The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-10-20
From The Washington Battery, 2sh uh.
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
Cs.
THE CNE.MAN POWER.

known through their representatives 10
Congress, shall be, as heretofore. supreme,
or nude sUbscrvient TO the CAPRICE OF ONE
MAN. 10 the trial OF this all.absorbiDg
question, the Wings, With Zachary Tay.
Ior at their head, are ranged on the side OF
the PEOPLE. while Lewis Case. and HE
host Of dependents on Executive patronage,
are en- that Of the PRESIDENTIAL NETo.-
The queation Is not oue Of mere party
supremacy, or whether tho Locos or the
Wings shall administer the 10vGfnG. en',
bul IT'S decision involves the fiery esist rec
Of our popular insiiu,iong end viii ctter.
mine whether our Union shall continue 10 be
a DEMocRATIc REPUBLIc in reaiuy. or be
converted INTO an ELECTIVE DESPO.
IlSM, subjec, TO the ~him aud caprice oi
any individual who may procure himself to
be chosen President, through the corrupt
exercise OF the patronage placed al bis
control.
/ Ia the formation OF our Government. the
friends Of popular rights were a,erse to the
existence oil what is termed The rt.o poirer
on the par, Of the President, behevlcg that
/ ii ~ns monarcbicnl in lis tendency, and
would invest that iliccr with the sblity -
coun'erect the poru'ar WILL and render
himself. IN effect, # no, in name, The So.
PREME DICTATOR Of The county
On The Other hand, those no Sere orpos, d
10 unyearicied Democracy, aud believed
that lie unlimited adoption Of the p'tnci.
PIE that bare majority shOnd gopera
mtsht prove prcJpdclal 10 The rights Of the
mummy, ~ere IN favor Of the lu'rod1ciloo
OF check Which,, IN The hands Of tie IN
ccGiive, should be used for Tie proiecilan OF
the hitter against the former. After pro-
trnc,ed and vatm discussion il was decided,
N The splft OF cnucllia'lou aud COMPROMISE
BY Which The wise trainers Of cor Con.lI.
tu'lcn we're sctua,cd, lha, the President
should be eHaOued VIII the rdO porer, bat
that ITS exctci,e should be lint, d 20 cases
30 winch the action OF Congress might be
clearly 10 coniraveniIon Of that instrument,
or NAM esty the result of hasfy and IN.
rejecting iegtslafion. A. the head Of the
trends OF the refo power was ALEXANDER
HAMILTON, a name which uil descend
IN honor TO the la,est posteriiy; whilst 10
opposition TO II are 10 be found the names
Of many Of the visest aud bes, men Of the
country, and among them those Of FRANK
LIN, JErFFRsoN, MADISON, aud others Of
The Republican school.
Strange as IT may appear, the party 10
power, claiming. most nnriShicouSly II IS
true, to be "ihe Democratic pHty,' have
The assurance openly to advocate the exer
clse Of power, the fec of which is TO
enable The President, for the tine being, 10
render nug,tory all action OF Congress, IN.
less IL be sustained by vote Of tro.thirdS,
a case which can scarcely occur IN tie dis.
cu.son OF measures OF public policy, more
especially when the Eseculve can always,
ty the exercise Of his patronage and the
discipline If party secure the votes Of more
lban one .shrd Of The National Legislature.
In proof Of Nha, We have said, it ia only
necessary 10 advert to the re'oes Of Pies,
dent Polk on the RIVER and tllrbor Appto
priaiion bill, passed by large majority of
both Houses Of Congress al the session be-
fore the last, and other bills 10 which there
was not, nor could there possibly be, any
objection on the score Of unconstlluilonall
" or want OF Que 0etiOefatlon.
" lth refercuce TO the peto power Gen. .
Tay lor in his first Allison letter, says;
"The power given by the Constitution
TO the Executive 10 Inlerpose his veto, is
high Conservative power bu, in my opinion .
should never be exercised excep, IN cases OF
clear violation Of the Constitution, or man.
fest haste and want Of consideration By
Congress. Indeed. have though, that,
for many years past, The known opinions
and wishes OF the Executive have exercised
undue and injurious influence upon the leg
lsia;itc department of the Government;
and for this cause | have though, our sys
TEN was in danger Of undergoing great
change from lis true theory. The person.
al opinions Of the individual who may hap.
pen to occupy the Executive chair, ough,
not TO control the action of Congress upon
questions OF domestic policy; nor oueh, his
objections TO be hterposed where questions
OF constitutional power have been settled
by the various departments of Government,
and acquiesced in by the people"
And in the same letter, speaking Of mea.
su,es which have always been regarded as
constituting the policy Of the Wing party,
he says:
Upon the subject Of the tariff, tho cur.
rency, the improvement Of our great high.
ways, rivers, lakes, and harbors, the will of
the people, as expressed through their Rep.
resenta,lves in Congress, ought TO be res.
pected aud carried on, by the Executive"
Among other pledges SO freely given by
Lewis Cass, the candidate Of the Locolocos,
TO whose readiness to give assurances which
may attract votes there seems to be no Ii.
nit, tina, distinguished King .proiser and
spord breaker promises to Sustain and car.
ry out The policy Of the present A9m'nistra.
ton in all things. |. follows OF necessity
that he will, If elected, which Gcd forbid,
peto all bills of the same character with
those on which his " Industrious predecessor
has placed the ssnet Of his prohIbi,ion.-
Shnnld ha do M the internal cOmmefc rec and