Litchfield enquirer., 1842-11-17
From &s " '. coASsAstar Adu.rs;.,,
CONNECTICUT


 of inc State into CongressiOnG districts under the new aDDOrtiOument law His sublime higbness, Gov. Cleveland, has sent in mssBags upon sho subject about as replste With blOekheadism e any thing we have seen since nHe last message of th0 same exalted functiOnary. hJs sublime highneGS protests strongly against the conrtituOnaky of the districting law OfCOngress. Among other thineSin regard to the law, after column of ridicuS61Sdb- surdities against it, his highness recommends eOu~ pliance with. and protest against it. as follOws.
 "And I regret that now for the first time within and integrity of the severalSt Legslatnres shouR be far distrusted by the present Congress as V0 lead to an attempt to deprive them of this power of this State into four convenient Districts for the choice of Representatives in Congress,i would 0e the same time suggest to you the prOpTetyOf adop. ting Resolutions cOndemnaOry of that section of tho apportionmenl law to which have particularly invi. ditional repeal"
 And yet while his most excellent higEness pro- tests against an act of Congress directing the S,sss Legislature to divide their respective States into dis. tricts, he contends that Congress itself might very we'll have proceeded onward, and thus divided the: States themselves. We quote hls words:
 If Congress. in legislashg on this subject had have divided e ] several "a States into disrcss for shs election of its Representatives instead of commando ing the Legislatures e the several states to perform that act there would then have been less cause haa there now Is for the States to complain of en- efoachment upon their reserved rights" Now we have no manner of doubt that CcugSesV has the power of forming the States into ';-'-'
 but what an univ"'..' fowl t would .,.. .s.~.-, against that !1ody by Cleveland & Co, haa i, .s. tempted to exercise that power! But it did no such thing. The constitution of the United States con. talns the following provision: 'e "The times, places, and manner of holding cleo. tons for ena.ors and Representatves, shall 6e pre- scrlbed Tn each State by the egisatures tlemeevea put Congress may. at any time, by law, make or ahea soce regulanon' except as to the places of
 Under this provision, leaving the sime, the s,anssr and the Paces of holding the elections to be adjusted by the State Legislatures, Congress has chosen to exert so much of its power as was necessary to sec cure uniform district systen,-a system which MT. Jefferson has declared be the only constitutional mode-and no more. And this act s denounced as an infringement upon the State rights; whereas the same men, in the same breath insist that Congress had perfect right to go farther and curve tue Sts,es into districts themselves!
 On the subject of the exercise of the veto power by the President this illus,rous Governor discour- oC0 WILL $EcuS UUCtlOH, us FOLLOWS:
 Before closing my remarks upon this subject, am happy to bear testimony to the firm and patriotic stand taken by the President of the United States in defence of the rights of the States against this dam for the fearless and udicious exercise of the veto power to defeat the dangerous scheme which had been prepared by Congress to distribute the proceeds ot the sales of the public lands among the States, he IS entitled to the thanks and gratitude of his coun. 1 try. ss.,
 The great Democratic principle is, to strip the representatives of the people of all their power and vest the same in the arm of the Executive. Better do away with the Congress at once. It would save the people vast deal of trouble in electng the mem. l bers, and the nation vast deal of money to pay them. It would moreover, save the President the trouble nf writing veto messages. ''-
 The paitry demagogueism in regard to Monsieur Daviezacs proposition for reGundng Gen. Jack son's 1 fine, is revived as follows:
 :" In justice to much injured man whose whole Ilfe has been spent in the service of his country, earnestly recommend the passage of resolutions n- strucng our Senators, and requesting our Represen tatlves m Congress- to exert their endeavors to pro- cure the passage of act to refund Gen. Andrew Jackson ot Tennessee, the amount of fine. or pen- aify Imposed upon him for official performed as the Chief of the military forces of the United States. at New-O Orleans, in 1915, together with the interest thereon from the time of it's pay. ment. The invaluable services which have been rendered to our country by this distinguished soldier and statesma-the noble and patriotic motives which led to the performance of the for which the pen alty was mposed-the imperious necessity that ex- l issed for their performance-and the happy conse- qucnces they occasioned to tho whole conntry-all prove the gross injustice of longer delaying the per tornlance ot this high moral obligation" IfGenefsii Jackson is such an injured man ip this matter-f the rev.; ent of the z:: :: is such high moral obligation. why in the name of all the divnl- ties of Tammany Hall. was it not thought of before Monsieur Davezac found his way into the New York Legislature? Why was it not done during tho eight years of Mir. Monroe's administration Du- ring the four of Adams during the eish, of the in. jured innocent himself! Or during the ioue of tho skillful pelker-in hs (oOtsieps? Why have the d. mrcrs of the hero suffered this high moral obliga. ton to remain for more than quarter of century undischarged "a burden upon the nations con science-without lifting finger or breathing sen. sence ur on the subject1 There is a mistake in the manner in which Cleve. land has stated the case, involving falsehood; bus we presume it has arisen from his ignorance. He says
 The noble and patriotic motives which led to tho performance of the acts for which the penalty was imposed-the imperious necessity that existed for thelr performance and the happy consequences gross injustice of longer delaying the performance of this high moral obligation"
 Now it happens to be the fact that the acts for a which the penalty was imposed were performed weeks after the British had been defeated at New Orleans-after they had lei the country. end after the unconstitutional. arrest and imprisonment of