New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-08-18

with that terrible power, prophetic described e
one OF his chosen ministers al this day, Is TIE rSt
10 deprive the People of seif-ovs.nnen.'
The first Consequence OF his Executive Legislation va
not oay TO PROSTATE the ee-t5 OF the Legislature ie 20
relieve People from .heir distress rcptenis the ~
harsed Treasury and Cal! ur ,as resources OF the CONT
y 10 redeem the public isIih the uitmcn; OF tbs
0aa eenS; but TO ieIve all the burdens ard es
basrassnenS Of tie pcolc Treasury 5rousa, On ny Ft
o,-,rnvid.oce of the rf.csd- Administrator, hcarn
upon The Peoole with aggravated presse. The tsia e.
ro ef the preceding Administration had been an excess y
expenditure bcyou;i lis income i'at excess nae Ds
average of eight millions OF dollars year. az least dun&
, four wears OF lis existence The practical ssih o! ~
nsca operations has been continual increase Of exptaa
lis successor no effective reduction eseS bal uodoe
reduction of revenue 10 the Of millions 10 cecnr ri
course. by the mere lapse OF time ruess aVefe WIN
fifteen months, by subsequent Legislators.
BY The double exercise OF tae Presidential nisdlG upon
TIE two bills for establishing National Sank TINS esd
ton WIS prevented. The OF expenditures peyoha
the nreccninued and increased fhe doues
suffered TO take It's fall eect-ro reduction OF 'he exPe
ture bad been preScbcs, and N me course VI S'su'
months. since the inauguration OF President HARRISON IN ac
drion fifteen millions the epcruioIs Gecit a.
ready existing the Treasury the close of The last At
ministration, charged upon the pEevains party IN
exercise OF the power nene disabled tue Legislature
Itself fro.n the power OF oppyng The en!y re1eI "cn
within the competency OF Legislation tse. 10 pro-
vide.
gross called defeated BY the d;
the veto power. At The meeting OF Congress at The regular
annual session. the msortie OF both Houses not Yielding
10 The encouragement Of disappointed Hopes .aTd oaeu
e,erg;es undertook the task raising, by post duties,
revenue ADEQUATE 10 the necessities OF the Treasury and to
III. iulGlment OF the national obligations
By the asduous and unreinug iators oil the COMMITTEE
both Houses charged with he duties OF providing Tor ihe
necessities CT The reenu and !9f ihs great
mus: be deeply Affected by any adjustment Oh atm
raise exclusively revenue adequate to the Necessary e
penses the Government from duties on imports laTln
i'll believed be nearly, waoly sufficient Tor that
purpose was elaborated and amply discussed through
long series OF weeks 10 both branches OF the Legislature
The processof CESSATION through which ton s'ch com,
Plicaed system could te organized, necessarily consumed
many months of time tcr were the Committees or Tue
House exempted from severe reProaci which Tue pu
chased presses of the Executive Chief are even 7e casting
upon Congress without rebuke or restraint iIoa hnl
The delays occasioned by the patient and u~earied IN.
vestghon OF the whole subject by the appopropfaie
committees As The period approached when the 50 eas
Compromise Tariff was TO be ccnsnnmatea leaving .hs
Cove without any Revenue Tariff sanctioned by the
law :hs prudence Of Congress without ther
hoped 70 es,absh provided and sent 10 the President
temporary exptdieat, limited in operation to the space
of mouth during which TO avois as they thong he
possibility of collision with the apprehenied anupathe'
OF the President, they had suspended tie month
the distribution Of the proceeds OF the sales OF Pubc Land
which, by previous law, was 10 take effect The day atte
| the expiration of the Compromise.
Not only this coDeiliatocy measure centcnplu-
ously rejected but, in total Disregard OF he ayosd opn-
ions of hisow Secretary OF he Treasury concnrrns VITA
those nearly rnannous, Of all tie eminent la"ye OF
the land in solitary reliance upon the hestatiug opinion o.
the Attorney General he has undertaken MT only 10 lew
taxes 10 the amount of millions upon the People pre-
scribe uatonS collection aud !or asceralrg tue
value OF imported merchandise which tue law bad, i'll ex-
press terms reserved for the legislative action OF ConsI
n)w this continual and unreient-
ing exercise OF Executive legislation by alternate
ers never vested him by any law, the Veto
| Message referred by tho House to this committee.
