Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-07-02
RICHMOND WING.
SATURDAY MORNING. JULY
THE VETO


Again has the imbeeilc, into whose hand, aeei-
dent has placed the power, vetoed bill passed by
majority Of those legally authorized to pass it, and
doing so under all the sanctions that the will of the
States and the People whom they represent can
give 10 any law. Why has the veto, this Kingy
Power, been exercised Is the Bill uneons,itution
al, or is it even nyerred to be so7 BY no means.
Ii is simply bill 10 extend the Tariff laws as thew
existed on the LIST u to the LIST OF August, and to
postpone the payment Of the distribution fund 10
the latter date.
As far as we can make any sense of the s,upil
stuff vaun,ingly put forth in The Madisionian, US
the THIRD VETO-PRESlDENT TYLER
II takes hslssound that the posponemen, of the pay
merit of the land fund or rather the repeal of the 20
per cen, provisc, is violation Of IN compromise act
OF '33-which he intmates always contemplated
that no duties higher than 20 per cen, should be
laid unless the money arising fiom the sales of the
Public Lands remained in the National Treasury.
Sdeh is his meaning, if meaning he have, or intend
cd to have in this famous paper. Now what is the
language OF the Compromise Act, as quoted by the
author OF the veto hmself7 "TuAr DUTIES SHALL
NJ LAID FOR TIE PURPOSE OF RAISING sUcM RIVE
NUE. AS NAY Re NECESSARY To AN ECONOMICAL AID
MISIsrRArIos OF rnE GOVERNMENT" Is not
here purpose expressed as plainly language
can make it, that the expenses OF the Government,
were to be betrayed from import duties, and i'm
port duties only. II any doub, could have existed
on the subject, tho fact that Mr. Clay's Land Bill
had passed both Houses, an WAS then in the hands
of the President for his approval, would have re.
moved it. That Land Bill as fully dives,od the Ge-
NJ nG he AZ
from the sales of the Land, as the late Distribution
Act did; and Mr. Tyler is well informed OF these
facts, for he then member OF The Senate and
knew them personally; and moreover, in his speech
OF 1889, in the Virginia House Of Delegates, he dc
clares-"THAr THE PUBLIC LANDS ARE
NOT MENTIONED IN TIE COMPRO.
MISE BILL, NOR COULD THEY HAVE
BEEN THOUGHT OF BY CONGRESS-
THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALES HAD
BEEN DISPOSED OF BY WHAT ONLY
WANTED TIE SIGNATURE OF THE
PRESIDENT, TO BECOME A LAW" Why
has this "change the spirit OF his dreaml"
simply because in "'39" he was one of the People
and very small one, too; and was then for giving
The People and the States their Just rights not be-
cause they were their just rights but because their
advocacy nigh, benefit John Tyler, the veriesl
'Dalgetty" that ever served ior hire. We bee par.
Jon Of the follower of the grca, Gustavus for the
lie was always faithful while his
erm of service las,ed-ihe Dalgetty of our times
ias all the moTccnary propenses OF the elder one,
without any Of the fidelity or courage that in part
edeomed his bad qualities.
Now, accident has placed him in power, and to
lerpetuate that power he is determined to hold on
ipon oil the money he can get; and his keepers, !
Who hope to grow fat by the plumber OF the public, |
make the poor tool in their hands believe that the
more frequently he applies the Veto, the greater
nan he becomes-hence the manner Of announce
nont in the Court rarer-"THlRD VETO :"
Moreover, he has been led to believe, that the
Loco Focos, Richie, Samm, Dor & Co. would give
aim their support, if he would only veto this bill
not that one of them in his heart believes i, should
DC vetoed, or that the proceeds of the public lands
should be withheld from the States, but they wish
hat Henry Clay-that glorious impersonaiion Of
Every thing that is patriotic and grcnt-should be
deprived or the honour OF having done for the States
md the People, this act Of inapprociable good
This is their motive, and is not without its weigh,
with his Acedency, who feels that he is living
attire upon Republican Government, and necessa-
MY hates all the good and great Of the land, and
irst of all, the man on whom he has fawned md
played the syeophant Tor the ias, an yaars--,b0
great "Harry Of tho West"
Ordinary everyday men would suppose, that an
Individual who had accidentally become possessed
Of power, that no ten men in America would have
conferred on him willingly, would have exercised
he powers thus obtained with modesty and for.
oelrance, and not have assumed port and bearing
we'll calculated to have produced dissatisfaction with
he best and greatest that ever filled the station he
lisgnces, even where honesty OF purpose were
conceded. Our Ruler, by the wrath of Heaven,
however, acts ns if there were no such things as
Laws or Constitution, and that his will was and
should be the supreme law. upon what food has
his, our Jackey fed, that he hath grown so great.
There is one view Of this subject, that of state
of perfect absence Of all law for the collection of
duties, that We had intended TO advert to, but will
postpone i, until Monday.