The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-26

of currency in despite of their expressed opln-
lon-und even gone so far as to deny the right
of Congress to pay private claim TO an Amer
lean citizen. ] refer to the claim for French
spoliations on our commerce prior to 1900, for
the liquidation of which bill passed both Hou-
SEES of Congress two years ago--a bill, the prn-
cples of which he never understood, bill, to
which, il is palpnble, he never gave weeks
attention in his life, though Congress passed
il, after having held il under consideration FOR
n period of nearly fifty years The Govern
ment has ceased to be government Of the
people, and has become government of one
man. Power, says Junius, il continually steal
| ing from the many to the few, and may add,
| from the few, to one. The one man power is
the subject of unceRsing eulogy among some
of the advocates of the Baltimore convention
platform, and ono of the delegates lately made
a speech TO show its superiority in eonaentrn-
ting all responsibility in one head, instead Of
dividing it among many, thus frankly nvowing
his preference for the monarchicHl to the re-
publican principle.
! We must arrest this tendency 10 monarchy If
we intend to remain a Republic. When you
talk TO me about Wing principles, tariffs, the
currency, internal improvements, land bills,
and economy, tell you that, although am
! Wing, have always been Wing, and expect
to die a Wing, yet hold that, in comparison
with the great principle now at issue between
Lewis Cass and Zachary Taylor, the other
country sink into nsgnifcance. am called
upon, in the election Of Zachary Taylor, to
! vindcate the graat right OF man to selfgovern-
ment, and the right of the people, through
their Representatives in Congress, to make
| laws, | am called upon to deny the right of
the President of the United States to assume
! the position ola Legislators and whenever the
day shall come that his right TO legislate shall
be acknowledged that moment the republican
character of our Government utterly ceases to
exist. You may call it what you plcase-you
may style the man at the head of the Govern.
ment President, as Bonaparte was, in the
| first instance, ST led the First Consul, and af.
forwards Emperor Of the Republican, to all
intcGts and purposes your Republic is at an
end. 1t becomes n monarchy-an elective
monarchy-the meanest and most despicable
| form in which that kind of government can
exist
ISSUE BETWEEN TAYLOR AND CASS.
Here then is the principle, upon which !
make issue with the honorable gentleman from
Mississippi, in the approaching Presidential
campaign. | mean to stand by Gen. Tlylor
as the representative of the right of man to self
government. | mean to support him because
he has boldly and nobly proclaimed himself
before the country, as the champion Of this
great principle, that the majority should gov
ern. In all those cases where the fathers of
the Republic intended that the veto power
crcsc il. In all cases where a bill passed by
/ Congress is clearly and mnnitestily uncostitu-
! tona, or has been passed in haste and without
due consideration, he will be prepared to mp
| ply it TO sustain the Union of these States a
gainst any dangerous inirlcLion ofthe Consti-
tuition. Blu: he will permit the people of the
country to govern themselves. lie will suf
| fer the Representatives. of the people and the
States, in these halls to make the laws Ito
will not set himself up as an essential part of
| the Legislative power of the nation He will,
when he reaches the Presidential chair, stand
/ by the great principles avowed on this subject
| by Jefferson and his com. patriots of 1857 ~ ut
terly repudiate the kingly maxim practccd up.
on in the present day-"Sic rOlO, SIC jubGo, SIC
reto ,Sket pro rdtiOne r0iUataS,' ! propose to
| look little further into this subject desire
the Senate and the people of the country to
understand what kind of government was
sought TO be established by those who intro
duced the veto power into the Constitution of
the United States, and the kindred principles
which actuateG them. In Madison's papers,
we find copy oft the Constitution which Col.
Hamilton, the father of the veto, intended to
propose. Here are three gifts PROVISIONS:
! AIR 1. Sec |. The legislative powe r
shall be vested in two distinct bodies of men
one to be called the Assembly, the other the
Senate, subject to the negative he. einafter
mentioned.
CART. ~. Sec 10. The President shall
have a right TO negative all bills, resolutions,
or acts of the two Houses, of the legislature "a
buu to be passed into laws.
Arr Ill Sec g. The Senators shall hold
their places during good behavior, removable
only by conviction, on impeachment for some
crime or misdeme amor"
Here are the principles of the Government
which the author ofthe veto power intended
to introduce. 1t is manifest that the mind of
the author ofthe veto power was at an infinite
distance from the opinions of those who made
the Constitution. 1t is evident that he iEten-
dcd to establish II Senate for life, and to make
the President part Of the Legislative power.
LOCO FOCOISM CONVERTS THE RE-
PUBLIC INTO A MONARCHY.
But the executive practice in :hese days (all
ofwhich seems to be fully approved by Gener-
al Cass,) is not merely sic Deto-but SIC ooto, sac
jube0. lie now assumes the initiative in addi-
ton to the veto power. He not only recon-
mends but dictates to Congress. His opn-
ions are daily quoted in debate here, and con-
troll our legislation. 1t has been but four days
since an attempt was made by theSenators from
Kentucky and Tennessee, (Mr Underwood and
! MIR Belly to remove the distractions in the
river Ohio at Cumberland island. Everyhod-
v here seemed to think it right to remove il
but il was known and said that the President
would veto the bill which contained it and
the improve ment fell So the navigation of
the Ohio must be obstructed till Taylor can
nut it all right, allowing Congress to make
laws We have now not single river or har-
Dor bill before Congressman one measure for
internal Improvement Why? Because we
nil know il is idle to waste our time in passing
them, as the President has publicly nvowed his
resolution to veto them all. The will of the
people is nothing. All men look only to the
will of the President. He is the fountain of
favor Now in the British House OF Commons,
under limited monarchy, the independence
of parliamentis secured by rule which makes
il out of order for any member to state in de-
al, ,,,;ll' nft Tho kinu. and ~ 10 ne r.