Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-05-14
RICUMOND, Va, FRIDAY, MAI IA, Io7I.
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% unless il violates either Constitution or some essential pm
The course which they chalk out, requires OF Inc
Executive TO recommend measures, and TO acquesce IN
those which the Legislature may adopt unless Mey o'0
late the Constitution, &c, &c
But have they truly represented the course wn'.n
Mr. TYLER means to pursue Does he mean boldly 10
como forward and recommend Snch measures rs he may
consider erpcdlent 1.-THE Governor oil pennsylvania
i bound / the terms Of his Constitution 10 rcco.'
mend measures is not the President tortort bonha-
because the acquisitions OF the feoera'
are sill more imperative upon the President Hsays,
IN the same BREATH as il /; IN the same sentence,
that the President shall giro utormaon 10 congress-
and shall recommend smeh measures as he may 'Judse
necessary and xpedicnt, &c, &c lie cannot escape
from this rcsponsibilty without violating Tue Consii-
tuton lie cannot dodge it without disgrace lie
cannot honorably or properly shift the sOonsblIty
Their upon the members Of Congress- or nPon hrs secre
ary Of the Treasury-for the report OF the day Is hat
il is Mr. Ewing who is to prepare IN MS ahh"ai report
the plan of n National Bank No, Sir-come out like
man, and take The cross upon your own shoulders II
YOU are now in favor of National Bank, come iorth
and unmask your purposes. Say SO, as becomes the
President of the u. s. If you are against Bank,
also say so, like man. Recommend the measures
which you deem bcs-and leave the consequences TO the
neonle In the same MANNER the President IL bound TO
take all the responsibility OF all the duties winch are
entrusted TO him by the Constitution Let INN take
The opinion of his Secretaries This IS agreeable to
the provisions Of the Constitutions and 1t is equally the
not in ga multitude of councillors, there is wisdom
Blu, when the advice is duly given and adequately
weighed it is the duty Of the President to decide Tor
himself all great measures anu OH all great al-
ponmcnls. 1t will never do Tor nun 10 STRIP himse
of all his binding duties, and shift the responsibility
upon his "Minisers' This would be, to change the
whole spirit of our Constitutlon-to create an O-
unrchy of Minister'S instead Of the responsibility OF
sin ale Chief Magistrate. According to this principle,
the rule which was said TO be growing into vogue at
Jor Can Inr nj
head of each Department to mako It's o%n removals,
and filing its own vacances-or of making the voice
of the Cabinet, the voice OF the President IN all great
aupointments is contrary to the genus OF The Govern
ment The language lately held by the ~ lnteigen.
Ger in relation to the subordinate appointments IN The
custom house OF Philadelphia, seems 10 squint at TINS
iden viz. of making Mr. Ewing the sole arbter and
iudre OF all such selections by the Collector oil the Fort
We call upon the Acting President therefore, 10 act
40 Prcsident-to take the advice OF his Cabinet, oi
coprse wherever he deems proper; but TO act in all
rreat questions for himself We call upon him, there
fore TO open the Extra Session with frank and manly
messape-not 10 dodge behind his Secretary oil The
Trc,sury but recommend such financial measures, as
| Iva himself NAV think best and Constitutional. We
coniure him to do another thing Should Congress
,,ss a Rank BILL we call upon him IN the faith OF his
own principles in the of the Constitution and IN
the spirit of his OATH TO veto It at once and save ms
country from Institution, winch ne mas so oi'eh So
lemnly pronounced be gross and dangerous usur-
nation Can he decline this responsibility: Can ne
make sacrifice of all the great principles which he
once professeo: !. 80. -, = H.. ::
But suppose him to sanction this law In what a ST.
