The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-07
From the N. Y. Standard.
EXCITEMENT AT WASHINGTON AT THE
PRESIDENTS VETO.

The third Veto OF the President which gave the
ouetus to the provisional tariff BILL and sent back
TO The House where Il had originated burned benes'h
pile Of Executive obeclons-apPears TO nave pro-
duced an immense amount OF excitement amongst the
mt friends Of The measure ia Congress, whose
wrath was aroused the receipt of the message 10
such degree that the lube OF the longest thermone
ter " oald hardly measure It's heat. When TINS appfe
hended and unwelcome document was admitted ih'o
the Hall and read, II produced almost as much a'arn
and confusion amongst the Wings as II bombsnen
had burst in their midst and after the stupo oil the
fin aslonishment had sanlshed The message was as
sailed with all the fury Of whirwind, and It's author
branded with almost every opprobroas ePl'he' thA'
could we'll TO applied 10 his character. MS motives
were without hesitation impeached as dlshonest-h's
were pronounced to be base and ms conduc
sipmatised that of traitor who had ueachefoosiy
abandoned the principes and deserted the banner oil
his party and Arnold like had gone over to the ranks
of his former enemies Il,
This denunciatory language, issuing from the
mont hs of those " hose bosoms We're almost bursting
ON The Juror OF feeling OF the moment, while they
furnished sorry soace To the suferlngs ana uiai1
pontmenis of the gentlemen who uttered then oio
very little hahn To the head or heart OF the President
whose character for PROFIT Is not 10 be shaken MOI
his honesty Of purpose Frustrated, by the explosive
speeches OF The who denounced him.
Ii seems to US, however that this method OF muir
dering mans reputation, by The weapons OF abuse
and nyectiye because his conscientious opinions hap
sisted To elect hun, is not precisely the best way 10
treat a President to induce him perform what tbey
contend il was his bounden duly to do. IL seldom
happens that abuse, directed against any individual
be he high or low has a tendency TO >sradcae rom
his mind the erroneous Impressions with which he is
charged with being imbued; but, on the contrary, IL
her confirms the error, that perhaps nconsiderateiy
existed, and which by the intolerance with whch Is
treated becomes firmly Incorporated into the chafac-
ter and 10 at length component part OF tue man Nun
self
Whereas milder course mig ht act like a pleasant
enoient TO that error, and soften II down into a COM
plant recti ude for time to Jefferson has
said that error OF opinion may be tolerated where
is left to combat IL, but he has where
declared that honest error OF opinion Is To be inote
rantiy treated that 1t ~ be met or that il may be
cured by the outpouring of TORI, ns Of abuse.
We are not amongst that class of persons who pro-
scribe this Veto of the President error-for we
cherish no such unaccommodatng opinions-and be-
Ieve he acted from the honest lncipes aud the up
right purposes that animate his acts.
What benefit would It be to him 10 indulge inten-
uonally IN error OF thought opinion and action, and
thus render himself obnoxious to the resentments OF
those feod ships he would prefer to their enmity2
Ii he believed the act he vetoed good and neces
sary one, is it to be supposed that he would have de-
feated it merely to CRAFTY whm os his own, for
the sake OF Furnishing his former friends? Ii were
insanity aim, st TO think
He knows that he has an important duty to per-
form, that he has conscience to sOothe, charac-
ter for consistency to maintain which he would not
dare to trihe with for light and frivolous causes
And those who thus denounce his motives as base
and dishonest, should beware that their own not
tested by the same intolerant standard-that they
not to be tried in the cruclble with which
they try the President Would il not have comport-
ed better with the grave characters of American
Legslaors-wih the GOODNESS and calmness that ever
ought to characterize enlightened and deberatlve
body--to have taken up the advanced by the
President for rejecting the measure he had vetoed
and dspassionately to have exam ned them, and
then to have awarded to them appropriate weight
of merit?
Would it not have been better to have inferred
honest rather than dishonest motives, and to have
soned with theme elves what advantage it would be to
the President dishonor himself by dishonest act
which would only expose him to the hostility of
those whom il was his ntere-t to rally around him
fri nds-rather than, by Objectionable act to drive
them from him as enemies' The outpouring of hard
words, the uterance of inhammatory speeches then,
were the last weapons that should have been resorted
to--for they only tend to confirm opposition, and
never can conquer contrariety of opinion.
The reasons the President has given for his veto,
are plain and unvarnished. They are calculated to
satisfy at least moety Of the public of the United
States, and we have doubt they will descend to
coming time with the character of an honest pur-
pose indelibly enstamped upon them.