The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-14

From the Augusta (de) Age
HEADING CAPTAIN TYLER

HEADING CAPTAIN II LEN"
The miserable game of heading Captain Tyler
kept up by the Federal majority OF Congress- .he
sacrifice of every OF the country ana 70 tue
inamv OF It's legis alton is beginning 10 excite alarm
we'll dignalion among the honest men oi al
parties The crowning act of hs political iatce, mas
been consummaied in the getting up and passage OF
the little arf bill, called, Tor the ~ ell undei-
stood Object of extracting another veto from the FIRE.
sdent and of shifting the blame OF the failure OF
Congress perform their legislative duty from their
own shoulders to those of the Executive.
The alleged urgency of the Case sheer pre-
tence. Admitting the plea, that a necessity existed
for further legislation to enable the Compromise Act
10 take effect cannot be pretended that Congress
Whose session has extended over period of seven
long months have not had time pass bill TO regn
late the mode of valuation of imports under that act
Indeed the very passage OF the bill which was vetoed
because II was clogged by the repeal OF the dstrbu-
ton limitation, shows this fact. The passage of the
bill was delayed till the last moment. After it went
from the House to the Senate, 1t kept the lat
ter bdy for ten days, Notwithstanding the repeated
requests of Democra c members that the bill ght be
acted on In order to give Congress ample time to act
should the bill encounter the negative Of the Pres-
dent. II finally acted upon and sent to the Pres-
dent, on Saturday the 25 day of June only four
days, Sunday Inclusive before the Comp Act
took effect, which the 30ih of June. The
President returned tie bill with his objections on
Wednesday morning the 18Th of June-having re-
tanned it but two days Excluding Sunday) and dur
In attendance upon tie funeral of two of It's members
as also was the President He could not have return
ed II lner without violation of propriety So then
II there Is blame any where account of delay 1t
does not rest upon the President. After the message
was received, proposition was made to strike ont the
Objectionable clause relating TO the land dis ribuon,
SO that the bill might be passed through that day, and
become a law, but 1t met with no favor.
The tederalIsts who ruled Con Iress affected to be
taken by surprise by the ye,o They have consumed
the time which has elapsed since its reception, in
measured denuncIation of the President They de-
clare that there now exists revenue laws.
In the House, on Thursday, June 80, bill was in
toGuced by Mr.. Roosevelt, TO remedy the defects
the present laws, which the Federasts affirm must
defeat the collection of any revenue, but it
Jected. similar attempt was made on the day fol-
10 lag, IN the Senate, by Mr.. Woodbury., which met
similar fate. The President also has put il out Of
the power of the Federal majority in Congress to ex
Gu g themselves for doing nothing by saying tina, their
action would be useless it would be negaved by
the Executive Veto,-for he expressly affirms his
readiness to cooperate with Congress ia the adoption
OF some revenue adequate to The wants ofthe
Treasury.
But the Federalists'a are evidently determined that
nothing shall be done They are willing 10 give UP
their IarlH projects bankrupt the Trea- stop
the wheels OF Government-and sacrifice the people,
to CRAFTY their spleen against IA weak, vacillaling
and fahess Chief Magistrate" to their own cpl
thets The issue about the proceeds under the Land
Distribution act is adopted mere pretext to give
but nominal The share of each State would scarcely
be sufficient to foot the bills of decent corporation
dinner. They not a fig about that measure, or
any other measure that stands in the way of their
plans or President making by President breaking
Captain Tyler must be headed, and Mr.. Clay must
be President at the next heat at the pros uon of the
Legislative functions of the nation, and if needs be-
on the ruins of the country. Already are the very
people who placed the Feder party in power in 1910
on false promises of better times told that they
can expect relief for the three years-not un-
I'll Mr. Clay Is President. Rather than be foled in
their projects, these Federal PIesdent-makers avow
that they would sooner the Navy sunk, and they
might with truth add, the Government overthrown
Taking, then, the assumption of the Federal maj
ry TO be true, that hereafter can be col
lected and in what perfidlous light does it exhibit
their conduct, in negectng refusing adopt the
necessary and easy Legislation for the correction of the
evil The people sensible that the country has
fallen upon evil times, and into the hands of evil men
They only await an opportunity to place it back into
democratic hands.