comparative review OF the tour several s9t9es walGn
in the OF fifteen months have suspended the les s-
ton OF this Unon combined with that amphbious Pfoduc-
tion the for approving ana signing bill aud al
the time, striking by judicial constructions al lis mos.
important enactment, illustrated by ccneinporane0aS emu
sions OF temper and of sennet tiyulgsda cornwall lest
walls, and obtrudcd upon tue phc eye by the iad Trend
ship OF sycophaut private correspondents, and sppe, 10
lis naked naure by tue repeated anl caring assumption
both legislative of judicial power, would present
anomalies ofcharactcr ana conduct rarely rron eats
Such an investigation though srctly WiN The scope o.
the Instructors embraced In TIE reference 70 This COMMIT
tee, would require reianlnsus report Which tGe scin.
lime will moi allow and wfch may not be ecessdfy
for maturing thrjudgmen OF the House r2en tile document
The reasons assigned By the Presden, Tor returning 70
the House OF Representatives, with us objections the h
provide from imports and 70 change and mods
y existing laws imposing duties and for ether uT poses
preceded By orie dissertation upon The painful sen
saons which any rauidri invested VIII the veto power
feel exercising npsu important OF the Legs
lalure. The paragraph IS worded with extreme caution
and with obvj ous intent avoid the assertion, made ~
such broad and unqualified in The letter read at the
Philadelphia INDEPENDENCE day dinner party that congress
can enact no L.r Without The concurrence the Exeeu,
tive There is in th, paper studions effort any
indiudual from the mpualon OF agserug the
Independence OF the Executive upon the ana
The assertion, made explicit and unqualified 'Sns
in the Philadc pha letter IS here virtually oscaif a.'
en regard TO all acts OF eslsiaeH by an indsuuhi
invested with the veto poHe Is mere cuf,ailea anu d
sidered deeply ixed repeatedly declared opia
ions on matters great pubic concernpent TO those OF a
ca-orcina,e department seriously to reexamne The SUBJECT
of their difference The coordaae department to The L.
sure is no longer the coordinate branch Of the Legs
ature The power of Congress enact Ia" without Inc
cooperation of any individual Executive Is cohceded not
merely by unavoidable inference, for The closing paragraph
OF the message recurring again TO the same re-
plinscence observes that ALI the effect OF what he
does is substantially call on Congress TO reconsider The
! subject
If on such reconsideration majority of thirds OF
both Houses SHOULD be in tsvo OF this nsaSnrs Ni pc
come law Notwithstanding his objections The truisI o!
this remark may perhaps be accosntet Tor ny te suse
that discovery made since the wrilins oil the
ton ascrbed The Constitution that the Executive can
commit error OF opinion unless twotnIros OF oou!
branches OF the Legislature are IN ennhet VITA n IS e,n
pered by The agabe assurance that 10 that event nc WIN
checrluly acqneSce in result which would De pTecetS
aptitude of this Hypothetical position may be estimated by
the calculation of the chances thai The contingency winch II
supposes is within the verge o; possibility.
Thereasons by the President for his objections to
this bill further preceded narrative OF his
opinions and communications the subject OF distributing
the proceeds OF the sales OF the public lanes He ADMITS tal
at tie opening of the he recommended such
disuibuon but he that this Recommendation was e1
pressly coupled with the condition that the duties on imports
should exceed the rate OF 20 per cent provided by the
compromise act oil 1855. -
Who could imagine that, after this emphatic coupling
OF tie from duties npost with revenue from the
proceeds of the sales Of the public lands the first and para
mount objection of the President this bill should be that
il untes two subjects which, far from having any affinity
ansther, wholly incongruous in their character
which two subjects are ldentcay the same with ibose
which he had coupled Together in his recommendation 10
Congress heextra session! II there no affinity be-
tween The parties why did be join them together II the
union eet who the administering priest OF
the unhaowed rites II is objected 10 this bill that il Is
both revenue and an appropriation bill What them Is
the of September 4 I8l, approved and signed by
President himself, both revenue and appropriation
bill, Does that in the OF nsufciency
Of mpos duties exceeding twenty per cent ad vaore,
to deray the expenses the Government the pro-
ceeds of the sales OF the lands shall be levied part of
the revenue, and appropriated the purposes
The approp aon OF the proceeds of the sales OF the pnb
lie lands defra the ordinary expenditures OF the Govern
is believed to be system OF fiscal management un