Washington telegraph., 1848-10-18
MILTON ON THE VETO.

lllt oil lle STRONGEST thtlntes That lkoNs
atty, with its Whole train of prorogutiye,
and abuses. ever had was the great Nil,
ton, lis political works embraces tia,
most perfect collection OF arguments in
favor Of Republican freedom ever pre-.
sentcd TO the world Even had lac never
written Gomus, OF Paradise Lost, or on
line OF poetry, he would have taken rank
ifom these works alone, among the most
profound and original thinkers. as well a.
the most nervous aud energetic writers,
that ever arose 10 delight aud Instruct
mankind There Is, in fact. scarcely any
argument in favor Of political freedom
aud responsibility OF rulers used IN more
molcrn days, Which may not be found IN
his works.
The rights oflhe people were regarded
IN his day as altogether a ditlrrout affair
from what they are considered in the
middle Of the 18th century. lie Ind to
battle wilha host Of enor, aud prcJudirus,
the accumulation olagcs, winch hud erepl
ii IA such quantities thai they had almost
,moIhcfed the liberties which the Eng.
li-h people had derived from their Saxon
ancestors. 1t was lett to him, and to
those vino, like hun, stood upagainst lhr
prnrogaiive OF the Crown, 10 prove, both
BY hand aud voice, what the people were
entitled 10, and what they were dctermiu.
ed to maintain The struggle was long
aud deadly, but onr readers all know. It
terminated IN the death OF the infatuated
king, Charlesl. Shortly alter That evrhl,
book entitled Eihon Basilike, a por.
+ irait ofihe lite aud character ol his sacred
majesty. Charles l." pufporlng to be
written by the deceased king, but IN rc.
alIiy written by some one else was pub.
lishcd. Il was eaieulalcd 10 make pow.
eflul impression on the English nation,
as II represented the deceased sovereign
n the most religious aud conscientious
OF men, and protesting lo be bni lnn.
script OF hls thoughts placed bim bpiurc
the public IN the attitude ol a person whO
wa. always intent only on hi- duty.
Milton answered lhi, b5ok in another
to which hn gave the title Of 81 lconorlas.
te-, or tie image breaker, and very Just.
| ly Tor the image Of Charles. a. presented
/ By the iifsl writer, wa, literally crushed
10 atoms. In tins great political Worn he
handles the conduct Of the deceased king
| without mercy, mud dmong other thug,
assalls Inn for his continued use Of the
veto. The National lntclligoncrr in the
course Of a very powerful article on the
subject OF the Presidential negative, intro.
durcs the following passage from Millions
work. Answering the scgyl!e arguments
IN favor OF this royal right lac says
The conclusion. therefore. must need,
be quite contrary To what he concludes
that nothing can be more unhappy, more
di,honomble, moro unsafe for all, lhnn
when d wise, grave, aud honorable Par.
lament shall have labored, debated, ar.
gued, consulted. and las he himself
spcaks) contributed ior the public good
al their counscls IN common, TO be then
frustrated, Disappointed, denied, and re-
pulsed, by the single whiiI Il n mega
live from the mouth OF one wil!ul man /.
NAY, to he blasted, 10 be struck a. mute
aud mououlcss - Parliament Of tapes
Try IN the hangiu9> or else, after all their
PAIN. aud travail, To bo dissolved and cost
away, like 50 many naughis N arithmetic,
unless 1t be To turn the o ol their Hslgul-
hcauce into lamcu'alIon with the
people. who had 20 yaiuly sent them -
For tbis is not to enact all things by public
consent. a. be- would have Us be per-
.uadrd It i, To cnact nothing. but by the
private consent aud leave ol one not NO.
gatvc tymut: this is mischief without
remedy. sitting and obstructing evil
that has no vrut, no outlet, no passage
through Grant him this, aud the Par
lament hath no more freedom than II It
sat IA his moose, which, when lac plcascs
TO draw together with one twltch OF hl>
negative, shall throttle whole nation, to
the wish OF Cdligula, IA one neck. "-l1iS-
rrr To EilOH BaSiiikc.
SO thought England's greatest mind,
even IN the middle OF the l7th century.
IN country Just released from the Stu.
/ art dynasty only hity years after the death
OF the imperIou- Elizabeth, aud scarcely
/ one hundred after that OF her still more
iupcuous father. Yet there are men IN
Republican America, in the middle of the
! lDlh century seyenty.threc years after
the Declaration of Independence, who
maintain the constmlonaIity Of the in
discriminate USE OF that power, the abuse
at Which The stern republican Milton
thought our among the strongest reasons
which justified England in sending a
monarch 10 the block Rich. Wing,
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