Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-09-04
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER d, ls41.
THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO.


THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO.
This document, under the circumstances and con.
siderations Of which we have kept our readers nd
the country fairly and fully advised, has come upon
the community not only without the establishment
affected in other places, but a most natural and
looked for vindcation of the honor and consistency
of the President 1t is hence unnecessary for US to
repeat concurrence in the soundness Of its prin-
cipes, the conclusyeness of its reasonings, or the
elevation Of its sentiments. All stand alike impreg
nabe, and perhaps the only surprise Of those who
have been permitted to see both sides of the conro-
versy as it was in progress Gas our readers have
been) will be, that statesmen who have been asso-
ciated with Mr.. TYLER for so great period, should
have wasted any portion of the public time in pre-
pairing such bill for his concurrence. Be that as
1t may, he has performed great public duty in
manner the most noble and unexceptionable; and
we can already lay our fingers upon numbers of
the most intelligent and influential Wings in the
circle of associations and correspondence, who
have been rendered his especial friends by this devo
ted exemplifcaton of firm and enlightened pa
triotisn.
The message is free from the slightest faint of
the demagogue or the least approach towards hum
bug--plan respectful, and addressing itself to the
understanding of all. In discriminating between
those functions of bank which are necessary, and
those which not, IN order to enable it to ''carry
into effect the powers" and duties of the govern
ment the Presiden. has SO acquitted himself and
Under such circumstances, to impart the most re.
liable assurance that while he sail remain at the
helm the vessel will be held to the ''repub lican
tack" No case can arise more calculated to test
his frmness, or dissuade it b. appeals to his feel
ings or the quiet of his s,aton--and we hence
again congratulate the country that JOIN TYLER is
President,
The journal, at Louisville, the Republican at
st. Louis, and papers in the same interest else
where, denounce the message "weak' and the
President as "traitorous"--but such opinions and
dcnuncintions are shorn oF their force, when pro-
ceeding from a quarter that has contributed so
largely to whatever delusion has heretofore existed
respecting the result of the last Presidential cleo
tion. MIR. Chambers and Mr.. Prentice were not
alone, however, in having mistakenly regarded
that resu-not as the triumph of the principles of
VIM. II. Harrison and John Tyler, in their cleo
ton to the first and second Offices under the Con-
slitution, but Of the principles of other lustrious
gentlemen, then and yet known to be more ultra
in their assertions of Federal power. It is, there
fore, perhaps, less to be wondered at that such ed
itors, along with portion of that division of the
Wing party who went down with the distinguished
Statesmen alluded 10 on the veto of 1882, should
be little disconnected and furious over one at this
'ay. even though it be upon a bank which many
regard as great deal worse than the old one.
Oilers, however, have grown more wise aud con.
siderate, we'll from the reflections suggested BY
the past as from q survey Of the present compost
tion OF the Wing party; and these, along with that
very respectable division of old school republicans,
who, with ourselves, have lived through every vics-
situde in stern denial of the power so broadly
asserted--all these, together, vii. constitute at
least guard, sufficient to "sit up' with the
President for the present, and until the great body
of the people shall make up their minds whether
to be content with a TRIED yet mild REPUBLICAN,
OF the Democratic school, or cling and attach
themselves ~ others, with views, and plans, and
purposes more ultra magnificent and dangerous.
As the question progresses, we may occasionally
interpose some Of the old fashioned opinions which
remain with us as garment, and which repudiate
alike the ultraism Of our friends and the radical.
ism of our adversaries Until then, we content
ourselves with commencing both the message aud
the constitution, to that portion of readers who
wish to satisfy themselves further in relation to the
power. or rather TOTAL WANT OF POWER, IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AT A CRISIS LIKE THE
PRESENT. TO ESTABLISH IN THE STATES. WITHOUT
THEIR ASSENT, a BANK OF LOCAL discount"