Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-03-18
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Yr,D - Nsaissal lsssllisssess.
prSuuT9 OF THE SESSION.
-. 49, Session q the Twsnty- fourth
c~Sreee hae closed. Both Houses contain
- - admitted and strong majority OF friends
of - Administsstion, and the complaint, or
H. excuse, Of last year, that q least IN one
Araneh ~ co0poeition Of the committees
~ unfsvoe,has 20 the success Of Admins
ar.aiom measures, has had no foundation. The
eoupieaess were I'll framed with undertaking
reensd 20 the strictest injunctions Of party
discipline.
with such mnjoritiss, and with commit
tees % composed, WHAT HAS Co"eH1'' 'o"-
AZ rms sEssloHs
I. more Dian thirty years Of acquaintance
~;,h C~.~rsse. ve have never known sess-
IN "a hsrren u valuable results. With
Sreat l;66culty, and 1t the very last moment,
1noet fbot NOS ally Of the common approPr,a-
tion tslls, IL 10 true, were got through. 80
M Tie machinery Of Government will 50 on.
M this short sentence describes almost he
whole Of the actual doiags Of the session.
we except the bill for increasing the number
Of The Judges Of the Supreme Court oy soo'
ing two members 10 that body.
Con0ress has not reduced ne rsCe1ss, the
LEADING object presented to it consideration
IN ~ Prcsident's message 1t the opening Of
H. sese;en. Il has not reduced the duties
a importations; nor has II restrained the
salss Of the public lands.
Ths.Trsasury Order (the Specie Circu!ar)
Of Jolly 18th, 1885, 20 much, 30 universally,
and 20 justly complained Of; y not resembles,
true. Nv very large msjorities, passed an act,
resembling and superseding this obnoxious
order: but tine President neither approved 1t
nor neratived il. He put it in his pocket.
Il was presented to him some days before the
adjournment: bot these days not being ten,
he had . right, a. he construes the Const'tu-
ton. to do neither ono thing nor another.
He did not even inform the Senate, win
whom the bill originated, that he had not
time 10 consider the bill. He had, doubtless,
abundant time; but, as the bill had passed
both Houses by more than two-thirds OF EACH
he probably foresaw, that If he returned the
bill. with his objections, it would still be
passed by the constitutional majority, and sol
become q law, without his consent. He
choose. therefore, TO hold it back from all fur
Their proceeding or action OF Congress. and
in that way to defeat It. We hold this to-
be the most exceptionable OF oil the modes
Of exercising tho veto power, because it isl
the least responsible, and because 1t deprives|
Congress of an opportunity ofexercising its
constitutional authority OF passing law by
the votes Of two-thirds Of each House. with |
out the consent, or sgainst the Will, OF the
President. On this occasion, the strongly
oppressed, undoubted, and notorious will OF
much more than two-thirds OF both Houses
has been knowingly and Intentionally d'sre.
garded. The will Of one man has tr'umPhed
over the will Of the People. This is the un-
ouesaionable and unquestioned FACT; and
e leave COMMENTARY 10 others, or to anoth-
or occasion.
in speaking Of the measures which have
failed, we must not be understood, in ali ca,
ses. a. n,anifestina our appreciation Of the
measures themselves. We only say that,
with all its majorities, and all its power, the
Administration has failed, completely failed,
to fulfil the purposes which Il undertook to
accomplish. II has found itself just able,
and that indeed not without the help Of OPP
position, to keen the Government along. III
that Opposition had been less patriotic. If 1t
had sought to create embarrassment,h 1t had
either withdrawn or voted against measures,
re see nothing but that Government must
have come to full stop.
The Fertilization bill has been lost by a, !,
between the two houses We
DO not mean Mr.. Benton's bill for new works; 81
that never breathed breath (some peopleI
|hink il did not deserve breathing-time) az =
ler it reached the House Of Representatives..
Bot We speak Of tho common, annual ap- P
,ropriatioD for works already begun, and k
low in progress. This appropriation had
allied, by the disagreement Of tho Admins I
ration House Of Representatives and Ad- in
ninistration Senate, on the subject of the ii
ssTanuTsoN o. THE TaEAsuRY SURPLUS, meal VI
are which was connected with the bill ma =
ing This appropriation; 50 that all the works, q
'hers prior appropriations are exhausted, "a
nust await the provisions Of the next Con nj
ress. And this leads Us to say that, while ne
,sagrsss has adopted no measure to reduce 81 ~
Dcuose, Il has refused to make distribution Of y
large and clearly ascertained surplus; we ~
~ ascertained, because, rs was urged inl "a
Cs" AoUsess =" w" - obvious !ns' snere err
- ID July last, when the late act passed, 10,
,ae thoro would b surplus the st Of JAM az,
avy Of this year. The Land bill not pass.
q ~ bin for reducing dusie: not passing, tito