Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-09-02
No. 47.-WHOLEN No, All.

that while he has, time alter lime, annui'
led by The mere act Of his will their COM
mission lfom Inc People 10 enact laws for
The common welfare. They have lorbone
even the expression Of their resentment
for hose multiplied insults and injuries
they believed hey had a high
destiny to fulfil, by administering to
no People in the form of Law remedies
for The suGsribgs which they had too
long endured The will OF n man
has frustrated all their Iabors and pros
trated all their powers. The majority
uflbe CommIttee believe that the case
has occurred in The annals of our Uniont
concentrated by the founders Of the Con-
stitutIon ~ The grant TO the House OF
Representatives oil tha power to lmpeach
The President Of the United States; but
they are aware that The resort 10 that
expedien' might, IN the present cond Ion
Of public affairs, prove aboriive. They
see that The irreconcrlabIe difference OF
opinion and Of action between The Legis-
IatIVs and Executive Departments Of the
Government is but sympathetic with the
same dlscordant views and feelings
among the People To them alone the
final issue Of The struggle must be left.
In the sorrow and modification undar the
failure OF all their Iabors 10 redeem the
honor and prosperity Of their country, it
is a cheering consolation to them that
The lermIna;oG Of theiE own official exist
rence Is at hand; that they are even now
about to return 10 receive The sentence Of
their constituents upon themselves; that
the legislative power Of the Union, GRIP
pied and disabled as it may now be. is
about 10 pass, renovated and reVIVihed by
the WiI of The People, into other hands,
upon whom wiIltdeVCIve the task Of pro-
wiling that remedy Tor the public distems
pers which their own honest angonizing
energies have in vain ende aYoFed 10 sup.
ply.
The power OF The present Congress 10
enact laws essential tc The welfare Of
the People has been struck with apoplexy
by The Executive hand. Submission 10
his will is The only condition upon whicr
he will permit them 10 act. For tbs
enactment Of a measure earnestly re-.
commended BY himself he forbids their
action uGIess coupled with a condition de.
clsred bI himself TO be on a subject 80
totally different thai he will not suffer
hem 10 be coupled 10 the same law
With THAT condition Congress cannot
comply. 10 this state Of things he has
assumed, as the committee fully be-
lieve, the exercise ST The whole legisla.
tive power 10 himself, and is levying mil.
lIors o money upon the People without
any authority Of law. But the FINAL de-.
cissIon Of ibis question depends neither
upon legislative nor executive but upon
judicial authority. nor can The FINAL de.
cision OF the Supreme Court upon it be
pronounced before The close oil The present
Congress. Ia the mean lime the abusive
exercise OF The constitutional power Oflhe
p, esideni 10 arrest the action OF Congress
upon The measures vital 10 The welfare OF
the People, hes wrought conviction up~
on conviction upon the minds Of a ma
jorily of the Committee that the veto
power itself must be restrained and modI'
fled by an amendment Of the Constitution
itself, a resolution for which they ac%
cordlngly here with respectfully rePorts
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
JNO. NJ. BOOTS,
JAMES COOPER.
X. RAYNER.
THOS. J. CAMPBELL,
TRUMAN SMITH,
F. GRANGER.
H. S. LANE,
JEREMIAH MORROW.
J. A. PEARCE.
ResOlUed. by The Senate and House Of