Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-11
RICHMOND, VA.
Thursday Morning, August 10. Is4s.
THE VETO POWER AND THE WING
PARTY,


al a lime OF deliberalion and thought, but when
.. ragged by its exercise by Presidents jackson a
Tyler, against the measures of domestic polio
( which were revived and pressed by The WI
party IN lS44, but now abandoned tsmpnarilv
cause obnoxious 10 tie people. Repulsed and
fea'ed at every poin, in argument Henry CT
. was a. last driven 10 defamation, and heap
upon The veto power epihets calculated 10 rend
il unpopular He called il the zone man poicc'
though al the time he exercised over his folio,
ers in the two houses of Congress Zone m;
! power" and exacled submission and obedienc
more servile than ever was welded in III
country. The power Of Henry Clay was lhwaI
ed by The veto power, and it was practically
pulling down of the "oSe man po,Osr" of Cor
gressional dictator by the exercise of Conslit,
tional powers by the Executive Under the lea
OF Henry Clay, Congress, without due refec,o
without that deliberalion necessary in The pa
sage OF laws calculated TO control the fortune
and destiny of our people-passed in hot hast
bills for The establishment of Bank Of the u
TO commence system of internal improve
men and 10 distribute the proceeds OF The publ
lands among the States. The President, be
leyng that these measures were not only tn
their character found it necessary TO interpose hi
yeto Believing that, more than any other branch
of power, the Executive represented the grea
mass of the people, elected by them without re-
gard 10 local or sectional prejudices, the Presi
dent vetoed the whole balch of Federal measures
relying upon the people, at the next Congress.
sional election, TO show their approval or disap-
prevail OF his course. BY The election of n.ajori.
~ of Congress favorable TO the pis,os of the Prcsi-
dent, The people soon after erineed their appreciation
OF the exercise OF The veto power-and such has
been the case in every instance where it has been
exercised. Wills, the Federal Wing party, I'm.
der The command Of Mr.. Clay, during the admit
nistraion of General Jackson, found The veto
power hurttul 10 tieir o,ot measures the American
people, by approving OF it, exercise, clearly indi
Gated tha; their interests were not identified with
the principles and measures of the Wing party
But the first formal recognition of the oppo
sition to the exercise of the Veto, as a great
Wing principle, was after the election of Gene
raj Harrison. The old General diving, John
Tyler in short time proved that Vice Presidents
were not always the passive tools of dishonest
parties. The election Of Harrison and Tyler
was accomplished by means to which we are
unwilling to recur. Suffice it that misrepre-
'entation. false promises and humbuggery
accomplished that which a declaration of
principles would never have secured. Their
object was a victory, for the purpose of secu
ring the spoils, not for that oil aiding the
country-for, as it turned out, their measures
were calculated TO aid the wealthy few at the
expense of the laboring classes of society The
election Of Harrison and Tyler did not, there.
!, 3}rs Bahtkc shnxh that tihSdf8 ODare Pesesos
IF tho public lands, and other Wing measures.
And why, Because the candidates Of the Wing
party were recommended, not because they
were in favor of their old measures, but
actually because they uere against them; and
to support their assertions Of the opposition
OF their candidates to those measures, which had
Justly become obnoxious, the letters Of Harri-
son, and the speeches Of Tyler, were cited as
evidence in support of their assertions.
81 BELIEVE" said John Tyler in Congress,
in 1918, "THE CREATION OF THIS CORPORATION
Bank of the United States) TO IL uScoSsTIru-
rIoxAL. CANNOT, Uitaout riolation Of my
oath, hesitate to repair breach in the Constku.
ton ,ohen sn opportunity presents fsef Of doing
so, ,oithou, violating the public faith"
In addition to this, Mr.. Tyler had VOTED
AGAINST THE RgcHlRrER OF THE UNITED STATES
BANK IN 1882.
And, to render this position still more certain,
when called upon by the Henrico Committee, IN
THE FALL OF 1910, DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL
CANVASS, for his opinions on this subject, he
frankly replied :-"7 is not in the C0nsti
tuition any cypress grant Of po,cey for such par-
pose, and it could nevsr be constitutional to
exercise has pO,cer sare in the erent the po'rers
granted t. Congress could not be carried INTO e.
fec. ,othout resor,ing to such institution and
referred them for further Information to his
speech ami vote referred to above.
In the address of the Wing party, in thi:
State, they determined TO put all suspicion about
the Bank to rest, by the following emphatic
language, which was to ".61 the fints' Of ever
the most sceptical.
Read and admire, all ye who believe in Whis
honesty!
aBut we are gravely informed that MIR. Val
Buren, is opposed 10 National Bank, 10 lnierna
improvements by the General Government, ant
TO The Tariff and that his hostility 10 these mea
sure. gives him an irresistible claim 10 the con
hdence and SURFACES Of The people of Virginia :
These, fellow citizens, are tie stereotyped phrase
by which cunning iac,icians strive to mislea
Won. Au candid men Of all parties admit TIA
then hare ceased 10 be practical questions. Il
| idea oil charterins National Bank has been rt
| linouished by its former mos; sansulne supper
tiers, as unnecessary and inexpedient, 10 The pr
! sen, and probable future monetary condition {
| the country; the necessity Of Internal Improve
ments by the General Government, has been en-
| ,irely superseded by the energetic application
the resources Of the several States to that ohJec
and The Tariff is settled by the terms OF the CON
promise act OF 1882, unlsss il shall be opened u
poli.ieol purposes, by those scho affect to dread
rc.essabliAusent Of high protective duties"
After such declarations as these, emana,iu
from men high in the estimation Of the world
after the recommendation OF Tyler, on The grouu
OF his opposition to Wig measnres-and after Il
positive declaration tina. if the old issues we
opened, IL ,0ould he tie ,oork Of the Opponents
Harrison, the people were induced, many CT ther
to vote tor Harrison, believing that the only d'
ference between The parties was as 10 the OPT
ions entertained abou, the administration OF Va
Buren,. BY we'll devised and systematic misre
.. destinations, by unbushins ialsehood, and hur
! bugsery, the people were induced 10 regard d
; . administration Of Martin Van Buren, as CORFU
. exravagant, and hurlul 10 The country. Und
the dslusions which prevailed as 10 the abando
nent Of old issues, and the existence or pre,er
ed abuse in The management OF the governme
The people elected Gen. Harrison.