The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-18

| Executive counteraction by putting the whole coun-
try stripped and scourged the torture of trial. who
can longest bear the agones OF destiulion-thus poi
soning the very wells of public sentiment, arouslng
ruthless revolutionary contradiction 1.-THE people are
not wiser than of their Representatives Parry
element and help OF PATRIOTISM may be prosiitu'ed
| to anarchical dlssenson. The undersigned uus'
that revolutionary views not common Ia Congress
as feel that they are not acoet table 10 the
people.
IL is not for this protest to explain or enforce 'he
Executive objections. Letting them speak Tor 'hen-
selves yndicate constitutional rights and deprecae
l wrongs by Congress. Without Directing 10 any Get
sure or measure deemed proper by the frustrated ma
orty--any appeal TO the people-we should spare
hem this protest. but for the character, temper, ana
tendency of the counteraction afflicted not SO hurtlul-
y the Chief Magistrate as ON republican ins'ilu-
tons The present proceeding, with all ITS angry an
| teceden and violent results, 10 without example,
| without warrant and ofevl example.
| The deplorable condition of the Treasury Of the
u niled States is notorious not only without money
but a. has been said without law FOL raising H. The
Presidents exposure of this penury is humlliaing
| truth, which unreenlIng opposition wrlngs HON hn,
to Justify the repeated mscalled veloe- also wTung
from him 10y the perilnaciOus opposition.
complicated scheme of in many particulars, high pres
SUE inposi calculated TO revive appeased dlssenson
and perpeuate indispensable discomfort forced through
Congress by memorable legislation carried by mayo
rty of if all had been present. of but four as
was returned by the President, with objections,
whch ought be thankful Tor the opportunity OF II,
urns upon him with indignant denunclation he Is
threatened, and only threatened with Impeachment
and by false anaogy 10 the memorable affair % Eng
lish ship money, told, contrary to the genius and
the letter OF our mild laws that his head ought t. be-
b. ought the block. DIscord Is proclaimed as the
order OF the day. Cancellation said be disgrace
full and concession out OF the question. The under
signed hater themselves that these arebu hasy ebu
liions hrvug the safety valves of free Government
hen -
that the battle of bl)odshed OF civil war Is conenpa-
ted, but presu nothiig worse than conflict by the
ballot box, not the cartridge box. The columns OF
this Capitol and of the pubIc press albums, magazines
and other repositories Of the ardent tenpera
which betray. itself In such appeals, may cx-
cuse the suggestion that, possibly, they are intended
neither for the cartridge box nor the ballot box, but
mere for the band box. During the nearly twelve
months of rksomc and inglorous sslon of this Con-
gress the great annoyance Of the com nunity, APP
peal, to pas ion have been much more CON ION than
TO leas BY the eminent mover OF this committee,
of the great subjects OF deberaon have hardly
been spoken of-banks, ex.h equer, hnance, bank
ruptcy, tarih-upon any and all vi which his wisdom
and experience might have afforded edit ing uscours
cs, while all the minor topics of personal, party, and
especially Presidential evaporation have never failed
to be vexed with impacable and interchangeable agta-
ton.
II has been said in the course of indignant ha-
rangues that there is not only money, but law
raise it and that the Chief Magistrate, like pro-
fgate King of Great Britain, collects revenue with
out law Party wish did perhaps beget mistaken i'm
preston to that effect, to which mere professional
opinion gave color. But mature consider alton, and
the philosophy of interpretations satisfy the
dersigned and they believe the most distinguished ju
rss of the country that is unfounded apprehension
to think that Congress ever could have Intended, by
any act or OMISSION to leave Government without ali
ment for its subsistence. This important question
will be settled by the Supreme Court of the United
States in whom the undersigned, with the great body
of the American people, without distinction of party,
repose confidence. The asperson of that tribunal,
inferred from English history is not only dis
paragement, but inaccurate historical recollection.
Even the twelve judges of England never did, has
been said, unworthily submit to royal dctation but
many of them, although their tenure of Office saa-
ries and perhaps lives depended on the Kings plea
sure manfuy resisted his rapacious will In the
United States, the public money, which the President
is audably anxious to raise by law, through the ord
nary means, could not be employed in his proligate
ndulgcnces in other offensive application
and we trust that the Judges of the Supreme Court
of the United States in way dependent the
Executive, whenever they come to the solemn adju-
dcation OF this vital question, will deal with it as they
did at their late session with another which, proba
bly, provoked the unjust impuation their rect-
Undertaking this question of impost, as they did
that of slavery, with integrity and independence
The undersigned hope they will come to the concu-
sion, which all lovers of their country must desire,
that, instead of deserving capital punishment, the
President is entitled to the thanks Of dspassionate
for anxously enforcing the law concerning imposs.
Nor will we omit this occasion, while indicating
that Court, for expressing grateful Acknowledgements
to it, for having, contrary to many prepossessons, by
Independent judgment, sustained the most delicate
provisions of Union against the clamors and pre-
JUDGES OF negrophism Finally, the undersigned
are assured that whatever the Court does they will
not leave, as has been strangely imagined they must,
the determination of this great question of law to the
arbitrament of juries. There is hardly juror
the country who does not know that property liberty,
and order, are best preserved by maintaining that
venerable jurisprudence which, in civil cases, leaves
ures only questions of fact and refers to judges
questions of law. The undersigned have fear of
the Judiciary They dread no veto dictation from
President They are not alarmed by crises of par
ty. American republican annals are continued Sc
res of formidable conjunctures, without deriment to
the republic, antagonism without commotion, State
and individual conflicts without civil any
wholesome catastrophe. The charitable ballo-boX is
ALWAYS at hand, with nestimable relief to vent all
passions. We are happy to find that portentous
committee the offspring of Indignation, proposes
fatal act but its proceedings will go out in harmless
explosion. Eloquent invective angry denunciaton,
philppcs of speech and print, inict no fatal blows
on the solid bulwarks of this great empire, which adj
vances steadily in greatness increasing in population,
production, and power, rejoicing in peace and plenty,
while antagonist parties and ambitious individuals,
struggle for its honors with fierce but harmless re-
elimination. Republican government would else be
bereft of its rational attractions and manly support
the noble excitements of free press free speech,
and universal suffrage, admirable substitutes for the
stagnan tranquility frivolous recreations and dread
full energy of despotism. Let the batements of this
Capitol continue to rock with sautary agitation Our
reliance is in the majestic strength and serenity of
sovereign people.
The undersigned cannot believe that Congress will
adjourn without enacting law for revenue. They
will not afford the President great triumph. The
public dstemper is easily remediable, that those
IN power never answer to the community for
longer failing to apply the remedy. The minority is
not responsible the President, the Sen
ate. The House of Representatives is exclusively
the national purse bearer. BY the majority of that
House should be annually repenished and arranged