Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-02-06
st.. MONDAY MORNING.. FEBRUARY q, 1913

had voted ananist ALL The great miss ui tht
Democratic patty had voted against them ALL til,
W hps had supported most OF them unanimously
an1 a great many al them the whole party. The Pre-
Sdehi peculiar friends tho floor had been divided
IN thcr support OF them about hall of them had voted
against them Aud vel the gentleman from Massaehn
sells from day 10 day rtbuked the Wing members ol
Congress and accused them Of reusing, from iaetious
and corrupt motives, TO aid the President IN carrying On
the Government, and the gentleman nj the same time
was muuna the Democracy, because ofthc fruits which
he expected m the courlshir Notwithstanding they had
done nothing and the hcs had done all 10 sustain this
Administrator lie called on the genllcmmn 10 make
good his charges lie had assumed over and over again
that the WINGS of Congress had refused to aud the Pro
sldent in carrying on the Government.
But wha did the President the gentleman from
Massachusetts, when they made The charge against
the hs thar they had not aided the frusldont IN ear
ryng on the Government What did the gentleman
mean hy"thc Gosemment!' Mr. u. understood by II
The orsauled power in this nation that ruled this Con
icdefacy But II had been contenjcd hat the lneum
bent Of the Presidential chair John Tyler. The
Government" olthe United State. That VAS the mp
rllcaon 81 the term IN the connection III which he found
In the eenilcmans speech and this the sentiment
ot ioui, the MY. lie look ISSUE with the gentleman
! lrom Massachusetts. lie denied that The President Of
the United States Nas the Government, that he had
! a hight local On Congress 10 COT operate With hm IN
the administration of The Governments No; In thls GW
crnment, and IA all lroe Governments. the Legislative
branch VA predominant and freedom could mol unp ex
isl In any country where such not the state OF 5ets
John Tyler mere VAS hut incident 10 tie Governments
his oath OF office was Ia execute the laws oi tongresH
! lie WAS an Inc dent; and Congress the principal
poner IN our system. BY what right did genlleman
then, cal on toncss L. aid the President III tarn" IN
the Government Nirp referred IL and read an ~
tract um the speech 81 Alr. CtNnAG. aud sail that
throughout the speech the gentleman treated the
/ President OF the (Hitcd States NE Cepern
npA aud Is ldta was mol that the President Wns the
executive branch al the Government because If II had
bren. he would have had mo round ut rumpatn
| Congress The gentleman had no ground Of complaint
towards Congress, that lhpy had not eoopetaicd with
| the President III carrying uu the t.o'emment.
/ This CONTINUED MI ID Vas one ol The fruits low
iue Ifom the power. 1t had induced the ENeru-
i've Of h nation sl scientifically 10 slide H. qrasplng
power ol Congress II WIS IN continuation Of hs chnrar
that the gentleman argument tended and hecause Tins
Congress disguised 10 resist tins march elu7upation
on the part OF the Executive Of legislative power II Mis-
that the President himself and his friends eonn
ualy humg Then ,cnnneulIons against the two Houses
Of Congress.
The great efficient principle of the Government was
III Congress, and yct the gentleman came iarWa1d and
aronauIlf aud lnsulrny assumed that the President
was the Government, and thai the Wings party had
knocked oni its brains by running against the Cavern
ent-anahs the constitutional fact Ia the ti1vern-
men nd tins faction and tins doerlue hook
To the na,naluanee ofour free principles. aud 10 tho
preservation olae power of the Two Houses o Congress
uigen them by the Constitution He thought mol, hut
that It's tendency was 10 concentrate all pa"cr III the
hans OF the Executive Mr.. u. recncd 10 English
history N illustration ol this point
Tho gentleman must snrly have been reading Ma
chiayc's "Punre;" for he held. it seemed. that tIcro
were no pnncf les N measures party was ALL Now
MI H. held, ON the contrary. that there was no such
hlng prrat measures Wshout principles. Mr.. -.
sald lac had listened 10 the Qenllcmans speeches with
admiration of hls abilities, both natural and acquired,
when has political associations were very different from
what thcy now. What bad been the ecntcnans
principles thon} At that time he utterly op-
pissed To- Glyrrnmont Bank and the sub Treasury aud
denounced thcm both with yehcmence ns interfering
with The legislative power. Now, the gentleman had
suddenly tanned complete somerset all these great
principles and measures and had become ol the most
decided and acrimonious advocates oil Executive power
lie WAS npw found IN direct opposition 10 himself lie
aG user ofthe President aud had gone
to the very csenes ultra position possible IN avor oi
the accumulation o power nhe hands Of the Executive
aud the reduction Of the Legislative branch oi lha Coy
crnment lie how proclaimed the doctrine thai the
Executive was himself branch OF the Legislature: vo-
ted sustain the Presidents vetncs, aud re,lcd Con
gress Tor passing The very measures he had himself
warmly advocated. Now the gentleman maintained
the position that the President had right 10 withhold
papers from Congress Al his pleasure aud that Congress
had righf To demand papers from the President
than TIC President had 10 demand papers from Con
gres3.
The gentleman told the nation that Congress mo-
vingt IL destiny, and had pretty strongly inmatcd
that that destiny would be dark one. He bad main
tanned too that Congress had more Tlgh 10 discuss
the MEASURES Of the President than the President had
discuss the acts OF Congress All these mpnsrous per
versions Of The constitution the gentleman had now
pcly ayoWed and cuntended ler lie had been srduccd
into hs course by the cad Of another man he
Danic Webster.
Mr. y sad he had once admired Mr., Webster as much
as any man did. He held him to be intellectual
giant-an Ilrrtnnl tlger-and in some departments
Of human inquiry greater Than any other man the world
had seen. He had, however nothing Of what "
ally called GENT S; and which held To be marked
pccIaly by The power o invention. His great attribute
was intellectual power Tie a vast mlne world
OF incllcctand possessed a crncble in which he could
analyZc any aud all creations of the reas)nina faculty
Reproduce them pleasure and striking forms
osut himself BY his long and eminent services III both
Houses Of Congress, he had for himself a civic
crown Of value beyond all the chapeis ever by the
bloody sWord Of the conqHcTor In closet labor and in
the power of composition he had superior if he
cnsc or senatorial, the uobcst Of the present
fury. But, how were the mighty faen' lie had
erected for himsolfa monument more durable than the
pyramids and that was found IN his speeches
cy and the bank. And yet this same man to
Congress with plan which he acknowledges as his
own. and which contained not feature that was not
condcmned annihilacd by his own reasoning.
What had he said at Richmond in 1886 ''under
October SUM-" in the Capitol Of old Virginia Was
that the Executive power had increased ncrcas-
ing and ought to be diminished Yet now this same
Daniel Webster WAS among the foremost of the advo-
Gates Of Executive power Yes, and Of the Executive
power under the Administration OF such creature as
John Tyler, lie proclaimed that Bank OF the
United States obsolete probably because he found
that either s principles case must be obsolete
had he