Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-12-24
TIL II PALLAD lCM
. PRINTED PUBLISHED SATURDAY, BY
d. p. HOLLOWAY,
ut tie Solteast Of Main and Front streets,
Richmond. Wavne county, Indiana.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Tho editor Of the Baltimore Patro, in speak
ing Of the Message of Mr.. Tyler, says

cipated, with much earnesiness and at grea
length. Aside from other objections which may
BE- urged against this scheme, there is one which
10 personal to Mr.. Tyler himself. The scheme
10 one Of vast power and Influence 1t would
give TO those who have the management Of II a
control over the pecuniary affairs of the country
compared to which the power Of the Bank of the
United States was nothing. The latter had lin.
Ats beyond which il could not go. The Eycheq-
uer may be pushed to any point Of expansion
and involve every interest Of the country in the
vortex Of its influence.
Mr.. Tyler is not the man 10 be trusted with
such power this. The right of the appoints
ment Of the Commissioners Who constitute
the Board of Control, Is in effect, under the prac
iico Of Mr.. Tyler,-as we have IN the e.
cent instance Of the removal Of Mr.. Roberts at
Ph,Iadelp hia-right to appoint all the subordinate
officers the scheme may require. The PROPOSE
ton to appoint the Commissioners for tho terms
Ot two, four and SIX years, and 10 require the
Pres,den. to make exposition Of reasons for
removing one or all OF them, secures no safety u
gainst the abuse Of the appointing power Of the
President IN tho first instance, aud gives no assn.
rance tina his power Of removal would he wisely
3D. At the first start Of the scheme, tn during all
tho time he may remain in Office, Mr.. Ty Ter would
have entire control over it. That he would use
that control for political purposes man can
doubt That he would appoint to the offices Of
Commissioners, men Of integrity aud who pos
public conf !ence, no man can say. That he
would take advantage of his position TO fill the
subordinate places with dependents OF his own
family, or the miserable iltterers who cow shrong
around the White House, is even less doubtful. .
And that he would through the instruments he
would thus be enabled 10 put IN possession Of the
vast and extraordinary powers Of this scheme,
reward favoriteS and subprdinaios by loans, in
tho shape Of worthless bills Of exchange dIscoun
ted, IS almost certain for have not The powers
Of his Presidential office been repeatedly used
and pros ituted for such purposes?
Give MIR. Tyler the power which would enable
him TO lead the money in the u S Treasury
Tor such is the Exchequer 10 be-nnd let If
his political partsans--some Crouchlng sycophant
present his fabricated bill Of exchange Tor sale
10 the agent Of tho Excheqrer-in our city. il
You please--and let another, who Is not an En-
scutivs tool and subservieut, present his bill OF
undoub,ed credi--and then let anv man ask hun
self whose bull will first be taken? And let this
circumstance occur on the eve or IN the midst Of
= warmly contested election, and the purchase OF
the bill of the Executive tavortc VIII be certain.
AND if the agent of the Excheqrer have doubts,
measures will be taken to have his doubts rcsoiv.
cd bv orders from Washing ton.
With such man we now have at the head
OF the Government, we are almost forbid TO con-
sider the advantages of this scheme. after we
have ascertained that II will increase his power.
Human agents must be trusted to human hands,
and subject 10 The control of human Intelligence,
and it is no conclusive argument against any
scheme that it may be abused. Bot when we
know TO whose hands great power must b. con-
fijed. If contiGed at ALL and when we are moral
~ certain that such power, socontiIed. viii be n.
bused. il is tho part Of wIsdom to with Id il. We
have Chief Magistrate who is ''weak, vascIlia =
ting and failhIess" The powers he already pos
sesses, constitutonalIy exercised. reach TO the /
very bread which leeds tens of thousands Of sub
ordinate officers and their families. As exercIs
ed by Mr. Tyler, those powers regarded by .
this great number of dependents, scattered ov er
the whole country, with hopes and fears that .
make them his slaves. They have 10 voice OF
their own or # thev have. they obliged to sti
re ~. and 10 pay him mouth honor, and to look up
10 his hand, the hand bv which they are fed
The sps1l: Of republicans has been driven from
them, and no longer freemeD in fact, W hatever
they may profess to be. To increase these de-
pendants would be to increase the power of Mr..
Tyler for evil; and with his bad example before
them, To make the executive power. IN the hands
OF equally unworthy but more ambii ious and pop.
ular men, too strong for Liberty herself. We,
therefore, prefer, 1.-the ills have.n than ven
ture TO encounter those this Exchequer would be
certain TO bring upon Us.
Treaty nth the Chipperra Indians-The Ma.
tional lntelligepcer states tina, treaty has late
1y been negotiated at l., Ponte, Lake Superior,
by Robert Stuart, commissioner on the part Of
the United States Government, and the chiefs and
braves Of the Chippewa Nation of Indians hv
which tho lands embracing the mineral region OF
Lake Superior. IN Michigan. have been pnrchas-
cd for the United States. The prize stipulated to
be paid for them in annuites, agricultural im-
psemeB's. the support Of schools, &c, approx
mates the sum of nine hundred thousand dollars.
Inc Indians have the privilege of living on the
lands until they wanted by the Government.
and they reserve TO themselves a tract called the
fond du Inc and Sandy Lake country The
Government had before purchased the mines and
ahe right Of working them. but by the ratification
o. ms treaty II will also acquire a rlgh, to the
soil.-Balsmors Sun II
Canal from Nc,u Brunswick to Nova Scotia
The survey Of a route for a Canal across the
1s'hmus connecting New Brunswick with Nova
Scoha. has been completed by Capt. Craw!ey, r
~ The estimated expenses Of the works is i
100000.