Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-03-29
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KING SHIP
"The measures and conduct Of the Ell.
ecutive divide opinions and give origin
to parties. He proposes measures for
legislative action; he is vested with con.
trolling voice in the passage of law, and he
is instructed with the duty of seeing those
laws executed. He is clothed with pro.
minent powers and placed in a pIomin-
ant position. The members of The t@o
legislative bodies are chosed with refer.
ence to their approval or disapproval of
his course. Indifference TO his conduct
must be impossble.-Every man in the
country, ifhe regard at all the good ofthe
country, must be a party man-in the
moderate sense Of the term-must be a
friend an opponent of;he Administration.
he must cOnltmn or approve. lie will
according 10 the opinion formed Of the
course pursued by the President. vote for
the member of congress who will be a
friend ofthe measures Of thePresident or
for one who will oppose them. From the
very nature of our institution there must
be-call them by what name you please
an Administration party aud an an.i-Ad-
mnisiration party. Ingenuity may be
exelted to find d, signations for borh-mo.
lives of varied character may induce the
assumption ola name by one side, while it
endeavors 10 fix another appellation on its
opponents; but be the names what you
choose. the things named are always Inc
same-one party is fir endly 10 theAdmin-
istration, and the other opposed 10 it. On
no other principle can parties dividing the
people really be formed, No matter how
numerous the cohorts INTO which differ.
ences ofopinion may divide the great mass
ofthe people-the smaller division unite
invlrab y into two grand a'mies maintalL
ing antagonist doctrines in relation TO the
measures of the Administration. This
position is incontroVertible.
MddiSonian.
Wewouli advise the Pres dent, or some
friend of his TO make present Of pair Of
soectacles TO the Editors ofthe official
or bestow some artificial faculty to aid the
natural powers ofthat organ. Were ev-
Ell such pretensions set up for President
of the United States, or any royal person.
age of modern times, as those which are
cus;omarily paradad in that Journal as
the ''high prelogatIves" OF John Tyler?
1t affords strong provocation to those
who are disposed to laugh, and whose di.
gestve organ may be assisted by violeut
cachinalion.
lie is kings he! o, very well. We
did ut think Of that.
n. 3. Since writing the above we have
| been informed from a source, and with a
detail of facts, which are strongly marked
with probability. that The President is in tho
habit of furnishing Editorials for his own
official organ, and that il is even more
than possible, that the article from which
the above extract is taken, is from his
hand! This is what we had never even
suspected,
If this be true, the President himself
may need the spectaclesi Admitting the
fact, it cast an unexpected CLEAN Of light
on the Editorial columns of the official.
and we have been guilty of Injustice to-
wards the nominal Editors. We shall be
happy 10 make any correction, which the
settlement of this question may require.
five are 10 credit the hand Of the Pres
ident for all these lofty preutension ofEx-
ecutive authority, UNITY and hirh PEerog-
atireS" of the Executive, and the like, as
they have appeared 10 the official, not en-
Iy should ace, but the country, We think,
would be interested in the fact. hcomes TO
US through an official agent Of that high
fnnctionary, as being from the lips of the
Editor himself. The editor can affirm or
deny as in conscience he may feel bound.
But We should Ike to have the question
settled.