The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-08-01

administer the Government untramraelled by
party schemes.
| ".Seco1d-The veto power. The power
given by the constitution TO the Executive 10
interpose his veto, is high conservative pow
er; but in my opinion should never be exer-
cised except in eases of clear violation CT the
| constitution, or manifest haste and want of con-
sideration by Congress. Indeed, / have thought
that for many years past the known opinions
and wishes of the Executive have exercised
undue and injurious influence upon the Legs
lative department of the Government; and
for this cause | have thought our system was
in danger of undergoing great change from
its true theory. The personal opinions ofthe
individual who may happen to occupy the Ex-
ecutive chair ought not to control the action
OF Congress upon questions of domestic policy;
! nor ought his objections to be lnterposed where
questions Of constitutional power have been
settled by the various Departments of Govern
ment, and acquiesccd in by the People.
"IHId.-Upon the subjects of the tariff, the
currency, the improvement of our great high
ways, rivers, lakes, and harbors, the will ofthe
People, rs expressed through their Represent
tatives in Congress, ought to be respected and
carried out by the Executive.
"FOurih.-The Mexican w@r. / sincerely
rejoice at the prospect Of peace. My life has
been devoted to arms, yet look upon war at
all times, and under all circumstances, as a
national calamity, to be avoided if compatible
with national honor. The principles OF our
Government. as well rs it is true 1olcy, are
opposed to the suhjugation of other rations
and the dismembenncn; Of other rountres by
conquest. In the language of the great Wash
ington, why should We quit our own to stand
on foreign ground? ? In the Mexican war our
national honor has been indicated. amply
vindicated; and.in dIctating terms Of p sce.Ne
may well afford to be forlcarinG and even
magnanimous TO our fallen foe"
General Taylor, then, stands before the
country, not merely as Mig, but AZ
| THE GREAT REPRESENTATIVE
AND CHAMPION OF THE PRINCE
PIE OF THE RIGHT OF MAN TO
SELF-GOVERNMENT. He maintains
the principle that the majority have the
right to govern. lie stands precisely up
on the ground on which Thomas jefferson
originally made party difference with
John Adams. Let ME quote passage
from the letter of Thomas jefferson 10
John Adams, stating the grounds On
which the Republican party of 1898 com
menccd its opposition to the encrOach~
ments of Executive power, and To winch
it owed its true origin. In the 4th vol
ume of Jcderson's Memoirs. page 205, we
find the letter to " hich | refer Il is dated
June 81, 1913, and contains the following
passages:
"The terms Of Wing and Tory belong
to national as well as civil history. They
denote the temper q constitution of mind
of different individuals To come 10 our
own country and to the times whc9 you
aud became first acquainted; We W i
remember the violent parties which agi'a-
ted the old Congress, and their bitter con-
tests. There you and were arraycd to
gether; others cherished the MoXARcHY
of England, ana we the rights Of our coun-
try.
"But as soon as the constitution was
put into molten, the line or division was
again drawn. We broke into two parties,
each wishing to give the Government a
different direction: TIE ONE Che Re-
publican party) to STRENGTHEN
TUE MOST POPULAR BRANCH,
Congress, THE OTHER TIE
| alONfI FEN AA4NEAN Dr. Antilles,
md TO EXTEND THEIR PERMA-
NENCE. Here you and separated for
the first time, and one party placed your
name at their head-thc other selected
mine"
Precisely upon that principle, Genera
Lewis Cass and General Zachary TAYLOR
now differ, and stand al issue before the
country. General Taylor places himself
upon this just principle, lying at the foun-
datiun Of all republican forms of Govern
meui-the right of the majority 10 govern.
lie holds that the popular branch of the
Government possesses rights, and that he.
if elected President, would he bound to
rcspe them. He says, therefore, in ref
erence to all those great questions which
have heretofore agitatCd the country, and
which are properly within the powers Of
Congress, that he will lie guided by the
will of the People, as expressed by their
Representatives. On the ether hand W hat
says General Lewis Cass? lie denies
that the will Of the people shall govern
He maintains the high federal doctrines
Of ancient days, that the President of the
United States, with his veto power, shall
control the will of the people. lie stands
up as the champion of Executive power
and has received his nomination from
party convention, under circumstances
which, think, when carefully examined
by the American people, will seal his fate
as a candidate before them. What we're
these circumstances The very first
rule adopted by the convention assembled
at Baltimore was, that the will Of the ma
lority should not govern-that the vote of
two-thirds should be necessary TO Doml-
nate the President. They had laid down
that doctrine before on memorable oc-
casion. / refer to the Baltimore nomlna-
ton of 1874. The result reminds me OF
one of those games at cards which Is call
ed Solitaire" in which you know a man
plays against himself Did you ever see
-. - ,.I.,, tbat c,ot,a ,rho difI