The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-19

the public money! by the permanent establishment OF
bankng institutions and moneyed ncorponnons u9oer
the guse and cloak of the favored branches Of manuiac
lures, commerce, and navigation. lhe emcsncy Oh
the veto in restraining executive power has been ds
played more than once the history OF our government
We need refer to but single instance At the time thai
General Jackson by nerposng the Veto arrested ne In
ernal Improvement SYSTEM there were schemes before
Congress for the appropriation OF two hundred m,ons o.
dollars purposes of internal improvements Was the
bare unprofabe power of thwartng the intentions Of
Congress to be compared to the vast power thu. Pc would
gress were anxious 10 place at his dispOsal
No more devoted to popular rights, or enter
Jefferson yet he known to have been strongly attached
to the veto power For his expressions Of aPproo:non
of this provision, refer generally to his letters written
about the date of the constitution. And IN letter 70
John Adams written 1921, he enumerated this - one
of the fundamental principles which ought to be moor
porated in the constitutions OF the South American re-
publics Representative government native fuAcuen-
aries qualified negative their laws, with previous
security by compact for freedom OF commerce, freedom
make Ike a's good beginning -js0srsons Correspondence
General Taylor pledges himself to his party. that i
elected President he will not except IN the eAumeraed
cases, exercise this power vested IN nun oy !ne
constitution, which he will be sworn to support To
in pursuing the course to which he is pledged. he will
observe the intent Of the constitution; he says ai
the veto is high conservative power. which ouen! 70.
constitution manifest haste and want OF consideration
by Congress. II General Taylors view had been the
view Of the trainers Of the cons 9Gw 4 ss
pirate tems Those who have studied the debates ana
proceedings of the convention that formed the constu
on know with what care each proposition was CONSIDER
ed The general proposens were first adopted IN COM
mittee Of the whole then the report OF that va
referred to committee detail, who dranghed thsn
into practical form This report was again c0nsideFed
by The convention, and the whole finally referred
to committee on style. 1t thus that the remark
the constitution was attained And this consideration
gives peculiar importance to every expression IN tna1
instrument The language OF the constitution u refer
dent, ~ he approves IL he shall sign il but, roy.
here he s ha s sh the bill
before he signs it If not, he shall return it. But when
trace the history Of this clause through the proceed
ngs of the convention, its meaning becomes still more
apparent The original resolution referred to the CON-
mittee of details was as follows:
sResoiued That the national Executive shall have right
negative any legislative act which shall not afterwards
nfissa Sass. y Msdi.aa papers, aas
The committee of details OF course not author
lied to modify the sense Of any proposition referred to
them. They were simply to put these general rssolg-
tons into practical operating FORM Their report afo!d.
the power be- The committee reported the veto clause
as follows:
Every bill which shall have passed the House Of Repre-
be to the President OF the United State: for his
revision H. upon such revision. he approve Of Il he shat
s b. w Ii. s ss
&c.-(Madison Papers, l23l)
This section thus reported, adopted by the conven
ton without the slightest objection TO it not express
ing in this respect the meaning OF the resolution that had
veto clause remained, until the whole constitution was
referred to committee style, who were to revise and
correct the language OF the instrument Inat committee
ported by the committee style is Identical in meaning
with that reported by the committee on detail and was
acquiesced in by the convention without remark.
else and than the other that OF the committee on
detail expresses the meaning more July. ! y hence
that the Presidents signature to bill should express
his appreciation of it; and that, when it appeared to
n %S hs os s rhas n a.. son
vention and, by reference to the debates. it will be
seen that the veto was declared by individual mem
an additional check against the pursuit of those un-
wise and unjust measures which constitute 50 great
portion Of calamities"-[See Madison Papers-1i6i,
The candidate OF the wing party in 1910 was for eK-
tending the veto much farther than General Taylor In
his letter to Sherrod Williams General Harrison declares
be used to the constitution itself from violation
and to protect ne rights Of the minority and s sosaser
clause from General Taylors view Of the purpose OF the
significant 1t was inserted by General Harrison to
the southern minority that then rights should De
the North that this veto shall not be ntsrposed in
defence of those rights!
We have thus fellOWclZenS, COn6ldercd SUBJECT
length, because regard the veto as the great
provision Of defence for your peculiar rights and inter
ests and because believe that in the present cond-
ton of affairs, all your deences should be strengthened
The aggressive spirit of the enemies OF the South has
been displayed in holder and more uncomproms-
ing forms than at the present emergency. They are
uniting their strength at the North and confidently ex-
pect to have controlling majority of Congress The
presidential veto the obstacle that stands between them
and their purposes To this is the object OF all
their labors This done they believe that the designs
against the institutions OF the SCUM can DC easily
accomplished Mr.. Corwin, the great orator and
leader of the antslavery party, has declared IN
recent Speech (repubished IN most OF the wing
prints of this State that when Gen. Taylor was nom
mated ne only "wanted to knov his opinions upon
,soesn Yes fellow citizens, there is the only point IRON
which your enemies apprehended that you can make
successful resistance. Will you under the persuasons OF
combat opensi You may be in mnority--h the cal
cuations of your adversares correct you will be in
minority in the next Congress and the veto will be
your only If that be interposed to secure you.
The political contest will be closed Arms will be subst
tuted for argument. The arena may be changed from
the halls OF Congress to your own homes. and your
fields may flow with the blood of yourselves and your
neighbours shed by servile hands in civil In view
of the serious responsibility that may attach to your
these candidates upon Which OF them will inter
pose the your defence, and which will reuse 70
do it, -
Upon this subject Gen. Casss declared sentiments A.
ford every guarantee which the South can require.
Adopting the language of the Baltimore resolution, b
declares that all efforts made to nduce Congress 10 in
terfee with questions of slavery, or to take incipeut
steps in relation thereto, calculated to lead 20 the
most alarming and dangerous consequence and ought
hv ~ On