The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-07

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democracy which, IN another part OF the same speech,
Notwithstanding all his gentle coongs to them noac he
aenomna'es that lying double dealing. spurious de-
utterly abhoued and repudiated" What democrat in all
lhis broad land could set down Taylor entertainment
WIN an insulting invitation like this
but 10Y Jones endeavos to escape from all these
comfortable dlemmas by saying, that since the sth of
April last General Taylor has with a sasfacto-
declaration OF wing principles, and therefore it that
ne now supports HIM. That if he had not, he would not
advocate his election | thank the gentleman said Gov,
IRON grasp will enumerate the wing principles, known
and admitted to be such and then demand to know OF
Gov Jones, which one of them has Gen Taylor ex-
pressed his opinion upon since the sh of April to this
very hour. Note them, Gov. Jones, and tell me one
ls the bank-2d, the tarif-3d internal improvements
Has he expressed his opinions for or against any one OF
these? No, In his Allison letter he speaks o.
he would apply the power to em but his opin
Mem for against, he does not pretend init
AS unjust and unconstitutional This is another wing
doctrine Does Gen. Taylor give his opinions this poiR,
his Allison any other letter. up to this day No, he
does not He speaks of the evils of war generally, an
deprecates the sublugation OF other nations by "con
quest but gives no opinion as to the Mexican war u
particular. 5th, unwildngness TO take frsm Mexico te
rtoral indemnity against the expenses of the war,
another wing doctrine which Gen Taylor is profoundy
silent in the Allison letter Remember, sir, am nos
yet hod vo~ ia an and demand Sao
on what has Gen Taylor developed his opinion
since your Nashville speech. You tell that he b.
come least for the whg doctrine of the Veto NJ
such thing, sr-o your own favorite mode Of ex-
preston, "no bit OF it' Look to the wing speeches in
CoSgIss after s to your oTn psfoh
of the veto power Listen to your own words: "Who
does not remember the lofty denunciatons against not
only the improper exercise OF this power but against
its very existence Have we not pointed out the hor-
rors OF this one-man power? this spirit OF monarchy!
and have we not soemnly, pledged ourselves to the
country-have we not invoked the genius of liberty
attest sincerity that when in power we would use
the proper torld the constitution OF this incubus and
strike from the hands OF the people this last letter
Now hnnr that IayIn abr
liberation and annihilahon" OF the veto power. In his
Allison letter: THE veto power-the power given by
a high conservative power" &c. There. now, you
that, far from coming out for your whig antveto
power. he knocks right the head, and leaves you
with the poor excuse OF having gone TOR Taylor only be-
cause he against you and OF your favore doc
trines So hold you in that iron grasp yet You seek
to escape by saying that he lays down good wing rule
for the OF the veto power under the constitution
And is this allall the platform on which you and your
party and your candidate. have to stand in this great
election with opinion expressed on any one
subject in the world except the application is almost in
the very words of nearly every President that ever went
before him. What are they' .But, in my opinion.
should be exercised except in OF clear viola
ton of the constitution or manifest haste and want OF
consideration of Congress"
Sir, if the constitution be violated by an act OF Con-
gress who would thank General Taylor to veto ii He
takes oath to support the constitution and II the Con-
gress send him bill which he cannot sign consistently
with that instrument the scorn OF the world and the hot
nature to it, So there is no platform in that But he
adds the other clause, you say that he will not veto it
sideraton of Congress" Who would! Why. every
President who vetoed law not on constitutional
grounds put it on the footing expressly that Congress
had not duly considered the subject No President ever
presumed wilful and deliberate purpose in Congress
to do wrong, and none ever will. AS it relates to
the balance Of the Allison letter. where re, General
cy, the tariff, and internal improvements by Congress.
the will of the people, as expressed by Congress- ought
TO be respected and carried out by Executive. II
the previous rule in relation to the application of the
veto power to be applied to this it means nothngab
soutey nothing. But if is not, then 1t means what
Gen Taylor stand up to-what his oath and
the constitution would allow him to stand up to.
But need argue this, because Coy Jones every day
admits that on the currency the tariff and internal m
egsated without due consideration General Taylor
would have veto these as on all other subjects.
This admission sweeps away the whole Allison letter,
and the fanced platform which it reared tumbes to the
ground and hold you get sr, The grasp Of your
admission not to support Gen Taylor If he has not come
that it is useless press you further this admission.
for am satisfied in my mind that it Is no disclosures of
Gen Taylor that have worked out your conversion to
of your better judgment, that unwilling abandonment OF
principles at the high commands OF your party, which
you avow in your Nashville speech
But before leave this Allison letter. allow to ask
why this fresh and furious onslaught the veto power
of the constitutions It has been there ever since the re-
the convention who framed the constituion-by Wash
ngton, and Madison and Franklin and long list OF the
best men, that God in his mercy ever sent TO TINS earth
under it the republic has grown IRON Is to 80 States and
from three four to than twenty millions OF lnhab
ants In commerce and navgation-in agriculture and
the mechanical and sciences-n all the elements OF
national greatness, both peace and in she stands
the wonder of the age and of the world. Is it possible
that this canker has been working at the bud and
eating out the vital principles of government, une!t
and unpercevcd during all this while Well, look to ts
mighty ravages. Out of more than 1000 laws twenty
five only have been vetoedone out OF about 2s0twice
by George Washington, six times by Mr. Madison, once
by Mr. Monroe eight nine times IN the eight years OF
Cen Jackson four times by Mr. Tyler and three times by
James K Polk That is to say, IN % out OF 7ooo laws
the different Presidents OF the United States have called
on Congress to reconsider laws which they had passed
and sent to him for approva25 times out OF 1000! IL
any of these laws were reconsideration thought to be
decidedly good ones, Congress could have passed them
over the head of the President and spite OF his veto,
no mischief could have come to the republic
NV competitor claims Alexander Hamilton as the u-
THOR of the veto il stands in the constitution. He
must have read the history of the convention to poor
purpose to have come to that conclusion. Hamilton pro-
posed and advocated an absolute veto Mr. Madison
Mr. Edmund Rando phi proposed qualified or limited
one, and it adopted; Hamilton's having been re-
jecied by the convention. And at what moment is It
gatory and vain by user and negect' In former
years the power of numbers with the South and she
rested in assurance and confidence beneath the shadow
of that power but 'the scePe has departed from
JUDAH and an memorable majority OF more than forty
votes is daily cast against you from the North-in the
North where the fires OF fanatclsm are now burning
and threatening every year to consume you ana your m
stutons together! 1t is at such moment az this that
YOU are called upon to heave overheard your last an