Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-07-07
RICHMOND WHO.
Shall '4s Executive, or ia, Peepl. aud iisir Repre-
ssnlaiirts, mlke iaics
Iro BE CONTINUED /

THURSDAY moRNINt!. JUN
Shall the Er.eWiirs or the Pecpl. aud iisir Repre-
ssn.aiirss make ia,cs2
The highly interesting and important debate
which has sprung up IN the House Of RepresentA-
ives on the Veto and tho existing Revenue Laws.
is unavoidably deferred for few days. The tue
and faithful Representatives Of the People have
stood up manfully for the public liberty, and op-
posed with becoming warmth this hsh-handed
effort to substitute the will of the Executive for the
will Of the People. Ia reading this debate and wit.
ness Nc the gallant bearing Of the noble Wing lead.
ers, we rejoice more than ever in being a member
o. the Wing party. Tha, party, which Office could
not s,duce from its integriIy-which the threats Of
DULLES and blacksuards could not deter f.om tie
ds-harse OF It's duties 10 the country and which has
been bnsely betrayed by one, whom in an evil hour
II uusted-w, Tor its Observation-Disclosures, It's patient
endurance under reverses, its steadias and devoted
love of country, win the confidence and admra; ion
Of the American people. Turn.coats, hypocri,es,
metcenary demasogues, and traitors to truth, hon.
esty and patriotism, may decry t--and their com.
oined Glamour may for a season, prevail against il
but so sure as truth and justice are immortal
will triumph gorouslY over all its adyersariss
The very combination now confidently relied
upon to work its destruction, will in the end. min.
lister TO It's success. The American people are
Aanss- and they will not when the delusioa OF the
moment passes away, give eOuntsn-nes and a.n-
port TO coalition Of unprincped poiiicians-boand
together solely by the cohesive power OF the public
Plunder-end the very FRS, fruit Of whose coaIes.
cence is, TO annihia,e the existing Revenue LAWS
coupled with the dsIinc, and startling annuneia-
ton, that the Executive is fully competent To make
all needlu rules and regulations for the collection
otrevenuei or, IN other words, has full power 10
impose taxes without the concurrence of the people
or their Representatives. A doctrine so detes,a>
bic, no Absolutist in Europe would venture TO
advanee-and which, if King OF France or Of
England were to practice, would bring the one to
the Scaii1j, and drive the other from his Throne.
TIL practical effects Of this Veto Message are
first 10 leave the Government without any LEGAL
means Of collecting revenue and providing the
means Of preserving the public faith AID advancing
the public service. The following section OF the
Compromise Ac, is now the only provision on the
statute book, which authorizes the collection Of
dIiies:
.sec a u further enacted That ual the 1911
Isy 81 J1oe one thousand EIGHT hundred amt forty two
acf shall remain and continue be- collected. And from
shall be collected IN ready money AMI all creis now s
lowed by aw IN INC paymcn n duties shall be, here.
pose Of rasng revenue b, necessary an eco.
nomiea Standardization u the Government; ani 6om ami
by law on goods, wares and merchandise shall he alscs
stl upon me value hereof AZ mo roIt where Tho
seTi5s9 5g lar"
This upon is face is imperfect and contompa,es
farther legislation, before duties could be collected
under II. "After tho 3O.h Of June, 1872" "sueh
duties shall be laid" ard "alter the day last nfore
said tho duties required to be paid by aw &c shall
be assessed upon the value thereof at the port where
the same shall be entered, uHder such regulations as
may BE- preseribed BY Law" The acting Presi-
dent, in utter contempt Of the entire genius Of our
institutions and in violation Of this express provision
OF the law, has proclaimed that no law was neces.
sary, and he has proceeded TO make "such reeula.
tions"-as could only be binding il made by the
Legisaturc-,hus making himself the Government.
II would he a waste Of words to attempt to show
thatthis gross and aigran, usurpi,on on The PAR,
cf the Executive. If he con make "r,gulaiio -
having all the force OF lavs-and upon subject
Of the deepest interest, and affecting every portion
Of the Confederacy, there is no limit to his power.
and the Representatives Of the People are ind,eI
useless and unmoaning nppendage.
Blu, one wrong invariably leads 10 another, and
perhaps greater. The President in pursuance Of
a corrupt condition, had barely onnuled the existing
revenue laws, and established others Of his owr;
when some Of the guilty parties to The conspiracy
against TIE public liberty apprehensys that enough
Of the old English spirit survived in American 10.
SONS 10 resist the payment Of taxes, imposed, No,
by law, but by executive dctaton, brough, forward
propositions in both Houses Of Congress 10 legal q,
the de.es'able usurpat,on Of the President. on the
morning af.er tn veto, Mr. Woodbury., IN tho c,nas
city Of the ministerial leader i'm the Senate, intro.
duced a proposition TO this effect, in accordance
with the decree Of q midnight caucus On the same
day, in the Commons. Mr. Weller, another Locofo
CO convert 70 Tylerism, submitted the same proro
siuon. The House refused TO consider 10. Immedi.
ntclY Mr. Roosevelt, another loco convert, inrodu.
ccd a bil', tho most extraordinary ever submitted 10
a deiibsralivo body in free country. Il proposed
nothing less than 10 surrender TO the Executive the
power Of fixing the duties on imp3sis. for to make
the Regulations" proposed would give that power
"a power the mos, important in The whole range o.
legislative dules-and bill to effect which even, j.,
is expressly provided by the Conuttutioo, mus,
| originate in the House Of Rsprssmiafre. We an
mex these strange proceedings, designed 10 wresi
from the people and their representatives. the high
and important power Of laying taxes. and transfer
ring il 70 the Executive. We ask especial auen-
ton to the names Of those who voted in the ofrma.
tive. They are oil crack Democrats-dear lovers o.
the pcople-wi'h equality, democracy and oil that
their lips, and, as IS amply demonstrated by this
vote, with faIsehood in their hearts. We observ,
some Of the patent Democrats from this State in the
list Of those who would rob the people Of the taxing
power
We copy from the National InlelIigeneer;
COLLECTION OF DUTIES ON IMPORTS
| Mr. ROOSEVELT rose and, amidst good dss
of confusion and mtny calls 10 order, asked leave
to introduce bill, tho object Of which, he wss On
derstood TO say, to remedy the prospective evi
| Of flooding This country with imported goods
tCries, "Giye vs. the question-beloro the de
pa,e"I