Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-07-22

Federalisls advocating the power. He read
extracts from the debates, and said that
when the vote was taken The parties were
equally devided in the Senate and tina, John
Adams, the FederalIst who was then Wee
President, gave the casting vote in favor of
the power.
Mr.. III. said that from the infancy of our
Government until the present time there had
been always those who desired to throw re-
s,raihis around the Executive authority
and curtal the power and patronage of the
President. That during Westinghouse and
Adams administration they were called
Democrat and the opposite party Federal.
lists.
Mr.. II. said that the election of Mr.. JEFF
ferson the Democrat over Adams the
Federalist in the year 1900 was regarded
as the triumph of Democracy over Federal.
ism.
From the time during The administration
Of Jefferson, Madison. Monroe and j. Q.
Adams. the Executive powers were ju.
diciously exercised; appointments to office
were made with an eye single to the public
veal, honesty, capabilily aud fidelity To the
constitution being regarded as the proper
tests of fitness for Office. Removal of off,
GERS before their term of service expired
were for good, sufficient cause and not
merely for the exercise of an opinion ad-
verse to that of the present, and the veto
power was very rarely used by either Of
those Presidents. The true principle Of
democracy was all lha, time predominant.
But when General Jackson was elevated
to the Presidency change, radical change
IN the manner administering the Govern
ment took place, and wihstanding in his
Inaugural address he repudIated the idea
of bringing the patronage of The Govern.
ment into conflict with the freedom of cleo.
lions. yet it must be admitted by all. that
by his course of removing those who differ
ed with him in political opinion and ap.
pointing those who agreed with him in their
places he did more to bring the patronage
of the Government into conflict with the
freedom of election than all the other Pres
idents that preceded him.
Mr.. H introduced great many instan.
ces of the abuse Of the appointing and re-
moving power exercised in such manner
as to give to the President increased inhu.
ence. When an effort was made to require
him to make knownto the Senate the causes
of the removals of certain worthy and ex.
emplary characters. the Senate did as.was
done in the year 1850 by the Federalsts,
overruled the application. lie said tina, the
party who sustained the President in the
course of abuse of power also sustained him
in the numerous and egregious abuses of
the veto power, thereby increasing his
power and patronage still more, and this
has been going on from that time ill the
resent-power stealing from the many to
the few" until now the Executive has man.
Ites,y maintained vast assendency over
the other departments of the Government.
And the advocates of Executive power and
influence and who sustain his enormous and
alarming usurpations ofpower unaulhorized
by the constitution, and encl onchments
upon The domains of national legislation.
bring themselves up under the assumed ap-
pelIation of Democracy. An appelatlon in
Washingt0n's time to those who warred
against Executive supremacy.
Mr.. II. maintained tina, the doctrine now
advocated by the party who call themselves
Democrats was the distinguished charac-
terisIic of Federalism in Hamlon's time,
and that the principles of the presenl Wing
party are the principles Of the Jetiersonan
Democracy.
lie referred to the proposition Of Mr..
Clay to curtail Executive power by res.
training the application of the veto to Two
years, and then providing that if a majority
Of the peoples representatives after ample
and mature consideration should pass The
Bill anew it should be a law notwiths'an-
ding the veto. This proposition was detea-
ted by the prevalence Of that same princi.
pie so strongly advocated by Hamilton
Mr.. Clay also endeavored to restrain abuses
of the removing power by requiring the
President to make known to the Senate the
causes of removals, and in this he was de-
fea,ed by the same party.
He said that by means Of the vast in
crease of his power. the President had re-
Gently been able to defeat the people in
some of the most important and necessary
measures to their hes, interests, and plunge
us into war with a sister republic IN con
tempt of the constitution that gives Con-
gress alone that power. He then procee.
ded to show that The late war with Mexico
was brought on by movement of our own
which was beyond all doub, an act of hos,
lilily, and would by all intelligent, men of
every civilized nation on the earth be so re-
garded He demonstrated this proposition
by documentary evidence conclusive and
satisfactory as he thought to all except
those whose predertermnaton was to sus-
tain the Executive in all that he might do
right or wrong.
He concluded by saying that he hailed
the approaching Presidential election as he