Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-05-23

AyANAAN Mui1Ha 10 - N1
sisiibls conviction of right, and frm
confidence in the ultimate rectitude Of
that public opinion by which he can alone
hops to be sustained. Our political sys
TEN does not, therefore, clOthe any Of
the agents il employs with authority
which is more likely 70 be exeried from
pure motives, and to patriotic ends. We
haVe, ia these considerations, tha best Of
human securities that this negative pow
or will be but seldom exercised, and
never when there is not good reason 10
believe that the Legislature has, for the
moment, through insdVertence, error Of
opinion, or other causes, placed itself in
opposition to the interests and wishes Of
the people. This inference iS fully sus.
tanned BY experience. The adminiStra.
tion Of the elder Adams, Of Mr. Jefferson,
and OF that over which had the honor
to preside, did not, | believe, produce a
single veto. The whole number since
the establishment Of the government 10
very small, and those who make war up.
on the principle, may be safely challenged
TO produce a single instance in which the
Presidential veto failed to be- sustained
by the people.
The most important, by far, Of the oc.
casious upon which It has beea inter.
posed, were in regard to a National B snk i,
and to Internal Improvement by the Gem
eral Government. To repeat my own
convictions Of the dangerous character
OF such an institution, or the public evils
which experience has shown 20 be in.
ssParable from its existence, would be
SuperhuOus.
Sesistance, through the instrumental.
" oil the system devised for making In.
ternah Improvements in the States, under
The authority and al the expense Of the
Federal Government, was commenced
by MI. Madison on the occasion of his
veto TO the Bonus bill continued BY Mr..
Monroe, on that Of his veto TO tho bill
for the collection Of tolls on the Cumber.
land Road, and tho whole scheme.
with the exception Of limited appropria.
iI0ns for tho improvement of certain har.
borS, and the removal Of temporary OBJ
struciions in certain rivers, was finally
oveithroWn under that OF Gen Jackson,
by his celebrated MaysvilIs veto, and
other acts Of 4 kindred character. I'll
would, with the mass Of facts we have
before Us, all tending 10 the same con.
cIusion, be but posr compliment to the
intelligence of the people, to enlarge up
on the benefits which the country has
derived from the overthrow Of this mis-
chievOus and dangerous policy. From
the greater tendency Of legislation by
Congress, upon such subjects. to what
10 called log'rolling, than that of the
states, IL Is quite certain that the two
hundred millions Of debt, incurred by the |
latter for lhes3 aud similar purposes,
would have been vastly enhanced, it such
objects had been undertaken by the Fed
eral Government. Indeed, there can be
but little if any doubt, in the mind Of any
calm and intelligent observer. that but
for the Mdysville veto, and the subse.
qnent adherence TO It's principles and
policy, the General Government would
at this moment have been saddlod with
debt OF some three or four hundred mil.
ions, without having even az much to
show for il as have the embarrassed States.
When our present condition, ia these
res2ecIb, Is contrasted with what il weuld
have been under the grinding opp ression
OF such debt, and the COrTuptinV and
destructive operation Of National Bank,
we may form some idea the advanta.
ges which the country has derived from
lhe exercise Of the Presidential veio.-
The best effects have followed its exer.
Else In respsct to its influence upon pub.
lie opinion. Although that policy has
now but lew It any advocates, no one can
lave forgotten how deeply the public
mind, in many parts Of the country, was
sliciied in lie favor.
The necessary limits To communica, (
ion Of lhiS character, render il impossi, /
DE 10 do Justice TO the various other as. {
aecis IN which this power may be use {
ully employed in the administration OF |
he government. Asa shield which NAV 4
. the exercise Of sound discretion. be j
brown over weaker department of the :
0veTnment, or over the interests Of less r
owerful section Of the Union, when thev /
70, IN the opinion of the Executives, un c
lStIy invaded, il may bsc0me of the c
'eaieSt Importance. Political power, Is a
Tespecis different portions Of the re Il
lblic, is constantly changing hands, and Il
particular party can count with safety e
BON lie perpetual exemption from the Il
feeiS Of such alterations. When ,he il
'deral Constitution was adopted, Massa. f.
'useIts and Virginia were decidedly the je
Ost powerful States in the cohfederacy vi
9w York vas classed among, aud par be
ok OF the feelings which we're common nj
} the small States, sld he territory GC
ilch now Constitutes The western States
70 for the most part the abode, Of sava. tin
.. Although still strong in the virtue, The
lrlt' enterprise, intelligence end patri ou
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