Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-09-04
REPEAL TIE VETO POWER.
rnoM the cINcINNArI CHRONICLE.

CINCINNATI CiEu&ICLE
A political principle must be separated, III or
der to he properly understood, from The men ana
measures with which it Is connected. The lat
Ter are matters of admDistratIon--thc former il
one Of right aud liberty.
We have lived half century under the
Constitution Of the United States In that time
ii IL principles have been 'tied, ard found rs
salutary IN their working as they were admirable
IN ihclr theory. Bat rmc o! these principles
have scarcely been tried at aIl--tha Bankrupt
powe- for example. Others have been tried, but
have not been TIL now fully developed. One OF
these is the VETO POWER
No man can doubt that the Oh oct OF this pro-
vision was correct hastv mistaken iegIsla-
iion. \ law founded on mistaken facts, or con
tanning thoughilcss would be a proper
subject of that power. Again, IA " winch was
founded upon ~ express power of the Coustitu-
tloa, and had neither been admitted by usage nor
adindicntcd upon by Il Const:ulitno Tribunal-as
the Bank Charter, when presented To President
Washington lis proper mriier Tor The exercise
Of discretion upon the part OF either Of the three
branches of the Gnvornmcnf, and of course for
the executive veto.
This power. however, was not given in the
Constitutinn even intended by the pc ope, to
found a distinct substantive Executive FowER,
IA opposition to The LcgiSIGtirc Porcr, and con
trolling the wiH Of the people. Sach idea,
whether founded upon what may he called OK
ecutivo conscience, upon that Of making the
trary to the genius and Incompatible with the ex-
isteuce of Democratic Government.
Such, however. has been the idea Of the Exc
cu;iye veto for the last wears; and as such il
has, essential particulars. converted the
government into despoasm. For, what is des-
poiisml
SHAT Government Is desPotism, wherein The fling
President say may viii opinion Of the
legislature of the people, bit mine Is contrary and mine
shall prevail.''- MIrahaau.
Is not this The precise definition of the new
Executive power as set up by jackson, in the
the Bunk and the Maysvilie Road. and
by Mr. Tyler. IN the lust of this series of
anti democratic acts?
Ii both Loco Foco and n Wing President
have been found. and that too in opposition to
their friends. capable Of exercising tins des-
potc power, can any stronger illustration be
given of the necessity of checking, if not des-
ToymG the power itself?
We dsconnect the Principle Of Mr.. Tvler's vo-
to from The measure upon which it was exercised
The Bank Bill may have been bad one in its de-
tails. better may yet be passed in lis
stead. But. whatever may be the result. we re-
gard the principle of that veto as odious in It's
character and fatal 80 liberty. As such we oppose
that principle in times to COME rs we have in
times past. Nor can We regard tho American
people at al. safe from the gradual eneroach-
mcnts of despotism, while such power remains
unchecked. The constitution made capable
OF amendment; and has already, in some partic-
uars, been amended. Let US not cease. then to
oppose this despoiic exercise of constitutional
power, till that power modified in such a man
ner as no longer 10 overthrow the will of the peo-
Pie LIBERTY against the VEro POWER.
II - estimated that there are Go, 600 persons
imprisoned IN this country for debt
Phiadelphis correspondent of the Bal,inlore
Gun iniimates the probability that Nicholas Bid /
S'e VIII be recalled 10 the Presidency of the L.
States Bank.