Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-08

mn, repor,. (unintentonay, no doubt to attack Inc
nrivae character of the President Such was, surely,
| no, his intention lie only intended TO auae 10 nus
o,feial conduct With his private character, ne had
nothing 10 do and he had always heain, from those
ACQUAINTED with the President, that, in all his private
relations, he is an esmable gentleman.
| Mr. FILLMORE then called for the orders OF the
day. ,,r,s zoe, ~, r,,r ,rTIE TARIFF.
Mr. rARltTIIERS, who was entitled 10 Inc moor,
d,es.ed The House n opposition TO the grounds taken
:, the veto of the President. lie admitted the Po'r'
Of the Presiden 10 veto any bill a. question Of
power he did not dispute IT. lie WOULD however, ar
rairn the President other grounds-on The ieasoEs
which the President assigned for the use "i the veto =
He thought he could show that there was compact
between The President and The party winch opposed MS
election as binding as the Compromise itself II might
be liza, the bond was not yet signed, sealed and deli
cod. bu he had no doubt that there moral obli-
CATION existing between them:
He wished 10 convict the President out OF his own
mouth and 10 show that even he admitted Inc niil We
,ocd did no, violate the Compromise. The gentleman
corn soulh Carolina, (alr Holmes) he thought, had
bcen loo precipate in singing the praises Oh John 1y
Ter and placing him in the front rank oil me Democfa
cv The President, the gentleman would hhd' had mol
onne so far as lie supposed. Mr.. u tlen quoted from
tho Veto Message and the Compromise act, 10 show
that even according 10 the constr ucllon put upon the
,rysiona Tariff bill BY tie President, II did not inter
teJe with the Compromise
Mr. GENTRY obtained permission to enter into
ordinations, III consequence VI soHic
rL,cb had been made TO il, CT notice which he for
m.rly rave in this House of his intention 10 introduce
= bill 10 provide for the payment OF The deo's oil The
States by an appropriation, Tor that purpose, OF me
public lands but he wished 1t 10 be clearly ana DIS
nc,lv under stood that for any opinions which lie had
cxnrcssd on that subject he alone was responsible,
and no, the Wing pary-all the members oi mat party
with whom he had consulted having expressly d'ssened
from him. and enreated him not to allie pt 10 carry ms
design into effect.
/ Nr TURNEY was understood 10 state, that he had
heard Mr. Bell, the Ajax of the Wing party, 10 a
spcech at Nashville, preach the Wing doctrine oil u.s.
sumption of the State debts
Mr. GENTRY thought the gentleman IRON lennes-
see must be MISTAKEN as MIR Bell was one oil Tue mem
beers of the Wing party that earnestly mpor'uned hun
not 10 attempt TO carry out his views Besides, The
views of so distinguished gentleman as Mr.. Bell on
such subject must have attracted The attention o. M
political circles; yet tins was the rst time lhat hc thf
| G. had heard OF it. 80
I Mr TlIRNEY said the newspapers OF Nashville OF
both political parties, gave the version OF the
speech in that respect
| Tho conversation was continued, but 10 the same
purport, by Messrs GENTRY, TukNEi, y. H.
WILLIAMS, CARUTuERS, and others, by the per-
mission of Mr. RHETT who was entitled TO the floor
MIR RHETT commenced by expressing his surprise
a, the doctrines avowcd by the gentleman from Massa'
chusetis mir. Adams and The gentleman from Ncw
York MIR Granger. which he looked upon as suhVer'
siye OF the Constitution. The latter gentleman IN
speaking of the veto and lis consequences, said, let
trouble and tesoation sweep the land and see who
would stand it best. He had watched the course oil
the debate and heard the gentleman from Indiana MI
Lanel sill. further developing the course OF policy ex
pected from the dominant party That gentleman went
on TO saw that the people of this country, under the e1
ercise Of the power, were abong under Inc most
nolerable tyranny. The gentleman further SAID 'lai
though the President had vetoed the provisional tariff
b another bill containing the same Proriso with regard
to the distribution of the proceeds OF the public lands
would he sent 10 HIM.
