The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-10
THE FOURTH VETO.

gfeSs, the COuHtTys anu tue WOIu, KNOW
that John Tyler will never shrink from his duty
whenever il may become necessary to interpose
the Veto TO preserve the Constitution, or 10
shield the Government and the interests OF the
People against The attacks OF political gamblers.
Since the day (early in the extra session. on
which il was learned from the President that
the present Administration could not, and
would not be prostituted TO secure the Lord OF
Ashland's election in 1S44-since that day, the
whole legislation of our country has been no
thing but a game Of chess The Wings do
not want the currency question settled Tor seve-
raj years yet, or it might have been done eight
months ago-nor do they want the tariff ques-
ton settled, as may now be by all from
their recent experiments. They want these ques-
tons open during the next Presidential cam
paign-hence their experiments, their TENTS,
their pretences, which are designed on the one
hand to find out precisely what kind of metal
the Captain is composed OF, and TO dmuse the
manufacturers and merchants on the other. We
say amuse, because we know they will convince
some Of the Northern People that, during the
nine months session Cat least in the Linth month";
they made serious effort TO get Tariff. But
ape know they do not wish consummate any
such thing, so long before the election. But
they will play with the measures demanded by
the People, like cats with mice e. mousers') and
come as near adopting them as possible; but
they will not suffer them 10 become laws-no
then they would escape them in 1914. They
aim as near the measures of the People as pos
sibe, without designing TO strike them, like the
savage who binds his victim 10 the tree and
hurs his glittering tomahawk, apparently at his
head, but merely with the intention to shave off
the locks. In this way the Wing Congress
is playing with the People.
The leaders will say g this was TarIfi.-an
ample Tarif-why did not the President ign
it2 We can do no more" Thus, they design to
show the surface Of the cup of custard to
the People, without admitting that it con
tanned poison below. And they took especial
to let the President see them make the
deadly admiXture, for they wished him TO dash
the cup TO pieces, with the paltry hope that
when it was da she'd to the earth their masters
would not see the drug it contained
The President has saved the country now the
fourth time. Had he not possessed the resolu
ton and irmness to dash each of the poisoned
cups to the earth his country would have been
ruined-runed before the next Presidential
election, and ruined by the Clay Wing ma jority
that concocled them. This was well known
h nee they have been legislaling for uetoeS, in.
stead OF wholesome laws.
Mr.. Clay wishes to bamboozle the People of
the North two or three years longer on the sub
ject of the Tariff They want a Tariff and
he wants their votes. But he must not give it
to them get or they nigh forget to pay him the
debt of gratitude hereafter. He must promise
to sign such bill when they elect him. He
demands to be paid in advance In the South
his presses at this moment in ,istlng upon
1t that he is in favor of the compromise In the
East, he goes for Bank-in the West, for Dis
trlbution !! This is the great game, and who is a
better brag player than Mr.. Clay
But the North would be satisfied with the
Tariff which the President recommends, and
intmates his wish to sign in this Veto Mes
sage. Why not adopt this good Tariff at once,
and let the People have two or three years of
prosperity before Mr.. Claws entree as Pres-
dent2 The North will be content TO have the
incidental protection suggested by The Presi
dent, and the South will not murmur at it
Never was there more glorious opportunity to
establish, on permanent basis, just such a
Tariff as the country needs-and the amount of
revenue required by the Government, if raised
by duties imports, would secure the prospe-
rity of the manufacturing classes. And we be-
gin to think, that if the present time is neglected
for the special benefit of the Lord Of Ashland,
some other mode of raising revenue may BE-
adopted before he is indicted into the Presi-
dental Chair.
The Veto Message before US is Just the able,
dgnifed, and patriotic document which the oc-
casion demanded. There is not a particle of
selhshness or equlvocallon in It, The mind of
the Chief Magistrate has grasped the whole
subject, and weighed it impariially, without re-
ference to any particular section or party His
enemy, the Lord of Ashland, calls him ''weak
and vacillating; )" but has Mr.. Clay ever pro-
duced document that can compare with this
They call him "weak and vacatingw We
venture to say that His act required more moral
courage, and iron hrmness, than any similar
act of all the Presidents. They can do moth.
ing bat rail against him.
The President depicts the condition, present
and prospective, of the Treasury, which alone
would justify the Veto.
But the Tariff Distribution bill was uncon-
siitutionaI. To distribute the proceeds of the
lands, under existing circumstances is as far
from being warranted by the Constitution, as
Internal Improvement by the General Govern
ment would be-
The Message audes, in proper terms. TO the