Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-08-10

Ours, like its author, grea. and national their
strieily in character, miserable paIIy concern
. How did Mr.. Stevenson, the Presiden, Of th
, Baltimore Convention. himself characterize
this platform. in his letter conveying to Gen
Cass the notice of his nomination He. SAID
) The platform we present you 10 broad enough
to- hold all. Democrats. bu, narrow enough Il
exclude all others. Il was broad enough fo
the Loco Focos--broad enough for the party
II was party platform, and nothing else. ant
so represented and so accepted by Gen. Cass
who pledged himself 10 carry j, out. But, look
at Old lacks platform ; II was broad enough
for the whole country He nob!y says !: IL 90
for the whole country for the whole people
| submit, to no pledges make no. bargains
| submit TO no party dic,ati0n ). if elected. will
administer the Government. for the benefit OF
the whole American people" And, cir, If he
could be induced to come down from ,ha, high.
noble, patriotic and national platform, TO this
contracted, degraded. miserable platform Of par
~, he would sink, greatly sink in my esteem.
and would justly foris. the support of thousands
and tens OF thousands Of lhe palro,c and homes,
men Of all parties. who were now rallyIng 10 his
standard. No; Gen. Taylor would never come
down to such miserable narrow platform of par
,y as that LAID down by the Baltimore Convention;
but would honestly and faithfully administer The
Government, for the benefi, of the whole peo.
pie, and according 10 The principles of the Con-
stitu,ioh. as construed and administered by the
early Presidents of the Republic. The first
thing they put forth in the Baltimore platform
was democracy they had The, name, with
out one of the principles. Gen. Cass, and the
whole of Them, talk abou, "Jeffersonian, dcmoc.
racy;" and. while they talked abou, democracy
and rabou, Thomas Jeferson-while they re.
tanned the name. they repudaied and .rampled
under foo. every principle of Jefferson, every
principle adopted and praelised upon all the
early Presidents every one of them, withou:
an exception. They preach one thing, and
practice the opposite. Their democracy the
Jeffersonian>democracy! Why. they ven. for
the veto power.--.he grea, conservative power
Of putting down The wiIloflhe people, and put.
ting up the will of the President. This one.
man 2ower---,hat whieh;as had been we'll said.
was intended as "lhesexlreme medicine Of the
Constitution" had now BECOME the daily bread
the Pres,den, feeds upon, Thomas Jefferson
and his llustrious compeers never exercised
the veto he never exercised il IN a single
instance in the eight, years of his Administra-
ton. During the frs, twenty years Of the
administration of This. Government there never
was veto excep, in. one or TWO unimpoF,an,
cases by Gen. Washington but vctoes. vE-
TOES, had now become .he order of the day.
We were now governed by vetoes, and nothing
but. vetoes. A. The last session, Congress pas
Il =. u
President. who, afraid 10 yeIoit, put il in his
breeches pocket but, at Ibis session, he sent
it back with his reasons. agains, il, and this
House had voted down those reasons by vote
of 1873 to 54-s vote OF thirty more than two
thirds! And yet was no law; i. was defeated
by the will Of one man. And this was the pow
er Gen. Cass and his parry advocated!
Wha, was Gen. Taylor's position in this re-
spec.! He held, like true republican. ,ha.
with regard 10 questions Of domestic policy j,
vas for the people and the peoples represen.
iallves TO prescribe The law, and i, was The du-
~ Of the, President to respec. their will and
carry il into effect This was The dociripe OF
Gen. Taylor--,hai it was with The people. the
democratic people, to govern themselves. Yet,
although Gen. Cass and his parry in practice
sustained and appIauded. this despolc power
of zone man" to defea. The will Of the people.
fairly expressed, they talked
about, democracy" while they were riveing
chains on The people; they talked about The
beauties OF economy, while they were daubing
and irebling the expenses of Government; they
talked loudly about the capabili.y of,he people
for sell. government, aud Mr. Cass undertook to
say lha. il was a grea, dividing line between
themselves. and the Wings, Tha. was q pars
Of the platform" and their profession. was d.
reclly contradic,ed by their practices; hey prac.
icaly denied the competency Of the. people
for self-government by the arbitrary exercise
,f the veto power. What did this platform"
'ur,her say Tha. veto power had saved The
people from system Of Internal Improvements.
rhs, II had saved the people-;-lrom wha.
From themselves from carrying ou. their own
egislallon from using their own money for
heir own benefit, lor The improvement. of their
,wn country. They (the Presiden. and paHy)
could take 100000 900 year into Mexico
hey could 90 all over The world and spend
he money of The people, but they. would 'yf- {
er no part Of the money TO be expended under {
he direction Of the peoples representatives,
for The peoples benefit" They denied the
'ower TO Congress 10 spend the peoples mon
y for the peoples beni. in The improvement, OF
heir country. bu. claimed and exercised 'he i
'owsr 10 oppre.s, lsx, burden the people, That ,