Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-09-02

SNN'N w N'E""lHou' necessarily CODbuiU
ed many months Of time; nor were The
committees or the House exempted fron
severe reproach, which Inc purchased
presses OF the Executive chiel are ever
yet casting upon Congress, without re
buke or restraint from him. The de-,
lays were occasloned by The patient
and unwearled investigation OF the
whole subject Oy the appropriate com
mlItees. As the period approached
when The so called compromise tariff
vas TO be consummaled, leaving The Go.
Vernment without any revenue tariff
sanctioned by the law, the prudence OF
Congress, without p%recipiIauDg their
decision upon the permanent system
winch they londiy hoped 10 establish,
provided and sent to The President O
temporary %exPedlenl, limited in lis operD
atioLl 10 the space Of one month, during
which TO avoid, as They thought, the pos
sI0IIily OF a collision with The apprehen.
ded anIiPalhies o the President they had
suspended for the same month The dis.
lrIbullon Of the proceeds Of the sales Of
public lands, which, by a previous law,
was 10 lake effect the day after The ex-
pIraIlon Of the compromise. Not only
was his most concilIalory measure con
templuousIy rejected, but, in total disre-
gard Of The avowed opinions oil his own
Secretary OF The Treasury, concurrlng
with those, nearly unanimous, OF all the
most eminent lawyers Of the land, in
solitary reliance upon he hesitating o.
plnion Of The Attorney General, he has
undertaken not only 10 levy taxes 10 The
amount Of millions upon The People but
10 prescribe regulations for its col.
lection, and for ascertaining the value oil
imported merchandise, which the law
had, IN express terms, reserved for the
u legislative action Of Congress.
And now, TO crown this system OF con.
IlnuaI and unrelenIing exercise of Elk,
ecullVe legislation by The alternate gioss
abuse Of constitutional power and bold
assumption Of powers never vested ia
him oy any law, we come 10 the Veto
Message referred by the House 10 this
commlilee,
A comparative review Of The four sew.
eraI Veioes which, in the course Of fiji.
teen months, have suspended The iegls.
Iatlon Of this Union, combined with ihat
amphiblous production The reasons for
approving and signing a bill, aud at the
same time striking, by judicial construc
lion, at It's most lmponteut ensc)msnl,
ILLUSTRATED by cotemporaReous illusions
oftemper and OF sentiment dlpalgeS at
canVlVial les alVeIs, aud oblrnded upon
the public eye by The fatal friendship Of
s~ycoPhant private correspondents, and
stripped 10 lis nature by The repeated
and daring assumption both OF IegisIa
tive and Of judicial power, would pres
ent anomalies Of character and conduc.
rarely seen upon earth. Such an lnves.
legation, though strictly within The
scope o 1.-THE Instructions embraced in the
reference 10 this committee, would re.
quire a VoIuminous report, which the
scanliness Of lime will not allow, and
which may not be necessary for malur-
ing the Judgment Of The House upon The
document now before them.
The reasons assigned by the Presi.
dent for returning TO The House Of Repre-.
senlalives, with his objections, The bill
/ provide revenue from imports, and
to change and modify existing laws i'm
posing duties and for other purposes,
are preceded by a brief dissertation up
on painful sensations which any ind
viduaI invested with the veto power
must feel in exercising it upon important
acts Of The Legislature The paragraph
is worded with extreme caution, and
with obvious intent 10 avoid he asser.
tlon, made in such broad and unQualiG
ed terms in The letter read al the Phila.
deIphja Internationally dihner party.
that Congress can enact no law without
mo COECuITOICG VI lH6 bA6CulIVb.-
There is in this paper a sludlous effort
to save any individual from the imputa.
ton asserting The unqualified lndepen'
dence Of the Executive upon The Legis
l%ature, and the impotence oil Congress
TO enact any law without him. That
assertion made in so explicit and unquaI
flied terms, in the Philadelphia letter,
is here virtually discIaimed and disa-
vowed. The exercise Of some indepen'
dence OF juo gment, iu regard TO all acts
Of Legislation, by any individual invest
ed with the veto power. lie here cur,
tailed and narrowed down to The mere
privilege of not yielding his we'll cen
sIdered, most deeply fixed, and repea
teddy declared opinions on matters o
great public concernment 10 those Of 9
co ordinate department, without reques-
ling that department seriously 10 re
examine the subject Of their difference,
The coordinate department TO the LIE
gisIature is no longer the co ordinate
branch of the Legislature. The power
of Con ress IN anact n law wiIhou The