The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-20
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
From the Mobile Register.


The Veto Message of President Tyler, on the
Little Tariff It'll ofthe Wings which contained WITH
in itselt great principle of deceit and bad iath-
with the unqualified denunciaons Of the Clay
Why majority IN Congress, and the Clay wing
press Of 1t. The President Is assaied with zero
cious violence and impeachment Is more than hi",eu
the Just punishment OF his contumscy III using
the powels of the Constitute 10 prevent the consu"
nation of great political fraud. The fury OF 'hese
assaults betrays Inc motive with which such pre-
cious piece OF legislation was e0ntrsed, an" Pus"e
through Congress. IL was papable device 70 heau
the Presldent-an open scheme 10 iofce n" in'o u
position where he must take the responsibility al Tor
bidding the continuance OF law which his enemies
say il Indispensable TO the collection oil any revenue
and thus leave The Government without The capacity
to raise money at a-or he must consent to The aofo
CATION of the settlement of the Ianh quesu n, and
tne comproute adjustment 10y which The Distribution
law was made 10 harmonise with the Tariff Compro
mise The Distribution law was only passed IN con
dtion that ii should give way whenever IL might cone
IN conf CT with The Compromise Tauf-and the Pre-
sident pledged by recent declarations and long
settled OPINIONS, To eseIye the Compromise nviolae
On this point the Clay managers thought 10 heau
hin, and extor his nsent To a total surrender oil
those convictions by linking this question WIN one
containing an overriding necessity, Give Us Disdr
button and the abo ilion OF the Compro mise OF 1850,
or The country shalt have revenue. Such WIS the
issue they made up deliberately and forced Inc ries-
dent 10 meet without he possibility OF rescue, ny
keeping 1t back ill it sh ud be impossible fol any
subsi ute TO be passed in time If tins should be re-
jecied 1t was transparent party man9uvre Ia
VIII CHI The Clay men, their own showing OF the
effects Of this bill, rsked the existence OF The whoe
system in the Government, in the attempt 10 extor Il
reluctant consent from the President, to measure
To which he is known have the strongest fepug'
No honest ought to grieve at the defeat OF this
sort of lTckery and perhdivus legislation Happily
Tor The country, the effect anticipated by the hgs
that he whole power raise duties imports would
cease the lot of July, iflhe President should Veto
their plan for entrapping him, not follow as Ger
tainiy a, they supposed The Executive and Irea-
sury Departments supported by many statesmen
of high character in the opinion that the laws are
sill adequate TO the collection of the revenue IRON
customs under the acts OF 1882 and 1888, and that
the Wing trap catches nobody but themselves. The
sIirii with which they legslae is, however, shown
by the fact that after the Veto, and while they CON
tend that there would be revenue law in force at
all alter the LIST insi they refused 10 entertain pro-
position for clearing up doubts on this SUBJECT aud
cont nung the collection laws without the distribu-
ton.