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c1asosiiteet of hosh Hoases ehafeed nith tbe dar
tles e rrosstias tor Ihs neees.shes 81 she fsve-
nue, ard ssf III great uanstsriaFins islsfests
of The Ncsihsrn. cestrsl, and Wssitrn STATES.
Ekeh maSishs "a deeply alerleA ~ slfy sAslast-
lAkatnf ! lfAfiE,l 10 gasss extensively i rerehns
aAsqaAte d ihf arcsssarY sxFeases Of lie o.
vesameat ffonA aalies did impefls, attaffT bsI
telAeFed - b hrsfiF, IL not ukslyI sss5rlsnt
for Ina p4fpuss, Ess eIabarslea sad' eMrly d.
eassed ihFrNsh long serief u Eeest IL bezha
otEnehes q ne Leeis1tlre. The pFpcess eg
CESSATION. through Nkieh atone seen 1 eeRpiis
eatsd system eeaa - orxAn ized. neeestaftir
cehtpnsca many mgntks Oh gins; nclt sefe Ire
eonmiilsesef tas House exsmpssd fFua setefe
fePfoacA, wEseh the parehaset presses 81 he
Executive Chief are even yet casting gpea csa-
gfess, ullhpst4seh&e o. restraint ffotf. BIN -
The dsisTs we're eSeasianea by IL psifsnt and
ep~ssfirt IEFesissuon ofllhs whs.e sabjseI Is
the spptopgi4ie committees.
As he Fefie8 arpfasehea phsn ia ssscaIied
compronise tariff Was g e coasummAtsA Ieav-
ing the Gosernnent uiiheui 30 d fefsnus tariff
sanetieaed BY The law, the ptadsaee oscoagress
uithont ptscSpnaiiag their decisioal npoa the
permanent system which they foEdsy boped 10
establish, pFvglde4 and SEPT 10 he President
temporary e1psdient, liini.rd 10 is opeiafion 10
the space of enc noah, during which 70 avoid,
nsthey thaaght. the possibility u i collision with
the appfehsaded anlipashies u The Prssideat,
shey had satpsnded fof lht.same month lhe1d =
tribuiioa 81 me proceeds Of he kaies II. pshlc
lands, vhlth,by apreyioaslaw, tAke efser
The day atieE the sIpite,ion Of ihe c1ttrfymise
Net only was lhFs nusi coneiisatofyB MEASURE
contemporary rrjecissss Bot, ID. total disregard
of The avekisd opinions * his ean Seertt1fy Of
he Treasury. eobenffgg with ihuse neatly
unanim10s, 81 ali gEr most emi1e4t n Wyers of
he land. ii sslilay reliance spoa lhe kefitasins
optnien, y ihs Attorney General he has galIsl-
tAkea hes only d levy taxes F9the hshonrt Of
millions Hr1G The People, hs1 " pfes1tise fsgu-
laii0ns Or - eslle-6ns AID for ascestsising tie
y4ide of imported merebaadise. phith lhs iaw
had in express tefns, reserved faE ihe legislative
action pf egngfess.
AAd news 10 crowa this system or continual
and antelantiLg exercise of Executive legislation
By The alternate gloss abuse Of consult atioaal
power ana boid assumption If powers never
vested in bin by any law, We came ~ ihr Veto
Message ftfefTed blythe House othis committee.
A maafative review IL the fur severe YER
toes Nhle8y 10 ehe course Of 6fisgn monIhs, have
suspended theisgislation Of this Union cem5iled
with that hnrhibaous pfodfetIon, The reasons Tor
approving ahd sgnIng the bill, and III The same
time silAstng. hy JUDICIAL ednsrtaetionsal lis mos:
important tnaeimeat, iilitsta,ed By eap;empo-
L1btQAa HlllslOuS III krM4ptE dHd u btbl4uicHl
EaivGlged a.t eoGviyial festivals, and ebttuded
upon the public eye by The fatal Friendship of sy-
eDphant pEivAte correspondents, and stripped 10
is naked nature BY lhs repeated aRdldsung as
sumption beth % Legislative and o. ju1leial pow
er, wonld present anomalies Of character and
conduct rarely seen Upon earth Such an iryes.
lisagi0n, though surety wis6ialthe scrpo of lhe
insunciinfs embraced ia the Tefe1elte 10 this
eGmmitteej wpuld reqpifen valamtasps report
which ths,seaEliness u time will not ALLOW, end
which may hot BE- necessary fiji fnsldriog The
| jpdgmfai IL the House upon lhe. decament noe
/ before them
Ths reasons assigned bY :lle fPfesjlrni flr re-
Turning 70 ne House orr eatsttyss, will
his objections, lhe1illa tapfavIde 4egenueI from
sampofya, audstp caangea AMI alodffF ekssttg Law,
4SmPasing duties.and fer oihff pgrPotti, alt pie
ctded 81 j brief disseFla4an aPon HE psiail
sensations mh ich any iastrilusi invested with TIL
] veto powes mist feel ii tIercisibsEIt ppen i'm
L postant acts of the Legislature. Tha paragraph
is werded with extreme canton. and wHh obst
Gus intent 10 avoid the assertion, usden suel
broad and phquahaed terms in the .fetier ID al a
i the Philadelphia lhdepaRdence-aaw dIaneEpaEty
j that Congress esn enact ~ las with5at the con
cuuence pf THE ExeeuiiEe. !
