The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-26

Clay presses of the country, and is pronounced
mastery effort As speech upon the Veto, the eff
fort of Mr. Adams Is beneath contempt-barren, ie-
June, naked Our own h0nOred Representative could
beat II TO death, and would stake our last dime on
the result But MIR Adams's speech is not TO be re-
garded discussion OF the merits of the Veto Mes
sage IL is the effort Of lawyer, and a species of
special pleading, designed 10 present To the country
for trial an issue formed between the Executive and
Legislative Departments of the Government Thus
regarded, Mr. Adams's speech is important exhi-
biting the questions 10 be presented To the country
by the Clay-whigs-eieuo, as selecting the best
grounds upon which to justify the course of Con-
gress-and acute, throwing out Of view two points
list, all the meritorrous acts Of the Administration
which have rlpened INTO law ID avoiding the obnox-
ious points in the of Congress by proestaado,
as the lawyers call it, or by confession and avoid
ance. How true description of IL is, will be
more manifest by examining It's parts for moment.
The close OF the exordium announces the position OF
parties thus" by the paper before the House (the
veo) the Executive and Legislature had been placed
In state OF civil war; for which, henceiorh, there
could be remedy but that which the people would
take into their own hands, Mr.. Adams proceeds to
give emphasis to this declaration, by repetition of
thus g The position has been taken both sides !;
the issue has been offered and accepted and
thing remains but that IN appeal be taken to the peo
pie or-whlch Heaven In ITS infinite mercy prevent
An appeal to the God OF battles" The last SEN
tence derives great additional weight because il
spiced with the odor OF a little gunpowder-a new
edition Of I" the ballot boX-the Cartouch box - but
we presume that MIR Adams and his coad tutors, have
little idea of any appeal to the God of battles. The
peaceful trial, instead Of the wager of battle :" will
satisfy their slomachs. Thus we the conciusun,-
as the dplomatsls call it--laid down The position
taken--the issue offered and accepted-the parties
defned-and the tribunal for final trial selected. Mr..
Adams, in the methodcal way of acute lawyer,
next goes on to state the questions which form the
issue. Thus it is admitted the country PROSTATE.
This is the crime. To whom is the result attrbuta-
BILE? He is cuprt So says the venerable ogi-
clan and pleader.
Ills brings the speaker to a comparison of the ACTS
of Congress and the Executive he thus classifies
them, and now observe his art
LIST The bankrupt Law-Ihis measure, he says,
Is TO be thrown out of the ria because, when
Congress passed IT the Executive approved 1t, and
bo equally entitled To The of the Now,
wonder If in according positive merit to Mr. Ty-
Ter for his approval OF act Of the Legislature, Nj
Adams did not perceive that he was making fatal
thrust at those who condemn the President when he
dares to dsapprove OF an act of the Legislature If
his powers OF reason TO be exercised and his udg
is be appealed TO- that he shall have equal
credit with Congress when he approves the Bankrupt
law, how do you Justify the denunciatIon of HIM
when, by the exercise of the reason, and the
dictates of The same judgment, he disapproves of the
Distribution clause in the Revenue bill z But this,
the old lawyer, who has made up the issue for the
partisan opponents of Mr.. Tyler did not observe.
On the Bankrupt BILL then, Mr.. Adams says there
no difference to be made between the Executive and
Legislature, end therefore il forms no part of the
issue.
I'd. The u. S. Bank-This Mr.. Adams calls the
leading feature of the Wing policy, and says the pas
sage OF ii was OF the condltens on WIN h the
Why party came into power! lie declares that
Congress, true to It's profess passed the Bank,
and the President false his professions, vetoed
Here then, is point IN the issue formed. While
cannot but contemn the falsity OF the assertion
made by MIR. Adams, that the establishment OF
Bank was one of the conditions on which the
Wing party came INTO power we cannot but
wonder at the holiness with which the issue
is presented to the country FIRST then,
the Clay go to the country upon the Uni
ted States Bank, the leading feature of their
policy. They say it was their understanding that the
Wings came into power pledged to establish it-that
Congress passed it, first, under the honest name 1t
should bear and the President violated all faith, and
he Frustrated the country, because he put his veto
upon it and upon the soundness Of the policy, web
as upon the facts declared, they are again willing to
go before the people for trial
Sd. The Fiscal Corporation. This, MIR. Adams
says, was but dishonest name for United States
Bank and the attempt to pass it involves the same
policy the issue No. 2, above alluded to.
No. Ar trenchment Upon this, one of the
conditions which the Wings came INTO power,
Mr. Adams also comments Here the art of the spe-
cal peader is evident. He says is true the Repre-
sentatves have mainly carried their pledges of
trenchment by cutting of few pages OF paper and
few lunches of quilts alloA ed TO the mebers OF Con-
gress stopping the perqusi'es OF the man who
makes their fire and brings water, but then Congress
has proposition before il to reduce the Army and
Navy apIro rlatons lie says Congress may, before
it breaks up actually carry out the proposition TO
duce the Army and Navy, and in this certainly has
the advan age of Captain Tyler and General Scott
both for they proposed to increase these of the
service and upon this retrenchment gu, s,ion the
w hgs in Congress have decidedly The advantage for
while the President proposes to increase, Congress &C
tually proposes TO retrench, IN the Army Navy
and actually does retIcnch OIL quilts gill-edgcd pa
per and Congress knives,
No. 5.-Ihe Apportionment BIZ. This bill Mr.
Adams says, is supplement to the Constitution and
prohibiting the General Ticket system in the
States, forms one of the most bri liant ieats of the
Wings in Congress. The Executive has in fact,
pot veto this bill by his protest while he wore the
mask of friend. And here another subject on
which the people may Judge between them. TO the
policy OF the Apporonment bill and to the soundnoss
of that exercise OF power by Congress which nhbIts
the States the freedom Of arranging their repre-
senation to suit themselves Mr.. Clay's friends are
now willing to commit him before the country.
No 6.-IAe Tarig-Bil No. 1 and 2-Mr
Adams poises Congress on the wisdom, but says
thing OF the honesty of Dhese measures. His issue
presented does not the whole case. He CLAIMS
for Congress that by tn, Sc bills they only proposed
to make the revenue of the country equal its ex-
pendiure, +" and that the President put his Veto on
these. How ariu and how Insincere
Mr. Adams says that as Congress has failed to make |
regulations by " hch the value of goods imported may
he a-crrtalned the revenue arising from can
no longer be legally collected, and, IN attempting 10
collect under the circumstances, the President has
usurpcd power not belonging TO him. He says it is |
true the Supreme Court OF the United States W II |
have de- eide this question, and he does not like that
tribunal, because Judges sometimes err; but, if 1t |
should happen that the revenue cannot be collected
and for want of regulations, the Congress assumes
the ground that the President is entirely TO blame
because he put his Veto on the Tariff bill.
No. THE Distribution Of the Lands Money |
The declaralion-the important and startling declara-
ton made by Mr., Ada rs, that the Houses have
determined hat the proceeds OF the Of the public
lands all be distributed among the States "to en-.
able them to pay their honest debts They have |
done the principle that the lands care the proper