The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-09-08

Is A0aioMing message rs RaasInii
- . he House Of Representatives 3,
The PFssidsul e he United slzsss, q
Tuesday he 30lh nh
PROTEST OF me PRESIDENT.
70 Gks Hsuss 81 Regvasafusirsss
b IheeonsiIsaron eflhr Uniifd States
Il 70 provided Ihsi " every bill uhleh shall
have passedlh hasse II Representative.
and the SENSE. shall, before Il become !
lac. be preserved 20 lhs President &c me
unilsd ss.tess Il he approve he shall sign
u; est Il Rof he shall reluTn il. .mh ii.
objections. 10 that House IN : hich Il shslI
have angrna'ed. rho shah ester The ob
Jeeiions - large upon ire Journal, and
proceed ln reconsider H."
/ 10 strict compliance with die positive
obligation thus imposed upon me By he
Constitution. no. having been able 10 bring
mysslf % approve bill whirh Originated
N The hoase 81 Representatives., emf.
lied . An act 70 provide resenue iron in
porIs. End 10 change and nudity existing
laws imposing euIIes an impa,is. and Coz
other PURPOSE" ! returned the came %
the house. with nv ohJ-eiious 10 lis be-
coming law. These objections. which
had en'irrly satisfied nv owm mind Of
The great impoliey. il not the nncansli.
lnlionsh,y. af The measure. wrre presen,.
ed IN The noel respectful. and even deIe-
rental isrms. ! would not have been
50 FAR forgtiful of whs, was due from one
department ol The government 10 another.
- 90 have intentionally employed. in nv
Official intercourse wnh the House, any
Language that eorld be, in the slightest de-.
gree. offensive 10 those 30 whnn i, was
addressed. u. IN assigning my objections
10 ihe bill. ] hsd 30 far forgotten shat was
dee 10 The House OF Representatives a. 20 |
impuen Ito motives IN passing the bill. 4 |
should Owe. not only % that House. but
10 The country. my most profound spulo.
gy. Such departure from prsprie,y il.
however. moi complained Of IN any pro.
eseding ~hich The House has sdonled.
u hes, on ihe eostfsry, been expressly
made subject Of reRsrk. snd Amos, Of
complaint. tina, the language IN which
my dissent wss couched xas sIudiousIy
guarded and cautious.
Such being the character of The official
communication in question. I confess /
was wholly unprePsred for The course
~hieli has been pursued in regard % il.
Ia the exercise ofihe power 10 regulate
. Own preceding. the House, for the
irsi time. u 10 believed. in the history ri
lie government, iboBgh, proper TO relsr
he message 10 select committee Of IL,
'wn body, f"r the purpose 4. NV rr.
peel Tor the House wohld hate com.
'elled me to inter- Of deliberately we,gh
NC the objections urged against the bill I
y the Exscuai. ., with . view 10 its own 4
Judgment upon the question oI the final 4
doI',l"n Of rejection Of the finsl adoption .
Dr. REJECTION oi the measure.
VI The temper and feelings in relation q
myseli 81 some Of The memb,rs select
d f"r the performance Of ,hi. duty, have i
othine To say. That was q Meter en-. q
rely within the Giscn tiun Of the House il
Representatives. But that committee, u
king different view Of lie duty from that y
Ihlch should have supposed had led 10 4.
. eres'ion. instead of con6sing rrsrlG 10 q
ne objections urged against the bill, avail b
q ilssli III The occasion formally 10 ara s,en @
he Motives Of the President for others h
his &C. since his induction into office .,
the absence Of all proof. and as | am Ia
mud 10 dsrl,re, sgansI all law or pre- n
oeni ~ parliamentary proceedings, and. |
The same time. 10 q manner in winch n a,
nnld be difficult TO reconcile with The ci
'mny hitherto sactedly observed in u,
s In'ercouse between independent and u,
! ordinate departments of The porerp. r.
ens. IL has asssiled nv whole official Al
'nduct, without . shadow Of a pretext III
such assau'I aud, stopped .hnrt Of an
'p' arhmeni, has charged me. nevrr.he. an
70, with offences declared TO deserve ed
'peachment. ey
Had The exIrsnrdin,ry report which the pr
thus made TO The House been id
tmiI'ed tn remain without the sanction of
The latter, ] should not have uttered A an
arei. or compliant. upon The subject.
u, unacc"mpanied as il is by any patli. lu
0i testimony TO support the charges n al,
nisin', wIlhou, deliberate exsmina. IN
N. slmos, without nny discussion, the ha
use Of Representatives has been pleas. TAI
I" adopt u as lis own. AID thereby to rs
come my accusrr beIuIs the country. ri.
bciote the world. The high chase. SUI
oil such an accusrr. The Gravy of The VT
'rges which have been made, and The trs
gment Pronounced against me. by the sh,
'Pti"n of the report upon distinct aud the
'srate vcIe of the House, leave me M the
'snauVe but Ia enter my solemn pro TX,
against the preceding. as unjus, To on
sell as man. as an invasion Of mt sht
's'iiu'ional powers AZ Chief N ,pistra e fl.
lie American people. and a. a viola by
n, IN NY person. Of rights secured TO the
ry cIIizen BY the laws and The Con.ti. aye
, on l"rl
That Constitution has in,ru,,ed IN the ba.