Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-12-27

,st home, and to aid the civil authorities in
the preservation of order, and the due exc
cutj6n.of the laws. The existing law ex
empts most of the militia from duty in tnt
of peace; it creates an inequality between
the Independent companies and those re-
lieved from duty; hence, 1t is believed
that the present law, if permitted to re-
main in force, will abolish our military or
ganization. rn,, =.
In my Introductory remarks, lalluded to
the limited power Of the Executlve--WItl
feelings of pride, recur to it. This Pc
culiarity in our Constitution marks the SUI
perior wisdom of its trainers. Man IS tond
Of power and the history OF the human
race shows that be is strongly and almost
invariably inclined to its abuse. Hence,
the more narrow the limits within which
executive power and prerogatIVe1s contin-
ed. consistently with safe and efficient
administration, the better for the people
It is contended that the veto is necessary
10 urpvent hasty and il-sd vised legislation,
and to guard against inirsctlons OF the
Constitution, Theory must bow to posi-
tive fact on this subject. After an expert
ment of forty~two years we have found no
necessity for such power in our State
government. 1t has been contended also
that the patronage of the Executive Is in
dispepsable to its rficiencyi and that, if
/ lodged with the Legislature, we should
have corruption without responsibility in
appointments to office. So far as our eX-
perience as Slate government goes, 1t
contradcts this hypothesis.
The trainers OF the Constitution OF The
United States were apprehensiye that the
Executive would not have adequate pow
er; and, for many years after the organize
ton of the Government, many revolutlona-
rv statesmen and parties, viewing our Con"
gtimton in contrast with the governments
of Europe. were fearful it was "a rope Of
sand" Had they lived to oUr own day,
however, their fears would have ran in nthe
reverse direction. 1t is too obvious to es-
cape the observation Of even the superb
cial observer, that the tendency OF our
| General Government is to consultations
There has been, for years past, gradual
accumulation Of power.in the oentle,
We have seen measures, after being can
vassed by the people, and passed deliberate
" by q sirong majority Of their Represen-
tatives, arrested by the Veto, in hands too,
which from the peculiar deIicacyot the
mode in which they were clad with su-
prcme Authority, ought to have handled the
tone man power with great hesitancy
and modesB-
The exercise of the Veto has, Of late
/ wears. become so common as scarce to ex-
cite as;oniahmrnt or observation. 1t is a
matter Of ejaculation tlat the American
people are discussing the question wheth-
er this tremendous power cannot be re-
| strained. and the patronage Of the Execn~
] tive curthilcd.
/ Should their objects be accomplished we
should have more rational liberty, less ex-
element end less corruption in our elec"
tons. With gratifcation We can point to
our own government A. Il model, and to
our own experience, rs an argument IN
! favor Of both these reforms.
of measures Of National policy it's hard
" to be presumed that should speak
There are, however, three which have a
bearing so direct upon the interests Of the
State, and which are so prominently before
the people, that | cannot pass them un-
noticed. OF these the frst is the Tariff
# all nations adopt the policy Of free trade,
the appropriate direction of the labor Of the
country would be agricultural. Atree-trade
With the world, however, is not to be ex.
..,.,,J. ,,,J tk , rostrirti tioue rf ono ma tim
call for the protective measure OF the other.
No sooner had the war of the revolution
closed, and the commerce Of tbs country
with Great Britain been renewed, than the
evils of the British pCIicy were seriously
felt; and there is no 00ubt that he want OF
nower under the articles OF confederation
to counteract ibis policy, was one of the
first and most operative OF the reasons
which led to the formation OF the Federal
Constitution. After the organization o.
the Government the protection OF domestic
industry was recommended by alIthe ear
er administrations; but until 1915 the
wers Of Europe and other causes, creating
an increased demand ior agricultural pro-
ducts, countervaiied the unequal laws Of
the mother country and superseded the ne
,cessity of protection, 1he Tariff Of 'lG
soon led, by its obvious benefits, to moro
general one in "a But of late years it is
to he regretted that various opinions have
) prevailed, and q changing policy has beer
adopted.
To traverse the arguments Of politica
= economists for and against Tariff, wOGd
!. be easy but irutless. An ounce Of fact ii
worth ton of theory, The following ar
obvious truths LIST. Thatthe Tariff ha'
Il raised the value of agricultural produc
tons. Cd. Thctn has diminished the Pric
: of manufactures. Sd, That it has oPene'
n amorc staMe mrlkct for our products. No
: the Iesstof the advantages Of the Tariff
| an emancipation from our dependence uT
5 on the nations of Europe for much Of tn
: means Of national defence, Who doe
I not know that clothing and blankets are
Il necessary to an army as powder and bal
e LISA remarkahIe fact, that under the operi
,. tone Of the Tariff our exports have lee