Litchfield enquirer., 1834-12-04

Ia tbis course ofconduct republican, r. Il bcIiev- ed by any man who views things dispassiopatey that ii was ever the intention of the framers Of our cons tuon that any one man should have such absolute bower! that no law could be made without his con . sent? No man who has any correct ideas of a gov ernment like ours, in which the people claim to be supreme will for nome nt submit to have legislation controlled by the will Tone man. lfthpse doctrines of the Presiden nt and his party, which have been red out in practice, are correct, our government is desno,c as any other aud there is hut little use in having Congress, or Supreme Court. Le, us call it bv it's true nae and longer be deceived by ihe name of republican,. .. a
 Iis needed hat the President has by the consti tuition the power of returning bills to the place where they originate, for good and sufficient reasons. But i, is believed that the object the framers of inc cons tu,ion had in view was, place check iu the hands of some branch of the government, to prevent hasIy and improvitent legislation. There might be cases in which Congress might hastily run law through without that consideration which the subject meriIed But when Congress, after examining and debating subject thoroughly they have been in ihe prac- ,ce of doing for years past, and coming from all parts of the Union they do, and knowing the wants of the people, it would seem that there could rarely be case in which the President would ind Il neces- sary or proper for him pu, negative their pro ceedngs; and much Iess reason would there be fer him to exercise this power after law had been sanc- toned by three different Congresses, and as many
 different Presidents; and also found by the unanimous opinion of fife Supreme Court 10 be constitutional, as was the case with the Bank Bill. In this case the President has acted upon the principle advanced in the Veto that he is supreme and not bound by Prece- dent.
 It is believed, that if many of those who zeaIousy support the President in all his doctrines would lay aside their party feelings and candidy examine these doctrines and the effect they must necessarily have in governmen, like ours, they would pause, aud begin to look for remedy for the evils to which we are fast approaching. They would proclaim to the world that they were no, the doctrines of free people, and they should never hecome precedent for others to follow
 The king of England has, by the British consti,u- ton, the power of putting negative upon the acts of Parliament that the President of the Unned States has of negatving acts of Congress But no monarch who has held the crown of that realm for the space of one hundred and forty years past has pre- sumed to exercise it. And shall i, be said that re- publican (par excellence democraic) President o these United States shall thus freely exercise power which the king of England dare not do? sa President Jackson has exercised the veto power H'
 less than eight times in the short space Of four years and more than all the Presidents that have precede' him since the adoption of the constitution.
 Is there no danger to liberties from such Tree use of ihis powerf are we suffering one man l' dictate to s what laws we shall have st not abridg ing the powers of Congress, who are the immediate represeni nia,ives ofihe people and in fact wholly de priving the people of making their own laws' and rel" der;no our oovefomen, despotic? N. Giue Up,-The tories say, as we have not succeed ed in the election, we had better give up Never - We nigh, indeed, if we were all cOaiendng for mefe loaves aud fshes---~e saighs giyr npF7-'ai it svI 1 do. we give up the Senate ol the United States we give up liberty itself, 10 be tramped henea'I | the foot of executive usurpaiion. Give up .-N"i | inc battle in which engaged, though o'ieH lost mus. be won. The strife for liberty is violent and it's progress slow bu, is certain. Let the wings go on with hearts full of hope and resolution, and n" snk into iehargy: must persevere as our fathers did in the revolutionary struggle, until victory crowns our hopes--G Genera Courier.