The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-09-12
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Iolif,lde and ascertain hO'c far the sfehe".s
iriren him from hs true course Lei ,s
fbis or,,dsnce and, before tcs toal J'H's, :, ~
to the point fTOg tch'ch 'ce p.,,,e 49, are
snn, be 0t lead able TO eoHJeet2e 'ohSe "e
7Otc ure."
Tho srs, Message of President Jackson 10
Congross wgs looked for we have SAID, VITA
,treaf ;6,ores.. by those whose minds were not
made nm either TO support or to oppose tue Au-
,,;p;s,r.,;on The Message came IL was
smooth. (air-spoken document %"ich' ey 'nose
,ybo ro.d !, sunetfcially, was thought lItne 4aa'
HE to execution If il had not been Tor The pass
aye which threatened the existence oil the BANK
of the United States il would have passed prop
ably without material censure from any o""y
II contained however, the germs OF the most
exoeptionabe Of the Subsequent acts and doc
trines Of the present Administration. Nc re-
fer TO the withdrawal Of The protection OF the
United States 10 the Indians, as guaranteed by
reeeaied Treaties and the refusal TO execute
law of ahe United States (for removing IN
trudcrs from Indian lands) because, in the opin.
ion of the President. though il had been acted
upon without doubt for thirty gfsrs, uaael ev-
cry President, il was not constitutional! TINS
.snonsrous assumption did net then attract The
attention TO which it was entitled, hui, recall
ed to mind by The still larger pretensitus "t ibe
late Veto Message, we see that, even thus ear.
lv Cen jackson declared that independence OF
the .Judiciary, as well as of Congress, which
he has on the recent occasion plainly and dis
{inc.ly asserted pretension not TO be toicrat.
cd ; ard which, persisted in by any President,
must lead 20 his impeachment as an uSurper OF
despotic power.
The only measure of the first session of Con-
gress under the present Administration, which
was carried through as party measure by all
Al. r L 4 IL
but which, exerted TO the utmost, secured but
bare majority Of votes in either House. was
THE INDIAN BHr. Amendments to that BILL
proposing to protect the Indians in their pres.
eut possessions and in the enjoyment of the
rights guaranteed by Treaties. until they should
choose TO remove beyond the Mississippi, svese
rejected by party votes In the House of Rep
resen'ntlves, after being forced through by sew
eral close divisions of the House the majority on
the final passage of the bill was but foe votes.
Notwithstanding every effort, in doors and ont
doors by the confidential friends of the Exec
utve, there were number of his supporters in
Congress who were TOO conscientious 30 vote
for measure, which. though on its face it on.
y gave powers (much too large indeedl TO the
Executive 10 negotiate with the Indians and
cxpend the pubic money to induce them 10 re-
move, did in effect subject them to the opera.
ton Of the laws Of several States conflicting
as well with the laws of the Union. as with
Treaties with 4he Indians. In connection with
the action Of the Legislatures OF Georgia, Ala
bama, and Mississippi and the uBheard Of con
structiOn put by the President on the constitu
tiona powers of the Federal Government, this
measure Indicated an entire change in its poll
cy ,iowards the Indians. OF that change Of
policy we see the consequence in the present
ignominious imprisonment of the Msslonarc.
ucf lat.- mr.
Treaties, and in defiance, so far, of the nprieh'
Judgment Of the Supreme Court OF the Unitet
States, whose opinion, the President has jus
informed Congress, is neither rple nor restraint
TO him
The suggestions Of the President in his first
Message, in relation 10 the BANK OF THE UNiT.
Ed STATES, and his proposition to erect party
Bank on lis ruins, upon which we now know
ne was inVeteraelv bent were so excepiionable
that they scarcely found in the United States
an individual TO second ihcm The committee
OF the Senate to whom that part of he Mes
'sSSG wa referred, though majority Of it were
% MS parry, threw ridicule on the propO-
slllon IN HIi1nclal point Of view, while, OF
thcv dccsted t6a ohieccfnIt political expediency
opinion, " INsUPERABLE AND 1,h,
language of the committee of the ~ ..,sa )" y
Representatives on the subject was eq1ilI
strong. The various objections to Govern
Snent Bank, as a financial measure, were pei
spicuousy stated by the committee, and its pc
litical tendency, if not object, were exposed il
the following terms which are too good 10 par
aphrase But the inevitable tendency Of
Government Bank TO involve the country in
paper system, is not, in the opinion of the com
mttee, the greatest objection. The powerful
and, in the hands of bad administration, tr
irresistible and cOrrupting influence which i
would A 1
country, constitutes an objection more impos
ing than all the others united. 40 matter D.
aeA0t means an administration mirht get int,
power, with such tremendous engine in thei
LANDS, It would be almost impossible 10 dis
place them tcdk0ut come IRirdcuiOUs ihtsrp0si
t,3R of Pr0ridence" One would have suppos
ed Lhlt these decisive Reports from he finan
ci.l committees Of both Houses Of Congress
and from his Gun friends too, woHid AaYs di
verled the President from pursuing the prepOs
terons project Of a Treasury Bank. We di
not then know, however, as we know now, h0s
and eherein The Bank of the United States ha
incurred his displeasure by thwarting the "a pa
cious plans of Messrs. Isaac Hill & Co. No
we I'D then know, as we now do, that the Pres
dent considers himself as "bnrn to command,
and that the Bank, having refused 10 obey him
was to be punished accordingly, whilst a hos
al lis ndversaries were to be quarteref on TIN
treasury under the guise of Government Banl
Ofilcers. But before we arrive at the third ac
OF the Bank drama, or even at the second W,
must advert to the other Vet0s, which com,
next in the order Of remarkable events which
9lave.ccurred under the present Adininisir s
tion.
al the close of the session Of Congress We
nave already spoken Of and some days suJSe
gNeHt TO the passage of tie Indian Bill, the
friends Of Internal Improvement, ;Sof both The
existing parties,) were surprised and alarmed
by the Presidents refusal to approve and sign
the bill authorizing subsoriptl"B to the stock
of The Maysvile Turnpike Road Company
which was followed up by refusal tn approve
three other bills which had passed Congress
one authorizing a further subscription 10 the
Louisville and Portland Canal; another uu.
thorlzlng a subscription To The stock of the
Frederick Road Company the third for i'm.
proving certain haFbors and erecting light
bopses, &c.
portant questions, wholly distinct from one an
other, in both Of which we were entirely at
points wah the President.
IN the first place, we objected TO the grounds
on which he placed the rejection Of those bills,
as insufficient, untenable, and incompatible with
MS own previous declarations and votes. The
constitutional scruples protested in tho Mes
sage containing his reasons for refusing 10 sign
The Mnysville bill, are altogether neutralized BY
opposite opinions which he had, moi long be.
,ole' soemnly placed npop record, in his official
Sapsscny as senator OF the United States On
~ hve years before the date of this Veto, he
au, W Tue Senate, voted in favor Of bill 10
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