Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-06-29
ercise even Of unauestionable authority. Under

this administration, the contrary, the disposition
has been manifest to exercise freely the extreme
power Of the Constitution, and TO extract Substan-
tive powers from incidental words in IT,
But, whs, need, some honest inquirer after the
| truth may ask, for dissertation nj tits moment
upon the veto power Because, We answer, il Is
the taliSman which has enabled the President, and
WILL thus abused enable his successor, 10 uSurp the
legislative power; Ia control with his single y III
the will iihe whole People. by awaiting himself
of minority power in the HILL, Caa frs, 10 a.
eompish his plans, when majority shail be- oppn-
sed to them. This use Of he veto is a part oi liz
system which Is 10 be- consolidated b. The success
of the objects Of the Baltimore Convention. W
shall see, in the sequel of tins survey, how Gar this
power, IN combination with certain constructive
powers which the Executive has either exercised
or claimed, or winch are now fundamental arli-
oles in the party creed, las been male in.'rIt.n-
tai IN the suhsefsion OF the true principle If Ile
Gotcrnmcnt. And, howcserfrdious the proccs,m1,
appear To impatient readers, il is ouls By ti, SUI
al analysis oil the principle ofthc pregaluo party
thai W. can arrive AT "A due comprehension of ih#il
enormlty, or proper sense Of the danger Of per
pctnaing them.
In reference to the objections which We take 10
the frequent and free Use OF the veto power by the
Executive, as well as 10 the other constructions
present administration, it may be- urged, that tIrse
acts and prctensons relcrrihc 10 lhc chaf-
aetcr and temper of the individual who now fills
Tie thcf MagisiraCN, and not 10 3" the party
winch supports him. Accustomed II command
We may be told, n will not hr restrained, do what
the party can. This argument would, perhaps, b,
entitled to some consideration, had MT the pafis
FIRST tolerated, and then embraced all the doctrine,
winch rejecting and reasoning Republican, coisi-
der most ciceptonlble in this Administration
and had not the nominee of the baltimore Conycn-
ton arowcd his determination, if elected, to tread
" IN the footsteps" of his prcdccc, the present
thici Magistrate. But, if tins plea for =" the par
ty' were to be admitted and were to include tfr
spois principle as well rs the Executive cncroach-
inrnts IT would leave the dominant putty in the IN
fortunate prcdieamcnt Of having no principles nj
all For, as We have before rcrnarkcfinthc course
OF these papers, tho peculiar and distinguishing
principles OF the dominant party coeyal IN tbs
Government with that party, and did mol exist be-
lore II. II there be no merit IN these principles, |
the party has nothing else on earth 10 recommend T
II, nothing 10 ionnda clalm upon, and nothing To
perpetnIc.
w cannot dismiss the Veto Message, To which
We have had occasion to lead the readers attcn-
ton, without ad,crtiug 10 the munstro4s d,ctrines
ostenlaliou,lN pu, lorthnlhal document, assuming
Tor The Executive, power aud discretion of tn,
most alarmin" character. Nimcss tie doctrine
that the President of the ntcd States may inter
pref the Constitution as he pIca,cs, having sworn
10 support, 1T mol rs IT j., bnlas hcundefstandS it
In regard To this assumption, IT Mas well said Al
The time, by one Of our most eminent stdtcsmru-
: / he President, II the prime pie and reasoning of
the Message be sound, ina, either execute, or nel
execute, the laws of the Land according 10 his So
'erelsn pleasure He may refuse to put into eve
rullon one law pronounced valid bY all the branch-
rs OF the Government, and yet execute another
winch may have been, by constitutional authority
VOID. On the argument of the mes
sac, the President of the nitcd States holds nn-
der new pIetencc, Il dispensing power over the
laws, rs absolute was claimed hy James H. oi
England, month before he was compelled to fy
the kingdom That which is now claimed for
the President is, IN truth, NOTHING less and no
thlng else, than the old dispensing power as
serted by the kings of ENGLAND in the worst Of
very climax, indeed of MI the prcpos-
Ierons prctcn,ion, Of the Tudor and the Stuart ra-
ccs.n