The State guard., 1848-08-01

tuis CTeeu OHly declares that whatever Congress does he will sa notion, even to the surrender of the great, cardinal, con- stitutional power of the veto. And with this sole profession on his lips, which makes him mere automaton, he expects. to redeem his pledge to Mir. Delony, and to obtain the vote of an enlightened people Let us trace this solitary but pregnant pro- fession to its consequences, and where will it lead himi This development is SO we'll executed in the following extract of speech just delivered by MT. Bococls. young and able member of Congress from Virginia, that we cheerfully adopt it as our own sssses
 "Gentlemcn that Gen. Tayor will leave every thing in the hands of tho peo- ple. What will he do in relation io n bank, the tariff and the yyilmot proviso Will he leave these with majority of the representatives I read in the constitu- ton that all bills passed shall be submitted to the President !; if he approve, he shall sign them if not, he shall return them to. the House in which they originated with his objections. Any way whether Gen,
 A"' "PP'o'o VI q Dili, He WOulQ leave It with the representatives of the people. What kind of a President would he be Such a one as to be twisted and worked upon like wax. Suppose Gen. Taylor comes in with a whig Congress. They resolve that such and such duties shall be laid. Gen.. Taylor approves and signs the bill. The next Congress is democratic fn tba
 Taylor approves andasigns that too; thus signing bills of an adverse policy. My constitution tells me that it shall be- the duty ot the President to give to the Con gross information of the state of the Un. ion, and recommend to their consideration such measures as shall be judged necessa. ry a 'd expedient.' He shall, the consti-. tuition says. The gentleman from Pcnnsy- vania says the word ought not to be therc. An we see in this the old leaven of fede- ralism peeping out. You may amend the constitution, but as longas it stands, let it be regarded as it is. The constitution contains the veto power; yet gentlemen had arrayed themselves against il.-Thc fathers of the constitution had placed it there. You have not altered it, but you choose to strike it out of your own accord. An amendment went before the people, and they refused to adopt it but yet you want to strike it out. The democracy however will meet you. They will say that this power protects the minority from a bare majority, and that it prevents log rolling. ."-[La. Courier.
 At large meeting held at Clinton, Louisiana, q few days since, Gen. Felix Houston, in an admirable speech which is published at length in the Floridian, made the following reference to the provision of the constitution which clothes the Exccu. tive with the veto power. The facts and views embraced in the extract, short as it is, is worthy the serious consideration of the Southern people.
 ''Iiitherto", said Gen. Houston, "the Senate aid Executive have stood in the way of anti-slavery, and paralyzeo it's ef forts. Make the Executive dead letter, dhd the Senate is the only obstacle to en- croachments on our rights, until we are forced into separation. f
 "The Northern States have one blln- dred and forty, and the Southern States only ninety votes in the popular branch of the National Legislature. In the Sen ate, the North, including Delaware, has thirty two votes, and the South twenty eight. Already the Wilmot proviso has been passed in the House, and if the veto is nonentity, the great struggle will be for the Senate.
 "While this great question is involved in the Presidential canvass, the voice of the South is heard the contest is conduc ted on an enlarged scale-able men de- bate the subject-it is for time taken out of the hands of the low and groyellinc tools of abolition-and we may have con. fidence in the enlightened public senti. Irient and patriotism of our Northern brethren. A decision then in favor of a candidate who would veto all such insendi- ary measures, would, in great measure, allay excitement for four years. The im- portance ofthe veto power cannot be over rated by those who love the Union.
 'sIf the superior power of the north can carry one obnoxious measure they can carry another, and ma ,e the Wilmot proviso embrace everything. Already is it proposed, afier excluding the people of the South with their property, from the vast territory acquired from M ,xico, to lay off a large section of that same terri tory for the colonization of negroes and they are to have lands, be educated, and prepared to enter the Union. The same power that can do the one will do the olher the same power will abolish slave " in the District of Columbia; then fol- lows interference with the slave trade be- tween the States; then the compromises of the Constitution in relation to slave representation in Congress-; the aboli- ton f'es t#
 "That Gen. Taylor as he now stands, with his Allison and Signal letters before the public, would be bound in honor not 10 veto the extension of the ordinance of l7s7. Gin other words the Wilmot proviso) to the territories of the United States is undeniable. But do not think that he