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viii also BE- satisfied. II a man Of candor. iha,
the Distinguishing traits ofihe Fcderalisis, which
are treated as especially objectionable ol This
day. are likewise Distinguishing traits Ufthe No.
dern Drmo,rucy.
The Veto power is acknowledged BY the Bri.
ush Constitution; and yet 50 ipalous are Parlia.
menl oi Their rights. that no British king has
exercised It since l7lG. The sovereign there-
'here-ihc acknowledged soverepn-bas Veto:
but when The Wings prevailed in England they
restrained that power William lll, Otherwise
good and populurkrng. lried the Veto twice; but
he was resisted. lie was forced to repent aud
back Out; Tor the spirit VI independence was too
strong m The two Houses, 10 p, rmii the exercise
/ oil this offensive Characteristic OF abblute ~.
rants.
Mr.. Ewing showed that the Veto power was
rejected ia almost all the Constitutions of the
individual Slales ID exists. said he, in those oC
the old States generally, while in those of all.
or almost oil, the States rhFI were erected drrirg
the contest beIw cen The Democrats aud Federpi
isis, The right Of The Chi f executive 10 vern an
act OF the legislature, is not granted. Why,
one objection urged in the Declaration of lud,..
pendeLce against the BRUSH king was lha, he
had refused his assent 10 the most Who'll, some
laws. One Of the great grounds Of the Rgyo.
luton was 10 get this power into the hands Of
the people. The American Veto was aiyen IN
the Executive as proteciire power merrly-a
shield TO be used only in cases Of extreme ne
cessliy, which are results Of accident or casual.
| ~ rather than Of ordinary occurrence. No one.
! say, Gun read the debuIcs on the Constitution,
but hat will feel impressed with this conyic.
ZION.
| Look over the names Of the voters, on either
side, when the Constitution Of your State was
adopted. You will find thai the Federalists ad.
vocaIed the introduction of the Velo mower.
whcrhe Democrats opposed The measure. They
had known what the Veto was under the Terri.
lorInl Government. twas exercised freely, as
II ever will Re, when sel(.wiIled man, no mai.
ter whether good or bad, gets at The head of
Fcio-loleraIIIg government.
There were, believe, ten Federalis.s in the
Convention which formed our State Cons,i,u.
ZION, The rest were DemOcrals-RppubIican
and these were opposed To that power, while The
FtderalIsls were ~ favor Of continuing il from
The Territorial Government The Democrats
prevailed and, therefore, our Governor has no
Veto power. Gov. Bebb may feel very much
dissatisfied with certain act; but he has no
rghl to prevent its going into operation. No.
body bat DIR. O'ds has that powerl Cheers
and laughter.
| In the face Of all these facts Of history. with
What SORT Of propriely does Gen. Cass assert
that the Wings are in favor Of II strong govern.
menl," in the objectionable sense Of the phrase?
a "strong government" such as he means, is
one in which the Executive arm is strong:
strong government. in The Wing sense, is one
| that Is strong in the affections OF the peope,-
The Loc,(Icos use the tx, culve Veto freely;
their party suslalns it; their conventions uphold
and seek 10 perpeiuae ii. And vet, even in
monarchiral England, long ago. King WiIlium
Ill, was lOrCed 10 recede from his last veIo and
give independence To the Judiciary. Ii would
have been as much as his head was worth 10
have persisted. L.l us contrast The opinions of
Gen. Taylor, the Wing candidate for The Pres.
idency. wi those advanced by the "paleut dem.
ocrat," Mr.. Cass. The latter thinks that the
| President should use The Veto whenever il may
please him TO do so; and not merely TO project
The Constitution and himSeiG that all Wing en-
actmrns should be struck down by The Execu.
live Veto. well remember, said Mr.. E., the
intense excitement and anxiety uf that moment,
when The bill 10 authorize the Distribution of the
Proceeds of the Public Lands among The Srates
had passed The Senate, and been sent to Presi.
dent Jul kSOn for his Sanctinn. Had that bill
been approved, when il was first passed, the sur.
plus moneys in The National Treasury belonging
TO The several STATES, would have been apporlion.
ed among them, and The stare due Ohio would
have paid your State debl-every cent Of it, by
this Iime-I0r which you ure severely Iaxcd.-
The President did not venture to return that bill,
even with his Veto upon it; for il would have
been Instantly passed, by The constitutional ma.
ioriry Of rwo-thrds. Bolh Wings aud Demo.
cras voted for it, and would have upheld it 10.
gc,her, and carried it Iriumphamly over the
Presidents head. lie retained it, in his pocket;
and designedy k"pl il there, and neglected 10
act upon t"wilhn ten days after The close of lhe
session." Here was an instance in which the
Peoples Representatives were scofitd at. Here
was great. wise aud b nrfcent measure delca.
Ted by The will of "DtmOcratic" President
We never received dollar of that fund, in O.
hio, and it had better have been sunk in the o.
cean, Than used as it was, for purposes of cor.
ruplon. And you with such an example us
this before him, Gen. Cass says, "the Wings
are in favor Of u strong governments" God save
the mark! Can anything in The way of impu-
dence exceed his letter in This respecti
Gen. Taylor says Of The Velc power, that it
sis high conservative power. given by the Con-
sluliou; but in my opinion" he declares, ''it
should never be exercised, except in cases of
clear violation of lhe Constitution, or manifesl
haste or want of consideration by Congress-
The personal opinions of The individual who
may happen to occupy the Executive Chair.
ought nol 10 control The action of Congress up
on questions Of domestic policy; nor ought
his objections TO bc interposed where questions
of constitutional power have been seued by The
various departments OF the Government. and
acqulesced IN by tho people," Again; Upon
the subject .of the tariff, currency, the i'm
provement of our great highways, rivers,
lakes and harbors, the will Of The people, as ex
pressed through their rpnresentatyes in Con.