The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-07-26

cansliiuiion. No par Of The legislative
power uas confirmed upon ne President
l-il vas expressly Ieseved 70 The Senate
and House Of Representatives. Tie read
sI0m lie Convention debates reported in
the Madison papers, 10 show who II was
That advanced the idea IL Strengthening
The Executive arm. and ah0 MAINTAINED
Tor Tie veto IN absolute negative on The
lsW--ii was Ihr leader Of the Federal par.
ny. Mr.. Gerry, Mr.. FFanklin. Mr.. Ma.
son. Mr. Sherman, and all The Repnbli-
cans spoke against this one-man power,
and defined il - the issue between rePuh-
liranism and monarchy. The introduce
lion Of an absolute veto ON the laws Was
the inirnduciion aI The monaFchical fea-
lures. which was only sustained In the
conrenlion by Hamilton and Wilson.
The'paTIy now claiming 10 be democratic
passed a resolution, which formed part 0f
the famous "Plallorm," approving the ful.
lest exercise Of the veto and even iis &C.
knoxledged abuse by Mr.. Polk. The
distinction then was palpable. Taylpr
had placed the exercise OF This power
where the fathers Of the Constitution had
placed II. and not according TO the dicla'
zion Of party platform.
In The course of the last twenty years
we had driiled from the old land marks.
This veto has been growing in the hands
Of he Executive. until your President has
carried il so far as 10 defeat private bill
The merits Of which he dad not eOmpre-
hend-which he harily examined, and
which had been before Congress for fifty
years.
/ The government was rapidly tending
TO monarchy. OLD party lines would
be greatly oblileraied in the struggle be-
tween Taylor aud Cs,s-in that issue
which was 10 re-affirm the right of the
people to govern. and To deny the power
10 the President 10 legislale. Whenever
This right is rejected, monarchy begins and
republicanism ends-we should become
an elective mOnaIchy, the meanest Of all
on earth.
/ He wanted the caunlry 10 understand
who introduced this veto into the Constr
tuition, and cited from the paper offered by
Mr.. Hamilton. which proposed to make
Legislation subordinate TO the veto, and 10
: creaiea Senate for life. II was then man.
iiest that the author Of the veto designed
] 20 makeNsise Presid~st a part nj The leRis-
lation, while those who founded the Con-
slitution eonided it solely 10 Congress.
Now as 10 some Of the questions which
had been propounded TO him. First, the
Tariff-He had shown from the Allison
letter. thai Gen. Taylor stood pledged to
sustain the action OF Congress on this sub
iect: and as friend of the Tariff Of AZ
he was willing 10 abide by that pledge
from any President. II was the republi'
can ground that Taylor stood on, for il
strengthened the popular branch against the
strong one. This was the principle of the
party in '9s; while pseudo Democrat:
we're now for Executive power TO nullily
the will Of the people, and advocated Z
candidate pledged 10 veto what even three
fiths of The country should desire. On
this broad platform every republican car
stand and sustain Gen. Taylor. No mar
becomes an apostate by voting for him
He would invite one and all 10 join; fo
all who recognize the principle that th'
majority should govern, can come unde
This standard. =
4 Cass stood on the Federal ground o
i l7S7-Executive encroachment and OPP
position by veto 10 the popular will. Fay
Tor was the reverse. Who was the Re
publican and which was the Republican
party! The party that had begun ant
followed this iwo.thirds system and deniet
the right Of the majority 10 govern, had al
} ready felt its consequences. 1t was
, fraud deliberately invented to defeat MIR
} Van Buren-him who had been styled tn
Magician. He.had crumbled that part!
) into atoms. and made il vanish, as beior
: the enchanimem of one Of the Eastern &c
, nil From the day that fraud was perpe
iraled, your destiny was sea!ed-you
doom was fixed. The. people may b
: humbngged for while, hui they will pun
ish deception whenever II Is discovered
, The Senator from Mississippi had sail
i. General Taylor was not learned-he ha
0 no, enough of the scholar to fit him 10
+ the Presidency; though he conceded h
e was honorable, and patriotic. and higl
: minded. True, there was some dlferenc
l. between the various candidates. Gas
l. was learned and knowing man, Will
d Taylor was wise man, and Van Bnre
i cunning man. lie called the a,,en,io
a of the Senate to what Washington ha
81 said Of himself in his first inaugural me
II sage. lfnot in the words Of Taylor,
y was in his spirit, and therefore if Tayl
If was stul,ifed, so was Washington.
g He would answer another interrogation
that in regard TO the Sub-Treasury al
n Bank. Taylor's position was, that u
y will of the people should govern. II Il
lie country wanted your miserable Sub Ire
a. sury, it would stand-bui Cass is pledge
10 though three.ffihs of the people shou
Of ask for its repeal, to veto any bill pass