Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-04
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unon The Constitution itself; and, il cart'eu ~,
mus, virtually destroy that greatest iaof'c u n.;
hnm,n mind. If the veto power OF Inc 10
dent is to be lrenched upon by Cons'e .;a,,,
100 s,,r,ed where is i, to end The pfes'ueu'
is clothed with The power to inlelpose A'' -
whenever, in his judgment, 10 oe'ens. ~. -
rights of his constituents, il is Pfope, =,
do 60 The Federal.ls forget that Inc r'e>,u'"'
has constituents, as well as The members o. oon,
,ress They forget, also, that I"o'h'io So'e y"
Conoross oye,r;ses The veto OF the President ana
If there is the wisdom in Wing measures .Aa'
Whie politicians contend Tor, surely '"o
otIhe people will send Wing repreSen'a'"
soon as The people discover tina, there is SO much
,,;ed,,, IN The faction which was, but Inc olhet
dav The uereat Wing party" Ii The President
is no, 10 exercise the veto in accordance WIN ''
Judgment, i, will require no seer 10 iorelei' VIC
uroads which will be made upon the Cohs'i.u'
tion if il does mol lead 10 its overthrow entirely,
as We humbly think it will. Suppose General
Taylor is elected, and The Federalists pass all 'he
measures they desire, and one after the o'hef 'neJ
are brought 10 Gen. Taylor for his signature, duu
some one or more, 10 his mind, presents cohs'''u'
lional scIuples, in what haste would Inc ola par
~ leaders claim that their constitutional opinions
ought 10 be more correct than his, as lhey hdu
been Senators and members OF the House Oh ne
representatives. for Ten or twenty years, ana nau
closely applied themselves TO The study Oh 'ne
Constitution, and that they also had taken al
oath 10 support The Consitulion-and their en-
bodied Judgment backed BY their immediate consul
tuents, the people, ough, 10 satisfy HIM as 10 Inc
cons,itu,ionalily OF the measure how long, We
would ask, before The "surrender" would, uhuei
such circumstances, be unconditional, by Pfesi'
dent, who, in advance OF his election, had pledged
himself mol 10 exercise all the power, that, oy 'he
Constitution, he would be clothed Whit oul
impression is, that his surrender would De immc
diale, "or sooner"
The fourth resolution, on which we nave co'i
menled is as follows:
"Resolved, That the power given to me Exc
cutve BY the Constitution TO interPose ms 'e'o
is high conservative power, which snou'o he'e'
be exercised except in cases OF clear 'ioiS'ioi
of the Constitution, or manifest haste anu wa"
Of consideration by Congress-that the Ieiso" :.
opinions of the individual VINO may piPpeh :
occupy the Executive Chair, ought MT 10 con
troll The action OF Congress upon qles ions o
domestic policy, nor his objections 70 20 ih.ef
posed where questions Of constitutional power
have been settled BY the various eepar'm1n,s .
Government, and acquiesced in by the Peoiie-
and that for many years past the hnoVn oPi"io"'
and wishes Of the Executive have exercised al
undue and injurious influence upon the Legisia
tive department of the Governments, thus threat
enine our system with great Change from ~
true theory"
The 9th resolution reads:
"Resolyed, That the Presidnt of tho UnEed
States should have no privar purposes 10 &C
complsh, no party projects o build up. no enc
mics to punish-nnthing to serve but MS coun
try; and that the Administration oil John yie
affords conclusive evidence Of the fact, that on'
who cannot be trusted without pledges, canno
be confded in merely on ,ccount oil them.
"Wel, now you don'tsay sou But as re
solred" sounds as if 20. are really serious, W
beg to call to the sranc as witness one Of you
own chosen leaders, when you talk about VIC
lated "pledges" in c,nnexion with John Tyler
We entcra eqreat, most certainly, when You tr
to break the force o. pledges, by charging vic
lation of them upon President Tyler; and 70
that purpose we call honest Wiloughby New,o
10 the stand Hear him:
"Thus feeling, hope TO be excused for tn
liberty take in making the following sugges
tons:
"On reviewing the events of the last fou
years, no impart al observer can fail TO perceiv
/ that the disasters which have befalen the VIII
party and cast blight over the prosperity o
| the country, have resulted, in great measure
| from the want of candor and fairness in avow
ing and maintaining our principles, especial
| in Virginia. We commenced the canvass Q
1910 under most dscouraging circumstance:
The Wings Proger!. elements then in o lormet
ton to the Administration of Mr.. Van Buren,
| Our eagerness for success induced us 10 ertent
our nets, so a, 10 embrace birds IF cpery .fea
ther. We not only asked no questions OF thos,
who offered themselves as allies f r the war, bu
our own Convention at Richmond actually repu
dated the leading principles and measures o
the Hhig partly
II this is not perfect "sockiolager," then W,
do not understand what farther evidence is re-
quired tomake il out.
| The next resolution is one abusive Of Genera
Cas-; but since they have exhibited as above
willingness to lalsify history TO serve the end o
faction, we are satisfied to allow the high ant
we'll deserved popularity Of General Cass t,
defend him against such assaults.