Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-12-27
Fysm tie NsfiossI IHfeiiigeneer.
The Presidents Message.

The RrGDt0C09O MCSS08cs
We have only room TO say, what every
leader must readily perceive, that more
nan one half Of the unwieldy body Of this
Nes.Aee is made up Of elaborate political
1;.on;sitioos. which are entirely out of
place where they are. The Constitutional
r,ov;sion. which authorizes communica-
lions by the President to Congress, is ex-
creased in terms which preclude all idea
n mere oarty essays and trades such as
these which gil the last five columns Of the
Message, srrsigning every Administration
of the Government, from that Of Gen.
WASHINGTON (Which had nearly expired
before the PRESIDENT himself was born
down TO the present day, with the cxcep-
non Of his own aud that Of his three i'm
mediate predecessors, which, for the SAX G
Of unity and inenity, we shall term the
Veto Dynasty. We do not by any means
question the right Of the President to i'm
pose upon Congress his elaboI ate essays
On the nature Of Government in general
and Of our own Constitution in particular;
but we deny that he has any more right to
do 50 than any other individual in the
community, and especially for the purpose
Of casting imputations, as he has done.
upon the integrity and patriotism of those
great men Of our Revolution, OF whom
hardly one is now alive to repel the wanton
outrage.
The honored dead at least might have
been spared the Islander, from such a
source, Of having consPired to withdraw
power from the States and the People,
land BY construction to approximate our
Government TO the European nsodeIs,,
Ns,I k,v. =: a.: r.
proach hazarded! BY a President who, in
contempt Of all the rights Of the People,
- represented in Congress, made War
upon u neighboring patton, under his own
mere power Of Commander of the Army
and Navy. and usurped variety Of other
powers, having no ware mt in the Consti-
tuition cren by construction; one of which
this Message very coolly discloses to Con-
gross, in the passage informing them of
the amount Of military contributions col
lected in Mexico. the sums Of such money
discussed by his order, the amount received
into the Treasury, and the supposed sums
yet remaining in the hands Of Collectors
Of his own appointment; all which powers
have been usurpcd by him without authori-
~ Of Law or Constitution. and solely By
construction, thus approximaiing (to use
his own language) this Government to the
European models. as though he were our
Sovereign Lord and King. All these mere
party topics. including the argument
worthy OF a Minister of the English Stuar,s
or Of the French Bourbons in favor of the
arbitrary use Of the Veto power, are, we
repeat. wholly misplaced in the Message.
and can be regarded with no greater (bnt
with rather less) respect than would the
rcpublca alton. at this day, Of an equal
number Of columns Of the electioneering
editorials Of the government paper during
the late election. Upon such arbitrary
doctrines these the People have set the
seal Of their condemnation. as well as
upon the Administration which has upheld
them. and which now. though writhing in
the agonics Of approaching dissolution.
clings to them with more Than parental
fondness.
Upon the business part Of the Message
we have little remarks AT present to make.
The particulars will, we presume. receive
the requisite consideration at the hands of
Congress, and from us hereafter more at
fcntion than we can now bcstow.
II is a gratifying and consoling reflec-
ton for the opponents Of the Executive
misrule of the last three or four years.
which that Message SO labors to misre-
present, that. in the course Of events. the
President has himself not only been COM
PEELED to abandon his purpose Of over
running and annexing all Mexico, but has
even sobered down his rage tor penetrat.
ing into the vitals Of that country. to such
. level Of common sense as to implicitly
subscribe to the conviction. to which all
the efforts Of the Wings had hitherto failed
TO bring him. but which is now fairly con.
fessed in his Message. that 'TRANQUlLIrY
AT HOME. AND PEACEFUL RELATIONS ABROAD.
CONSTITUTE THE TRUE PERMANENT POLICY
OF OUR COUNTRY and that WAN, the
sconrgc Of Nations. sometimes becomes
invitable, but is ARRAYS to be aroided mhen
1t can be done consistently NTH the rights
and honor Of the Nation.'
These are truly Christian and Humane
sentiments. We are proud to be able TO
add. that they are cardinal principles of
the Vines, whose hearts this homage 10
them. though ut so late an hour. by the
Chief Magistrate of the Nation, must fill
with JOY and gladness.
As for the Domestic topics which most
interest the People. we find in the Presi
dents Message that. in addition to firm
adherence 10 the present 'Free-irade'
Tariff. and 20 the Subtreasury. which is
habitually and daily violated by the Gov
eminent itself through its officers. the Pres
ident has taken occasion to bring in and
denounce the whole Internal Improvement
System. including even that of the Jack
son and Van Buren, era. What the coun-
Try would desire and has right to know.
IN respect to this matter Of Internal Inn.
Provement. is this: Have the Presidents
Cabinet approved Of this part of his Mes
sage! Has Gov. MARCY revoked his votes
in the Senate for River and Harbor Inn
provemenis, and his recommendation of
them in estimates accompanying his frs,
report as Secretary Of War! Has Mr..
BUCHANAN recalled his votes on the same
subject, both in the Senate and the House
Of Representatives! Has Mr.. WAIVER
changed his views on this question! Has
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