Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-07-30

The g'e1, question 81 isseo hctwcca The
Wings ani Executive patiics. g "a vital
question. II goes 70 iha foundation oi thc
Constitution. eui IS ri an Importance in-
comparably greater tnan can bc connected
with any mca.ufes affecting met Is the
credit the currency. Toe manufacturers, or
the commerce oi aic country. The Wing
party are &C. sting cncto1chmeuts OF power,
which, acgnieaccd H. viii subvcft the Con.
siituiivn. A functional arrangement &C the
human system mas bc cured with compare
i've case but bow formidable Is au organic
disease, firmly seated Nbo shall restore
tho Constitution, after 1t bas been essential
lychaDgci by nsurpaiion, and popular uc-
quicsccncc Who shall administer fcmc-
by, when ihe Same operation that diseases
tic patient, inAicts % paralysis upon tie
only physician that has tie power OF heal
ng.
Looking only 81 tie abuses n Executive
power IN their lagtuut cnomty. g viola
Ions OF The Constitution, there would seem
~ them enough to warrant ihc hope al an
immediate correction by the popular viii.
An administration iar ics usurp.ng and lur
less roamdica ol Constitutional restraints
than BE present was put down ia lsOI.-
And shall ill.s administration triumph IN It's
augmentation OF the samc abuses. Can it
live with the federalism OF ge broadly
stamped on lis front, and spread out there
m full and maiu'cd proportions : Thus
should wc reason, fellow citizens. had not
We considered the nature and tendency, and
marked the practical bearings, Of the pres
cnt abuse of Executive power.
The truth s--a truth which cannot be
too deeply consdcrcd-t abuse Of power
of which We complain is, in its nature, self
pcrpetuatng. 1t not only violates the
spirit Of the Constitution, but what is infn-
iiely worse, it peryerts The public sentiment
10 an acquiesccnce inthat violation. 1.-THE
people are disposed TO change the Const-
tuition, let them do IT, directly in the mode
# has prescribed. Let the propositions be
brought forward, as distinct amendments of
the Constitution, that the President shall
have power 10 remove every Executive off
Ger for opinions sakc-ihat he shall be per-
mi,tod 10 take millions, annually from the
Treasury and cNpeDd them in the elections.
State and National that lee shall be repre-
scented by has ministers in both Houses OF
Congress, and that he shall feel, bcstou
upon their members Coz thc purpose of in
iiucncc, tho offices, and the holiars IN bis
gin. Let this be done, aud We shall have
an opportunity 70 make up an issue, fairly
and openly on these great questions Eat
We shall have no such propositions. The
men in power dare not bring them forward
And yet what they dare not do, dirccily
They arc doing indirectly. Every power
embraced IN these suggested propositions of.
amendment, has been exercised during the
last Ten years, aud is still exercised and
yet, how many thousands are blinded by
interest 10 the true nature ofthcSc cncroach-
ments on the constitution, and how many
other thousands and tens of thousands are
led by the mysterious insid!ous influence Of
party IL an acqulesccnce in them.
How long will il be, before the consii.
tuilon Will, under such course OF admins
,raiion, be practically changed--changcd
IN the worst possible manner-by cncroach
mcni and acquIsccnce, without fair and open
discussion, aud with out the direct aud in.
tclligent action of The people
Who thai looks with the eve Of true po-I
liiical philosophy at this subject does not
see in the power which is capable Of tlus
lending the people 10 acquesce in a prac-
iical perycrs.on 81 then constitution, ground
for the most serious alarm The people
rose in their might forty years ago, aud
put down AN administration that had only
entered on the threshold of the present
abuses of power. The FIRST manifestation
of them was the signal for an onset which
resulted in triumph; and yet they have
nov been fastened on the country ior ten
years
Doyou ask US, fellow citizens, Tor So
in'ion of The mystery Of this change Its
at hand. In the first place, the active Re
publioans OF 80 are gathered 10 their ia,h-l
,cfs, They carried into the contest Of that
period the stern virtue Of the earlier and
better days Of the Republic The men who
Htamcd The Constitution then lived, and
lived 10 some purpose. They SAW, al
ssss;Iancc, the tendency of the advancing pow
~ ofthe Executive toa subscrsun of tie
they had aided TO establish. and
rallied 10 The rescue. The conflict
n isspI,oft. and The triumph complete We
>,ssi. not say fellow citizens, what would
been The fatc Of lhe present Dynasty.
- bad opened iis career OF usurpalion
|G!r corruption in face Of the whole body
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