The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-11-03
The Maryland Vhi9 Address.

The M"fyi""d WING Address.
The Wing Stale Central Committee of Maryland have
lust put out document addressed to the wing voters of
that State which challenges word OF remark
The outset of the paper unfortunate 1t calls the
wings independent" voters; and forthwith proceeds to
eulogise General Tayos strag htforwardness honesty
and reliableness politician This colocation of
terms and topics might with prudence have been
avoided altogether There is a story about the Maryland
independents and General Taylor in that story the
straghorwadness and reliableness seem to have been
all side and that not the side of the old General
So thought the Maryland "independent" electors when
they published their card charging that Judge Saunderss
declarations to the Philade phia Convention were nced-
ble because involving plain violation of General Tay.
ors recent and repeated pledges 10 them. So thought
the organ OF these independents" when, upon the
cept OF General Tayors letter confirming the statements
OF Judge Saunders it proclaimed its party dsoiued be-
cause abandoned and betrayed by that chosen leader in
whose straightorwardness and honesty they had gen.
erously reposed their confidence With these facts in
view, it bold-more bold than discretion the
wing committee to talk in the same breath about the
Maryland independent and the reliableness of
General Taylor
The address next alights upon the Taylor platform,
which faceously calls constitutional" We cannot
forbear quoting this little touch OF humor:
Seen Taylor has told you with entire iranknes that he
is politician but he has been nattentive OBJ
server Of the progress of events. The platform upon Which
he stands is The platform of the constitutions recognised and
proclaimed on the fathers Of the republic
'He has told you that the Executive has right
troll the deliberate action OF Congress The iarfhe
rency-the improvement of your great highways rivers,
lakes, and habors-ae all alike referred the will OF the
people, expressed through their constitutional organs
This is the platform upon which he stands before YOU
Suppose that the legislation of Congress upon the tariff
the currency, internal improvements should happen
not to be deliberate but the contrary rash unwise
Will General Taylor then think that the Executive"
has right control such congressional action In his
Allison letter he says not he says in that letter that
tariff law currency law, internal improvement law,
ought be vetoed Is this the platform recognised and
proclaimed by the fathers of the republic" when by
unanimous cote they placed the veto power in the
constitution when they placed it there a part of
the complicated organization of the public legsla
the authority and in the very midst of the article
of the constitution which provides for and defines the
Legislature power Is this the platform of the fathers of
the republic, when Washington twice used the veto
when Jefferson and Madison used it in relation to these
very subjects in regard to which General Taylor has
bound himself to it, Here is the language which
these Heu, upOl PldCtu III
stution:
''EvERy which shall have passed the House of Rep.
esentatves and the Senate SHALL before become p be
presented the President of the United States If he APP
ope, he sign but if not he return it, Nth
his obections that House hie shall haze originated
cho shall the objections large their Journal and
proceed reconsider IT, IT, after such reconsideration,
thirds of that House shall agree the BILL it shall be
sent together with the objections the other House, by
which it shall likewise be rcconsidered and approved by
wo-thirds of that House, it shall become a law
Compare this strict and imperative mandate upon the
President, setting forth his duty in relation to every law
whatsoever with the following of the Allison
letter Eli
Third Upon the subject of the tariff, the currency the
improvement of great highways, rivers lakes, and ha
bos the will of the people, expressed through their
esenaves in Congress- ought be respected and carried
out by the Executive"
And this plain and palpabe abandonment of high
constitutional duty of examination and judgment upon
the provisions of every law rendered by Congress the
Presdent-his wholesale pledge TO sign laws by classes
without regard to their prouisionshis is General Tay
ors constitutional platform proclaimed and recognised
by the fathers of the republic If the wings of Mary
land can swallow such doctrine, then they may indeed
believe that General Taylors towards the Mary
land independents straightforward and reliable