Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-09-03
Political,
From, the Globe Of Aug. g.
VE3t1ES


the Presidency was duly entered on the
journal to day, on the motion Of Me-. Fill
more. Certainly no party was ever
more successful! in obtaining from re-
luctant, prosecuted Executive, all they
desire, than the majority in Congress,
who press him for vetoes, 10 forward
their political designs against him. From
the momen, tina. Mr.. Cay's friends. ID
their caucus address Of the extra session,
denounced the veto as d thing that should
bring the Executive Of any country to
the block from the moment that ethe
resolution Of MIR. Bolts was taken 70 head
Captain Tylcr,an Mr.. Clay held up tho
veloas the gusIo;inc 10 effect it.-ai
must have perceived tina, it would be.
come necessarily the policy Of the Prcsi-
dents enemies TO bring as many voices
to bear upon hlm as possible.
And we must confess we have never
seena party SO successful in carrying
out their measures, as the Federalists
have been in this particular. The skill
with which Mr.. Clay has made his moves
10 chcckmate Mr.. Tyler and leave him no
alternative bat the veto,(which, in the
view Of his enemies, is the loss of the
game:) does honor 10 Ills long sighted
forecast. When Mr.. Clay made it /, con-
di,ion al his distributions, that it should
cease when the tariff was raised above
twenty per cent. and when he contrved
10 render the iaising Of the tariff :neyta.
BILE, by the expenditures and waste Of the
extra session, and the President was
brought to subscribe to all the conditions
imposed by the laws OF that session; the
later was 50 completely hemnaed in, ,h.,
he had no way to cXtricate himself but
by the veto OF the new laws OF this ses.
sion. violating the conditions &c the laws
pressed upon him by Mr.. Cay al the last
They have now gotten two veloes out,
by the same provlso, in two bills So it
will be seen that the proviso in the dis
trlbution act turns out TO be the most pro-
life source Of political acquisition ever
con,rivei by Mr.. Clay. 1t has bee1 ..no
hashin the PAM or .'snap' with him.
Ga the contrary like an udroit hunter of
Kentucky, he has 50 ranged the objects
6. his pursuit as 10 hi, two, at distant
points frc.. csch other, with single bal,
from his rifle.
Blu, now that the Federal majority have
their hand in, il seems that they can ca
silly devise a plan OF bringing down We
to, without the aid Of their great lea Ter
of Ashland, They laid train for a yelo
Yesterday, in little bill which they Pep
ped through under the previous question,
which is Us sure hit as any they have
yet made. 1t was bill directing the
mode OF organizing the House Of Repre-
sentatives ut the opening OLA Congress,
in which it is made the duty Of the Clerk
topu down the names Of such persons as
produce certificates Of election OF a par
ticular Character; one feature ofwhicll is,
that il must purport to lie the result Of al
| election IN a single distric'. The result
of this is 10 disfraAchise Missouri, whore
it has been impossible, since he passage
OF the superintendent law, to district the
State; and where the election has neccsS-
arily been made under the old general
ticket law Of the State. The same res
friction will disfranchise Georgia, and
every other State iwhere double districts
or the general ticket system prcvails,)
which shall not have changed lis laws.
| The Legislature OF Georgia cannot do
| it. il it would. because the Governor has
refused to call it toge,he- for the purpose.
The Legislature Of New Hampshire will
not do it, because it holds that Congress
has no power to command State Lcgis
lature 10 make those regulations which
the Constitution expressly imposes as the
duty OF Congress itself The effect
therefore, of the little amendment which
was yesterday stuck upon the bill, con-
corning elections and the organization Of
the House-and run through under the
previous question, without allowing one
word d, debate on the extraordinary pro
vision be certainly TO oust three
STATES, at least, Of their Representatives
in the next Congress. Those BEN.
three Democratic States, entitled TO six
en- members. their exclusion may leave
Federalism, IL majority in the House.
This is one OF tue calculations, doubtless,
of the adroit Federal managers, in case
of the passage Of the bill. But they have
another and surcr calculation on its fail
|ure-whicl, is, TO catch another veto.
The President, in the paper which
has Aeen called out by Congress, declares
that, IN signing the apporlionment bill, he
/ looked upon the clause in regard to dis
tric,ing The States as recar,mendatory not
obligatory; AMI intimates decided op.n-
ion that Congress has no constitutional
power to command the States to perform
its legislative functions. The now enact
ment, which undertakes 10 d,sfranchise
States for falling 10 do what Congress
has g right to command, must inevita-
bly, cal, out another veto, and put the
Chief Magistrate for the fifth time under
tie ban Of The Federal friends by whom
he was elected. This being tho first
great point which Mr. Clay aims nj. he
has every reason, so far, TO be satisfied
with the success Of his measures.
a COOP FARMER The Boston Post be-
lieves Henry Clay TO be u bona j;de larn-
cr, because he is SO early ia The field. By
the came rule he must be good farmer,
for lie IS a1,oays in the field --lPh,ludel.
phia Ledger.
Yes, and his friends may say, as old
Farmer Abbotl's wife used to say OF him
nller screaming, iinaIing the COW bell. and