The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-02-10

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existed. The President would be exclusive.
Is devoted 10 ihe discharge Of has public
dallrs; and he would sndesrar % sign .llzs
his adminlsirsloa by he benefesnee and
aisda'n n is measures.
!. 81. rhaI shs veto power should BE-
more precisely ds6sed, and be sahisc..
ed 10 iOflher limilslions and qualities
lions."
Thus il would be preeeised by he Sc
nats that. Whatever ruth OF soundness
there might be inahe opinion which he
had embodied in lie rssolulinn now sub
miliea 70 the Senate. il vas an opinion
] long sinre deliberately luTmed and ex
pressed. and one which had of,ea since
been CONSIDERED aud tesiswed. unptpmpl.
ell By any Of lhose receni Occurrences 10
ahirh il might Otherwise have been sup
posed 10 owe rs origin.
The parIirnlar amendmeni now before
the Sen de for is consideration. aud 10
which be should SPEAK before he moro
btirfy adyerted 10 Tie others which &C
eanpshlei Il. vas that which reIsiei TO
The VEro PowER. And while on This
suhjeel q redeeming Tie pledge which
vas. IN some sort. given by him a. one
af The humblrsi members Of that parry
which had not long since so sigaslIy lri.
umphed, he hoped The Senate would al.
low him. in III truth and sincerity, 10 say
that he desired 70 see parry. when ii
cane inlo power, redeem the pledge. and
fulfil The promises u made when oui Of
poseT; aud not exhibit that disgTacelul
spectacle 50 of,en witnessed in The pulii
cal history 81 other natl ms. of protesting
one SCI 81 principles. and employing them
- . mean. towards getting into power,
and then. when successful 10 Obtaining
their ui,hes. turn round. fOrgel all they
hal sid and promised. and GO on % adj
m,niSer the government just as their pre-
deefssars hid done. lie could assure
gentlemen that. on the questions nf re-
s,raning AID IImInng Executive power.
on The necessity IL AZ economical admin-
islra,,on Of The Government. on resulst-
me The discussing power 81 the Pfesi
dent. on securing far and Just RESPONSE
blI,iy 10 I'll The Departments; 10 . word.
on every gres, question of national policy
20 y hicn The party 70 which he cnn.ldef-
ed himself As belonging were pledged 1,
The People aaj 10 The wcrlJ. they would
& I'D him. on III occasions, during The shor.
lime 10 which he expected 10 remain a
member of The body, heartily really 10
co operate 10 carrying out into practice
Ill they had avowrd 10 principle.
Il was hi purpose 10 60 DO, very brief
~ into The history and origin Of the veto
power. Ii was known 10 oil 70 have ORR
ginaled in the institution OF the ifibuna.
ton power ia ancient R,me; that j, was
seized upon and perverted . purposes Of
ambition when The empire was establish
ed under Augustus; aud iha, /, had mol
teen in lily obolished until The reign Of
Constantine. There could be no doubt
t'lai II had been introduced from the prac.
| lice under The empire into the mona,chies
OF Europe. in must Of which, IN some
modification OF other, il was nov To be
found. But, although il existed in The
nauonal codes, the power bad not, in the
case oil Great Britain, been exercised for
century aud hall past; and, if he was
correctly informed on the subject, Il had,
~ The French monarchy, never been ex.
ctcised a, az. During the memorable pc
rid Of the French revolution, when new
/ Cons tuition was under consideration,
this subject Of the seio power had been
largely discussed, aud had agi,alcd The
Whole country. Every one must recollect
how IL had been turned against the unfor
tunaie Louis XIV, who had been held up
to ,heridlcule Of the nopulace, under the
title OF " .Nonsieur Ieio." as his wife. the
/ Qaeen, had been called MADAME TeiO."
and although. slier much difficulty, the
power had finally found place in the
Constitutions. not SOLITARY instance had
occurred of its actual exercise. Under
the colonial state OF this country, the pow
CT WAS udfSllduttus Hum tic tAI'SttShSS
which had been had Of il in Europe, TO
the laws relating 10 The colonies. aud that
in duuble fprm, for there was veto Of
The Colnnial Governor. and also veto OF
the Crown. Ba, whit was thought Of
this power by the inhabitants Of these
States when rising 10 assert their freedom,
might be seen ia The words OF the instru
men, IN which they asserted their indePen
tlence. Al Tie head oi all The grievances
stated in that paper, as reasons for our
separation from Great Britain, was plic.
ell the exercise Of this very power of The
Royal Ve,o. Speaking Of the King, the
Declaration Of Independence employed
this language:
"Ile has refused hissassent TO laws
The most Wholesome and necessary for
the public good. lie has forbidden his
Governors IL pass laws Of immediate aud
pressing importance, unless suspended
/ in their operation I'LL his assent should be
nb,aned: and when 81 suspended, he has
utterly Neglected 10 attend to Ihem."
N, donbt the i,lca or ENGRAVING this
power upon our own Constitution was
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