t,o,;on viii Mr. John TYLER stand? He IS Vlrgnian
| 81. .....-..ss. $50 etar Rights men. lie owes
his first his greatest dstinctlon-hss start IN early me
his brohte MING prospects and his highest repn;aon to
the Jealous observance of all her great prlncplesyet
not hers alone-but those great principles, winch are
the foundations of the Constitution itself When the
battle which has been fought from the year % be-
tween the Federal and Republican parties IS coming
to issue-when Extra Session OF Congress has been
convened for the purpose Of fastening the old Federal
measures upon u.s. mW--can Mr. Tyler forget all his
principles and set his hand 10 an Act that sacrifices
his own reputation, the principles OF Virginia, and the
spirit Of the Constitution itself: 1t iIE can do this
deed well may Virginia the day, when she ever
t,us,sd him with Office and warmed him into distinc-
ton We light almost adapt TO her fate, by slight
change, those beautiful lines Of Byron
So the struck eagc, sreeh'd upon the plain.
| No more through rolling clouds TO roam again,
Vew'd her own feather on the fatal dart,
Aud wingd the slaft that anver'd in her heart;
\ Keen were her pangs, but keener far 10 feel,
4 While The same plumagc that has warmd bis nest
i Drank the last life drop Of her bleeding breast
II would be her own son who aims the blowout
there is this distinction between the Eagle and Vr-
: gina-that though the wound may afct, yet 1t may
not destroy her. She may again rise IN the majesty OF
her strength and staunch the wound he has contributed
TO make Can this charter given to Incorporated mo-
noposts be considered sacred by those who regard It
as violation of the great charter of our rights and
liberties What right have the servants OF the people
In nrosrate the very authority under which they are
apponted. What right have representatives, elected
but for two years, bind the people for thrtyh or
for fifty, or for hundred years, perhaps j they
please and TO acts which contradictory to the
; very powers under which they profess TO act
yr9nia will have right, if she peases to take every
constitutional method To repeal the law, thus forced
upon her-thus sacrificing the charter OF the land
thus centralizing great and controlling money
King in the Northern Staes-thus sublectIng the
a tI,a
markets. the property, the whole business 9" tne coun
try 10 Board of Nohern Governors appointed, not by
the People but parcel Of greedy and arrogant Stock
holders ia biennial House Of Representatives,, and a
Chief hladstrae not Of the Peoples choice, but the
President Of Circumstances, should please 10 bind us
10 the ENGLISH Bankers therefore bound TO bow
n tho R,rinrs and Bankers of London: 10 English capt.
tasis who may take the stock, II they are now DIS
posed 10 risk their funds in such an nstuon-ahd
COVERING stock under convenient names, and Anne
rican Proxies may dictate the officers OF the Bank,
and control all its operations VIII Mr.. Tyler bend
the proud necks of free People 10 such humIlt-
atng honda ge-and he expect that Virginia will
acouesce for fifty years perhaps in the hasty egis.
aon of an extra session of Congress, suddenly called
toqether-the elections several OF the States, turned
out Of their usual channels and forced upon the people
nj announcement seasons, when the subject has not been
duly considered when the candidates have not been duly
organized and when the voters themselves are thny al
tending the polls Should such law pass, will then
become the State Rights Representatives OF Virginia,
and The other States to their Protest the Jour
nails against the charter, f charter il may be called,
which is utterly unwaranted by the great charter of the
Constitutions and in vain asked for in the Federal
Convention, and peremptorlly refused) They may IN
this Protest declare their determination 10 repeal the law
nj The earliest possible moment and in the most
consistent with the great fundamental principles that
applicable TO such This warning would serve
as fair notice TO those who took The stock; and who
could fairly not complain of the consequences
The whole subject, however, is too important in all
its bearings he discussed in the hasty paragraph Of
newspaper. Mr.. Tyler must see it and feel lis mag
ntude as we'll do. We know, that he is desi-
rous of putting this cup from his lips-but his Cabinet
and MIR. Clay, will scarcely permit him 10 escape the
trial IF he to exert the energy which the oc-
casion calls for-fthe like the sre-if, throw
ing aside this .committal, diplomatic school, which
is creeping in q the disgrace Of the frank, manly cha
of vrgnians, he would resort to the stern mo-
des of her Statesmen in her best days. then would he
step in to turn the blow from the bosom OF his mother
Mr. Tyler must see, that the subject is too portentous