Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-08-24

meat on which that message was delivered was
inughi with too much danger to the great cause oI
sound republican principles to admit Of The injuI
ecnce of passion. or the exercise Of feeling in contra.
distinction 10 calm aud deliberate reason. They
saw. too, that at that moment all true lovers Of Their
country were called upon. as With one voice. 10 ca
press their sentiments 10 their representatives. 10
urge upon them union, concert and perseverance,
The union of The republican party. the supremacy
Of the republican power ia opposition To loco loco
isn,i they perceived. was far more important than
the mere existence or nor-eNstence of a bank, and
much more than the assertion or non-sssertion OF 4
constitutional right TO establish n bank i'm the
States without their consent. There were other
great measures to perfect, ono Of which has. since
the appearance of the message. become the law OF
the IARd, by receiving the pronpt sanction of the
President and another. more important 10 the general
welfare. is now making its way through the Senate
10 become a law. What. we ask. would have been
The effect upon The country II III. Wing members Of
Congress had acted under the same excitement m
the message found some Of our citizens under, what
had the Cabinet taken the same view they took 7
Congress would have adjourned. tho Cabinet re-
s'gned, and he grea, measures, for which we have
been IOo-s s-aeakaLes for which we have wal.
rcd through long years of Tyranny and op-
preston. been lot.
Were we not right Did not every drop of pat.
riohc blood flowing in any vein urge to the same
course? DO we not find now. all men at home and
abroad. who have the confidence OF the public by
their sIeadiness OF purpose and discretron. uniting in
the same feeling, lending attention TO The same pur-
pose, and calling for calmness, perseverance and
unioni There were some, it is true, who denounc.
ed Mr.. Tyler as having gone over TO the loco fco
party and poor us as having followed him. II tie
signing the loan bill. the law repeating the sub-irea.
sury, the bankrupt bill. and the revenue ball, makes
hum a loco fJco, then we are such and if the refusal
TO sign the bill chartering the Fiscal Bank throws
hun from the Wing ranks. then we are willing TO be
thrown from the Wing ranks. We object to The
veto; but we are not willing to hang our political
faith on it alone, or to Withdraw and change our po-
llical faith on account Of it.
We must say we object, as we always have OBJ
Jecied, TO The use Of The veto power. we believe il
ought not 10 be vested in the President. at lensi nos
on such important matters as vitality affect the inter.
ests Of the whole people. The arguments upon
which We have based that opinion. we deem con-
elusive. We fear, as wo always have, the effect Of
the DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE. IL is a hydra headed
monster, calculated in all its powers 10 cheat aud
dtlude tho unreaecting multitude. Since the aGop-
ton of our constitution Il has, al different times, as
sumed all IFS IorRs. and in none has it appeared as
dangerous as in the strange and unexpected one re-
Gently taken and deeply stamped in The public mind.
II is the eTaltauon Of The executive TO The deslruc.
fuan nr r - - &c. "
power. The people Of this country have learned,
under a long tuition. to regard the executive, not as
'he mere instrument charged with the duty Of car.
lying into effect the laws but as a portion Of the
legislative power. whose opinion should be almost |
the law Of the land and whose abstract notion.
should be declared. and made the subject Of rigid
examination. This cannot fail Of beng attended
with serious consequences 10 our constitution, for il
VIII have the effect Of drawing the People and The
President into a close union at the expense Of The I
other departments OF the government, and will, tho
seems to be yet undiscerned, have the effect OIL
consolidating power in the hands of the Chief Ma
sslra'o a, the expense of that OF the Staies. The
may be what some Of The first staicsmon of our
Porer days feared, a democracy in which the Presi-
dent directly represents the people and become sole
ly accountable TO hem for his conduci, while Con
gress and the Judiciary play very secondary and IN.
pars-becoIDe tho baubles for him 10
play with. You do tot forget that in the last twelve
years we had run nearly 10 that dreaded urecipice.
Tho last Presidential election gave full ev-
idenee OF the existence Of this malady in our politi.
cal system, we hoped that the career Of Gen. uari.
sn would have checked it to a degree bu, we
thought Mar. Tyler, whose views were less upde,.
s'ood' had been less freely expressed. less called C,
-" VINO had received less attention from The public.
would DO more. This veto, especially if Congress,
should not unite IN passing a bin chanerine anotbe,
iscai agent, and thus Withdraw the public u,,d
koin an inIerestin this one, will be colcpI,,od 10
'h"aH ihe hoPcsthai might reasonably bsvo h..D 5
entertained and perhaps create an executive u,,v
'"o" executive power may always make strong !
- v ue fear Of this principle which we had bo,od
would have operated among other ,bip,.
INC Presidents mind 10 deter him from IN. 80.
The 'eio power. lie has ihosub, n,,,o, - I
ooo'se' lie has never pledged himself
p'''o 70 syn q United States Bank Bill
80 We any evidence that he was in favo, NJ
WIN Tho details Of the one he has ve,ood. ,nd
We therefore see 10 reason why be should Il. n.
nounced a. a renegade, traitor or loco f,oo
90 isf o. this b5h is concerned. we see n,,bi,, r.,
particularly 10 admire or lead ne 10 q, IN, s,h
upon TOR fancy 10 The strong bnluafk Of The Ro,rb
ie It's complicated in is details. was b.,,bs,.5
y" 'O'oioco amendments. which. fbopgb ofbo,
wise un,mpor'ont were calculated 10 embar,,.. ~.
aon0n . 10 board Of directors. and NO bol,vo ri
'ne wings of Congre- can unite. ,hsv can 80.
o"'o1viahng Mr. yIeFs objections. and - III
pc equally servieeable IN regulating e1eb.ng.. 80
's 81 2 h'eai agent md IN The collection Of d.b,.
more We reflect upon The subieci. The more
80 ','.'eo are ne that he provisions Of the
ou reported by mr Ewing relative to the b,.pcb.,
WI not BE- deleierous 0, The ip,s,..s ~ n.,
while ii lakes away frum the s,s,e.rgs,. -
The loco ioco party thoir mos, fr,,o;son, $3.50
2 ms wing measure. Leave the s,o,e. ,,gh.,a
20 oct rs hey please snd W, s,o -,
should The l~ocoiooos Ofthe legislature .g,,.eS
' ~ p'"l'o''ng = bonk 6r ore yesr. n. 80
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