The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-16
The good are very good indeed;
The bad, too sour 10 give the Whigs."

ne phu 100 sour W give the
The Declaration, in attempting TO show that
the President violated his faith as pledged TO
the Wing party, before the election, in regard to
a Bank, gravely sets forth, that he pledged him
self in favor of Bank ''provided only the con-
dition Of necessity should appear" Now this
necessity" is very material part OF the pre-
misses. II SO happened, that the President did
not consider Bank, Of the character proposed,
necessary TO carry on the Government, and
therefore, in accordance with his express reser-
walton, he refused To sanction the bill. But, says
the Declaration of the Convention, Congress
was to be the judge of the necessity of the case.
On this point, we take issue with the Declare
ton, and contend that from the er necessifate
rel, the President alone must be the alblter so
far as regards his own duty. Any other con-
struction would utterly annihiate the Veto pow
er. II necessity is to be prerequisite Of the
enactment Of law, the passage of the bill pre-
supposes that Congress were convinced Of the
necessity of the case. But the declaration Of
Mr.. Tyler, before the election, does not admit Of
misconstruction on this point His declaration
would have been perfectly nugatory, if Congress
was to be the sole Judge Of the necessity Look
at the position assumed by the Convention !
Congress is to be the sole judge and yet Mr..
Tyler was asked his opinion of Bank before
the election; his answer was, that it depended
on necessity alone. The question and the an
swer alike rest on the ground, that the President
was to be the arbiter. On the contrary suppo-
sition, il would have been perfectly idle to have
propounded the question; if Congress was 10 be
the exclusive arbiter Of the necessity, it would
have been the duty Of the President to sign the
bill, as matter of course. But he thought 9th
erwise, and so declared before the election.
The Syracuse Declaration asserts, that the
Veto Of the Bank was not sanctioned by any
principle Of the Constitution, as understood at
perfectly absurd, as to require no formal denial.
The only wonder is, that convention, com
posed, among Others of lawyers and members Of
Congress, should have seriously entertained no
tons SO repugnant to an essential feature Of the
Constitution.
But the most remarkable feature of this mani
feso is the discovery that in the Wing creed, the
President has nothing to do with legislation
This is an abstraction. In the abstract, the Elk
ecutive is not necessary component part OF
the Legislative power. But in practice, under
the Constitution, the President takes an impor-
tant part in the enactment Of laws. Thus his
cooperation was deemed of some weight In the
contamination of the twenty-five acts and the
fire joint resolutions Of the extra session, and
much pains were taken to induce him to APP
credit the Syracuse Declaration of faith, the
Wing party believe that he should have had
nothing to do with the business. We cannot
altogether subscribe to this doctrine, and we are
at loss to know how long it has been part and
parcel of the Wing creed