The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-12


The National lnelligencer occasionally amuses its
readers with very long -winded articles, (foar
five columns ong> under this head, for the purpose of
examining its readers (ast called at Oxford) with facts
and arguments munitions of war in the present
campaign. The series reached its Sth number Satur-
day last But the length of these articles coun-
eracts however, their design They are outrageous
B long, that few of the whg presses have room to spare
for their republication. The weight of their metal, too
does correspond with the length of the gun. They
are penfully loaded down with that species of matter
called rgmarole.
1t seems that one of our correspondents has waded
through the last number, and submits
tary of one its positions in the following communca
ton;
Campaign No. 8, (of the National ellgencer) which
is be met with in the National lntegencer of the 9th
of September contains, IN conclusion these astounding
remarks:
"Upon the subject of the tariff, the currency, the i'm
PIovemen OF our great highways rivers lakes and har-
tx h
out by the Executive"
This is the platform on which the wings claim to
stand more ruinous could not be conceived.
The effect and the amount OF this suggestion is, that the
will of the people ought be respected and carried out by
the Executive No questions this. unless where con-
sutona objections arse and thus arising becomes the
duty OF the President to nterpOse the veto powers and
he not to do this, he would be athess to his trust
TO his oath. If the trust be wrongfuliy confded let the
constitution be changed for, while It is retained the
President would be false to himself and to the country if
he did not ntepose its exercise in all such cases he
cannot refuse.
But, through the advanced dieta made known by the
lnelgencer, ",he will of the people, as expressed
through their representatives in Congress, ought to be
carried out by the Executive"
In the first place, the House OF Representatives does
not al Uaus 0UI
camstances when the election took place, the present
House grossly misrepresent the people. Witness Vir-
gina, Pennsylvania, &c.
Take 100 this notion through its various bearings, and
where will it end' New York wants the Hudson river
improved. Pennsylvania the Delaware. and Ohio the
Muskingum Great Miami, Sciota, and others Here
three great States, making 70 votes and if to these
there be added Pamlico and Albemare sounds, in North
Carolina and few more interested States bargain in
may be arranged and carried as the will of the
people" Nowadays the will OF the people, in wing
estimate, is the great desideratum; and that "W" as
avowed is not to be what the people think (but what is
the opinion of their representatives in Congress) who
nine times out of en know nothing OF the matter, and
take no interest in it.
For the dear people the wing representatives in Con-
gess made bankrupt law; but the dear people made
them speedily to undo 1t again..
For the dear peopes's sake the gold and silver sub
treasury bill repealed, that the banks might have
broader sweep, whereby to ruin the laboring classes
through the introduction of false and spurious currency
But the dear people compelled repeal of this too and
Tue country nau restored 10 IL SOunu CHCulduOn
The dear people, through their wing representatives in
Congress in 1912, desired high protective tariff but in
lSi6 the same dear people repealed this too, to the great
advantage of commerce and the prosperity of the
nue..
In olden time the federal (whig) party passed alien
and sedihon law, and act to restrain the liberty of
speech and the press all for the sake, the benefit and
happiness OF the dear peoples and yet very soon AFTER
through their democratic standard bearers these same
dear people turned adrt this party and their measures
and demanded the constitution to be restored and it
restored
The new doctrine introduced is stranger than all
BY IT. the tariff, currency, Improvement Of h,ghoays,
rtus lakes and hdrbors to be managed by the repre-
entatlves in Congress- apart from the Executive These
being surrendered exclusively 10 Congress, nothing will
remain but to impose direct tax to carry out such heavy
expenditures, and for Congress TO assume entire control
over our foreign relations ,also And these being so ar
ranged, what necessity will there be for President
why not leave everything the dear people, to be man.
aged by their representatives in Congress? Presently,
the next reform to be undertaken will be, that the
representative branch directly from the people.
Their ",c'iF should likewise be respected and carried
out by the Senate-hus leaving the whole, the entire
management OF affairs, to the representatives OF the dear
people II is preposterous nonsense. Under our repub-
lean administration such, carried on for nearly the
entire time since 1901, government has gone on
steadily, prosperousy, and happily; and to adopt a
quaint but true maxim, we had "better let very pefl
alone"