Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-12-14

i Li usenis OF tne government heYenue Ga
~ 1n9 paec Vi tno
o. i ie money uelse1t lioii 'li1
I '4'o ,'s 9ee.' 'oa,','e,
10y - lys'o y. III eiii'''''
T. /; fnot Jor1,tod tLa+ ~ III; Ill .; of
noV a.;" T., Di', .,5 f %iio'4 osl u
and Lasfor i mon tLo fy ,voro tl ,,ro,,aa o
oIr,o4 would ho 10 nbo,,oo tho ort;ro h,,atoon ~
o''. co,or1,,,ont ~ only, Janoor a ~
T. :; +I soi,,t;o Of +bot Lr3,cb of o,, ta,,
yb;cb consists in internal improvements bod;nr
ont rs il does Inducements to tbe neonle Of mar
t;arar soat;ons md localities to nnbars tbe Gov
eronment in them without stopping to calculate
tbo inevitable consequences This branch off he
systam Is 81 intinateIv combined and linked with
10 ofbars that Nc snrnIy X an oJccf i nyoducod
NV an ADEQUATE ransp ;fit he rosuscitatcd and
rcv;vnd and firmly established il reCI1ires no 81
rooitv to foresoe tbat if will necessarily and
enanilv draw after II the rccstabsha. emit Of ana
tonal hank. the revival of q nrotontiye tariff. the
distribution of the land money. and not ONLY the
,ostnonnment to fbe distant future of the paw
ort of tIn ,,raeont national drbt hut its annual
;ncroaso
I ontnrfoin tho solemn conviction. that iftbe
i,t,rnnl ;nnroyonnnf branch Of th,.. American
s,.,fo,," Ln mot FIRMLY resisted at this time the
,9sLoIn sor;o, of ,nGosrros con1,osnli If will Inc
snonjiI,, r,ost.l,shnd and fine cdnntr,. he thrown
II,cll Gor, tho nrosont L;rh state of nrosnerit,..
With tLn nxistinr n9licv has nrodoccd. and be
1csf;no1 ocoin tn 9vitncs3 MI thr evils CONNER
;i -, lra;,, ,r ,,.;, o,d ,,on,,
mary nmbarrss,ninfs tbrouob which we have
missed ,'s, dnrina tbc last twenty-five Years
To Guard AGAINST consequences so ruinous. is
an ohioot of bi'rl national ronortYpco INVOLVING
in nv Indictment tbe continued prosperity of the
government
have felt it to be m imperatve OBLIGATION to
withhold my constitutional sanction from two
hills which had Dqsgpl fine two houses of Com
cr,se ,;,,, M ,e;nc;,Io of t1,o informal Inn,
IT,o,.o,,,on+ ITon,b IT t,o q Ao,o,;o,n systo,u
r a: - - III Al .3
.til' III ulcl PloNsoH9 WIN 'Io fiC"S
here expressed
This power conferred upon the President by
the constitution have on three occasions during
my, Of th, nv,cpti,.n danortn,ent
my "'lii''''s''"o'l vi 'ilc eAt'uU'G uV,l 'lleHV
U! '"c 90, u hiueHI' OeeH'@. II my 5IN 10 oAer'
else ana ON lnIS aSt occasion OF making 10 Con-
oress an annual communication L" Of the state of
the Union" it is not deemed inaDDroDrate to re-
y;n,v tbe t,rinriolo. and considerations which
1,, ,lI 'i.: Ii NJ A. 100
IT, ~! ".[o,, Ieo'i' w. ','C
necessary. because a''et v'e laI5e vi He"ty ga
ty years since the Adoption OF the constitution,
the propriety of the exercise Of this undoubted
constitutional power BY the President has for the
first fine been drawn snriopsIv in question Inv n
,,ort;o, of my, f,llo,y-o;,;,,,,s
NJ ,,:tt: IL u4 .s AN
Ysli'o''on P'o''e5 tl'' G3eif I'M
"hlch shali nave passed lIe House OF hcpleSch-
tatlyes and the Senate SHALL before 1t becomes
law, be presented to the President OF the United
States if he annrove he eboB sion IT, but if NOT
Lo eb,U r.+,,,,,, ! ,;41, l,;o+:, 70 +bn+ Lnsn
9TH :: itl1 VIM 'i'''9 ~ I'''I W
III "lch J.. 9i'l nave o'l9lhac'', WIZ Si"' eHIei
the objections at large on their Journal and pro
coed to reconsider it
The preservation Of the constitution from in
fraction il tho Proidonrs L;xhnst ,l,+,, Ua l.
how'd 70 d;sll,o,. f, ,i,,t, ,,ot,,. a.,o,J
Dc."" \" N''t i"" - '0 ""'I az """'G'e' H'A%a
ol mourning inc ahpie'suLeoI thoSe VINO may ul-
fer with hun IN opinion lie IS bound to discharge
itas we'll by his obligations to the people who have
clothed him with his exalted trust as by his oath
of Office which he may not disrpcard Nor arc
+Lo a lia+;l,, r. t1 'p;It E? - I,
O "5'I''''2 VIZ inc Aio9iHVi'S ~ any "eSle0
leSSeheu by inc prevalence Oh views dlnerehU
IRON his own IN one or both houses OF Congress.
1t is not alone hasy and mconsIderate legislation
that he is REQUIRED to check but if ut anv time
CONGRESS shall affrr nnnornnt, fiill delihnration
oa 81 III ~ I,;1
lSa9'Y0 oi iii''9N'e9 "ioIl Nc "Gc"S s"o'oioIo
Vi te conStitlloh or OF the vital interests OF the
country, 1t Is ms solemn duty to stand III the
! beach and resist them
the President is bound approve, or disapprove,
every bill which passes Congress and is presented to
him for his signature. The constitution makes this his