Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-09-10

I of corruption The cnsc Of Mr. SeIdcn, de-
I lcatcd IN the Richmond tNa) DiNrtc. be-
/ to &c tie People. ~ an cilod To- get INTO Com
gress, and ,.fer the doipa, appointed by tho
Executive 10 bc the 'ifeatutcr of tic United
States, is a ilacmnt case Of apparent bar
gain and upparcn, purchase, showing the
dangerous tendencies of Executive Power
The case of Ely Moore. Surveyor of this
Port, is another ease Of bargain and ofsaio.
The frequent use Of lhot high prcroga,i,c
Of the Executive. the Veto power, was dan-
gcrous, but the practice Of roclc,lng Acts
Of Congress ia order to prevent their being
enacted into Laws in spite of the Veto, wns
a revolutionary exercise of the Executive
Power, sub,ctsive of the Constitution.
! The election OF Mr. Duane as Secretary OF
The Treasury because lac would not surrcn-
der 10 the Executive his legal custody Of
and resi- onslbiliiy for, the Public money,
was fearful stctch of the Executive Pow
Z CT,
/ When the trainers OF the Constitution
created the Executive Power, they fortified
as we'll as they could, this plume of the Con-
siitullon taken from the cap of the Monnr-
chY, but they did not iorcsee the growth
and magnitude Of the resources Of the In
/ ION, and the Federal Patronage falling upon
/ thIs One MIN Power They made him Cor
4 10 States He has % States. They made
him for thee millions Of People. He has
sixteen millions People. They made him,
when Steam Power was but an engine Tor
acting upon matter and upon man.. They
made him for the disbursement Of five or six
millions ofdolors. He has nearly forty mil
lions They made him "A few hundred sub
ordinate Office Holders. He has 100000
Al,
been in our country, the One Man Power
has had velocity Of increase, and rolled
up magnitude of proportion beyond any
other influence in it, 8Esg
Now on all these points we, ouf Of tho !.
Government, differ with the Party init. H.
ercsing the patronage Of office, they nat.
urally see no danger in il, and as naturally
seek 10 enlarge the power and the cmolI-
mcnts Of IT, They strive 10 keep what pow
or they have, and TO wrench more from tilo-
People, and we seek TO give back To- -
People much of the power they hayct4 III
by all means TO prevent their having N66fG
These are the points Of The struggle.
. Tho Fyncufira panar ard .xttl&z1eepif
Power, are almost always tho sources Al y
senson between the governing and The ~
erned. They commonly make two R5j1&
parties every where in civilized counlsioSs
always in liberal governments. The
struggle is hot in England now. tits gpinn|
on IN France. II rs smoihercd, but il rns1
bles, nevertheless, in all Italy. The som
in substance is the struggle in these Init
States. The Executive has The officer. n
wants the money. Parties range in
struggle as might be expected !; many bG)
duped by the assumed mask Of pQp6
privileges the monarchicaI power pitt
many being bought and paid for ators
esily believing the Executive. can a
the Public money better than the
manage their owD,--while the pow
midding classes, and they who having e.
f ed any thing know they ure better a
gers Of their own affairs than enotl>4f
be for them,--wiih the mighty host
pubicans who disirusi all Executive
range themselves in opposition. a
old strife in short, Wing Dnd Tory, fllx
, pie rs. the Monarch,--thc People hoI
on, and the Monarch taking hold. H0,
The working of these antagonist
pies conyulscs all society. They
all our business concerns, and will
or the other party prevails They 4
OF the most powerful principles that
! at work IN the bosom OF snclcfz<
= whole currency question IL bos 2 -
= effect Of The grand cause,
, Executive the dcspniisni 1ic coS|S
! have what relief IL will then 10 fk6
, of despoiism TO imPart IL the Pei
2 what power they have eo1 ~0(V
back what they have Io>{
the People can take
q themselves. Whist
{ struggle, or whetl,ck
4 the other for half n
s to say liitbefto{