Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-11-10
From me LyschLarg virginisn.

WILLIAM 5. ARCHER, ESQ.
This gentleman has been very violent.
" assailed. by several of the Locofucc
prints among them by the Nsshvill,
Union=on account Of some Of the sen,i-
menis expressed by hun in speech de-
Iivered just before the close Of the let,
session OF Congress - which, in our opln.
ion, embodied TIE very essence Of conSii.
iuttvaai liberty. Ii is the object OF the
advocates OF omnlpotent Executive Pow
er 10 uIske The impression that Mr.. Arch
er WINS IN favor OF an appeal to force, ra-
Their Than submit to a defeat. by the pop
u,dr voice, Of his isvorite system Of poll
.cy. So far, however, is Ibis from being
true, that the reverse IS the TACT Mr.. A.
threw out Of view entirely, the great mes.
sure in controversy between Congress and
he Executive, at the time he delivered the
speech in question, regarding IT as one oil
minor consequence and IN declaring
that he would sooner see the government
dissolved than submit TO Executive usur.
patton, he had reference exclusively 10
that great Wing principle, and not the
slightest to the bill which that act OF usur-
patton was designed 10 arrest. His
speech was worthy of Hampton or OF
Sydney, or Of The mobiles OF our own Rev
dictionary ancestors. His attention hav-
ing been called. by gentleman in Nash.
vile, to the dsngennous pervefslons oil
his remarks by the Locotoco organ OF
that city, Senator Archer replied in the
following letter:
ARcHRRLA, Va, Sept. IA. ls42.
DEAR SIR Your letter of the s0,h
uli., having gone tn Washington, has
only reached me by the last mail. owe,
and make you my acknowledgements,
for the motive Of your inquiry on the sub
iect of the article you enclosed from the
Nashville Union" So far rs am per-
sonally concerned, am perfectly iadlt-
ierent to deienrc, from such assaults from
such sources. 10 reference TO the inter.
ess OF the Wing cause it may however
sometimes be necessary TO apply 10 them
a notice OF which, intrDsicaily, neither
themselves nor their authors would be
d, serving. The Wings having no Re-
porter for the Sen6te. no report or abstract
of The speech, OF which The print named
takes except, u TO one OF the passages,
bu, only 40 analysis, has been published.
This analysis, purportIng 20 be derived in
part from memory, was not submitted 10
my revisal.
ought perhaps to add, that the lead .
ng idea which it was designed TO Illus
tra,e, is very mperfectly developed n the
analysis, viz the incompal'hlIlty with
the first principle Of all limited Govern
ment, OF an assumption on the part of the
Executive, 10 dictate the sources from
which the Public Revenus was TO be de-
rived the real character OF Mr.. Tyl.I's
Veto Of the two late bills on the suhl"ct ol
Revenue. Under tho sanction Of this
principle, if established, AIr. Calhoun,
or any one Of his disciples in the Presi,
dency, might Veto all Revenue, ill sill
inIposis or imports were excluded, and
their favorie scheme Of excise AMI d.
rect taxes established.
have prolrssed, in the speech in ques-
ton, that | would see the Union dissolved,
rather than concur, by my vote and act,
IN thu establishment Of such principle
and system Of Government. BY this
opinion abide fully, and this was the
purpor, of the expression, which has call
ed forth the malignant comment en-
closed IN your letter. That, was not any
inordimate value which attached TO the
Land question, winch drew the expression
from M, is shown by the TACT, that vo;-
I'd on the provisional Bill, TO dsioln this
from the question Of Revenue. That 1t
was no nordinatc objection to the cxor.
else OF the veto power by Mr.. Tyler, Is
shown by the fac, TINT have not brrn
one Of those IN the Senate, To arrnign this
exercise, ill the case was presented, OF
rs proposing TO make 1t the instrument
Of control over the Revenue power Of the
Government.
om very respectfully,
Your obedlent servant,
w. S. ARCHER.
F. X ZoLLICorrER, ESQ.