Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-09-22

ouisite support. In the next pace, the great g"
of oil free Governments is tendency to over le' |
qs.ation. and the mischief OF INCONSISTENCY an1 mu-
e.b;I;,v j.; the laws. forms great blemish in the
character and genius Oh all ire governments
T,ho ;r;nry which may possibly arise from the
nostpouement of salutary law, is far less than
from the passage of mischievous one, or from a
redundant and vacIlating legislation. In the next
place. there is no practical danger that this power
will he much, if any, abused by the President
The superior weight and influence OF the legs a
tive body in free government, and the hazatu l"
the weioht and influence of the executive In
trial of strength afford satisfactory secrflv tha'
the power will generally be employed with great
caution: and that there will be more often room
for charge of tnidity, than OF rashness' IN lis
exercise"
But Gent Taylor modifes the doctrine he
has laid down in the first sentence OF his we
to" platform, ard upon which we have been
commenting. He winds up by saying" Inc
personal opinions OF the individual who may
happen TO occupy the Executive Chair ought
not 10 control the action of Congress upon
questions of domestic policy; nor ought his
! objections to be interposed where questions OF
| constitutional power have been settled by the
various departments Of government, and acqul-
esced in by the people," Now, with all due
Difference TO the wisdom and sagacity OF old
Rough and Ready, we 90 think the above SEN
tence contains about as much political absur-
dty as we have ever seen crammed into the
same space. "The personal opinions OF the
individual who may happento occupy the
Executive Chair ought not TO control the &C
ton of Congress upon questions OF domestic
poicy.' All, indeed We take it for grant
ed that Gen. Taylor means that the President
should not exercise the veto power with re-
! gard to ''questions of domestic policy" and
yet he says, a few lines above, that il is a
high conservative power" and should be ex-
ercised g in cases of clear violation Of the con-
stituton, or manifest haste or want OF consid
Grafton by Congress - We "pray YOU" if
this high conservative power is not to be ex-
ercised in questions of domestic policy, how
and where is it to be exercised? The slavery
question, involving the dearest rights of the
South, is certainly question Of domestic
policy" and yet Gen. Taylor says " the per-
sonai opinions of the Executive should not
control Congress upon questions OF domestic
policy !' Is this not an insult to the South );
and would it not, if carried into practice, be a
total abandonment Of that, the weaker, section
ct tho Tninn Rnf nnrh ne thnra is Snrnntainn
in the phrase, :: the personal opinions OF the
Individuals Possibly this expression may
comprehend more than we can see. Possibly
there may be difference, in General Taylors
system of ethics. between the personal" and
the political " opinions of the Ex%cutive.'
Gen. Taylors doctrine on the subject of the
veto power, puts US very much in mind of an
anecdote which we have either read or heard
somewhere. A couple of youths, not deeply
versed in the science of hunting, on one occa-
sion determined TO take a days spot, in the
shape Of deer hunting. One of them whilst
driving, heard the report Of his comrades gun
at little distance, and fastened Immediately
TO the spot, thinking that buck had bitten
the dust. He found his friend with earns
grounded,'' and looking earnestly after q
'' yearling" that was running off, at a little
uIotuiUo, IL tUP oEUIu. NOu ~1IUU
at p asked his fTend as soon as he could ge
his breath. ''There it goes, and be darned tc
it," replied Nimrod. ''Why, that's yearing
you didn't take that for deer?'' g WE'LL
says Nimrod, "wben the darned thing come
jumping along through the bushes l wasn't
exactly certain whether it was calf or a deer
but any how shot at it, so as to hit it if /,
'ras deer, and mass 1t if 1t 1ras ceD" Up
on exactly the same principle General Taylor
has shot" his veto doctrine, so as to hit q
man !fhe is in favor of the reto p0,rer, and It
miss him if he is against 1t.