The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-12

| cessors His opponents apply TO him, in dersion
Accidency" Well, really, il does appear to
me that he was an accident to them because
he would not lend his aid in foisting upon
the country measures which were destructive
to lis best nteresls-and certainly he was an
accident thrown IN the way, by the dispersal
tons Of Divine Providence, TO rescue her glori-
Gus institutions from the ruthless hand Of Inno-
vation. glory IN such an Accident" and
would 10 God that, If the crisis should ever again
arse, this land OF genius and liberty. his land
OF honor and palrotlsm-wiil be blessed with
another such unforeseen - accident" Instead
OF lis being term OF reproach-t Is term OF
honor-one Of which the President should be
proud, and one OF which the People will cherish.
| The disposition OF the Clay Wings 10 rem
der The Veto power obnoxious, by declaring II
ant-Republcan, Is manifest; but every ntelli-
gent man who is acquainted with the history OF
| nations, iroh the foundation of the world 10 the
present Tune, knows that it is popular iastilu-
| lon-a kind OF balance wheel throw in 10 pre-
| serve an equilibrium OF power. Our Govern
menl is founded on the affections of the People,
and there are three separate and distinct branch
| es--lhe Legislative, the Executive and the Ju-
| dicial-each OF which are independent Of the
| other in their action, but neither the Legislative
| nor the Executive can exercise any power with
out the other-because they 10th derive power
| one iro n the other which was sanctioned by
the People in the adoption Of The Federal Con
| m
tant political chatter there were TWO parties
Federal and Republcan-one contendlng for a
popular Governmental Government purely oil
the People-and the other for Government
stronger Than the People, under the hypocrilical
garb OF Federal Republican. These two par
ties baltled for the a.cendancy, until finally, in
1901, the Republican party gained the citadel OF
power aud maintained 1t until 1S24-the year
in which the bargain and intrigue was
consummated. The Republican parry has
always cont nded for strict construction
of the Constitution, whilst the Federal
party has, under forced construction and
implication, attempted TO pass laws, the
effect oiwhich would sap the foundation Of a
Republican Government, and build up on its
ruins a moneyed oiigarchy-lhe dangers OF
which MIR. J ferson took particular pains to i'm
press upon the People.
The great interest of our country is its agri-
culture, because those who Till the soil are the
main SOU of wealth, and their fee ngs are
generally more in unison with distribution OF
powers than concentration of them, which is
| he ~ uty IN of fro.
| Institutions 5uE at The same time, other great
interests should not be lost sight of, but should
be foster d, that we, nation might be in
dependent Of the rest of the world la doing
this, 1t Is not sound policy 10 tax one portion OIL
the Union to build up the other, because, by this
course of policy, sectional feelings are produced
which, instead of cementing the bonds of oul
glorious Union, will tend to weaken it. re
make our Government strong-not by the force
of arms--but in The affections Of the People, i
is necessary that IL should move onward in it:
appropriate sphere, adhering strictly to its dele
gated powers, leaving all the reserved and doubt
full ones TO the People and the States. In Eng
land the King can do no wrong, because the
Ministers held responsible but in our coun-
try we hold the President alone responsible fol
| the faithful administration of the Government
hence it is that he is yes ed with the VETO
power, and stands between the Legislature and
the People. | look upon the VETO as the
great conservative power of the Constitution,
and for the exercise Of it, in three instances, by
President Tyler, exclam heis, in the language
Of Cldudian-Fortune mdjoris, honos erectus
ct dCer.
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