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armies, 70 make hem 70 that extent inoepfns
dent ior their suppou Of that power lths Legs.
luIive) on which alone, by guarded provisi0as
the Constitution has made them dependant.
The preceding enumeration, formidable as il
appears To be. IS Cor from eomPrehending ell
the usurpatOns and prcsumptions Of power BY
the Executive arising out Of bis original SIN of
the war. Those comprised in the Proclama-
lion prepared BY order Of the President, printed
here and scut to General Taylor 20 be distribui.
! cd in Mexico, are Of themselves enough ~
found an Impeachment, upon, IL impeachment af
a President, OF Presidents Minister. were in
this Government within the range Of practical
possibility. Yet, willis, the Democratic Party
\ IN Congress had maionties in both Houses. no
inquiry was permiued 10 be made into any Of
The abuses Of power by the Executive. Aud
when such inquiries have been made By the pre-.
sent Wing House Of Representatives,, they have
/ in almost oil important cases been made in
vain. We refer 10 such cases as that Of the
call for Mr. Slideil's Instructions, for the parIi-
cularS Of the negotiation with Santa Anna be-
fore Ihs war, &c. u 10 this moment, for ex.
ample, Congress is kept in Ignorance. though
The information has been called Cor. what dis.
position has been made, by the President. Of the
money levied and collected IN Mexico by his
sole arbitrary authority. Thus has the Presi-
dent seized upon not only the sword, but The
purse Of the nation, both OF which the Consll-
Iuton forbids him to handle or to touch. lie
has, 10 one word, ia the name and under the
ensgns Of Democracy, assumed all the auri-
butes ola Monarch, as much an usurper, in do
ing so, as thai Mexican lyrant whose usurpa-
lions Of power the Executive caused TO be pro-
claimed to the Mexican people as the main
ground of our invasion Of the territories Of that
Power.
Such is the "striciness Of his adherence to
. sound Democratic principles" by which, ac-
cording TO the "plallorm," Mr.. Polk has enIi.
lied himself 10 oil honor aud glory! So strictly
has The grants Of power in the Constitution
been construed by the Executive department Of
the Government under Democratic sway! Such
are the "lruis" OF The election Of Mr.. Polk,
which have fulfilled the hopes Of the Democra-
cy Of the Uuion!" Such are the great re-
forms," the permauence Of which at the CONF
ing election, il would. in the opinion Of the Bal
limore Convention, "be faial error 10 risk in
The hands OF their known aiyersaries."
How proudly may not the Wing parry hold
up lis head al this acknowledgment, from such
a source, thai heV are THE KNOWN ADvERsARIES
OF THESE GREAT RE6ORMSl
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THE VETO.
J These TWO subjects, of separate resolutions Of
! the Convention, connect themselves too nat1r-
ally to be separated. Weplace them therefore
together:
THAT the constitution does not confer upon
, The General Government the power 10 com.
mence and carry on general system Of inter-
nal improvements"
r "That we are decidedly opposed to taking
from the President the qualified veto power, &c.
: under restrictions and responsibilities amply
sufficient to guard the public interest, 10 sus-
5 pend the passage Of bill whose merits cannot
secure The approval Of lwo-Ihirds Of the Senate
r and House Of Representatives until the judg-
d meni Of the people can be oblained thereon,
and which has saved the American people from
d the corrupt and tyraunica domnaIons Of ths
p Bank Of the United States, and from corrupl.
:, ing system Of general internal Improvements. "
e The first Of these propositions appIauds the
c principles Of the Veto power--a power which
h in our constitution is an lncongruity and an am
n omaly. nearly analogous to those powers, not 10
be found in the constitution, which, as we have
= shown, have been so literally exercised by our
], Democratic President. This avowed affection
y for the only arbitrary feature Of our Govern.
n menI, is in character with the sweeping endorse
}. menl in other parts of The Manifesto, Of all The
acts which, in the name ol"Dsmocracy," 90 to
l. establish the One-man power, the Monarchical
/. principle, supreme ia this Government. More
0I arbitrary power has been welded by the ChieI
= Magistrate Of this republic during the last three
l. years than Sovereign in Europe would al the
re present day dare to exercise. Within the las,
& year thrones have crumbled into dust, and EN-.
l. pres touered 10 their foundation, under The
10 whrIwind Of popular fury excited by less JUS
I'd provocaion than the exercise of the Veto power
e, by the present Democratic Administration upor
Of the bill for such improvement of the Lake, Ri
n, yer, and Harbor navigation as is neither wilhir
f. The province nor The capacity Of The State Gov
le ernmenis. If there be any one question in tht
d, whole range of national legislation which i
so more vital 10 the interests Of one"half of tht
States and more than one.half of the people
d which, by its magnitude and dihusive influence
Of towers above and casts jnlo the shade ever
2n other question oldomesllc policy IL is that ques
VI ton Of "lnternal Improvement" which III
10 Baltimore Convention has kicked from its Pla
e. form, and driven out Of its doors with reproac
u. and obloquy. By recent publications in tn
or National lnielllgencer, il has been shown tha
n. the nett moneyed value of the commerce ofth
n. Western Lakes has amounted in a single yea
er 10 tcO hundred and fdy millions Of dollars; an
tha. the population depending upon the WesIer,
RS Lakes and Rivers, as means of communicating
no with a market, was for the same year 1886
ii. nine million and half. If there ever wa
DIV policy which it would seem TO bo impossibI
N. to place under the parry ban, it is one of sue
wide and general interest and so purely benef
no cent as this; policy The expenditure unde
les which equally benefits the giver and the recei,
bv er. the Government and the People, and whic
as reflects on all paris Of the Union the blessing
rs, which it locally coGIers. Only imagine, for
I'M moment, how great would have been The benel
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