Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-02-26

-. ; .ovad ti,al those rights have beer always
considered subject to great modhcauohs III a., Wv.
agents but not in and among the people
~ some INSTANCES going far as 10 require uhai'o
- ,rcn,s a. IN the instance OF jurcs; 50 three 10
- anal ,wn To one of Judges, were wanted I'D Tue CON-
mon law tribunals &c. II the reasons rSeu gains , :
ye.o mower on account of It's assumed improper cotso
the will ofthe majority OF delegates were sooa ~
onId an the same principles be good against every
other mower which controls the majority an a'su
nan, wps URGED By the Senator from Virginia. (air Ar
cher that if power like the veto power become nv
or,,,va or was laid aside, as IN England u ulehl
~ well be abolished This, as an abstract princple'
m;qbt be admitted; but he denied that any dednct'oh
could be drawn from the premises IN FAVOR OIL uoos"
inn or restricting power such as mat oil inc EAe
i've veto power IN use under tins Government WI.
~ ,hen re yewcd the examples OF the use Of the veto
mower no the kings Of England, and showed how very
dE,api was The position Of the monarch claiming MS
office by divine right and third estate IN The realm
not impeachable elective, compared win the h1e'"
tive of this country, representing the peoPie ahu M
states chosen every four years by them, and lnPeach
able Another great difference was, that all The laws
of ENGLAND emanated originally from the Crown here
Ithev emauated from the Legislative branches OF The
/ Government From the very nature OF our EAecu
ll;vp il is on this subject, tied up SO as 10 oe
merely an asserting dissenting branch, controlled
no the whole body of the Legislature and the Const
,1y,on The Executive cannot employ single SWORD
IN The army, or draw a single cent from the public
Treasury without the authority of law; and the only
nower he possesses with regard 10 those laws Whch
you'd au,horise any interference with the purse or
the sword is the power OF conserving or refusing ms
assent to laws Even if acts be persisted in by the
legislative branches, to which he has refused his assent
they may become laws in spite of his dissent which
shows that he has real legislative power To argue
them that he absorb the power of legislation by The
exercise of the veto power, absurd. As little can
he control the people. lie acts for the people, and by
their direction. We, however, have raised arguments
TO show that simple maorities, and no other, are pro-
per with the people themselves, else there "ouiu DC ho
equality and Independence
But larger maorites and many checks, requiring the
concurrence Of different bodies are necessary restraints
on their representatives in order to secure the people
and the States against their The veto controls
the delegates OF the people, unless two'thlrds agree
but never controls the people themse YES
Mr. w went into various other points and argument
TO show there in this no improper or unnsai NIX
lure of Executive and legislative powers, which we
must pass by.
, He next conended that Executive power, in its ma
lure was in the Constitution restricted Than the
Lapislatye-more under check and control and that
all writers and all history show that in free Govern
ments legislative power increased faster than Execu,
, tive The reverse true only in monarchIes, and
+ there Mr. Dunnings maxim originated. We must
omit all this He then went into the fact, rs TO which
branch the Legislative or Executive, had most lnceas-
ed here and showed that the Legislative had actually
driven The Executive from this chamber. But did not
the Senator see that instead Of increase Of Execu
D tive power it was diminuon, and an increase OF Le
pisatiye power 10 get rid Of his personal influence
and personal solicitation, Many other changes had
D been made since the beginning OF this Government,
and among those not the least important was IN Legs.
ation the throwing open Of these doors TO the people
after three years. that they, by their presence,
might superntend the action of their representatives
Tie act Of 1859 in relation 10 the public revenue,
gave control 10 the Executive in keeping II safely but
not as has been commended coerrng the power oil The
purse and the sword because that power belongs to the
power Of making appropriations and raising armies ana
: navies But every change since, from the system OF
1850 originated in the growth Of legislative power,
which is by the oanng out, 10 members and
friends of The public money through the instrumentay
of banking institutions Here instance Of legls
lave increase, which quality gave the power once, but
had since denounced The of IT, and nailed sentence
of condemnation your table against late President
. for merely taking steps 10 keep safely the public mo-
d ney.
;. The next is in relation to Bank OF the United
. States resting the same basis and there could moi
j. be better illustration than in the two Bank bills Of
r the last session. II proposed in those bills to 10
cate the institution here at the seat of Government
J., Why not in Philadep hia New York, where com
g merce and bank business demanded their location =
II What but legislative nluence-to get the benefit Of
great interests 10 strengthen the Legislative branches
!, here, What is the effect Of increased Tariffs but &c
II increase the Legislative power and influence The
!, industry of the country +? What is the result o.
e great systems of Internal Improvements, hut TO in
crease legislative influence, and decrease everywhere
., What is the cause of extensive system of 5h
4 houscs-of the encouragement private claims or
y the Government-of the enlargement oil the whole
d pension system, but increase of Legislative power
a Is not all this proof of the fact, that the in
10 crease Of power has been all in Congress- and agans
" Executive power, which has been stripped of in
4. huence by every of these measures, and com
\, PEELED to exercise il for legislative ACCOMPLISHMENT
s. Who selects the agents and officers for these e1
pendtures, and for transactng the affairs of the Go
.Lz
!, is through the recommendations and solicitations o
members of Congress that the most, all, no
ot minated Even cadets, midshipmen custom house of
/, fcers, officers of the army and navy, many of whom
are appointed under the influence of members of Con
e gress either for the benefit Of themselves their rea
10 tons, friends, influential constituentsthus push
e ing the Executive by the legislative power and ye
10 the Executive is accused of trampng down every re
stran and usurping all the powers of the Government
g. The progress of these things is entirely mistaken
y The Executive is mere pageant; the efficient powe
Il is in Congress. Has he not been brought here ant
n nailed the counter and his protest refused thrown
under the table, at the very moment that he was mos
popular among the people? Thus all the great stride
!, of power have been in and the Executive by Con
a gress instead of by the Executive the Legislative
o branch of the Government. An attempt is made Il
break Gown the veto power the prete1 that it has
,e been exercised dangerously In what nstance' Ha
single instance been adduced of the improper use
!, the power He appealed to State Rights men and De
}, mocrats of 1898. Was il repudated by the people in thu
instance of Gen Jacksons veto OF the Bank othe H. s.
In the the Maysylle road: In the of the
bank charters of the last extra session. Not instance
has been adduced in which the people have condemned
}, the of the veto power. But if the Executive hat
II become powerful by the veto, where The fac
/, that according to the Senator from Virginia, the pre-
n sent President could not command single here
among the people, and only half dozen the othe
. House., Where the fact that Gen. Jackson they
!. boast, with all his formidable fame could not carry ar
o election in his own district Millions of hearts vene
rated and loved him. and millions of bayoneis would
J.; defend him from wrong; but TO influence one vote i'm
properly he could not If he would, and would if he
n could
In France, the experience Of forty years has resulted
d in the power being made absolute in the king
IS What brought Louis XVI. to The block Was it not
is the legislative power. What brought Charles L. 10 the
il block' The legislative power. lie could not bring
J. the legislative power TO the block.
The Senator from Kentucky by referrnr to the his