Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-08-18

the supreme ruler Of the country over
which hc was King, aud that mistake"
was ut the foundation of all his misior-
tunes ms well as of the misioriunrs Of the
nation. The mistake OF his colleague,
and of the Executive ruler himself, was
that he was branch Of the Legislative
power. Ills colleague had repeated II
number Of times That The President was II
CO. mate, independent branch OF that
power. MIR. A. had here letter in
which that principle was asserted by the
President himself This letter was pub
lished and not disavowed. The whole
Of it he would not read. lie intended
To have made some other observations on
il, but this was the point TO which he
would refer.
Mr.. A. then read from the letter of the
President as follows +: "Eyecu,ive die.
laIion IrepeI the impuialion. would
gladly harmonize with Congress in the
enactment of such measures, if the ma
jority would permit me-"
What is that asked Mr.. A. If they
would permit him How ? oy doing just
what he thought proper. TWAS precsel,
the case of one gentleman out Of twelve
on n jury, who declared that he had
never met in his life eleven such obsl.
nate men. The President would harmo-
nize with the majority if the majority
would do Just what he told them =
That was the substance of the whole
letter repelling the charge Of diciaiion
, ll,,t t,, ,,rn.aaI ,p,th sha latt NInsi
gladly would ! approve any bill having
revenue for its object, and the protection
Of manufacturing industry as its incident
which should be presented to me un.
connected with matters having no ne
cessary aililiation, and which are onl,
calcu ulated TO embarrass the Executive
action" That wasthe Presidents opin-
ion, but it was merely begging Of the
question. The President would harmo-
nize with them if they would harmonize
with him-if they would do what he told
them To do
But something further "Each branch
of the Government is independent OF
every other" There was the precise
error (sad Mr.. Az of his colleague
that the Executive was independent Of
the Congress Of The u. States. No
more outrageous principle TO the true in
tent of the Constitution of the country
could be laid down than that. The Ex
ecuiive was not independent, and heaven
forbid that the day should ever come
when either can dictate to tho other.
Now, Continued Mr.. a.. that this
House has the power to dictate to the
Executive was true in the very nature of
|. It, because it was legislative power -
Legislation was dictalion; the House
had the power 10 dictate to the Eyecu-
tive, and he had no power TO dictate ia
il o,herwise than in the qualified veto. -
MIR. A. further read from the President
as follows; "1ho Constitution never
designed that the Executive should be n
mere cipher )" That was true, no doubt
said Mr. A. Laughter and a voice =
"There has been practical mistake, fo,
a cipher is President !" son the con
trary it denies to Congress the right Ia
pass any law without his approval"
Was ever any thing pretended so
monslrous, asked Mr.. A. as that the
Constitution denied TO Congress the righ
TO pass any law without The President,
approval Did not the Constitution ex.
pressly say that they sent tho Presiden
bill, & he did not return it in ten day -
il was law Just as much as if he bad
signed it ? How, then, was it possibl,
for the President to say that it was i'm
possible for them to pass a law whhou
his approval lie left out Of view th,
provision that a bill could be passed, mo-
only without the Presidents approva
but against his disapproval. There wa.
no possible sense in which the word.
quoted were true. Was it possible tina,
the Executive ofihis country could assert
principle more directly destructive tt
the interests Of the People themselves
ii was direct assertion of The same pow.
er uhich is enjoyed by the King of Grea
Britain-an absolute negative on the
laws of Congress. 1t mig ht bo said o
The King OF Grea, Britain, although he
never exercised that power, that tn,
Parliament could pass no law without hi,
approval.
/ Mr.. As. hour here expired, and h,
resumed his seat
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From the N. York Express Of Monday.