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THE VETO POWER.
The disappointment felt By the wbiR
party. at the Course Of Presideat TYLER an
reference TO the Back bill, does no, arse
altogether out Of The fate OF that measure
but our regret is increased from the fac,
that he has inpinRrd on one Of our pria
e'Psi lenet'. u has been . leading doc.
true OF the Wing party. that the veto
Po~eF u one whose iniempeFs,s use Il
dangerous 10 The welfare Of the eouniry
ana threatening TO the peoples riRhls.-
wa have eouieHded that Il wa. Or far.
the most mOnarehieal feature IN our form
OF government, aud were unmeSSuIed in
our reProsebes Of Geo. jackson, for haV.
ing gone beyond The true spin, Of the
Eootiiiuiion in his free and ineauiious use
ol this power We attempted TO describe
some Of the eireums,aoess under which
Il should not be used, and not q writer or
speaker ever failed 10 instance the very
case. that has nov arisen, in reference 10
the bank bill. - one In which the dicf,er
OF ono man, should not be allowed 10 pte.
vail. over the voice Of = large msjoriiy Of
the representatives, Of the people. So
tenacious were the party 90 this subject
that General Harrison was required to give
q public exposition Of bis views in refer.
encs to u. Add 10 doing 30 be fully net
the expectations Of his friends, and laid
down theory which they subscribed 10.
and adopted as their role Of faith. His
position was. that the power had been
grossly abused. and should be brought
within more restricted limits. The indi.
VIduai opinion Of the Presideni, 10 refer.
enee to the eonStituiionsliiy Of q particular
Get OF CongreSS. vas not always OF itself a
sufheient ground for Wiihholdine or giving
bis sanction 10 IL. II Il was paIpablv IN
violation OF the Constitution, and The pin
eiPls Involved in il. had not been agiisled
aud diSecISed amply end thoroughly, then
u vas. that the duty Of The Presideni re-.
CURED bin 10 step 10 and save The Con.
s'iiuiioD. Or. when the lsRislalion vas
hos'y and mShifesily unWiss, OF when .
minority OF particular ioIerest vas about
10 be oppressed, then also il WAs, that The
veto should be reSorted TO, to arrest such
. stale Of things. But when a measure
vas adopted. after having occupied the
public attention foF great length Of tins,
snd the constitutional q1esiion hsd been
Sdjodieaisd and faVorably decided by the
courts, even should the Presideni 10 bis
own Judgment deem il unconsliiuiisnal.
he Wss not bound by his Official oath 10
reject II. These were The views Of Gen.
erSl Harrison upon this subject, and these
weTe the Cocirines pFofssssd and advoeai.
ed By the Whig party.
We denounced the unqualified veto
doctrine as giving 10 = republIeso Prssi-
dent. power which monaTehs dared no,
exercise. We pronounced il en- anomaly
under o0f form Of government, which
processes 70 recognize the capacity end
the right Of the people 10 govern them
selves, and 10 county numbering &c v.
enieen millions Of soUls, that one men
should bsVe the power 10 eontfoI or check
ct will, the enactment Oi laws by the PEG.
pies tpFesenisfives. We saw that thi,
power Old Do, exist only 10 theory. 80 il
the case IN England. without ever bsinr
brought into use, but we silnesssd the
exeTcise Of II IN the most odious forms -
General Jackson had found out that the
power existed. snd Instead Of handling 4
doublingly, be went 10 the foil extent o.
hts prsTogaiiye on ell occasions, and un.
der ell circumstances. Aiier having Wit
nesssd ell IhiE and felt that the liberiir,
OF The people demanded e reform Of lli,
Praciice ar der The eons'iiuiion-aiieTha v
ing supposed too, that they had elevsiss
H'en 70 power. whose viess snd feelings
Vsre identical with their oUn y IL 10 b,
expected that the people should fe,l anc
express no disappointment. when they
bad their expectations and hopes thus snd
denly blasisdi We hardly ih,nk ihsl an,
one can be Iound. 30 EonId ezpset .,
aiiness such irdiff fencs--sueh apathy
u this % 70 Be The seWlsd rraclice. "a
der the clause II the cont'iluiion anihor
ising the veto we say lhst that ins'fumeb
should be fouhwiih modified. Not mo
ments delay shooid be used. 10 sxpung
ing % snll Republican . provision fon
our statute book u is not our design 3,
impuen The noiives az ire PFsaidehi. lo
q hai BE- haa done. bui ee fay there is dan
ger. Imminent dsngeF. 10 pfFpetusi,ni
such q power 10 this EQUALITY sad sane
iioBinf Itu uurrurieted zee. The people
we fear, have not duly reelected Bpon ihi
subject end have rot full conception o
the scope end beadng 81 Die provision O
| ihe conlthuiioB % is one ihal is odIou
20 every irseman, and haughi uili lht
direct evils 10 ihs country De- orGer lha
hey nay arrive % some idea Of TIE ien
dencits 81 ii. let hen reject upda lh,
eoudhiou Dor naiionsl treasure woold COS
BE- 10 were Ws 30 fou6naie o. o. BE- Bless
ed Hilh aay The faadt 81 ibs covers
meat afo zoe, virHsiiy, 90 ihe tuliodl
81 lha Ffeddpnf. Supposs Be ssrs 10 30
isfposs BE veto. iaf iha pofpoas ~ tfs
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O. 90 81 81 hssdsf Hoe caold be B
ihaaried b. Sc pufbotef re be ias 90
foluis vsis pauff aihii songoi. aad piih
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n every tpe aho 81 At bstfl iht risi
cod Pua.f 81 oui arHaf ~. ed rueh
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