Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-11-02


'a'ves and Senateo the United States must yield to his
imperial mandate Two hundred and ninety Of the abes
men in the Republic coming direct from the people, and
from every district Of this extended country expressly
charged BY the Constitution consider the weighty mat
tiers OF dom site pcy may commit errors, may fall into
tanacism and bundes, and pass laws runous their
tendency, from which one man alone US. Two
hundred and ninety may be fanatca!, but one man
cannot Two hoNdred and ninety Of the first Of the
country may fail to perceive the destructive bearings of
law, which this same will readily discover
his caInot be soit must be deception. Or if it be So
then is Republican Government failure and this whole
noble edce Of ous funded upon the bleaching bones of
the heroes Of the Revelation, and cemened bv the tears
and anguish and blood of the fathers of the Republic
failure ard deception before The world If one man can
give US better laws than The whole Of Congress- then in
the name of common sense let abolish that useless and
expensive branch of the Government and place in the
hands ofthe President not only the Executive but the
Legislative power also. The sooner, the better. And
when that shall be DOME why shall we stick at name
why preserve The name and form Of Republic, when.
by conEeSson whole system is failure Let US change
'he title of President into that of His Majesty, and the
appearance will correspond with the reality But such
cannot De the true theory Of our Government Wewi
not believe such doctrine will no, wear even the
appearance OF believing 1t, long single remnant ~
our original Liberty shall remain to point out the site Or
its former glories.
But the anti republican and directly monarcbical
views OF Gen. Cass do not stop here His views are al
so monarchca and if possible still more So upon those
questions arising out of The Presidents power over the
Army and Navy. Take The case of the Mexican war.
on which question Gen. Cass stands side bv side with
tie EXTREMIST supporters Of Mr.. Polk Throwing out Of
view the merits of the as question, examine Mr.
Polk and Gen Cass' position thereon
The Wings believe and assert that the President led
on by an insane desire distinguish his administration
and gam Tor himself second term, took STEPS which he
knew were calculated to produce war. and did produce
wdr, without any communication with Congress. al
hough then in session. and in direct conravention ofhe
Constitution which gives that body alone the power If
making and declaring war,-all which acts the Wbius
condemn and the Democrats support This is the ones
ton it arises out of the facS-tut extract the prnc
pie and what is it2 In form, is whether the Pre-
sIoent or the Congress possesses the making power
In another form. is whether the President does or does
not combine, IN his own person. both the Executive and
Legislative Departments of the Government And in a
third FORM it is whether the President is below the Con
stitatlon, the Constitution below The President Upon
all these various forms of the question at ISSUE we find
the Democratic party and General Cas in favor of CIV
ing questioned power to the Presiden-and the Wb;g
party in favor Of giving that power to the i.egisla
ture.
hat Is this, but the very identical question, in prin
ciple, which, in the days of the elder Adams. divided
ne Federal and Republican parties These ancient
parties differed upon many points of practice in the ad-
minstraon Of the Government. But all these arose ont
OF one single difference in principle to viii: the Federal
lists sought to increase the power Of the Executive and
The Republicans that Of the Legislature. Measures
have changed since the days Of Jefferson and Hamilton
but all the questions, 50 far prnc pie concerned seem
t" remain stII-and how do they stand! IN those days
we found federasts contending for the extension of
Executive power, and in these days, find the Demo-
cratic party with Aewis Cass II cir head supporting
the same extension with only this difference while
the Federass sought to add to the Executive only some
ct the minor powers of the Legislature, the 50 caled
Democrats Of the present day have seized hold Of the
mIghtles power Of the Government, and supported the
President in his usupation Of the right make and de-
clare Let it be clearly remembered that the cues
ton in reference to this war, whether Mexico had
gresS Judge of that injury Not whether Congress
could hare been justified had it gotten us into the war
with Mexico bu: whether the President to be justified
or dragging US into that without our consent and
against the Constitution. And farther let it be remem-
bered that upon this question, Gen Cass holds the ar-
native and the whole Wing party the negative
Let the people of this nation but support the Demo-
cratic party in their position upon this quesiiou-et them
confirm to the President the po,cer which he has nsurp
ed-let them condemn Congress and the Constitution 70
inerioriy in this matler-and but one more step will
be wanting oblterate even the forms of Republic
That step is the extension ofihe Presidential term to
life. And who lake it upon himself to say that this
will not be done in another four years. The past four
years have Presidential stride towards absolute
power, the thought of which would have filled with
horror our Republican fathers. And may not another
four years suffice lake smaller stride from higher
vantage ground. Add but this single additional change
and confirm the Democratic party in what they bold
y claim, and We would thank any to draw sin
gle ma ler.a distinction in favor of liberty, between the
President of the Omitted States and the QHeen of Eng
land
Such are the princlp1eshe parform-exalted and go-
rOus, of The Wing party and their noble old chief Gen.
Zachary Taylor. Let them remain rue and faithful to
heir high conservative prlncipes-to the support Of tie
powers Of Congressto their opposition to the encruach
mems of the Execuive-and all must be well. Or, if
they fall, they will fall supporting the fundamental
principles of our institutions, and surrounded by the
ruins Of the Constitution itself
o. We are glad to find The Republican saying that