Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-08-26

man to support Gen. Taylor, l do not ask
that he should be merely wing or dem.
ocrat, bu. Republicans Republican no,
merely by profession, but O Republican in
heart and deed.
The party leaders in the convention that
introduced the two.third rule, and thus
cheated itself, refusing 10 allow the majority
to govern, have felt already the consequen.
ces of their conduct. This rule was intro
duced as permanent principle of the Dem.
ocratic party in the convention of 1874,
and was deliberate fraud upon Mr.. Van
Buren,, and his friends. He went into the
convention expecting that the will of the
majority would be allowed TO control its &C.
ton, and he received the votes of decided
majority of that convention. But the pol.
iticians-those jugglers who understood the
game which was TO be played-so con,rived
il that a majority could not control the &C.
ton OF the convention. They deluded
southern men by the pretext that, as the
north had majority of votes, their institu.
ton of slavery was in danger, and thus pro-
cured their aid 10 establish the rule that
vote oftwo.thirds was necessary to nomi.
nate the candidate. They thus rejected Mr..
Van Buren,; and what has been the result!
This political magician, as he was called,
has applied his magic touch to your party,
and 10! it is crumbing into dust! II is pros.
trate beneath his feet at this moment. The
splendid party fabric-the Regency palace
which, by its wizard art, he erected in
the Empire State, has vanished like the
morning mist, or one of those dreamy man.
sions of which we read in Eastern tales, at
the touch OF one of the genii. The ven.
geance of the man who was thus defrauded
and defeated equals that of Mazeppa, the
prince of Barnburners-
"For it we do but but mark the hour,
There never yet was human power
That could evade If unforgven.
The patrent search and vigil long
Or him who treasures up wrong"
say 10 gentlemen who now vainly at.
tempt to uphold this totterng fabric of pro.
gressive, aggressive, and retrogressive de.
mocracy. that on the day on which you es.
tablished that principle, and overthrow the
fundamental principle of all republican gov.
eminent, your destiny was sealed! From
that hour your doom was irretrivably fixed.
Nothing could or can save you from the
fate that awaits you. Nothing can save
any party in this country tina, shall dare to
establish such an unprncipled rule. The
people may be humbugged for a time, but
when they have been allowed opportunity
for reflection, and see a fraud perpetrated,
repeated, and enjoined as principle, by
which the right of the majority is denied,
the shackles ofparty can bind them no lon.
ger. They imbibed this sacred principle
from their fathers: they were taught it by
their mothers amidst the first lessons of their
infancy, and they know that withou, il their
Government would be converted into a
government of pronunciamentos, and could
not exist for an hour. Wing as l am, and
ever have been, have no hesitation in de-
claring that if the Wing party were to as.
semble in convention TO- morrow, and adopt
such a principle, ! would leave them the
moment l could address letter to the pub.
lie.
The Senator also inquiries what will Gen.
Taylor do in reference to the Sub.treasury
and the Bank? answer that Gen. Taylor
has pledged himself, in the Allison letter, to
let the people govern. If they want this
miserable Sub-treasury scheme they will
keep it, If they wish to repeal it he will
interpose no veto upon the exercise of their
will. On the other hand, how stands Lewis
Cass, the champion of the Democracy
He stands pledged to retain the Sub.treas-
ury, in spite of the will of the people. If
three-fif,hs of the people should come here
demanding the repeal of the Sub-,reasury
law, Mr.. Cass would be bound to trample
on that will. Which, then, is the Republ.
can! which the true Democrat
Mr.. FooTE. Will the gentleman bear
with me while submit another question?
Does he regard the veto power as a con-
sentative one 10 be retained, or as one TO
be struck out of the constitution? If TO be
retained. should it not be exercised
Mr.. CLAYTON. am very glad the hon.
orable gentleman bas put this interrogatory.
l hold the veto power to be great con-
sentative power in the constitution. do
not seek, nor do the friends of Gen. Taylor
seek, to strike it from the constitution, We
regard il as the fathers of the republic did,
as conservative power to enable the Ex-
ecutive to defend itself, and to be exercised
precisely within the limitations laid down
by Madison and his associates. Gen. Tay-
lor specifies the causes for which he will
apply the veto.
| l return now to the consideration of the
Question of the currency and the national
bank, at which point the Senator interrupted
the course of my remarks. And recur to
the bank Question particularly, that this
matter may be put to rest, SO far as is in my
power, how and forever. do not know a
man who supports Gen. Taylor that enter
tains the most remote idea of bringing the
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