Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-08

eollower of John Tyler all who knew MN knew .na.
I'D b,, G,,le 10 do with the President, and that
no,hnr more had ever passed between 'hem lnah hose
acts Of courtesy which he should aiTys char
,r whom, the people placed in the Executive ena'' :,
,, II wa> his duty to do him JUSTICE ana 70 Ju"se -
I,,, n. 10 himself would be judged
-. y in the conclusion of his remarks, SAID that
,lr,e we're two subjects which he "isheo 70 uL
u.on bu, the time allowed HIM ey the gag lu. 49, ,a
I,.o, INN from doing So This dominant party, VINO
ssed 70 he such friends of the country, that tney
e,e for abolishlng the most important par OF tne
constitution had adopted arbitrary rule, oy "n'ch
the Representatives OF the people were siiehceu WIZ"
,!.,ir dcarest interests we're a. stake !,
- SUMMERS lil.u<hi that due respect TO the
President REQUIRED the House to give to the message
candid and impartial investigation. BEFORE ne Plocte
ed Ia this in vestgation, he would MAKE &c" s."e
remarks He had listened attentlvely 10 'le uuy eo
~ of the gentleman from South Carolina,
Nj Rbett and it appeared TO him that their tendency
was 10 strike down Of the safeguards OF our oei
=, ue fnlly concurred with the gentleman IN MS
theory of checks and balances IN the Government
The ouantum Of power was the same III every uo'ein
man, The difference between them was only IN the
dcoar,ment which had the preponderance' 10 a mo-
n,,chv all power concentrated IN the King with US,
however, IL was different :, =,
! H., referred 10 the doctrine put forth by Mr.. van
pnren that the Executive component part ci
tho legislative branch of the Government inns DOC
,r;re eas repudialed By the whole Wing party, VINO
,ook stand against it in $40. II was the duty OF The
President to execute the laws after they were made
and not TO participate in their enactment lie refer
- IN the positon assumed in debate, that the Presi-
don't from the mode of his election, was best cncu.
lated 10 reflect the will of the people, and expressed
his surprise that gentlemen claiming 10 be pure De-
mccra,s should hold this opinion MR.. .. also spoke
or tho few Instances in which the veto had been exer-
c;sad nv former Presidents, and the frequency OF lis
uoo nv Mr. TYLER. He referred TO the letter Of the
President 10 private individual in which he descend
ed from his station 10 abuse the present Congress
| and lis motives. This Congress had been the sub.
iect of continued abuse in the newspapers; and
his letter of the President, TO man IN ONO, was
,o,ror the oriuin of the abuse thus levcled at Con-
rress What ri ht had the President 10 call the mem
hers mousinr politicians II had been asserted that
Conare.s was doing all in lis power power 10 "head
Capisin Tyler" How BY passing every measure de-
manded, and by substituting amendment alter amend,
| ,nent 70 meet his views; Surely, such course could
moi be construed into heading Captain Tyler. lie (Mr
had come here with the kndes feelings towards the
President believing him to be an honest and KIND
hearted man. But he had been driven from his sup
port by the Presidents extraordinary position.
Here message was received from the Senate, an
nouncpp the passage Of the bill for the regulation oil
the army
| Mr. S quoted from the vcto message, and commended
that It's positions were unwarranted. 1t was undue
assumption OF power 10 prescribe regulations tor The
collection of duties imports, in the absence of law,
as had been done lie criticized the objections Of the
prcsiden, TO the twelve line b las it had been caled)
=, length The whole message showed, as he thought,
That the President suspected Congress Of attempting 10
NAV off trick upon him. So far from Congress hav-
inc been guilty of hasy action, he thought the Presi
dent was himself guilty Of haste He contended that
the President had effect, accomplished the very OBJ
iect which he sought TO deea-the distribution OF the
land fund The ls of July had arrived, and the States
now had vested right TO their share of that fund he
quoted from the speech of the President in 1892 in the
Virginia Legislature in favor of unconditional ds,rl-
t,bution and in eulogy of Henry Clay.
Mr. S was here cut off in his remarks by the expi.
ration of the hour.
which the President had stated in his message and
said he had read the message again and again, 10 find
out what the President meant but lie had not been ab
TO DO So and he had serious doubts whether the Pfes'
den, himself could explain what he meant
Mr. WHITE Of Indiana next addressed the House,
in severe and earnest Remuneration OF the President
message. After lengthy argument for The purpose oi
showing inconsistency the President, he referred to
the bill submitted by Mr. Weller Of Ohio, the morn
inn after the veto of the President received, and
expressed the opinion that framed in consequence
of a consultation with the President, and was the re
suit of q Democratic caucus appealing to Mr.. Weller
if such were the fact and II lie was not at the Ere
sident's the evening before.
! Mr. WELLER replied that he vas al the President :
on the evening the veto received but that he hat
no with him either that subject or in
relation to any tariff bill That the bill he suhmitsed ,e
the House the next morning, was the result OF his OWL
udrment without consultation with any one, friend oil
I foe: and that there was Democratic caucus held
that he knew of, on any subject.
| Mr. WHITE then continued his remarks in review Of
the message up to the expiration of his hour.
! MIR SMITH of Virginia then obtained the floor; and
on his molten,
i The House adjourned.