The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-06-28


wo Id fail in their other point oil keeping 'he
duties down TO twenty per c. nl.
Under ali the circumstances of the case Inc
Iepealers and the anli-repealers should not
make their action result in the loss o, tne I'd
riff. 1.-THE mountain cannot come 10 Mahomc
e., Mahomet should go to the mountain IL
Congress will not separate the tar'n rom inc
land revenue, as mnst men not po''uoians
will acknow edge onghtto be done, since oo.h
subjects are as distinct as light from darkness
in The name OF peace, prosperity and pair
olism, let not The great question be lost ior
The sake OF the lesser ode. When revenue
question is settled it is settled for years, and
both parties are required to keep the same
wheels in motion 10 order TO give an impetus
TO the Government Distribution IL party
question, great and important in liseii' and
with m. rit EN- ugh TO stand or 1all ny ltsei.
If The President wishes so head ms worst
enemies ia Coz gress, he can do nothing bet
lei than to approve any bill free from consul
tutional oblectinns which may BE- passed by
Congress. rer CONTRA if tie wish oil anv man
or sci of men in Congress is Ia head the rres-
idept,' they in turn have mu:h 10 gain oy
Veto, il il results in the loss OF tarlfl.
TIKI PROBABLE VETO.
j 40 mol DelleVe the PeNe"oS F'o'.
ional or permanent will be vetoed, though
entirely Ignorant of the Presidents opinion
on the subject. Lave my reason, however,
and regard them as good.
First. because of the consequence OF veto.
No constitutional principle is involved in a
revenue measure, or in a Bill of Distribution,
as in Bank question. The cases are totally
dssimilar. As matter Of justice, the Pres
ident thinks the lands should not be distrl-
| buled when the duties are raised ahove TWEEN
| " per cent and suchWhgs as Preston Rives
Berren. and Archer Of The Serate, will. a
! score of wings in the House are with him
there. He holds Congress 10 its own law re-
pealIng Distribution when the duties are raIs-
| ed beyond 20 per cent In this, as all know,
| e is not alone.
! II does not, however, FLOW that a veto
will follow the 20 per cent. prnviso IN the dis
bution bill. find the strongest reas' pos
sible for this opinion in the I'm wn views and
official acts of the President himself. In the
| first place, he is known to have no doubt as
10 the constitution u power 10 distribute the
| linGs. and in the second place, the President
has approved of pro viso 10 a tariff bill some
what similar to the one incorporated IN The
| Two Revenue bills now before the Senate and
/ House of Representatives. The land Bill
was the 10Th act of the extra session. II was
approved by the President on tie 4Ih oil Sep
TENDER, 1S4I, and il distributed the lands on
conditions well known. TIE important one
of VI ich was. that il 4 any time during the
existence Of the act the duties should be be-
! yond 20 per cent on the value of the imports
distribution should be suspended, and sus-
pension should continue until this cause
should be removed. Thus much for the land
Ill.
Tie Oath &c, OF The Extra Session was a
bill relating TO 'duies and drawbacks The
second section of The Bill mad, provision for
| the payment If the hIg est rate Of duties on
non, Enumerated articles of similar charac-
Ter, material. quality or texture which were
imposed On articles enumerated. These ex-
ceedrd 20 per cent. This Bill was approved
on the :lth OF September 1S4l, seven ds IS
after the approval OF the Land Bill. AT the
end OF the second section find the following
roviso:
Provided, That il in virtue of this section
any duty exceeding the rate of 20 per ceuium
ad valorem shall be levied prior IN the Both
Of June, lS42, the same snail rot in any wise
affect the proceeds of the public lands, as
provided for by an act passed at the present
session of CongIass.'
Having approved of bill with this pTovi-
so, and for other reasons named, | do not be-
lieve any revenue bill will be vetoed, even
though II should contain clause eusuring
distribution.
June 81, 1912.
This is the goth week of the present ses-
sion of Congress, or the one hundred and six
ty-frst day-a SPACE quite sufficient, it was
supposed when Congress met here in Deem
Der last, to have accomplished all the bust
ness. and 10 have found the members, II moi
homeward bound, at least within week OF
two of tie end of the session. The neat here
is as oppressive Just now almost, as il ever
is in midsummer, and with it crmes rain E.
nough to breed a distemper. No one here
supposes that Congress will adjourn before
the last Monday in July or the first Mond y
in August.
Veto or no Veto,' that is the question
which Just now agitales the public mind here
more then any other, and until he 30Ih Of
June there will oe a good deal Of excitement
upon The subject. The Loco Focos III Con-
gress. who have opposed every act Of the ad-
ministraiion, with marvellous degree Of i'm
pudence, have undertaken 10 advise TIE Pres
i'd Mt tc a veto. Mr.. Buchanan, the wry-
necked, slerk-tongued. smooth-faced Senator
from Pennsylvania, who has one eve on the
Presidency, and the other upon his rivals. is
! foremost among these revolutionary 2dvisers
'Ifhe rere the President, he ,could veto the
Bill before the Senate Yru would. would
you, Mr.. BuchanaD?-vou who have pres, Mt
ed = thousand memorials from the 'Key-stone
State, asking for tariff for protection, would
veto Bill giving tariff. because, fcrsoorh,
it contained clause for dis 'rlbuton which
| you would vote 'or tomorrow, if so instruct
ed by your Legislature, sooner than let 90
your hold upon Office 1t would be bad e.
nough for any whig in Congress 10 advise
President Tyler what 10 do: but when such
a1vi :e comes from one who speaks two
words for himself and none fnr the President
who would advise the Preside Mt to his ruin
rather than 10 lit finger to rescue him from
a diffirully, one hardly knows whether 10 in
drlge in most, pity or contempt for such an
| adviser.
Il is doubtful whether the provisional tariff
bill be considered to-day, a majority of Sena.
tors having last evening voted 10 consider the
bill estsbll hing Remedial Justice by the ex-
tension Of The power and jurisdiction of the
Z urls II the United States.
The Revenue II is before the House and