The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-08-23

Comgress---tlle Veto Message.

move that the House proceed 10 consider
the special order of tho day (which the message
of John Tyler, giving his lie asons for wlthhoId>
ing his approval from the Tariff Bill. This
motion sustained by general consent-and JOHN
QUIHcY ADAMS rose to address The House. Mr. AID.
ANS manner marked with unusual serious
nesseG soemuitv. ii menced by saying that
the great now distinctly formed between
the President and the Congress OF the United
States. This issue, no said, would 60 to tho
try and the people-and he prayed.to Heaven that
il might not result in appeal to lie said
that Congress had done every thing IN its power to
provide for the wants Of the Cove rnment, to
lieve the embarrassments OF the Treasury, nd allie
viate the sufferings the country and the people.
But all their efforts had been thwarted and render
ed nuga,ory and vain by the worse than logged OBJ
stiDacy Of President Tyler. He then entered upon
historical review Of the proceedings Of Congress,
at the Extra Session, IN relation TO the two Bank
BiIls-and said that every effort made, at that
time, TO meet the wish es and harmonizo with the
views OF the Executive; that the first Bank Bill
was so much modified, to obviate the Presidents
objections to it, that he (Mr Az had been COM
PEELED to vote against it himself But still it was
vetoed by Mr. Tyler. lie said the next Bill was
framed with sole and express ference to the
views of the Presdent--that in fact, it almost
drawn by John Tyler's own hand section by
ton, and line by line-that some sections had been
stricken OUT and others inserted, at John Tylers
request-that its name changed to meet the
capricous wbims OF this unrivaIlod statcsman-
and what, continued Mr. A, was the fate OF This
Bill, the creature, the very pet ftbe PresidenP
1t was vetoed. John Tyler rejected has liant
Il 10 eli; he fret
was met with a vcto-and the second greeted
wit h ditto? Mr. Adams commented, with great
sew Gritty, upon the conduct of MIR Tyler in regard
to these bills, and his remarks produced great
sensation in the House. lie next proceeded to
notice some other points of dfferenc e between the
President and Congress. Congress was for rotrench
ing the expenses of the Government, by reducing
the appropriations for the Army and Navy-the
President was for increasing the public expendi-
lures by enarging Interpretations for both these
branches of the public service.
Mr. Adams then spoke of the great anxiety Of
Congress TO provide n revenue for the government
to pay the public debt and provide for the current
expenses. Ho said that every lawyer IN the coun.
try, of my character of standing, thought thai
dollar of revenue could be legally collscted-and
when Congress had undertaken to supply this de-
exer,ions had been contracted and defeated by
John Tyler One revenue bill was rejected by
him, because it suspended the distribution of The
land money, and the other vetoed because il
continued a. In this condition of things, whal
could Congress do?-Nothing, nothing, maniiestly
nothing. Their hands tied. All their
patriotic exertions for the relief Of the country aud
The people were counterac ted and thwarted and
defeated by the President And if Congress should
again go TO the Executive, and ask him to draw
up a Tariff Bill for them, and if they should pass
it as came from his hands, line for line and let
ter for letter, they had that it would
not share the same fate which had befalen its pre-
dccessors. Where then is the responsibility for
this failure Of the revenue laws? continued MIR A.
This was the question for the country TO decide
The people would decide whether the response
bity rested with the Executive, and those who
sustained him, with the majority in Congress,
who had labored with industry which other
Congress had exhibited, to NEE the crying neces
stiles of the suffering and bleeding county. He
concluded his remarks by moving that the Mos
sage be referred to "A select comm tee of thirteen,
with instructions to bring in report upon the rea-
sons assigned by the Pr RESIDENT for vetoing the bill,
which motion prevailed.
VETO ME- SA GE.
To the House Of Representatives. Of he U. States.
1t is with unfeigned regret that lind myself un
der the necessity OF returning to the House of Rep
resentatives, with my objections, bill entitled
"An act to provide revenue from imports, aud to
change and modify existing laws imposing. duties
on imports and tor other purposes. Nothing can
DO more painful to any individual called upou to
perform the chief Executive duties under our lin
tied Constitution, than to be constrained to with
hold his assent from an important measure adopted
by the Legislature; yet hs would neither fulfil the
piii poses Of his station nor consult the true inter
ess, or the solemn will of the People, the common
constituents Of both branches of the Government
by Welding his we'll -considered most deeply fixed
and repeatedly declared opinions on matters OF
great publick concernment TO those of co-ordi
nate Department, without requesting that Depart
ment seriously examine the subject OF their
difference! The exercise of some Independence
of Judgment in regard to all acts of legislation, is
plainly implied in the responsibility of approving
them. AT all times duiy-it becomes peculiar
" soiegun and imperative one, when the subjects
passed upon by Congress, happen TO involve, as IN
The present instance, the smost momentous issues
to affect variously the various parts OF great coun
try and TO have given rise in all quarters to such
a -, I n