The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-10-31

ments are constitutional only where they are
supposed to give doubtful States Administra-
tion malorities.
All can see that the leading and fixed policy
of tie .1dmiaiSirQii0a is the preservation of its
own power. But who can tell what has been
the policy Of the country far the last fauI years
None o! lis great interests have been stcadil Y
cherished and encouraged but on the other
hand, each in its turn has had 10 encounter moi
only the threats, but the blows of the adminis-
tra;ion. Internal lmprovemenis-thoses strong
and indissoube bonds Of union To the States
were first to meet the rebukeS of The Execu
tive. Manufactures were next 10 be destroyed
by a "judcious Tariff" The Bank, xln, Il
alone can preserve a sound currency 10 the
country, was to be converted into a Govern
ment machine, with the design of promoting
tho views Of the Executive. And 10 complete
the catalogue oi experiments it was thought
best, for the sake Of political eject, TO nego
tiate a nominal opening of the West India
ports, watch operates, in fact, as an exclusion
of our vessels from the trade.
But the worst and most alarming features oi
the Administration are found IN the encroach
ments of the Executive on the CO ordinate
branches of Government, aud in the omen and
papabie violations Of the Constitution. Vain
boaslings and empty professions soon cease 10
action, soon become idle, unmeaning words
Commerce may be checked, yet it will again
start into action Manufactures nay be de-
siroyed, yet they will again ecyivi. Internal
improvements may Tor Il while be stopped, vet
the growing wants Of the cuunlr' will demand
them. and they must be had But when the
Constitution is openly invaded md violated. an
injury is done that cannot he r'paired. and the
first rrettieyabe step rs taken towards deS-
pOtism. lie who takes this sep makes his own
arbitrary will his rule of actnn, and deserves
the name OF tyrant. That sch step, has been
taken by the present Executive. facts afford
unidentified proof.
lie has assumed power which the trainers
of the Constitution supposed would subject
him Ia inprachmeBt.-th' power of removing
faithful public officers atpleasu-e, and tor II"
"lher reason but tor their expressing their po
lllcal opinions This power has been exeIcis
ed in the most waniun and ftgrant manner
among every grace of Officers in the country.
and has done mure than my thing else since
the formation of the government, to bring Ex-
ecuive patronage INTO conflict with the Fl eedum
of elections
lie has disregarded the constitutional an
thrifty of tbs Senate IN the appointment of pub
lie officers either by making unnecessary APP
pe!ntmenls during the recess Of that body or
whom the Senate had rejected
He has withheld appropriations constitution
ally made, and has undertaken To say what
parts OF a law of the land should, and what par,
should not ne carried inin effect
His course with regard to- the Missionaries
and the Indian Tribes cannot fail to excite your
Indignation Conduct surh as this was never
before seen in government pretending to re
spect the law Of nations the liberty OF The
citizen, and would better accord with The seni.
menis of Russian Auiocrlt Grand Seiyn-
ior than with those Of President of the Unit.
ed States. Two of your own citizens are now
immured within the walls Of Peniteniary.
contrary Ia the law of the land, and for no 9th.
er crime than preaching the gospel Of peace to
the poor Indians n" exeriion is made by the
Executive to obtain their Liberation, but on the
other hanL, there is reason to believe, that he
not only aequlesces in. hut approves of their
Imprisonment, Nor has the President been less
arbitrary and uni nsl 20 the Indians themselves
Though bnupd 10 protect ihen bv various trea.
ties, which the Supreme Cour; have decided TO
be constitutional and binding, vet he suffers
their land to be taken fran them their persons
to be imprisoned, and their properly to be plum
dered and destroyed. The hand Of protection,
which former admlnisi rations extended them,
is now for the first time withdrawn; the annu-
they ceded large territory, are now Withheld {;
and all for the sole purpose of driving them
from the land and graves Of their fathers
They have Appended from the President to The
people Their appeal is 10 you, and lis Justice
is Tor yoni consideration
The Presidents Veto Message will not es.
cape your serIous attention independent OF
the fsgrant abuse of the Veto power. it con-
tains sentiments, that may we'll excite alarm
They do excite alarm Men uf business hest
tate and doubt ; general feeling of insecurity
and uncertainty prevails, AMI in some parts OF
the country, ii has already dried mp the sources
from which the soor and ndusi rious have gain
cd a com 'ortahe support. Whether this mes
sage contains the real sentiments o the Exetu-
tive on political economy, or whether it was
intended to mlslead. the dilemma is equal; cis
tressiug in the one case, he deserves the
pity, and in the other, the contempt of the
American people. In this Message, the Presl-
dent tells us, mat Ire has as cord a right 10
give construction 10 the Constitution and
laws as the judiciary, and iniimates that he
will. not execute any decisions ni the JudlriatV
nor enforce any law OF Congress nnr any Treo
iy, unless IL agrees with the Constitution as he
uRders'@RdS u--thus making himself the SOLE.
judge of his own rights, and above the control
nt every Other department of the government
The inllacy and danger Of such doctrine can
not be too well understood 1t is now for the
frs, time broached and should 1t ever be esIab
lshed, the end Of the Constitution is near M
hand, and universal Notification and anarchy
will have begun The President would be-
above the laws, and like the King of England
could do no wrong inr he would be RESPONSE.
BILE To no earthly tribunal HIS SOVEREIGN will
would be he law. aud would swallow up all the
power oil the other departments. Thai such is
tn: intention OF the Executive. his hitter disrp.
gard of the authority Of The Senate in making
appointments, his violation of The authority al
the Supreme Court in the construction of The
Constitution and laws; and his intinaiinn 10
Congress. that they should have asked him
for Bank Charter, afford the strongest and
most ample proofs
Young Men of Massachusetts, The contest
in which you are engaged is no, contest for
men, but contest for measures and principles
On the one baud is a free Constitution and
equal laws, and on the other: is anarchy. nulh.
hcaiion and dcspnism. You are called upon
To remove BY your votes from The Presidential
chair the man, whose whole life has been but
continued series Of violations of the laws. whose
whole GREER broaihes cnntemp; for the re-
stIaints and decencies Of civil life
MS man. raised by people grateful for his
military services, to the highest office in their
gut, and made the guardian Of their Corsli,u
iion' mas used his whole authority, enlargrd by
the lame Of military chielIain - 10 break
down That Constitution, and In substitute in 10
stead, his own arbitrary will The resn,t oc
TINS contest may be in y0nr own hands Veto.
ry IN your own State ought not 10 satisfy. Your
influence can extend 10 the TemOlost bounds of
Inc Republic; you can shew your brethren IN
otbef states That the same patriotic love, which
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