The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-05-24
Eraa - AEafrlelA REsiEE q &ay.
TIE PRESIDENT AND LIS ADalEAIss
TRATI0N.


TIIE PRESIDENT AND HIs AD2sEAEs-
TRATION.
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inalioa. and are u he 6eid. bai already
shene i hBm e bIsy preparation osrr
he lsni. Paifies are besiuilg . marshal
sleir l.rces. and ennai their nRinhrFs. and
slasEe Is an aeiiEe inquiry esEIyA hete si,er
he graf capiails Who Erf - ieed oct
fhese hosts "a de sansEsne--Dnl sangni-
nnrv-rncannlpF TIisly iiaese Presidential
elections al ours IN ihis eoanlFy are great
/ polniral, and grrai ra0ral sperlacies. The
/ Prcsileni II Inc Tniiel States. though ws
can him our Chisf Magistrate. - he aere
only our pfiaeipal gusliee Il The Peace, Is.
neEerlhriess, gsealp oieniaie. AMI actually
Exercises more power Than lie sovereign
IL Gnral Britain. lhe head II The mOsl
powerful Empire ii lie W0gld. ARi We;
We elect our sovereign eEery fourth year
Nv universal suffrage, wslhoul lumnli.
without confusion. yilhOll eivi eOmnO-
ton. The people 90 10 the polls in their
respective districts. and deposit their bal,
lots. and lie thing l. done. The people
STAY Al home and do This Thing. The day
! ol voting. when il comes. j. usually more
quiet 6ay. except. perhaps, IN the great
rifles. or ID particular lncalilias, ilsan many
of The days that preeede Il, unless iI be
/ Sunday, Tor month. And thus ouF Re-
publican King is chosen. Al tie proper
TING. with simple eeremanies, he Is install
led in Office. wien he cutters 90 his high
trusts. and mOves forward IN the majesty
of as much power. "a say the least at il. rs
any mortal man ought ever to be clothed
with. This. we say, is 4 great moral
speriacle-ihis matter &C elscling, in this
| quiet way. our own chief. our own ruler
and monarch, for Ihe lime being. from out
uf the bn,ly Of the people. For a monarch
he is, and great p0,enlaie, as experience
| has shown, whose will. or whose caprire.
directs ihe must important and eventual
public measures, and shapes lhe career
aud destiny Of The county.
/ A President of The United States, fren
/ when he keeps within the letter Of The
Constitution, rises. as tie chief executive
officer Of The nation. 10 the height Of lre-
mendous power. lie il invested with
many Of The higher attributes Of sovereign
~ IN government. as such sovereignty is
commonly exhibited in Tie persons ofmon.
archs IN other countTIes-ai least Whelp
constitutional Limitations have found any
place whatever. Il IS w"Ilh nur while
10 refer for 4 moment To some Of these
/ attributes If eminent power.
| The President may take the Initiative
| in Legislation. under tie clause OF the
| Constitution which requires him to "re-
commend TO Congress such measures as
he shall judge necessary and expedient."
lie IS not merely Ia recommend subjects
10 their consideration, but measures:
\ rDd there ~ nothing 10 hinder Tin
/ from causing The measures be recon-
menis to be put IN form, and sent in,
i in the shane Of Legislative Bills, through
the agency Of tie Executive Departments.
This il is Seil known, is not al all an IN.
common hing in practice. And without
the agency Of these Departments, legis-
laiire committee, if Of his oWn party and
principles, answerhis purpose iustas well,
Nor is tile initiative in .egislaio ion an IN
meaning or unimportani thing. Ii is a
substantial power, ofgreai scope aud mag
niiude. |, is power, IN legislaiion-i il
the President choose 10 exercise it--al
least il may be so under circumstance
only 4 liltle less controlling and absolute
than that Of nomination in appointment to
Office. Un'ler Ibis very power. 10 name
single-case by way Of illustration, The
President wrung IRON congress recognir
iion Of lis war with Mpxiro--in effect =
declaration of war--when it Congress,
composed though il was in both Houses
of his own friends and party in large ma
jori!ies. had heen allowed 10 deliberate
and The members 10 iniorm themselves o
the true state Of things, by the reading aut
consideration of the public documents il
the case. nothing more would have beef
done al that time then 10 authorize th,
President to repel any INVASION Of our sol
and territory. and for which purpose alone
supplies and means would have been pla
ced al his disposal. Instead Of this, a wal
Of Invasion and conquest on our part
begun hy him, was adopted and sanction
ed hy Congress, and even a legislative
declaration obtained. dria;ed in hpc rer
Ia by the Executive. that The war exist
ed by the act Of Mexico.
The President has tho power of ih,
Veio-a negative which tic Constitution
in terms, makes equal TO the affirmative
votes of two-thirtls ofihe members ofbOiI
: branches Of the Congress, but which prac
t;eally, az experience shows, is no les.
than an absolute negative on any and all
legislation with which lie chooses 10 IN.
terferp.