Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-07-29

Executive exefci9ed n
e upon the legislative department Of the Government
tom this haze thought our system. was in dan
undergoing great change from its true theory"
he had been forty years IN these balls instead Of the
field, he could not have thoroughly understood
pc theory Of this Government and its actual and newt
ndency, as now administered Il s evident he has in
ent hours allowed him in the camp, by the watchre in
ht amid the intervals Of battle and military service.
studied the genius of our Government and It's practical
stration
II would consume more time than is necessary for nv
to show how often the will Of the people, expressed
IN Representatives In Congress- has been defeated by the
Il Of President and especially by the exercise Of his
chica negative the laws. In the language Of dis
bed statesman, the extreme medicine Of the constu-
y become our daily food" Every man who remembers
tory of the last twenty years, will bear witness that
respect the modern Democracy have dnfted to re-
distance from the old landmarks of republicansm.
xscutvc preroeatve s no longer The object OF attack
advocates have been the unccssng sssssns Of the rights
people and Of the popular branch Of the Government
power OF the has increased, is increasing. and
70 be diminished" He has broken down the power CT
pe TO improve their rivers and hsrbors dictated new
system of currency in despite Of their expressed
and gone so far as to deny the right Of Con-
pay private claim 10 an American citizen. | refer
caim for French spoislions commerce prior to
Tor the liquidation of which bill passed both Houses
gress two years ago BILL the principles Of which he
pndersood bill, TO which il is palpabc he gave
attention IN his life, though Congress passed II after
held Il under consideration for period Of nearly fly
The Government has ceased to be Government Of
pie, and has become Government Of one man. Pow
Junius, is continually stealing from the many to the
bd, may add, from the few 10 one The one man
the subject Of unceasne eulogy among some Of the
- OF the Baltimore Convention platform and one Of
Esies lately made speech to show its superiority in
rating all responsibility in hesd instead Of dividing
many, thus frankly avowins his preference for The
hica 70 the republican principle.
must arrest this tendency to monarchy II intend to
republic. When you talk to me about Wing prin-
srffs, the cunency internal improvements, land bls
bic economy, tell you that although am Whig,
Ways been Wing, andcxpcct to die Wing, yet hold
comparison with the great principle now al issue be-
Lewis Csss and Zachary Taylor, the other principles
party ever yet known in this country sink into nsg
am called upon in the election Of Zachary Tay-
indicate the great right Of TO sefgovernment and
Of the People, through their Representatives in Con-
make laws. | am called upon to deny the right Of
dent Of the United States 70 the position Of
NJ and, whenever the day shall come that his right to
shall be Acknowledged, that pGiDent the republican
Of our Government utterly ce1sk 70 exist You may
bat you pesss--you may styb The at the head Of
ernmcnt President a. Bonaprte was in the first in J