The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-06
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In the foregoing analysis have set down
Wise and Gilmer as locos, and Profit, IT.
win and Gushing. as wings. 10 save se2er-
ate column for "he Guard" The two
former against the bill and the three latter
or it.
On comparing this analysis with the 9TH
er vote had given,you will observe, whig
gain in the affirmative, from SO TO "a, and
loco gain on the same side, from Is to 20,
while the whig nays have fallen from ~ 10
34,and the loco NAYS from 20 to 60. All OF
the latter party from New England, who
were present, voted against the bill. except
ing Parmenter of Mass. They are joined to
lIr. Calhoun. Let them alone! But lie, VT.
see to it that she is not drawn into that vor-
texi
look upon the result TO which we have
arrived with amaZement, when | remember
the condition Of things week ago. This
result has been brought about by the most
untireing labor of those who, from the mo-
nent the veto made its appearance were
satisfied that it would be madness 10 suffer
Mr.. Tylers abuse of the veto power TO drive
us 10 course which would sacrifice the
of distress which we could not contemplate
without horror. We felt that however un-
yielding we might be, if the question was a
personal one between Mr.. Tyler and our
selves, yet that this was case in which ii
became US TO divest ourselves Of every such
feeling, and 10 consider what was due our
constituents and the country. We had no
apprehension tina. our yielding 10 this case
would be ever drawn into precedent TO
justify future abuses of Executive power,
because we could not bring ourselves TO be.
lieve that any man who might hereafter be
inclined to abuse power, would be very like
ly 10 rely upon the acts and doings of the
present Executive for his justification
The President having 1t in his power to
veto any bill we might pass, we found our
selves reduced to the alternative of "cutting
and trying" till we could get a bill which
would escape his veto, or leave the govern
ment without revenues, and the protected
interests in condition of hopeless prostra.
tion. We felt it to be our duty to submit
not 10 "Captain Tyler" but to strong in
exorable necessity ito submit Just as we
would to pestilence or famine, or any other
like evil.
trust the people ofthe North will Justify
the decision which their Representatives
have made in this trying emergency. 1t
has been made at greai sacrifice of feel
ing, out of respect TO interests which we
could not but regard as paramount to all o.
Their considerations. We leave the President
and his aiders and abettors in the hands of
the people, not without strong confidence
that they will, in due time, be made to feel
the displeasure which they have justly meri.
ted.
There may be those who will regard this
yielding as inconsistent with the passage Of
the tariff bill with the land distribution in it,
after it was supposed to be reduced to a GER
tainty by the Presidents veto of the tempo
rary tariff bill, that he would veto this A
word of explanation is due 10 this apparent
inconsistency. When the temporary tariff
was vetoed, the permanent tariff bill had
been reported by the Committee of Ways
and Means, and was in committee of the
whole on the state of the Union. tcith the
distribution Section in ii. The evident
want of reasons for The veto of the tempo ra.
ry bill,-as think have Satisfactorily
shown in my letter to the Vermonter-cre-
aied the impression that the President sent
US that veto for the purpose Of inducing Us