The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-08-08

gress choose 10 pass a bill for Internal i'm
provemenis, he will not impose his veto on
The law Nor will he write any messages
for the purpose ofmanuiacIuring mierndilm-
pr0vement men, or tariff men, or any other
kind Of politicians. He will not enter OIL II
career Of pr%opagandism. He does not int nd
TO get up a hoI-bed Tor tariffs or internal i'm
provemeni. but knowing that nothing can
prosper which does not rest in The confidence
and affections Of The people, he viii refer
these questions TO the originals sources Of pow
er, and will sustain them all with iEfexible
hrmGess. SO long as the people will permit
him 10 stand. He does not mean 10 pnsL
things TO extremes. His administration viii
neither be aggressive nor retrogressive but
he will adapt his progress 10 the mighty en-
ergies and capabilities Of a nation unexsm-
pied in the history OF the world Tor lis adj
vance in arts, as well as arms, in agricnI-
ture, commerce, and manufactures.
Now, on this great question. let me ask,
where stands Gen. Cass7 must now, in
my turn, put the honorable Senator from Mis-
sissippi on the confessional, and ask him 10
illuminate my path, by shedding a lille light
on this subject. ] find that the resolution
passed by the Baltimore Convention in favor
Of the exercise oil the veto power, contained
these words:
"Resolred. That we are decidedly opposed
TO taking from the President the veto power.
&C.. which has saved The American people
from he corrupt and Iyrannical domination
ofihe Bank oil the United STAIRS. and trom0
corTuptng system o. generGL internal inprOre-
mcntS."
From the staiement"r Mr. aucey,a menu
hes OF The convention. it appears that these
words about internal Improvements. which
were originally reported by the committee
appointed To draft The Baltimore PLATFORM
were objected 10, for the reason thus stated
bv Mr.. Yancey in a speech in the city 81
Charleston. South Carolina, OH the 9th June
last, exposing The deeds Of this Convention
Amongst other things he instanced, as
evidence CT It's soundhess ms an exponent oil
Democratic views. its refusal To adopt irs res
~olutions avowing its principles and The plat
form upon which il designed TO place Is
domination. And now mark the result, he
continued: Alter the nOmII.aiIon WAS made.
L committee was raised To report a series o'
resolutions. Mr.. Yancey said that The rom
mittee mel on the evening OF lis appointment
and sat until ten at nigh,. Before IL Il hJourn-
ed the resolution in relation Ia ths veto pow
er had been amended so rs 10 slluw lis hnppy
effect in saving the country from corrupt
ing sysiem OF yeneral internal Improvements
Twas unanimously agreed TO as sound DEM
ocralic doctrine aud as a deserved cOmpli-
ment TO Mr.. Polk. When the committee
met next morning the first proposition mT'fe
was 10 reconsider that amendment and strike
il out. 1~ehquired why? II had been aG-
mitied to be good Democratic daeirin" the
night before. The answer wna. Gen. I'Hs%
voted against that veto Of Mr.. Polk. and "
we put this in we will condemn OvT Ronl-
inee.'
These %virfuous poliliciaDs-rhese trnst-
worthy representatives Of DeDO1racy-
had discovered by morning that The av"wal
Oi truth would put an error roblush thai the
praise OF a patriot wouIi be the coDdemna-
lion Of a political hereto.
''The vote was not reGonsidered, but it was,
rs Mr.. Yancy firmly believed, because il was
loo barelaced even for that body and u the
idea that Cass had voted against MIR. Folks
veto had been thought of before the amend
ment was adopted, 1t Deve' would blve grhc-
ed those resolutions. As it rs. IT will indeed
become a thorn in the side OF the nominee"
Now, | ask the honorable gentleman iron,
Mississippi, will Gen. Cas- veto general
system olin'ernal improvements?
Mr.. FOOTE. ! am noIprepared to state
further than THIS: that il is my own opinion,
which I am almost certain is welI-iounded,
hat Gen. Cass is opposed 10 any general IN
ternal improvements. and tina; he would veto
Il bill in favor Of such a system. Bni, asi
said the other day, my own impression has
always been that a liberal system of INTERNAL
improvements. within the constitution wonid
certainly meet the support Of Gem CHsE-
Now, i'll have answered. the question salts
faciorily. | would ask the Senator whether
Gen. Taylor will withhold his veto, 10 case
"ihis election. to any bill for internal improve
nenIs that may happen To pass both Houses
Of Congress?
Mr.. CLAYTON. However vague fhe
or The question addressed TO ME. |
reply promptly that ] do nn, believe The case
occur Of The deliberate and weli-consId-
cred passage o: II bill for any Internal ~n-
proyemeDt by boIh Houses 0t Congress
ought to be condemned by Ihe hmer>
lcsn Executive Gen. Taylor. while pledged
10 abide by the will OF the people, is also free
10 restrain any hasty or inconsideraie legis-
Mr.. FOOTE. The question is mot wheih-
er such or such a Gaze can occur. but wheth-
sr Gen. Taylor would so act in certain cir
cumstanceS.
Mr.. CLAYTON. (smiling.) It'll impos-
for me 10 state my opinion as 10 what
he action Of Gen. Taylor in a given case
be. unless The case be stated with pre-
cision. You might suppose a case in which
Congress, having gone raving mad, would
vote TWENTY-FIVE millions out Of the Treasury
when there were not Eve millions in il, and
ask me whether Gen. Taylor would veto that.
But | am now looking, as a practical man, IN
The cases which are likely TO occur, and ] have
not the most distant idea that any circum-
will actually exist in which Geo. Tay-
lUr will apply the veto 10 n bill for internal
improvements. But how stands she candi-
Of the other side OF the chamber with re-
spect TO this question? Perhaps, as his path
way still remains o~bscUEed, the honorable
gentleman from Illinois can inform me.
Does he believe that Gen. Cass will veto i
bill for Internal improvements
MT. BREESE. I will answer the Sena-