Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-10-09

Resolved, That we consider the late eyer-
else of the veto by the President of the United
States as a great and most dangerous abuse
OF power, and taken in connexion with a SINH
lar abuse by a proceeding President, conveys
a solemn admonitlon to the people of the ne
cessIty which exists of their speedy action
tor the purpose of providing further consti-
%tutlonal checks and limitations to a power
whose frequent exercise may gradually and
lmperceptlbly convert their free government
into a practical monarchy.
Resolved, That it 10 our opinion that
the government can never be prosperously
administered, nor a sound and wholesome
currency restored, without the agency of an eff
flclent Bank of tho United States in some form
or other. That we consider the constitution
atty OF such a bank as no longer a debateable
question. That it Was one of those irnpor-
tant and practical questions which must be
finally settled-that the judicial, legislative,
and executive departments of the government
have repeatedly and solemnly affirmed its
constitutionality, and the people have as often
approved Of this decision. That the question
has never, since the days of Mr.. Madison, been
agltated, exceptto subserve the sinister views of
party, or to carry out the theories Of a yery few
s~elf-complacent and dreamy abstractionists.
Resolved, That the President of the U.s.,
by the late exercise of the veto power, went
counter to his previously expressed opinions,
and to all bis pledges, expressed and tacit, and
thus in an evil hour, inflicted a fatal blow upon
the prosperity and happiness Of his country; the
evil consequences of which can only be avert
ed by speedily retracing his ste2s-abandon-
ing the evil coInsels of the designing men
that have SO egregiously misled him, and again
bestowing his confidence upon the patriotic
party that elevated him to power.
Resolved, That in our opinion there is no
cause for dependency in the Wing party.
May we not hope that time and reflection will
dlspel the mist that intri que has gathered
around the mental vision Of the President, and
enable him to perceive that true policy which
leads to his country's glory, and the consam-
nation of. his W honor have not its late
deeds inspired us with abiding and unbound
ed confidence in the wisdom, the irmness,
and the energy of the Wing portion of our
present Congress; how much have we not
reason to expect, too, from the influence and
exsrtions of the illustrious statesman whose
consummate wisdom, ~fervent patriotism, tenn
perate counsels, and unhinching frmness,
have beea so often, and On so many critical
occasions, successfully exerted for the pros
perity, the peace and glory of his country-the
hoaored head of our party, whose great and
patriotic principles, his unrivaled eloquenee
has lately So effectively expounded in that au-
gust body of which he is 50 BRIGHT an orna-
ment. The name Of the great IIENaY Clay
will still b, :" pillar of strength" to sustain
hfS rf,1rntT- and ifS institution. PIT ahoyo oil
whatreliance should we not have in our glorious
cause, and in the virtue, patriotism, sagacity,
and constancy of that same people who SO
lately achieved the great victory which
rescued their country and its. government
from the corrupt and incompetent hands that
were conducting them to destruction. Let
our motto then be union and conslancy.
After the reading and unanimous adoption
of the resolutions, upon motion OF Col. s. N.
D. Clark Of West Baton Rouge, it was
Resolved, That a COPY of these resolutions
be transmitted to the Wing Senator and Re-
pre- sentatives from Louisiana in Congress,
with a request that they be presented to
that body.
Mr.. John H. Black moved that the said reso-
lutions be published in the Baton Rouge Ga
Zette which, upon motion of Judge CHM,
was amended by requiring that they should
be printed in all the Viii papers in the State,
favorable to the views and sentiments con-
tanned in them, which resolution SO amended,
was adopted.
Whereupon, on motion, the convention ad-
journed. z. THOMAS, President.
L. FAVROT, Vice
R. L. WALKER, Presidents.
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BAToS-RoUGE, Oct. 4, 1871.