Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-10-05

Itood by every cltIzen III the iandS In TINS
where he had sought to Be promi-
lent, we discerned what we conceived; and
what doubtless he meant to be pledge OF
aIthful adherence to the cardinal doctrines for
which we struggled, and with which the opes
IF the country were lRdissOlublY bound up. We
hoped to find consolation alsl 1.-THE fact that
MS accession to the Presldekv brought HIM
INTO communion and IN POLITICAL fellow
shin with the chosen of the Wing
first 81 0y Gen. Har-
rison Of Cabind for his para
mount ability. integi iadelity, to the
glorious cause in which lad conquered
Cabinet eminently crowned with the public |
confidence, in whom all men trusted as in the
very embodiment of the principles of the party |
to WHICH they belonged: who were inseparably |
associated with its glory, and in - gener- |
oas and honorable relation to til we |
had the security Of wise and pl
sells, and he the pledge ola co.
should enable him to accompli
nation desired. These hopes b-
er enlivened by the encouraging f@Snich
the President referred, in his Fl ress to
the nation, to the sever glorious %lnple" af-
forded him by the Fathers of I'll great Re-
publican school, and the declaratNa of his de-
termination to walk in the path which they
pointed out.
In the indulgence of these hopes, Congress
entered upon its labors. By adopting rules
for the despatch of business comfortable to
the emergency Of an extra session, and IN view
of the great amount of legislation which the
times required,lwe have been enab Ito a.
chieve all, and even more than all, our
constituents could have demanded sur
hands. The leading and great mea& of
this session have been under discu4 Bin
Congress and out of it, for many yea f5ast,
and little remained to be said beyond a peti-
ton Of former debates. There was nothing in
the circumstances or position of either party in
Congress to require, or even to justify, pro-
tracted discussions; and the majority, there
fore, felt themscIve entitled TO give to the ex-
ira session the character of Congress of &C
ton and decision, rather than one of debate;
and we feel assured that in this effort we have
done no more than respond to the just expect
atoms of the People.
First,in urgency amongst the bills passed
during lac session and that to which the pub
lie command most imperatively drew the mo-
tee of Congress, was the repeal of the Sub
Treasury law. Our next care was the enact
ment of the Land Bill. This was followed by
an act converting the Debt which the prece.
ding Administration had entailed upon The
country into a Loan of twelve millions Of dol
lars, which is limited for its redemption to a
period of three years. Associated with this
measure was the Revenue Bill, rendered ne
cessary not only as provision towards the ex.
tngushment of the loan, but also as indIspen
sable for the supply Of means to meet the ord
mary and necessary appropriations OF the year
The Bankrupt Act. so earnestly and so long
solicited by large and meritorious class o
our citizens, has been passed under circum
stances which cannot but reflect toe highes
honor upon the Representatives of many sec
tons of the country. As measure standing
} alone, it might perhaps have been destined t.
further delay; but being brought. as it was
into that series of measures which were sup
J posed to embrace the scheme of relief which
the nation at large required, it met from
Wing Congress that support of which tn
chief argument and highest value are derives
from the respect which every one felt to be du
to comprehensive policy, whose scope shouE
include every interest in the nation. 1t is
trial for the benefit of the country, and remain
to be altered or improved, as the public want
may hereafter be found to require. The i'm
] portance, in the present posture of affairs, {
attending to the national defences, suggeste
I the measures of establishing Home Squad
e ron, ofrepairing and armiDg the Fertilization:
of providing tor the defence of the Lakes; an
q of bringing the nation at large into a state
readiness againstli hostile aggression-in re
gard to which measures, as great unanimit
: prevailed in Congress, we may safely assur
S ourselves they viii meet the undivided apprc
baton of our constituents throughout tn
y whole Union.
n This rapid review, fellow citizens, viii e1
: hibit what we have done. What we hav
5 failed 10 do remains TO be told.
1t is with profound and poignant regret tn;
!; we find ourselves called upon to invoke you
If attention to this point. Upon the great an
: leading measures touching this question OIL
), anxious endeayors to respond to the earne.
: prayer of the nation have been frustrated b
It an act as unlocked for as it is TO be lamente
It We gneye to say to you that, by the exercis
e of that power in the Constitution which b;
1t ever been regarded with suspicion, and ofte
: with odium, by the People, power whic
L we had hoped was never to be exhibited {
/ this subject, by Wing President-we ha,
5; been defeated in two attempts to create Fl
D cal Agent, which the wants ofthe country b;
g demonstrated to us, in the most absolute for
r OF proof to be eminently necessary and prop
D. IN the present emergency. Twice have W
e. with the utmost diligence and deliberate
r matured plan for the collection, safe-keepiI
u and disbursement of the public money
se through the agency of a corporation adapt
to that end, and twice has it been our fate
IN encounter the opposition of the PresideI
u through the veto power.-The character
e. that veto IN each case, the circumstances
= which it was administered, and the groun
IN upon which it has met the decided disapprot
lg ton of your friends in Congress, are sufficiel
v ly apparently in the public documents and {
he debates relating to i. This subject has acquir
a. painful interest with us, and viii doubtle
VI acquire It with you, from the unhappy dew
s. opements with which il Is accompanied. v
g. are constrained to say that we find no grou
" to justify us in the conviction that the veto
ne the President has been interposed on {
question solely upon conscientious and W,
on considered opinions of constitutional scru
Iat as to his duty in the case presented. I'm
ng contrary, too many proofs have bed clorC
ed upon our observation to leave us free from
ar- apprehension that the President has permit
ID himself to be begmled intq 4 opinion that
lp- this exhibition of his prerogative, he might
mt able to divert the policy of his administrat
IN into channel which should lead to new DO
10 zeal combinations, and accomplish resi-
II which must overthrow the present division,
res party in the country, and'finally produce ST
We OF things which those who elected him, at le
.as have never contemplated. We have Sc
nc from an early period of the session, that
70 Wing party did not enjoy the confidence
lS tne President. With modification we h;
" observed that his associations more seduIou
- aimed At free communion with those '