Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-07-25


and pra Use The opposite. Their D.m9uacy
JeltrraiH, WIN r they e iof the veto
fesy-r. ida great conservative power Of put
tins DOWN the Will of the people, ami put
tia cop Che viii ot the Prcsid NJ; This one
mm power th' veto. which. as bad been well
s. iH. Y,8- lataulel as "tbe extreme mad,ciue
oi rle Constitution" bad now become the
lHi. bread utlle Prcsi eut, ThomssJrief-
s1a aua H, i.lusirjous c5mpecrs never cXcer-
ci-rl tie veto; he never exercised it in
single instance n The eight years Of the adj.
OF this CIV rnmenl there never
VISA veto. except ia one or two uninporlant
ca-.s oy q Washington; butvetoes, We ;,
vetse-. blJ n)v become tir rrler Of .he day.
w ars now governed bv vetoe anl nothing
bat eet7es. At lhe last session Congress pas
sd te Rysra.d Harbor bill, and sentit to
the President. who, afraid to veto it, pat it in
hi, brooches eket; but. at this 1ssioii, he
sent IL hack with his reasons ag4instit, and
and lhi, House had voted DOWN thos, reasons
by vote Of IS to 3t-a vote Of tn rty more
than tso-'hifja And yet it was no law; il
was deie5..l By the viii OF one man. In
England the King who possessed The veto
puvsr.-h ai NOT dared To exercise il for several
hundred wears; there some resi- ect was pdij 10
he will OF the people: aheu the House OF
Commons vote against the ministry. they re-
ign; here, in,teat OF resignug, The King We
toe, tire popular will aud this was the power
General Cass and his party advocated.
Whatwas General Taylor position in this
respect lie held, like true republican,
that wi regard to questions OF domestic poll
icy "tht Will OF the people, as expressed
through their Representatives in Congress,
ought 90 be respected and carried out by the
Executive TINS was the doctrine OF Gen
erai laylor-lhat il was with the people, the
democratic people to govern themselves. Yet
although General Cass and hi party in prac
tie sustained aud applauded this despofc
power OF lone man to deleat the will ol the
paup,e's R-trrse ntutives idiry expressed. they
laikrd about "Dvmocracy,' while they were
dvetins chains on The people they talked "a
boat The beauties OF economy, while they
were doubling aud trebling the expenses OF
Government; they talked loudly about The ca
pabiity Of the people ter sell government,
aud Mr. Cass undertook TO say-hear him in
bis own words, The very first article IN the
Democratic creed teaches that the people are
competent to govern themselves there IS
the Starting pUiat OF the diAtrence between
the 80 gredt parties that divide the country;
oil o5aer differences are but subordinate and
auxiliary To tbs, and may in tact be resolved
lntO at this too, was part of the Baltimore
platform. The people competent 10 govern
themselves; thus would they fatter and be-
tray; this was the policy OF all us rpers-tirst
nllter the people, then betray them. Th
President, not tie people, ought 10 be sover-
ei,,n; that was progressive Democracy; th1
President with onethird OF either House
ought to have the power to defeat the will OF
two thirds OF the people aud their Represent
atlves, On, yes! good people, you are per
tecily 'compttent 10 govern yourselves -
but to save you from suicide you must a low
Us to tie your hand.; you must submit to the
veto power-lhe government OF one man.
This Is Democracy Democracy,
which means AnstoCracy first, and Monarchy
next; their professions were directly contra
dieted by their practice; they practically de
med the competency OF the people for sell
government by the arbitrary exercise ol the
veto power. What did this "plal iorin' fur
ther say? That this veto power had saved
the people from "system OF internal Inn
provements.2 That il had saved the people
from what? From themselves: from carry
ing outtheir own legislation; from using their
own money for lhif own benedt-ior The I'M
pfONcmel!l OF thflr own country.
They the PTesi lent and party) could make
war, take 100000 OO) year into Mexico;
thy could 90 oil over the world and spend
the money OF The people, but they would sut-
Ter no part Of the money 70 be expended IN
der 3he direction OF the peoples Representa-
ives They denied the power TO Congress TO
spend tie peoples money Tor the peoples benz
eHt m he improvement OF their country, but
claimed and freely exercised the power 10 OPP
press, tax, ana butden the people. That was
the practical construction which this party
place, upon the Constlution-that the eto
was 10 save The people from themselves, and
yet IN their platform they said ''the p o pie S
money ought TO be carefully guarded for the
people benefit" A small mistake they
should have said 'the party 5 heneit-a var
ldilon merely OF theory from practice; Tor,
While they talked about guarding the people 5
money Tor the peoples benefit, they were az
tually ayp wing 1t TO the beueht OF themselves;
and while they said that they We're opposed
10 leglslatlng for 1.-The benefit OF the leW at
he expense OF the many, yet lhis vas pre-
cisely what they were doing. They were leg
lslaung the money from the people > poke L.
INTO their own; IegIsating entirely for the
benefit oil the lew at tie expense OF the many
thelr whole system, III the very face and eyes
oi their theory, Was to enrich the few at
The expense OF the many; aud this he would
S '1n show Was game well understood by
tielr great leader, General Cass himself.
They talked about economy" and preached
il IN mir platform. They were great econo-
.nists-the true Thomas Jefferson economists;
WHILE as he adu stated, they prescribed and
trdmp.ed under tont every one OF his priuci-
piles, Thomas LETTERS N was The enemy OF a
national debt. Look at ON national debt now
created by this Administration. Mr. Adams
administered the government for twelve aud
q hall millions year, on The average of his
Whole term, this sum covering the entire ex-
pcnses OF lis Administra ION, except what
was app led to the public debt. Mr.. Adams
Was denounced aud put out for his extrava-
-ance. MIR. Van Buren, came in this lover
OF economy, this adnlrer OF Thomas Jefier-
son--and the expenses Of the Government
during his Administration ran up to twenty
elght and hall millions. Instead of twelve
a. d halt. Genueman smile he ieiied them
10 ueny II; he challenged them to the records.
They might promlSr 10 answer, as they had
done bsiore he would never do it; never be-
cause they could not; the least said the bet
ter
Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, (MrS. yiel5
ing the floor with some hesitation for one
question, asked il the gentleman did not now
stand side by side with Mr.. Van Buren,?
Mr Stewart. What side by SIDE with
Martin Van Buren,? A laugh Thank God
have nothing TO do with Marin Van Bnren
aud never vii! have. | would ask, if the qen
TENN himself, who was tormeriy 50 ardent
a supporter OF Mr.. Van Buren,, was for Nh.
Van Bulen now Was he now his candidate
Was he Tor Nau B ren or Ciss?
Mr.. rnomps MS reply was not heard.
Mr. Stewart continued. lie said the ex.
pens-s OF tie Government had now run an
under Mr.. Polk to 500 600 900 a wear. They
had increased from Sl2 100000 under MI
Adams, to SIS, 80 600 under Mr.. Van B rem
aud NOW 10 $50 ,090001or $50 900 900 under