Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-04-20

| >, sun :" 'of'e' III opposition To the declared
"' VI "e-sA'hs oil the Senators and of three tour,b
"'''e Representatives OF the people
VA" YET III the face oil these facts. We arc ,,,,d
W" "cn' Jackson was, par efceRence. the dc,.,de,
I'll Inc constitution, and emphatIcally. tho o,c,n -,
Tie p'opIe-hc who thus defed. in one breath co,-
N'''ot'"nal limitations, legal enactmcn,s and poplr
opiuiuu f'''
| we 'h' people blind, that the, cannot sec Are
'"'H c"''"S' that they cannot feel, Or o,, they 4,
'1'"''''e race ready, though they both see and
"'' l" 90" then ncoks 10 the woke of tyranny IN
uoNen thr'r representative institutions and IA trans
Ter substantially all the powers of the Government,
INTO the hands ol the President
The foregoing remarks ii will be seen. have M 70.
'"'' 10 'ne policy of impolicy OF the Trcasur,
Order We 80 upon higher grounds than the con
sequences oil the act be they pcrnicous as its OPP
p"nen'H al"ge or saulary as its friends rcprcsent
"''"' 10 ne We take the broad ground of righf
ana MAINTAIN that the President has no authority TO
".tH'dfc' even though his motives be pure and the
- Ic"es Of his legislative acts be universally bcne
fetal. lie hat Nd right TO repeal the law of Con
gfcsS-and amy other uo.,y hut one Infamous e
"""Sh t" pass the ENpungmg Resolutions, would have
told HIM so to his teeth and instead of re cnoctp he
law OF lSlG, would have simply declared that it was
still IN force, and have directed tie receivers of ~
lic dues To be governed by II alone in their collec
tons Bnt they repeated the Treasury Order by the
Usage Of Mr.. Rives's bill. Notwithstanding that
gentleman asscr,.,.. that they had no ,"''t 50 to re
peal > and the President then insnlled then hy ,e,
ing them That they had passed Il, law hich neither
fe nor ms learned Atone, General could under
stand, and manifested his conemp, for their ou,hor,
~ by putting 1t in his pocket and not dciannc TO
lnioru' them OF its fate.
And yet, this is the Peoples Man-thc leader of
the " Democratic Republican Party" No Dcspot
IN Europe. Asia OF Africa possesses more unlimited
power than this Act prc-supposcs in our President.
Nollmited Monarch on the face of the globe would
thus dare to defy the almost unanimous wish oC,br
people, as made known by then representatives.
Ana yet moety OF the American people, dec civ
ed by his plausible preences and by the false CLOSES
winch interested partlsans give his acts rcalI, re-
gard HIM as the great champion OF free government,
and popular rights HIS usurpations on one hand
and the sulscricncy Of Congress on the other have
concentrated almost the entire powers of the govern
mrnt in lis Executive department, erecting it into
olos>us. while the representatives of The people
degraded into mere petty insignificant tool, of his
will,
4" Walk under his huge leg>, aud peep about
" !" find themselves dshonorablc graves ="
And yet he assumes to be the defender of popular
rights and thousands are read, to place his name b,
the side OF that al " ashinston, the father Of his
country, and of Jefferson, the genuine lover of free
Republican institutions
Wen may those who view these facts in the calm
hight OF reason, be forced to acknowledge that a con,
test ion mere " forms OF government is the appro-
pirate business of fools, and admit that thar rovern
mcnt IS best, which is best administered: sine, the
most popular system OF government can thus dcccn-
crate into the perfect despotisn. without cukiu.
ding blaze of indignation hot enough to consume
the uNurpcr and his mnions.
Mr., Van Hnren is, oi COURSE as guilty as Gen.
''cN~"h' 1t is true that he did issue the Trca-
SN ORDER and that he found II in full operation ON
ms accession to the Presidential chair But he has
made II his own act by refusing 10 repeal it, He
should have 'lntlcated the constitution and fine an
'hoiHN OF Congress BY restoring the law of 1916 to
the starute-booh from whit it had been hy
ms predecessor, not b, drawing black lines around it.
but by orbddlng his officers 10 obey its rcuuisous
lie should have done this, without reference To the
rraciicm operations of the measure. But when in
'd"iuoh I" the unconStltutonallty and lceat, of
the treasury Order, t,e-sINths ofthc American com
i'uIitN embracing almost capable of iudg
ng OF MS effects declare that oppressive in its
tendency a, 1t is odious in itsclf-whcn he Enows,b,
ere" the last Congress, serilc was to the Prcs
dent bending the plant hinges of the knee at his
command, and hwnmg upon him as the spaniel
crnnchcs at the feet Of his MASTER while he plies the
la>h,-"hrn he Knows that lyc->Nths crcn of a body
constituted like this. were intrepid enough 10 throw
oil the collar and demand It's repeal, he has no OK
Gus" Tor adhsrng tot There is no palliation for
his obStinacy. The indignation felt against the or;
@'"d'' oi TINS measure was somewhat qualified by
admiration OF the boldness which dared thus to set il
self in array agan, the interest and the opinions Of
the people But IN the OF Martin Van Buren,,
1t will be mingled with contempt for his subscriency
to . the shadow of the great name" beneath which
he has tllrvcd So wonderfully beyond his deserts
compliance with whose wishes atone prevents the re-
clsion oithc OrdeI.a compliance contrary, we doubt
not to the deliberate conviction of Mr. Van Buren's
owa judgment. as it is the will of four-fths of
those by whose voice he has been elevated to the
Presidency.
We again repeat, that even if the Treasury Order
wise in itself and salutary IN its operations, STILL
ina>nuch as 1t an usurpation of pow issue it,
it should be annued. When, then, it is believed to
be mschevous in its effects and when its repeal is
called for by the unanimous voice of one party and