There Is in this paper ssiudious effort ID saw
any ihdri4sal from the impuiaii9n qf assertin
Il The unqualified Independence OF The EKeenny
npon the Legislature. AMI the IMPOTENCE ofGon
| gress 10 shaet any law without hins Thar Is
seriion, made in SO pleit and unqualified terms
10 the Philadelphia. letter. is here virtually dis
claimed and iisaYoxed. The exercise Of son,
| independence or Judgment in fcgard 70, all act
| Of Legislation, BY any inasVidual invested VIII
! the veto power, IS here CAPITALIZED and naftoFe,
down 70 The mere privilege Of not yielding BIZ
] vellTcansidsfed, most deeply liked. ADD repeated
/ liz declared opinionS on matters Of gfeal pablit
coneernnen{, 10 those Of d coordlhkts depart
ment, WITHOUT requesting shat depsnnentseri
uuslJ 10 t4-txsmins the suhjeei of their differ
| enee. The co-ofdinate department 40 the Legs
t faturs j. no longer the Coordinate branch of the
| legislature. Tho power oil Congress TO enact a
Law without the cooperation Of any individual
Executive is conceded, not merely bsunavoida.
bis inference FER the closing paragraph Of lhe
message, reaurring again 10 the same Troublesome
"reminiscences, observes that, after al, The effect
Of What ne does is substantially 20 CAL on Con
gress 10 rttoasiasr he subject n, Ga such re-
constellation, d majority Of two thirds Of both
Honses shcnld Be ID larer or thissneasure, i
viii become alav Notwithstanding bis objec
lions. The truism Of ibas remark may perlaP.
be accounted for By he sarmise lAI i was 4
new discovery, made since the wf1ilng Of III,
Philadelphia dinner-pariy letter and the modes
| presumption asefibed to the Constitution, tina
the Executive can commit 10 error Of opinion
unless lso-ihirds Of both branches oflihe Legs
latuTs are ia conhlcs with him, is tempered By
the anna ble assurance that 10 that evsna be vii
eheerf1ly acquiesce in result which would b
precisely the same whether heIshoald aequieses
ia il or not. The aptitude OF his hypothetical
posiiientmay be estimated by the calculation d
The chances that the eoniineency Fhch it sup.
poses is.wilhia the verge Of possibility.
The reasons assigned b be President for his
objections to this bill are furiheTNpTsesdsd bY 9
narrative 81 his anlecedent opipisnsl and com
nunieailcns 90 the subject or distributing the
ProeeedEof The sales 81 ihs public lands, Ia
admits al the opening OF The extra session hi
| Recommended such a Jtstfbuiiet, eal tie ayers
/ that this recommendation was expressly eoyplss
| with he Ssnaitiza that The siaIies In imports
| should MOI exceed the raleHof 2B Pet cent. pro
Fidea 81 The compromise act ofls33
Wha could Imagine that. ailsr thss most EN-
phatie esaFi;ng Of the reye6ue from daues o
! impost with revenue from the proceeds Of dix
sales 81 ihe public lands, TIE first and pstamoun
objection Ii The Presidents This bill shesld ;,
/ that il uBiies two subjects. hich, 81 far from
/ having any stinnY 10 one snether, are wholly
| ireqngigoas 10 their ehSfaclet-- which two sub
/ jectk are iaeaticallythe same with those which
A. had compiled together IN his Recommendations
10 Congress at The extra asssion If there vas Dc
afiaily essxeez The parnes, why did he jon
Them together IL The unlen was IliegItimaie
/ Who was The administering priest OF the anhAt
loved rgess lis objected 10 this bin that il i,
/ both revenue and an appropriation bill -
/ What then 4 Is notlhe sel &c September 4
ss4l, approved sad signed by the Preslden
/ himself, both a=rexeuue and an Arpropristiat
sill: Doss i nor enact that, ii he event Of az
insufhcstncy Of impcst dulles not exceeding
twenty percent, al raioFesn, 10 defisy he eur.
yRnt > = ~ nsss III fhe CsoveFnmenf Ihs rfoeesa.