Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-02-07

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ment bv the Icuisature ON the ro,ors The Exer,ve
or Of such rash and hasy lepisnio, 20 called ths r..
strant and safeguard Of single sovereign Wilt
Now before he preceded further he invited n
,emen 10 form just estimate Of This veto power: to look
At H. 10 see what IL was 10 ascertain what was its val,
ue whs, 1t amounted 10 in the practical operations o
Government He should not pretend TO 90 into any /,
qury as to It's moral value or to estimate it's influence
on the individual who exercised IT, or the deefce and
exfott III which bv means If IL In c,nnc ,on wi. n
vnst patronage the President could SWAY the minds of
other men, for that was a power which admitted
of no estimate He should cgulne himself % what
might he called mere numerical es1ae Of the amount
of tha v,,r covrnr .n5 no ol9 ,o,la his es,;,.. Lv
iaLing the numbers e lie to Houses f Conoresa =.
those Houses NOV, s,d The senate at n,,sanf 4 nsis
ed of fin, Two ,oe,nben. Of that number a msiorv
consisted Of twenty seven, lrs amounted To thrty
siv Snn,o.in, n la,y In lc PASSED he hare ,oaor,.
Cnna in All greai and contested mestims hills we .a,
to be passed by very small majeIes then there would
be in its favor twenty seven votes The bin was ami.
mllted To the President aud returned by him with his1
veto Tho frc, of III. Presidential veto could WITH
oyerprnod hut by thirty six yo. Here then ma veif
in the hands Of the President was eoral in liz effect
tho l,al,,,n IN nine Senatorial yors M g d;sniss
ed all considerations cf influence derived from his ofr~
all IN, oli,,er and cci,t If tho rfosjdrp,s bb s,a,
and NIL the persuasion directed 10 The Interests Of men hv
his vast patronage: all this he laid out Of ye and loL
ed merely at the numerical Ge thu, in The Sepa, tho
veto was equal 10 nine votes And now in rer,rd n
tho o,h, branch The Hons, nj cars;
Two third, n,onntcd N 1fp nv loE;ng nj III, d,f,,
cncc !, would Le socn as in the eaae nj ibo Sen,ta IN,
the Executive veto emountt d in N ~ ~ rio Ren,oso
,a,ive vnSr W
NJ, Al, r ala o,,,o,, :, 49,. 49, Ill; :; a.
,.,p deroco,o,y 10 The wisdom ~ ti4nes m ,a'.r;,r
ar natriosu ofony prosi, nj nitoa s,,es Hv,
not necessary. and no was utterly un,y ln, wi,hont nc
ccssy To miro the crelnes of any man iyo had had
six Presidents who had prtyiously Teen Spnams They
were able and eminent nicn; bu he wished 10 inour,
whether any oentleman could shay -la teir vel, =,
and other distinguished qualities has L,en 81 great as 10
be equal the wisdom ofnnc other Sonatorsi Could,
be shown ha, their patriotism aud intelligence anain,e-
ny equal to those ni friy members Of the House u
Representatives IfnDt how did it happen that man
who, when IN tina, Chamber. and acting With his fellow
senators had been considered upon par with ,hom was
transferred To the other end of the avenue
than hls will became equal thai ot une Senators md
forty Representatives. How he asked did this happen
and wherein was it Just OF rght Was il not sufficient
that this man. after his political apote5sls should emily
all the glitter and distinction and glory attached !, ,s
HIGH Office? Wasit not enoroh tht he wieldet .. vac,
and formidable an amount Of patronage and thereby OK
er,cd influence 10 potent and SO exieusiye3 Must
there be superaddod to all legislative free eeral i,
nine Senators and forty me els Of the House o Remr-
scntaiiycs
Apnin let the subject le looked al IN nm tLcr NOR, oe
view, and that with reference 10 tie BALANCE Of now
among the States. Now gent!enen might roasin "a
they pleased about what particular pfoatent would or
ought 10 do. but Mr. &. would asv or for IL that m.
would forget, amid the spendur his hiob station
the State from whence he onnlc the early Negotiations
tho iondIy symta,hoa, the rtmenterance Of loncrs.
aud oil those other which bound oyery man especal
" public man, the land and TO the p,,rle anor.,
hon he had spent his youth and STAINED the honors II
his manhood AL these considerations would opera 10 ss
40 many powerful motives to prefer in the dstr,tuti,n
of bcnei,s bia own Si,t eora MI I1cin NJ This in
,.loal view was il rnht VA, il Just 4, rive 10 ON, s
.,,cI,, State IN which Tho preen har,,cned In ,va
en horn so ere6, an advantage, 10 the enelal co,prot
lion NJ mpst bo derive, tup nine Senatorial and fry
Re,resenatiye ,o,cs2 Mr. c. sad he did not mean 4,
illustrate tho remarks he l,,l niadc alb rt the influence
Of State parali,y ON The mind on Ihief Magistrate ~
reference To any PARTICULARS his arpcal WIS only 10 thu
rcnoral principles of human nature The effect 70 10
sure would be greater or less "a tho mind Of the Chief
mpht be some men who would he induced. By chival-
rc soise Of homer even 10 do Injustice to their own
State in the eo,l 10 avoid an un st part aly but there
were other minds all whose thoughts and aims and
wishes would be circuuscrLed hy local interests and
LEGAL attachments E
Mr. c had hitherto viewed TIE veto newer smpy
in II, numersl weight in the apy,oao yeies of the ,v
Houses; but there was another and mere inI.rant Dnt
of view in which il ought TO be considered He contend
ed that practically and IN effect the Veto armed with
such qualification as now accompanied i, in the Cen
sution was neither mere nor less than an absolute pow
err II was virtually an unqualified negative on the To-
pislaon of Congress Moi soi,ar, instance had vet
occurred in which the veto oree exeiad lad ever been
overruled. nor was such case likely to happen In
most questions where the veto could lie exered thee