The daily union., 1846-04-30
THE INTELLlGENCER'S "RUNNING
SHREK -

| session, adj Oufneu over I'LL monday,
THE INTELLlGENCER'S "RUNNING
| SHREK"
| 1t is Mr. Carlyle, we believe, who, in his re-
view of a book describing the government of Para
quay, speaks of the authors running shrek" Of
horror at the state of things which he finds in
| that country. This "shrlek" occurs at almost eve.
ry page of the book, and, as may be imagined, 1t
begins last los. little Of its effect by repeti-
| ton.
| Our neighbors of the Intellgencer have "run-
ming shrek" They are tormented with constant
fear lest the Union" should say something disre-
spectfu or both Of the houses of Congress. We
beg the lntegencer to calm its "perturbed spirit"
The thing will not happen; and the Inteligencer's
vicarious sensibility the subject, is venture
to say, neither needed nor asked nor particularly
valued. There is really not the slightest possible
chance that shall ever '"hector Congress" )" or
"bully Congress" or seek to "inmidae our friends
in Congress"()- with each and all Of these
high political and literary misdemeanors the Intel
ligencer recently charged US, and when dehed to Its
proofs, quoted from our columns several passages,
which, to show the utter futility Of the whole
charge, rspublishsd the spot and iOiu.Out com
nlsnt. Apart from the gross and monstrous folly
Of the course which the Inteligencer has thus i'm
puted TO us, we may say, we trust, that 1t is Il
course most exactly opposed to all our habits Of
political sentiment and feeling Besides this, we
claim to know the duties of our position; and we
know that such course our part would ba as
indecorous the Intelligencer's superAuous sens-
bility is amusing.
| The extent Of that sensibity may be seen in the
leading article Of the Integencer Of this morning
Speaking ofthe recent fufment Of its legislative du-
ty by the House Of Representatives, in taking final
action on the Oregon jurisdiction bill, we said;
"The House of Representatives have already
performed their duty. They have passed bill, by
vote of more than three to one, for carrying out
these measures. We venture, with all respect to
express the hope that the Senate may also soon take
| them up and pass them"
Now, to our humble thinking, that is really pery
harmless sentence. There is no jot of seandaium
magnai,rn, Iess majsste, in it.. But hear the
"shrisk" of the lntelligencer:
"Can it be that this part OF the Unions COM
| mentary also il authorized by the Executive Or
is it Of those with which, like the curious
| commentary Of the government paper on the final
passage Of the notice resolution, the President and
cabinet have as the Union says no connexion at
| alp We trust. that it is so. IL we were not
confident indeed, that 1t is, we should ask by what
authority the Executive addresses itself to senator's
and calls on them to do their duty by implicit
obedience to certain accommodations contained in
message from the President How and where is it
made the duty of the Senate TO follow up the Pres
idents recommendations" And what is there in
the constitution Of the Senate that makes it their
duty to follow blindy the lead either of the Pres-
/ A.pt tna IF Ioyl0 ~.
have said it is implicit obedience that the govern
ment paper demands from the Senate, and we
repeat ia for, little lower down in its editorial the
! Union says:
| the administration on the Oregon question. The
other measures embraced in the bill of the House
are alike earnestly recommended by the Executive.
We trust that they will be passed without unneces
sary delay, and ,ohot being emascated BY any ,tr-
| tpise unnecessary AMENDMRsTs.'
| "The Senate must amend, nor is it allowed TO
| 1t TO hesitate in boiling down the medicine which
the President has prescribed, and the House of Rep
resentatives administered!
"Really, one would suppose that the writers for
the government paper were ignorant of the fact that
the senatorial feature of our government was plant
ed in the constitution purposely to establish an ade
quate check upon both President and House of Rep
resentaves; and that the highest and most solemn
duty Of that body is to exercise that power when
ever, in its opinion, the public welfare requires it to
| do So"
| Where have said or ntmated that it was the
duty" Of the Senate "to follow blindly the eadn
| OF the President or Of the House. or any other
"lead" whatever Finding an Oregon bill passed
by the House, the provisions of which seem to us
in the main wise and efficient, and looking to the in
conveniences and even dangers of delay in the mat
ter we have taken occasion to express pery respect
E,II, tbo hat, II -,
| find favor in the eyes Of the Senate.
And now, with reference to the last sentence
which we have quoted, tell the "Inelligencer"
once for all, that not from it, nor from any
of its school of politics, shall we at this day take
lesson of respect for that illustrious legislative
bedy which, under our constitution, embodies and
represents the sovereignty Of the States. On that
point our creed is the creed Of the most orthodox
republican. Long years ago we learned it at the
fountain heads of such doctrine. We feel ourselves
quite competent to dispense with the commentaries
Of the Inteigencer.
But how does the lntelligcncer's practice square
with the opinions this subject which it holds, or
affects to hod2 After having attacked us as above
for expressing, with all respect, the hope and
trust" that the Senate will sanction the Oregon BILL
the lntelligencer in its mart article, and in the very
same column thus speaks of the Smithsonian nsti-
tuition bill just passed by the House:
"What The precise plan adopted by this bill is ICE
not able yet 10 say having been essentially changed
during yesterdays discussion but, regarding gen.
eral concurrence Of the members Of Congress in any
initial plan as next to impossible, prepared 10
accept, as beginning, any scheme which majority
of the House have thought best; and oii, therefore,
uenture to express the hspe that the plan Of the House
may, in the main, find such favor ,oh the Senate 10
induce lis adoption there also"
Here is change oftone sudden enough in all con-
science. The Senate, it seems, may now forsooh go
on without fear to confirm the action of the House
The lneligencer "s prepared TO accept" such confirm
atory action. So the Senate need not hesitate. How
very kind of the Intelgencer to remove beforehand
all dread of its dsapprobation from the minds of that
body To be sure, the Inteigencer does moi kno,o