The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-02-08

,;ro i, tbeie stead his friends. The gentle
r.n did no, (said Mr.. d. truly represent
,se free. independent will of his constituents
nm this occasion. No "hoosier," Us the gen.
LEHMAN had styled himself, roaming through
Lis forests or over his prairies, would anow
thu, he would not advance a measure he
deemed of great importance TO the country
because it might be met BY the Executive
veto and they would say that the offices of
Government were constituted for the benefit
If the people, for the convenience Of the
Government. in its administration, and that
10 motive except patriotism and the public
good ought TO direct the appointments to or
r,mIvaIs from Office.
Rn; LET him extend the examination lit
he further. Al The last session Of Congress
they had passed the civil and diplomatic ap-
b lropriation bill, the military and naval sp.
preparation bills, tho Indian bill, the fortifi-
cation bill, the loan bill, the bill ts raise ad-
d.tional revenue by the tariff, the remedial
Justice bill. and the Treasury mole bill. All
those iB' ssures were of most essential i'm
s1oi;suce 10 aid the Presideot in carrying
~on the operations Of Government, and were
supported by the great body Of the Wings,
and again.. them the gentleman from Indi-
ana had vo ed. OF some twenty measures,
necessary and indispensable 10 enable the
Government 10 continue lis operations, and
the Executive TO perform his duties under
the Constitution, the gentleman from lndi-
ana had voted against all. The great mass
Of the democratic" party had voted against
them all tho Wings had supported most Of
them unanimously, and great many ofthem
tho whole party. The Presidents peculiar
friends on this floor had been divided in
their support Of them about ha!fof them
had voted against them. And yet the gen.
ileman from Massachusetts ffor, day to day
rebuked the Wing members OF Congress.
and accused them of refusing, from iac,ious
and corrupt motives, TO aid the President in
carrying on The Government and the gea-
tlcman at the same time was wooing the
Democracy, because Of the fruits which he
expected from the courtship, noiwiihstand-
iHg they had done nothing, and the Wings
had done oil 10 sustain this Administration
He called on the gentleman 10 make good
his charges. .He had assumed over and o.
yer again that the Wings Of congress had
refused 10 aid the President 10 carrying on
the Government.
But what did the President or The gentle.
man from Massachusetts mean when they
made tho charge against the Wings that
they had not aided him in carrying on the
Government What did the gentleman
,rnean by "the Government I" Mr.. d. IN
derstood by it The organized power in this
nation that ruled this Confederacy. But it
had been commended that the incumbent of
= the Presidential chair, John Tyler, was ''the
Government" of the United States. That
was the application Of the term in tie con-
nexuon in which he found il in the gentle.
of Louis XIV. He took issue with the
gentleman from Massachusetts,. He denied
that the President Of the United States was
the Government, or that he had a right TO
Gull on Congress TO Cooperate with him in
the administration Of the Government. No;
in this Government, and in all free Govern
meG;s, the legislative branch was pre1omi-
ncnt, and freedom could not long exist in
any country where such was not the state of
facts. John Tyler here was but an incident
to the Government his oath of office was
-an Incident, and Congress was the principal
power in our system. By what right did
the gentleman, then. call on Congress to aid |
the President in carrying on the Govern
meui7 Mr.. d. referred 10 and road an ex' !
tact from the apecch CT Mr.. Gushing, and |
said that throughout this speech the gentle
'snan treated the President of the United
States as The Government; and his idea was
not that tbs President was the executive |
branch of the Government, because if II |
Rad been. he would have had no ground of |
complaint against Congress The genilc.
man had no ground Of complaint towards
Congress. that they had not co'operated with
ihe President in carrying on the Govern
merit.
This Continued Mr.. d. was one of the
fruits flowing from the veto power. II had |
induced The Executive this nation system.
a!ic.i!y 10 stride on in grasPing power. and |
~ usi p:rg 70 himself The proper legislative !
power e Congress. II was in continua'
lion OF this course that the gentleman's ar. I,
gameDt tended aad because this Congress !
vas disposed 10 resist This march of nsUrpa.
l;'n ~ the part of the Executive of legisla.
and his friends were continually hurting
their denurcistions against the two Houses
of Congress.
The great efficient principle Of the Gov
-: 1inem was in Congress, and yet the gen.
,!stnsn came forward and arroganily and
insoeatly assumed that the President was
she Goreraaaent, ond that the Wing party
lad knocked out its brains by running a.
gAiast the Government-againsI the " con-
sii.ational fact p" 10 the Government. Did
this course Of action and this doctrine look
tn The maintenance of our free principles,
asd 20 The preservation OF the power of the
Two fiopses of Congress given them by the
Constitution He thought na; but thu.
its tendency was 10 concentrate all power
l. the hands OF the Executive. Mr. ID. re.
l,fred 10 English history in illustration of
ias po;nL
Tho renfianoan mus. surely have hasr