Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-07-04
Correspondence # hc Baltimore Patriot

W AsnINGToN, June q 1879.
The conditional approval olthc President To- the App1r
h"ncni iill, communicated to the House Of Rcpr.son
la'IV's IN The following bfclm,sage has excited much
remark. The only message sent Ia the louise b, the
President vas the l4llowlng very laconic one:
- This day approved and sinne,ian act ,ich or
ginaicd IN the House 81 Representatives entitled AN
A'' 't an alp"f"nmento i Representatives AIMING the
several States according 10 the sixth c,nss-and have
caused thu SANE To be deposited in the flee ot the See
r''afN o' State. accompanied by lslIlun OF IN, a
sons Tor giving To 1t my sanctiun"
he contents of the message wcrr communicated as
500" rs The House was IN condition 10 hear II and i'm
mcdlaciy ait'I riSn9 from Committee Of the Nl,le an
the state al HE Mon. II regarded as a novelty
and took all Who aN are OF lis contents h, sur
Pr'>' Mt Adams. who hadail along manifested a ,ccp
interest IN lhc bill, taken all aack when this mos
sage was read Aier moments reflection, lac expires
Ned himself greatly surprised by the mos,ape which had
been rad. aud particularly the fact that The slrn,
had kept ms reasons from the House Of Rcprcsniay,s
which body was The guardian Of hs rpf, Of the p,npc
he position 81 the President, be believed was an IN
tire novelty ir feared the rtcccdent hut HAVING been
Unexpectedly made acquainted with the singular ~ sitiun
d the President be- hardly knew What course Ia lake
lie dld ne huk the Of the President one which
was respectful TO the House aud he did not believe i,
was constitutional. The Constitution pointed ont three
ways iur tin President act in reference IN A ill sent
10 hun ior approval Tie fls, was To return il with
his signature tine second was To keen il ten DAYS when
me iIrd Was tho VETO Tie President had approved th,
bl IN manner novel 10 the Constitution and contrary f.
an precedent lie Was sorry for tins and deeply regretted
me course oi the President and the obvious but prwino
4!SaHoetnn between Congress aud the Executive. hut
!" me present cas-" he felt called upon To move that the
message Which had been read be referred To Select
committee with power 10 send for persons aud papers
WIN tins motion, MI Adams yielded the floor.
MI UNDERWOOD, ei Kentucky, got the floor but
'h'rr beng such general cry for Adjournment Mr.. L.
would mol then ION
MI WIS.,. however. got the floor and was most any
nous to proceed. He did eo and sindicatcd the prcsj
doh at length. and with all the ability and ARGUMENT he
roui' muster tie clted one precedent OF conditional aI-
prevail IN = aud 80 in the case Of General Jackson
Who signed bill by putting aconstrucrionupon clause
Inc message, however. Was not filed at the Depart
'l hui sent Ia the Senate. where The bill ORIGINATED
M W spoke nj great length and until the adjournment
ne Importance "i the SUBJECT and the peculiar relations
"n'ch exist between hun and the President, rage him
many attentive hearers. 1t obvious in the minds Of
many present from The tome of the speech that the
PRESIDENT had dSapprosed Of the clause rclatino Ia the
distrctlng Of the States Mr. Wise made an argument
as Ia the effect of the clause which perhaps was the
cause OF such an inference. The motion of Mr. Ada rs
was pending ut the adjournment and probably vii be Tie
INST subject considered this morning The indication,
IN The House as far they were manifested at the nd
JtN'"''eht on Saturday evening. all adverse 10
e measure OF the President and probable that
'efe would he but he opposition to the Committee
proposed by the venerable member from Massachusetts
An intervening Sabbath will probably show less feeling
ana The resolution will prosbly be adopted The de
oa'e vi saturday morning quite stormy Mr. Adj
ans was decidedly against the President though very
respectful and evidently submitting the motion he did
with great reluctance nevertheless with much fcelioc
MI Nse made the most Of the position of hoPrc,lcnt.
omt'ing nothing which could be said in defence Of his
course