Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-12-12

Poieuiy iut ueNoeTettons resolve upon
measures he dset6s subversivo Of tRs
vital Interests Of tRe country, il Il hIe
solemn duty t6'stand in the breach ana
resistthem.
Alter 80 much experience Il cannot Be-
said that absolute unchecked power Il
safe in the hands &c any one set Of seo.
resentatiyes, or that the capacity Of The
people for seIEgovernment, which Il adS
mitted in its broadest extent is aiconclu.
slve argument tc prove the prudence.
Wisdom, and integrity Of those rsprsssa.
tatives. $3.50,
The people, by the constitution, have
commanded the Presiden, as much as .hey
have commanded the LegisIkTiye bras-
ches ofthe government TO execute i6ei1
will. They have said to him in their
constitution which they required he shall
take solemn oath 20 support, that II
Congress pass any bill which he cannoe
approve, he shall return il to the House
in which it originated. with his obisc.
tons. In Withholding from iis approval
and his signature, be is HexecutinR the
will of the people, constitutionally ex:
pressed, as much as the Congress- that
passed it. No bill is presumed TO be in
accordance with the popular will untilit
shall have passed Though all the branch.
OF the government required by the Con:
stitution 10 make it law Al bill which
passes the House of Representatives may
be rejected by the Senate; and so bill i
passed by the Senate may be rejected BY
the House. In each case the respective
house exercises theveto power onths other
Congress, and each house Of Congress
hO.d under the Constitution check oa
the President, and he,' by the power Of
the qualified veto check upon Congress.
When the President recommends meas
| ures to Congress he avows in the moss
solemn tnrm his opinions gives his yoice
in their favor, and pledges himself in ad.
vance to approve them if passed by Con-
gress If he acts without due considers.
lion. or has been influenced by improper
or corrupt motives-or if for any other
cause Congress shall differ with him in
opinion, they exercise their veto upon his
recommendation, and there is no appeal
] from the decisions but TO the people al
the ballot box. These are proper checks
upon the Executive, wisely interposed by
the Con stitntion. None will be found to
object to them or to wish them removeds
II is equally important thai the Consiitd:
tional checks upon the Legislative branch.
es should be preserved
IL it be said that the representatives Of
the popular branch are chusen directly
by the people, it is answered that both
elected the President. If both Houses
represent the States and the people, so
does the President represent in the Exc
cutive Department the whole people Of
the United States as each member Of the
legislative department represents the
portions Of them. 49,
The doctrine Of restriction upon legis.
lative and executive power, while well
settled public opinion is enacted withina
reasonable time 10 accomplish its ends,
has made our country what Il il, and has
opened to US career of glory and hap.
piness to which all other nations have
been strangers. l-r -,
In the exercise Of the power Of the veto
the President is responsible, not only 10
an enlightened public opinion, but 10
the people of the whole Union, who ell.
ec:sd him. as the Representatives in the
Legislative branches, who differ with him
in opinion, are responsible 10 the people
ofParticular States or Districts, To Tho
President, the exercise Of this power
would be to repeal that provision Of the
Constitution which confers it upon him.
To charge that its exercise unduly con.
trolled the Legislative will Is to complain
OF the Constitution itself.
1.-THE Presidential vote be objected to
on the ground that il checks and thwarts
The public will. upon the same principle
The equality ofthe representation Of the
States in the Senate should be stricken
out Of the Constitution. .-r ~rT
The veto of the Senator from Della.
ware has equal weight in deciding upon
the most important measures, with The
vote ola Senator form New York; and
yet the one represents a Stats containing,
according TO the existing 6pPoitionnehis
OF representatives in the Hou &c, repre-:
sentatives Of but one thirty. fourth part Of
The population ofthe other. BY the con.
stIiutlobal composition Of the Senate, q
majority of that body from the smallest
States. represent less than one fourth Of
the people ofthe Union. aa y
There are thirty States and under ef.
listing opportiOnment of representation,
there are two hundred and thirty mem.
bers in the House OF Represents lives
Sixteen of the smaller States are repre-.
sented in that House but by fifty members
from these States, and yet the Senators
from these States contribute q majority
Ofthe Senate; so that the President may
recommend measure to Congress and
il may meet the approval of more than
three quarters Of the House Of repressn-