Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-08-27
The Veto.

The message Of President Tyler, as.
signing his reasons for Withholding his
signature from the wing tariff ortax bill,
will be found in our paper Of to-day 1t
IS an able, dignified and we'll tempered
document, alike worthy the head and
heart Of It's author. Not only will the
President stand acquitted and justified in
the eyes of American people for the calm
firmness with which he has met the re-
-spcnsibility ofhis position, but their CRATE
flu, thanks will also attend him in all time
to come. I'm x
The wings Of Congress, having spent
about nine months Of the peoples time
and upwards Of million Of the peoples
money in abortive attempts 10 "hcad
Capt. Tyler are probably convinced by
this time that the task is more difficult
Of attainment than they had imagined.
They have found that the mass Of their
fellow citizens regard with distrust and
disapprobation the efforts Of reckless and
disappointed ambitious aspirants to fore
s:al and coerce the action oil "a coordinate
but independent branch Of the federal
government, the effect Of which would be,
if carried out, to subycrt our present hap
py form Of government, and finally to
.as.en upon the country a legislative des-
potism Of the most dangerous character.
The Dictator as Mr.. Clay is most gen
orally and most appropriately termed.
has, it is we'll known, plant majority in
both houses Of the present Congress,
whose action he can control and deter
mine by waive of the hand. There he
IS potentate never exercised
more absolute sway, and followers never
exhibited more servile abjectness. Mos,
fortunately, however, for the country, his
influence over the President seems not t
lave been quite so great. Mr.. Tyler re
fused, in the beginning, to allow himself
to be made the supple instrument Of fed
eralism to carry out the arbitrary de
crees Of their secret conclaves; and lo
this he has been denounced and villifiet
in terms the most unmeasured and indie
cent by the very men who elected him
elected him, too, with the full knowledge
that he was fully committed against /;
/ Uni,cd States Bank and the imposition o
high tariff duties, and generally opposed
10 the consolidation doctrines advocated
4 by the northern federalists or wings
Nay, more: they have not only thu
rudely assaulted the President for his Fl
Ideli,y 10 the constitution and the people
whose immediate representative he is
bat they have made war upon the execu
tive branch Of the government, with til.
hope OF bringing it into disrcpute, ane
thus more firmly than ever establish
their lavori:e congressional dictatorship
The veto power, regarded by the Trainer.
Of the constitution as wise and conserva
tive. they threaten to abolish, merely 70
the reason that on several occasions it
exercise has thwarted their corrupt legis
lation, and preserved the country from
the evil effects thst must inevitably have
followed.
The country is safe. 1t is now eyi
dent to all that while the executive dutie
of the government are discharged by the
present incumbent, federalism, for al
| dangerous purposes, is powercss. w
: shall have no mammoth Bank to sen,
forth its corrupting influences, and nj
oppressive tariff to tax the agriculture
community Of the West for the support o
few wealthy Manufacturers in the North
These two darling objects Of whigger,
have received their quietus; and the pros
pect now is that the distribution or bride
ry bill will ere long share the same fate
So mote 1t be.
ALABAMA STILL TRUE.