The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-04-12

emergency Wnicn may arise. Al sinecuies
should be abolished The appropriations should
be direct and explicit, so a. to leave as limited
share Of discretion to the discussing agents as
may be found compatible with the public service.
strict responsibility the part Of all the agents
of the Government should be maintained, and
peculaton or defalcation visited with immediate
expulsion from Office and the most condign pun
ishment.
The public interest also demands that, II any
war has existed between the Government anu
the currency, il shall cease Measures OF q
financial character. now having the sanction OF
leeal enactment, shall be faithfully enforced un-
til repealed by the legislative authority. But !
owe il 10 myself to declare that regard existing
enactments as unwise and mpotic, and in a
high degree oppressive, ] shall promptly give
my sanction to any constitutional measure which,
originating in Congress, shall have for It's object
the restoration of sound circulating medium,
so essentially necessary to give confidence In all
the transactions Of life, to to industry its
just and adequate rewards, and to re-establish
the public prosperity. In deciding upon the
adaptation of any such measure TO the end pro-
posed, as well as its conformity to the Constltu-
ton, l shall resort 10 the Fathers OF the great
Republican school for advice and instruction, TO
be drawn from their sage views Of our system
of Government, and the light of their ever glori-
Gus example.
The institutions under which we live, my
countrymen, secure each person in the perfect
enjoyment Of all his rights. The spectacle IS
exhibited to the world of Government deriving
its powers from the consent of the governed, and
having impaired to it only so much power as IS
necessary for its successful operation. Those
who are charged with its administration should
carefully abstain from all attempts 10 enlarge the
range of powers thus granted TO the several de-
partments of the Government, other than by an
appeal to the People for additional grants, lest
by so doing they disturb that balance which the
patriots and statesmen who framed the Consti-
tutlon designed to establish between the Fede-
raj Government and the States composing the
Union. The observance of these rules is en-
joined upon us by that feeling Of reverence and
affection which finds place in the heart OF every
patriot for the preservation of union and the
blessings Of union--for the good of our children
and our children's children, through countless
generations. An opposite course could not fail to
generate factions, intent upon the qualification OF
their selfish ends; to give birth to local and sec
tional jealousies and to ultimate either in break
ing asunder the bonds Of union, or in building
up central system, which would inevitably
end in bloody sceptre and an iron crown.
In conclusion, ! beg you to be assured that ]
shall exert myself to carry the foregoing princi-
Plies into practice during my administration OF
the Government, and, confding in the protect
ing care Of an ever-watchful and overruling Prov
idence, it shall be my first and highest duty to
preserve unimpared the free institutions under
which we live, and transmit them to those who
shall succeed me in their full force and vigor.
JOHN TYLER.
WASHINGTON, April 8, 1s41.