Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-07-21
LETTER FROM THOMAS EWING.

Vermont
LETTER FROM THOMAS EWING.
LANCASTER. June 80, 1913.
DEAR SIR:-1 have your esteemed favor of the 23l,
inst, and much regret that am unable to attend the
Convention at Carthage, Bat though absent, | 90
with you heart and hand for General Taylor and
though | do not know his opinions on all the questions
OF policy which divide US, know enough to satisfy
M that the country will be safe il he Is our President.
We have had many and startling evils to complain
Of but SO tar AS the Gcneral Government is concerned,
they have all originated from one source-the eXer-
c * Of unwarrantablc power by the Prcsidcnt-lst.
Hy the unrcstIHincd exercise of the Veto. ~. BY
using Executive Influence to control the legislation OF
Congress. have looked upon these as the sources
from which all our pol .tical misiortuues have flown.
The people have not been allowed to govern them
selves 10y their representatives. 1t was the great
abuse against which the Wings most struggled during
the stormy period in which | represented our noble
State in the Senate. We felt that under prctcncc OF
asserting popular rights in the maine OF Democracy, all
power was ccnterIng IN the hands OF one mainland it is
50 silil-stll the paramount political EVIL OF our Union.
Dnrlng all this period OF struggle Tor and against the
extension oi the veto power, and against the exercise
OF Executive influence over the two houses of Con-
gress, General Taylor was n Wing. On this subject,
he united with US IN opinion and participated with us
IN feeling. As to the dethlls--the measures which
the two Houses OF Congress passed and whicl, the
President destroyed with his vetO-nnd the measures
which he chose TO bring about by this influence OF his
patronage over the meinbois of either housc-Gencr-
at Taylor did not study them or form an opinion upon
item But he saw and understood the great points OF
- w. Wv lN''.o'l'9 VI III Hcc ilsuluuplS, hnu ne
H. :. ~, t "s "r'nn" "l"" .n'in' ana ne 'nh'ntallCd IT,
a. " T. "' rs p'',ir"' ciee,i gi'c1 ,hlt'
N"H'''"e s'ys' lm" " "'S' III ms second lie
s"2sr
me power gwen ,by Inc constitution to the I'm
'-uiIVe 20 iitr'p"s' hils veto Is q hisl Go'sel."aNi
power plt III my opinion, slio'ild never De ehriuiSeu
eAcept IN cases OF cltnr VOCATION o. y 10, Wv C :"
VI 'nan'tsi ias'G n,lu Wnn' " ~ tr NAM, -, ann
80 inrrr",i rie a"J ,"isS :" of ,hr Execntive
'as', a~a VI" " P ~, AMI ;ni;rr;nns Influence mon The
",.,,;,. ,orar,"nsn, Of ,hc government and from
br,,,,,, I h6y,, ,Lo,rht thot onr system was in dan.
,,r of ,,J.rTn,,,t n rT,,nt CHANG, from lis true theory
9'ha nrrsnnnl oninions of thu individual who may
ham,, Il, occ1nv the Executive chair, ought not to
! control the action OF Congress upon questions of do
| nestle Motley. nor o,rht his objection 10 he intprposed d,
WHEN questions of constitutional power have been set
tied by' the various departments of government, and ac-
quiesced in b, the people,
Now this, in nv estimation covers cyrrytlinu ,hat
we really and practically wan, of a Wing President
We want a Tariff that will pro,ec, American in
/ dns,rv-but do we want il throu, =, the influenc, of The
President, exercised over members of eithrr IIousc
ot Congress, bv hri,ed vote We would spurn the
boon if uhlninrd nv surh corn,ntinu influence W.
wan, the imuroycrneut of our Rivers md iinrbors-
bit DO we want il in connection with n Prr.jJrnt,oI
Veto We have had nouuh of thai sort of nssoriotion
already. We want the ,riH OF The pconlc on these
subjects expressed through their conservatives, and