Mr. r. then proceeded 10 deprecate the policy evil
IDENTIFY determined on by The Wing party to bring the
Government 10 stand, and abolish the Constitution
rather than not succeed IN their measures; ana e3a.
mined the provisions of the Constitution with regard
10 the veto power, TO show that there vas nothing IN
the present question which justified their course lie
would tell gentlemen that this war on the Constitution
was not of recent origin. In the manifesto put iofth ny
the Wing party time ago, this project TO abolish The
veto mower was put forth Of the leading objects o
that party Those who argued against this power con
tended that it man power, and that the peo
ME should not lie restrained the acts OF their Repre
sentatives here. But was this the only restraining
mower in the Constitutions Look at it, II was full o.
yetoes This body not intended 10 be omnipo-
lent and the idea of lis omnipotence was mos
pernicious one, and fatal TO liberty Here was
string of vetoes put on the powers oi tins Govern
ment Mr. r. here quoted the different Restrictions
inserted in the Constitution and showed the necessity
for them In all Governments the elements oil ohn'
poence existed whether they were monarches, ar'slo
cracies or republics, and il was necessary 10 IMPOSE
restraints on them the rights and Liberties oil the
neonle would be restrained In free Governments, il
was the most difficult impose those checks, because
they must be by vetoes, and not by brnte 'o'ce.-
/ When he heard gentlemen denounce the Constitution
(Which he firmly believed to be the most perfect IN
s,rumenl ever devised by human wisdom) because o
is vetoes he felt in his heart that they using
arguments against all free Governments, and subyer
sve of the very foundations OF liberty Itself. I'M:
Government could not stand day II such ptincipie'
r were TO prevail The arguments now used against tls
veto power the same that were successiui "nei
The constituent assembly of the French Republic hrs
4 met and which, by cutting off the veto, established
the omnipo,ence Of that body After briefly atveri'nt
TO the despotism Of the French Republic, Mr.. H. ASKED
r similar scenes would not follow the adjustment o
:, the veto here Would no, The Senate be abolished
4 as too arisocraic, and not emanating IRON The peo
pie It was but the other day that the venerable
gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr.. Adams,J who
y once avowed that Representative should not be
palsied by the will Of his constituents, took coca
sion to denounce the Senate, in the severest terms
for its amendments TO the Apportionment pii'-
: Guns was complex system Of Government, and It wa
by carving out all its parts that the people go
: verned themselves. Strike from the Constitution any
Of lis limitations of power and you would destroy
the whole: and the argument which went to abolish ht
tone man power" went also TO abolish the House o
, Representatives. Gentlemen had been declaiminl
much apains; the increase oil Executive power Nov
he would ask what power the Executive had: III
could not dictate Congress- he could not originate
any measure: and the only power he had was IN sus
, pending the powers Of the Legislature The DANCE
TO our institutions not from the Executive, but IRON
the Legislature. Had they ever been endangered b!
vetoes: No; bn, by the Legislature. Who was II ina
passed the alien and sedItion laws: Your internal 'm
proycmcns, protective tariffs, banking system, &c;
all emanatcd from the legislature and it was throus
! the omission of the veto power, that these nJurou
measures were fastened on the country
Let us meet this question (saId MIR. X fairly III
Trusted that there would be nlEnin1. Ihey nat
come 10 the noint when il was important that the,
f should understand each other lie wanted his people
know how system Of government was TO be carrIe
out. that they might be prepared for any emergency
The gentleman from Tennessee had said that thl
veto the result of bargain between the Democra
tic party and the Executive. AS member of that par
tv, he took upon himself 10 deny the charge and III
ecd any man TO show the slightest foundation Tor II
lie knew that there gentlemen here who were ia
miiiar with such bargains From the year 1924, whe
The Presidential chair reached through bargain
and certain prospects were held out as consideration
c,r "a III, nd ssveral and he