The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-13
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS,
From the Augusta Me- Age.
" HEADING CAPTAIN TYLER"


The miserable game of I" heading Captain Tyler,
kept up by the Federal majority Of Congress, at the
sacrifice OF every interest OF the country and to the
iniamy OF lis legs alton, Is beginning 10 excite alarm
a. well as indignation, among the honest men oil all
parties The crowning act of this political farce has
been consummated in the getting up and passage OF
the lile tariff bill So called, for the Neli under
stood object of extracting another veto from the Pre-
sident, and of shifting the blame OF the failure OF
Congress To perform their Legislative duty from their
own shoulders to those of the Executive.
The ,ileged urgency of the was sheer pre-
tence. Admitting the plea, that necessity existed
for further legislation to enable the Compromise Act
To take effect, cannot be pretended that Congress
whore session has extended over period OF seven
long months have not had time 10 pass bill 10 Tegu-
late the mode of valuation Of imports under that
Indeed the very passage of the bill which vetoed
because II cogged by the repeal OF the dstribu-
ton limitation, shows this fact. The passage of the
bill was DELAYED till the last moment After il went
from the House the Senate it was kept in the lat
ter b dy for ten days, notwithstanding the repeated
requests of Democra ic members that the bill night be
acted on in order TO give Congress ample time to act,
should the bill encounter the negative Of the Pres-
deDi IL was finally acted upon and sent 10 the Presi-
dent, Saturday the rs day of June, only four
days, (Sunday ,cusive,) before the Comp Aci
took effect, which the 30ih of June. The
President returned e bill with his objections on
Wednesday morning the 18Th of June-haviog re-
tanned II but two days Excluding Sunday and dur
ing oae of those days Congress did not sit but was
in attendance upon Tie funeral of of its members
also the President He could not have return
ed II SO lner without violation of proprety. So then
II there Is blame any where on account of delay II
does not upon The President. Aftrr the message
was received, proposition made TO strike out the
OBJ ctinable clause I.liing TO the land dis rbutIon
that the bill nigh, be passed through that day. and
become law, but 1t met with no favor.
The tederalists who ruled Con ress, affected TO be
taken by surprise by the Veto. They have consumed
the tine which has elapsed since lis reception
measured denuncIation of the President. They de-
clare that there now exists no revenue laws
la the Hou g, on Thursday, June 80 bill was in
troduced by Mr. Ro sevel 10 remedy the defects in
the Irssenl laws, which the Federalisls affirm must
defeat the collection OF any revenue, but IT was re.
Jtcled. "A similar attempt was made on the day fol
10 log, Ia the Senate by Mr.. Woodbury., which met
a similar fate. The President also has put il out OF
the power of the Federal majority in Congress to ex-
cue themselves for doing nothing by saying that their
actIon would be useless it would be negatived by
the Executive Veto,--for he expressly affms his
readiness To cooperate with Congress Ia the adoption
Treasury.
But the Federaists evijently determined that
nothing shall be done, They are willing to give up
their Tariff cts,-bankrupt the Urea ury,--stop
the wheels of Government-aDd sacrifice the people,
to CRAFTY their spleen against "a weak vacillaing
and fai,hless Chief Magistrate" TO their cpl
thets Toe issue about the proceeds under the Land
Distribution act is adopted petext to give
c"lor to their designs The amount for dist rlbuon is
but nominal The share of ach State would scarcely
be sufficient to foot the bills Of decent corporation
dinner. They not fig about that measure, or
any other measure that stands in the way of their
plans President making by President bre aking-
Captain yler must be "headed," and Mr.. Clay must
be President at the next heat, at the pros uon fhe
Legislative functions Of the nation, and if needs be,
on the ruins Of the country. Already are the very
people who placed the Federi party in power ia 1910,
on false promises of better times, told that they
can expect relief for the next three years-not un-
I'll MI Clay is President. Rather than be foiled in
their projects these Federal PIesident-makers avow
that they would the Navy sunk, and they
might with truth add, the Government overthrown.
Taking, then, the assumption of the Federal majo-
ri'y TO be true that hereafter can be col
lected, and in what perfdlous light does it exhibit
their conduct, in negiecting refusing to adopt the
necessary and easy legislation for the correction of the
ts.en upon evil tim,s into thS na1fds uY-evni,r
democratic hands '''o