Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-11
.aionrnmen, proven, lis relurn, in which case il

adjournment prevent its return, in which case II
shall not be law. ,,;o,
Tho concurrence of the Senate and House oil Re-
nresentaliyes may be necessary, (excep1 on
nnesriou Of adiourument) shall he presented 70
The President of The United States; ana oeiu'e
the same shall take effect, shall be approval Wy
him or being disanproved b. him. sna,i DC re- :,
nassed biz lwo-lhrds OF The Senate and House y
REPRESENTATIVES, according 10 the rules ana ''ui'
taions prescribed in The case OF OH.
Here we find he Constitution says, II nc ap'
prone he shall sign il, bu il mol as saGH return -
with his objections" &c.
Now. in the name OF our glorious Constitution
itself, let US ask how Gen. Tay!or's pledse III ms
Allison letter can be reconciled with The letter OF
spirit of the Constitution Gen. Taylor says IN
that erler:
"The personal opinions OF the individual VINO
may happen 10 occupy The Executive chair ought
NOT 10 control The action Of Congress upon ques-
tops Of domestic policy; nor ought his objections
TO be inIerposed where questions oil Constitution
al power have been settled by the various depart
menrs of Government, and acquiesccd IN oy me
people"
The Wing Convention refused 10 ADOPT The Al
lison letter as their platiorm-iot what reason IS
best known 10 thai body; but i, strikes us that
those who had any regard for sustaining The IN
egrily OF The Constitution, readily discovered mat
il would make alarming inroads upon that sa'
cred ark of civil liberty. The President Is voted
for and elected by the people with the knowledge
that, under the Constitution, ne IS required 10 e1'
ercise his judgment in behalf OF ms constituents
as much So as the Representatives, IN Cohstess'
They well knew, when The Constitution was
framed, that, il legislation was lett 10 bare ma
iory, i, would work oppression "srieyous TO
be borne" 10 mnorities; and hence the most I'M
por,ant feature in The Consti'uion-the Velo
power-by which The rights OF minorities were &c
be protected from the oppression OF maJori'ies
'upoa questions of domestic policy and upon
these questions General Taylor pledges himself
no, 10 interfere with the action Of Congress, ~
exercising the veto power.
Our fathers as we'll knew, when they framed
The Constitution, that sectional, diversified in'ef'
ess. would lead 10 log-rolling, as we now hho"
il from that best OF teachers, and at times Int
most irving leacher-experience. we all hho"
,bar in The session of Congress called by Gene
raj Harrison, there was not party within i'seii
and by itself, strong enough 10 have carried any
one II The abominablc measures which were al
tempted 10 be fastened upon the country
The Bank party proper mustered more man
corporaps guard, allho' il was in lean minofi'y
| The Protective Tariff party was stronger 'nas
the Bank party, bu, moi strong enough 10 get on
without The aid OF the dislribntlonIsts and lhs
Bankes, and the result was comoinallor
asans, popular rights and the known wishes o
rhe people. which enabled Congress 10 pass al
three Of these monslrous and iniquiious mea
sures. Thanks 10 John Tyler, (he deserves moi'
tho name OF shonesl" than forty such gocd ahl
true Wings as "honesl" John Davis OF Massachu
cen, who has shown no honesty TO the Conslnu
lion and certainly none to his country SINCE NJ
cou,d e1ul, at The sacking Of Washington by I'M
British as he did when be heard The news -
welI calculated 10 sadden the hearts oil every
homes, parior,) for his honesty and manllness II
defeating Two out Of The three questions Of do
nestle policy" which corrup! Congress ~oul'
have fastened upon the people against their vii
and aeains, their interest, and which, II ne hae
been nledeed as Gen. Taylor is, would have beer
fastened upon them, and they would now be la
boring under the curse of u ). Bank, ina
orc his would have worked The ruin OF many
who are now prosperous and happy.
We ask our friends, the Wings, TO read th'
Constitution and review the practical operations
If The veto power, without going farther bacs
Than Mr.. Tyler's Administration, and then pu
The question 10 themselves, if they cannot see
great danger in President refusing 10 clolhe
himself in advance Of his election, with the pow
er the Constitution under oath conlers upon him.
auRssRs. C-CKE AND STEPHESs.-onr neigh,
-, Mac demolished Msssrs Cooke and Stephens, and
in hi nprt papar we may look out tor thunders Of ap
nause over speech mniu Thur day night last, IN
which the man power was openly aavoeasa ada
cuIed The party calling Itself Democratic doesn't
.souint towards Monarchy but openly ayows Monar-
chical principles VI Petersburg htelhrsneer.
A more fragrant Misrepresentation OF an ar.
sument, as we learn from friend who was
present and heard the speech, was never made
than IS contained in the above paragraph. w.
w. Crump, ESQ.,, the gentleman referred to,
maintained no such principles. He was enga'
red in an able effort TO show that each branch
of the Government, Legislative, judicial and
Executive, should be kept in IFS own proper
sphere; their orbits were distinct; and if they
were permitted 10 revolve 10 the harmonious
plan devised by the trainers Of the Constitu'
ton, there was no danger Of collision. he
proved that the "Whig" party, who claimed to
be "par excellence" the Conservative party,
were engaged in systematic effort to destroy
the most conservative feature in the Con,titu-
ton, and 10 invest an accidental and oft-times a
faction, majority of Congress with absotute
power. He defended the veto power alone;
and so far from advocating monarchy, as the In
telligenccr pret.nds to believe, he expressly said
that if an Executive should usurp power, there
was less difficulty in getting at him than at the
many headed monster which met in Congress,
should this last oyerturn or disregard the Con
stitution. He illustrated the utility Of the veto
power by that recent exercise of It, which has
mos, strongly excited the bile of the Wings,
viz Tyler's veto of the Bank and Tariff mea
sures; and showed that Congress getting toge-
Their for other purposes, and the Wings finding
themselves in the ascendant for the time, passed
those odious measures in relation OF The pc
pular wil-manifested as that subsequently
was by the fact, that the people when appeal
ed to sustained the veto, and secuted the autho'
rity OF the Wing Congress, which undertook to
speak in their name. He simply defended the
Constitution as it stands, and sought not only 10
make the Congress independent Of the E1ecu-
tive, but the Executive equally independent oil
Congress. in the performance of his constitu'
tional duties. He denounced, as it deserved, an
Executive who would deliver himself, bound
hand and foot, into the power Of Congress and