cIared it to be an object Of his admnistra-
tion--a part of the system Of reform
which he was about to begin "to prevent
! the patronage Of the General Govern
mcnt from coming in conflict with the
freedom Of elcctions;" and he has caus-
! ed mole than a thousand public officers
: to be removed for opinions sake, and
has conferred the Offices upon his zeal
Gus supporters, giving them distinctly to
understand that they are the "spoils of
victory"-the reward of rarlizan effor,
and of personal attachment to himself -
t lie has objected to the Constltutionalny
!, Of United States Bank; yet he has
!, proposed the establishment of Il Trcasu-
= ry Bank not founded on specie, to be
! made "a political agent of his own Cabi-
y net, and to flood the country with paper
3 moi;;"%. He has objected to the system
S Of Internal Improvements MS unconstitu-
= tional, but has decided for O. against
:: laws for its encouragement on grounds
OF mere eXrediency; thus subjecting the
q interests of diiiei cnt sections Of the coun-
n try, to the decisions of his own capricious
e will, and approving the expenditure o
Is many millions in favored sections, while
l. lie has rejected, in every instance, ,h'
q appropriations for the improvement ofth,
f. harbors and navigablc waters Of our Owl
,f State.
It Were all these abuses the result mere
C ly ofpeCulur traits in the individual char
It acter of the President, they would still
- furnish ample objection to the renewal
l. of power in such incompetent and I'm.
l. faithful hands. But they become yc,
S. more alarming when we are compelled
l. to refer them to the adoption of MAXIM.
S. and principles of Government directl,
L. subvcrsive Of the Constitution, and ortht
n- Liberties of the people. Some of the
MT Ian h, It'll
Houses of Congress have been ncgativ
A. ed by the President, under circumstan
es ces which argue the want of ability T.
l. discern, or the disposition to regard, tn
to best interests ofthe nation. The suddc
$ e. recall Of currency Of the bank of tn
in United States, upon the fri, olous, thong
ID plausible, prctences set forth in the Pre-
E. sidential veto, must iney itably carry dis
= trcss and ruin to the homes of thousand
1t Of the farmers and mechanics, as well Il
D. the merchants and capitalists ofthe coun
v try. The calamity, though proiessedl,
nj aimed at the lo, cign capitalists, will no
ID fall on them. With them the destrnc
TO ton Of the bank will effect little els
n. than a transfer of their capital to othc
it countries. Our own citizens will be dc
ty privcd of the advantages of an equa
,e medium Of exchange circulating through
n !; out the Union, and in many of the state
il, will be left to suffer from the unwarran
q ted eXcesscs, and arbitrary eyactions Q
s. the local banks. Those who have hire,
bt the capital of the bank for the prosecu
Of ton OF profitable enterprises in the dif
4 ferent nvoca,ions Of life, will he the i'm
ID mediate sufferers. But in this, as il
D every other great convulsion in the in.
p vested capital Of a country, the ruinous
4 effects must be finally visited upon the
D prosperity of the laboring classes OF the
IN community. Alarming as this measure
e is in itself, it is but a single example o
y the exercise of a power, which, applied
j. upon the principles assumed by the Pre-.
n sdent, would make his absolute will .
@ substitute for the constitution and the
h laws
c In no free country can the power o
Is the veto be applied to subjects, the law.
: fulness Of which has been settled by Q
S long course Of legislation, or by the de.
d cisions OF the supreme judiciary. il new
! er before was 80 applied in our own
o country. The instances Of its applca-
: ton had occurred only in the infancy OF
: our government, or upon subjects con
C corning which the national judgment and
s intention was undetermined. In accord
r ance with this principle il is well known
that in those monarchies of Europe which
are comparatively free, the King does
E not, and dares not exercise it. General
+. Jackson has applied The reio 10 subjects,
G recognized as constitutional by epery pre-