Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-07-13
RICHMOND WHIG-
wEDNEsDAX monNINo, IULY m.

Inc Chariottesvillc Advocate is right. in saving
that captain Tyler 4 Co. are doing more To elect
MT Clay RESIDENT than all his friends could dc for
INN. Their arbitrary and factious proceedings
their utter disregard Of the country and il, hest in
eIes,s, all tend 10 turn the peoples thou,ht. and
hopes to the ,llus,rious Patriot OF the West. w.
Ices late veto, claiming for tn, Executive, pesisa-
tive powers, and declaring, in substance. that the
people shall enact no law, however wholesome and
necessary TO the common veal, unless in exact ac-
eoriarce with every within which Executive male
violence, folly or nmbition may prompt, will force
every true friend liberty into the strenuous sup
port OF Clay. IL brings ia issue again the great
question Of free Representative Government. 1,
conrels the people TO decide whether they will have
the Government Of ono man, or that of themselve-,
through their immediate Represent atives-whethtr
they viii submit to taxes imposed by the Execu>
i've, and laws OF his enactins. Whether they will
take those, ordained by their ReprCsc nj a,ives-ro.
sponsible to ihem--and amensLlc TO the 81 me bur
dsns, which they impose upon others.
As the first fruit OF this new reign of Exeeu.
tive Lesisa,ion-,he Government is witLou,
revenue-and the rate OF taxes to be collected
Is adjusted by rules and regulations from the Trea.
try IN the world, forever Boosting of its freedom
and glorious institutions! An order issued by
John Tyler overrjes the law and the Constitution.
the Congress and the people An order from one
man, and he the weakest Of mortals-imposes n tax
upon the whole country-an exercise of sovereign
power never ndulgcd, in any Cove rnmert claiming
the forms of freedom, save by the immediate Repre-
sentatives Of the Peoplc
we are threatened with a continuance of this
order OF things. The Accidental Executive tells
Consress-which stands in the pace Of the Sovc-
reign People Of the States-tha, unless it will franc
ITS laws in particular way, to sui. his notions
which are as mutable as the vane upon DIR Plum
mers Church, he will withhold his royal assent. and
the Government, the people and the country NAV
go to the dogs. His wiH shall be supreme. He doe,
not pretend to dictate to the Representatives. Of tho
psoplo-hc spurns the thought, Blu, if they do
NOT act precisely to please him in every particular,
ne Will nuly all their proceedings! They shall
not pass las is their duty to do) such laws
Us 'hey deem best adapted 10 the wants and in,e-
rests oil their constituents unless il Jumps with his
royal pleasure! What .nockery Of freedom -
w nat biting sarcasm upon our boosted liber,y,-
" nat scandal and reproaeh, the wide world over
10 the cause of Republicnnism, tina, such creature
as John Tyler is the sole and absolute Law. giyer-
that in his hands are the issues of happiness and
prosperity, life and liberty, to n whole people
For one, sooner than submit, TO this Executive die
ia'lon-whleh subvcTts whatever VIC deem mos,
precious in our institutions, we would see the Elk.
eeuiive incumbent hung as high as Haman, and
picked at by every crow that floats upon the bosom
ofthe air--we would see the Government without,
revenues, indeed dssolvcd-its dissolution could en-.
tail no greater evils than its subsistence into despo
'i'm: We prefer the painfI, nnxietes; the
frenzy and res,Iessness of hope to the calm of des
pair.
Let the Representatives of the People in this cri.
rs stand firm to their filth and 10 the great cause
'i civil liberty. Let the experiment Of Erseufipe
Lfgi'laIi lion proceed. Every other one in the shop
'f Loeooeo qunckery has been put to the test. Let
his now undergo the ordeal. II Executive orders
AN continue TO fill the Treasury, and supply the
avs OF the Lnnd--f they will be submitted TO by
free people, and if they will bring blessings in
heir train-Well and good: But il they bring ruin
Ind conlusion-the legitimate results Of faction and
iespotism, wherever enGorced-on the heads of the
;uiliy men be the consequences. HENRY CLAY |
s not now in public life to enact the GREAT PA
to shield an innocent people from
he storm Of misruo, or 10 save traitors from the
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