The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-12

carries out The consequences ne reason gentlemen OF
Ibis provision OF the constitution is mystery The
States OF this Union, the people of the States OF the
Union intended that the power OF making laws in
Congress should DC irrusled 70 popular majority OF The
Of the States composing the Union had various interests
and pursuits, and differed character and institutions;
hey therefore gave to Congress very restricted powers OF
legislation, nlrusng II with no power at all excepting
matters OF general foreign interests They there
fore required hrs that law should have the sanction OF
majority of the people OF the States represented IN
parts or districts IN the House of Representatives. sec
ond, that II should then have the sanction OF the people
OF the States, acting their aggregate capacity OF States
through the Senate and, lastly. that 1t should nave the
sanction OF all the people of the States collectively
acting through single agent OF them al-the ffesi-
dent of the United States. Each OF these agencies
are to act independently OF each other Inc Rouse
of Representatives must approye-the Senate must APP
prove-ihe President must approve There IS no 'one-
man power IN the whole arrangement All are repre-
seniaves OF the pecple-none more Immediately so than
the President of the United States member OF Con-
gess or a SENATOR has just much OF this "one-man
p,wer" AS the President The only difference is IN
larger or smaller constituency Their power rs the pow
e the peoplether acts are the acts OF The people
the whole together carrying out the great purpose OF
free popular confedeaed government That great pur
pose is no, that popular majority should rule in the
conederacy not that part should rule another part
but that all the people In the conederacy should rule
themselves the enactment OF the laws passed through
these various methods of representation This is most
conclusvcly shown in The modification OF the veto the
constitution prescrbes Two-thirds of both houses
repass the bill make il law, should the President dis
approve; clearly showing that the absolute power of e
gsaiion exists only in twothrds of both branches OF
Congress If this two-ihirIs be obtained, the
constitution by The in,erposon of the presidential veto,
the law to the people, for their consideration and
determination, who carry out their ultimate will with
spect to it in the subsequent elections Such the
guards and guarantees for correct legislation the consti-
tuition has thrown around the action OF Congress. The
wings denouhce them. They say that The Executive
veto should be eNpunged from the constitutions; and
for the reason suppose, the Senate should be
expunged Accordingly, the close OF the of
Congress in lsi2, they put forth manifesto through
~ omh.r nt IN Tho nf Tho l'no
States, proposing that the Constitution should be amended
BY aboshng the What the result of this
propositions The people abolished them. They came
back to the Congress from triumphant majority
in meagre minority OF hardly one third Finding that
the people repudae their policy they striving TO
carry into effect by putting man into the presidency
of enforcing his duty and his oath require accord
ing my OF the constitution, they say he pledged
Taylor agreed with all other points of policy and
false his friends represent HIM to be this, he
could never have my support for the presidency could
not aid in CARRYING effect such conspiracy against
the constitution of the United States, support the in
slrment of its intended consummaton All my views of
morality and honor forbid IT, can respect resistance or
the constitutions or change the government under which
live; bu, this ptful device OF stranglng part of the
constitution BY placing IN hands pledged to destroy IT,
must leave alone, for It's responsibility, to whg
friends.
But this is the sole grand principle of the wing party
close with the position-and ask, who put the presi
dental the constitution of the United States, by
unanimous vote? Our wing ancestors, who learned
the principles of liberty in school which ought to have
made them very nearly equal to those who their
names, while they denounce their principles Were they
whigs' If then those who place their whole party
the ground of opposition to the veto, cannot be wings
The true wings, the vocabulary OF the revolution,
must be the democrats who sustain it, And who first
enforced the presidential veto, and that. too
question OF expectancy! George w Washington Was he
wing? No. He was democrat, perhaps tory
He sustained the veto and exercised it, according the
mandates OF the constitution, and his noble of duty
should have liked to have the politicians who
would have dared to propose to HIM to make him Presl
DENT provided he would practically violate the cons.ltu
ton, by torbearng to administer its powers Such poll
cans No! Such did not live in the days OF Wash.
ingon And If they had lived, and had made 10 him such
proposition, the mighty scorn OF his mighty mind
would have driven them in confusion and shame from
his majestic presence. On this issue, the democrats
are the true wings and the appropriation of the
by the federal party is bold attempt to steal with
out It's meaning, 10 cover up their naked mposures.
From the beginning OF the under the const
tuon they have made It's limitations, Their OBJ
ec is to concentrate all the power of the government in
Congress for there the North has majority in the popu-
lar branch, and will soon have majority in the Senate
Giving all power TO Congress, giving all power in the
Union the free States The South can have no Part in
constituting the majority in Congress, but it does have
part in constituting lie President 1t cannot prevent or
control the former, but the presidential election
control the latter, and through him the legislation OF
Congress Hence the opposition Of aboillons,s and
consoldationss to the presidential II is a check TO
their schemes of consolidation and aboiiionism They
declare UNANIMOUSLY the free States hat, on issue
treH LASS against win Them.
believe this opinion 10 be true, and, being true that IT
ought to settle tue course OF the South in he presidential
election.
But gentlemen, let hasten TO the other great ques-
ton propose 10 discuss-lhe question OF slavery and
first. 10 the Wmo Provso Ihe wings on the floor
OF Congress- and the whg press and wing orators every
where IN the free Sales declare that Gen. Taylor will
not veto the WIlmot Proviso, if passed by Congress
think this deduction is fair from his declarations but if
II was not clear he would be bound TO fulfil the expecla
ton. He must know that it exists universally from his
own words IN the free States, where the strength of the
wing party lies They have declared, in Congress and
out OF Congress- that if they sure that he was
with them on this point, they would not support him.
Now II, under such circumstances, he should veto the
Wilmot Previso, if passed by Congress, it would be
sheer fraud | am Gen Taylor is quite above such
dshonorable conducts and therefore that he will veto no
bill because it contains the Wilmot Proviso. On this
ground the wings OF the north striving to rally the
aboltlonists 10 the support of General Taylor They
say that they are the original ree-soil party, and
that General 1ayo will sustain their policy. But what
do they say of General Cassi Barnburners, abolition
mot Provso, if he is elected to the presidency think
that he will think so, not only because know that
he is strenuous supporter of the veto power itself,
but because he voted against in Congress- and in his
letter to Mr. Nicholson he denies that Congress has the
right OF passing any such law. II Gen. Cass is elected
to the presidency, II appears to me, however, of very
little concern whether he declines to veto bill
is otherwise: II he, southern President fails to veto
such bill, his friends in the Souhthe whole southern
whig party-wl support him; and thus the South will
be divided and parayzed in any effort she may make to
redress herself But it will be otherwise against General
Cass northern President Let the southern democrats
move any measure of redress against his administration
this great subject and the southern wings will sup
are frua lri lprnu IN ho