Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-09-28

| hlen exercised WsEiy five times IN Z period I'll
! Ii ~ years. Ana in 10 single Instance wne.e
tic issue has been directly Eade, have h., pro.
| PIE tailed 10 sustain the executive in The exercise
81 lha, power Ba II is not h. any m,aEs le.
nlarsa bic tina: the Wing parry should b. hostile
10 ilie re;o power, AIT; l. IS 10, h.cen:e OF their
Sdft9ie opposition to Tie Ole man ru@crti /.
- nccius. ali Their iayai.e :n:asGits have alien
uUtef h,s dreadful y-,o. |, has frustrated al
Gelr attempts io iu,ce upon The people Ct his
country. asains; their will, their Bank Disfibu.
lion ana lnleinal imrr9'eLea! schemes. When,
III iojs, tie baGk oi mt United $ aics marched
/ IN cf"a" daylight, into the hals IL Congress,
and bought It's way through taal tv,y b. g..
lean 81 hnnirecs cf thousands ii GpIla.s ~ is
lnembcIs that old mao u Iron nerve and pat
Iioi heAti" boldly efapriei Win ine mon..e. and
s.:aas!cd ii viii MS veto.
tlcf', iI Bun!-tt ,nsc 10 point II oder, as
The deha.e wa taking 90 vie ra:gc. Mr.
| Srolhcr hoped Mr. + wcuii b. permitted 10 pro-
cetd, As the same latitude had been allowed Mir
scoiI. Tee liou,c permitted n: f 10 l!c-
csd.j
NJ Ferguson con. inued.
THIS was Immediately preceding President
Ii RI election. The question was sui mil ed II
III people ard Notwithstanding tic .uper-hu
III ~ exe.toEs OF tie minions Of This boLk, The
people sustained he Old Hero by triumphant
and overwhelming, majority. In ISL, they
again attempted to fasen this measure upon
The country, after they had stolen into powr
hy an abanton rnent of all principle, ard an as
ISOLATION Of the ODDS and ends o. all par ties, Of
birds Of every feather in opposition 10 Mr.
Van Buren,. To their uitcF surprise and con!u-
sion, John Tyler Lad, or professed 10 have u
conscience. He remembered The ground taken
in Ire canvass, and determined 10 MAINTAIN Il.
In short, he applied Tic veto. II yell Of rage
and dis appointment was set W BY di-ccmiiiicd
WniggcIy from one end of lie land 70 The
other. Every epilhet IN The vocabulary OF Bill
lngsgac, was heoped upon his devoted head
They organized for The campaign Of 1914, by
ihc selection of Henry Clay - their candidate,
whose very namc was q sufficient enumeration
of The principles If tho patty, bu, with his
characteristic boiLness. lie declared himself in
favor e all tho ole measures ot tie party, in
clu..ing NaiioGa Bark, and also restriction
Vi The veto power. Upon these issues Mr.
Clay VS. again defeated By decided Ma iofity
Of The American reopl., and the policy Of Mr. J
~ lers administration indicated The p, ricd
Ia: auo he: election Of Prc,id nj rolled around
and what then was their policy? did they again
arganizc upon the old defeated, uetoed issues,
uuder HE lead of their gdila:t chlctaln! No
In lie meantime, q sIcr, OF lesser m. gui!udc,
but around whose brow ciustsrei the green
!aures recently wen up.n the field Of battle,
had risen in the Southern sky, and who Of
lcred himself as a candidate TO any party
who chose to axe him. Tie great idul Of Inc
party was discarded The cid issues we're declared
obsolete. and abandoned. not being willing e"en
al the tail ut Was1,;,a,, The secana 10 ri>k ne
cnancc f.r the s;o;,s Il Office. bY an inrfaacni
declaration Il principle. The gl,a burhen vi
lacir sors, was the 'onc man power" and '!he
will o. ;hc people as expressed t6ruGsa Cen
erss." they discarded the wing b,uLeI, aad
hJ,sr,; in Us seal The deceptive, piraiical ia.
ul n,-p,ayi>m Insiead OF proposing 10 l,;,ii
the vel. rover by an amendment 10 III G MI
tG'jon ,Gey prop sd 10 renter II DEAD lcd.r by
uc.niriGn ttc NH n The pc pic, as cIPrs'sei
though tosgrtss. epol aLqu.asoas Il d'ms.i;c
j. r., - hecc.nc II: ia" 4. IN" lana. Aal ~
N unfortunate division in the Detanc!atic pat'y,
hey succcedsd III eieetng iheir candidate by
miacry voe. Still his new soEg oi the ioae
man power" is continually wfung in out ears,
al! il is declared lha, INC people have ~
putiaicd it, shall not attempt here 10
discuss to i:nprcrriet? Of the vco power,
as an cr,gi.di p:efosi.iia. We hld i in The
Constitution, placed h.;c " OK revolutionary
sizes, aud the question i, ma Il &c exercised 5y
9c President according to ii'c dictate, + HI oUn
Goa c!ence, and )1dgnen'i VI snail III Surrender
MS uwa conscience, aLd his 1wa JId.ni"h, u he
dictates oi n III hess ami unsciuPu0us majority
oil Congress According Ia my view u The
mater, his way is 50 plain before him. ih.; she
who :ulS may read" The Cons itagn declares
ia sn5.iance. ;.al when b,ll i, ptr>en'tt 10 the
President MS :ioaaiu.c, "l IL arPFnv', he shall
Si.H u, II not be >na'i "i9in Il ~ lie house Ia
which il originated v.ih MS objections" The
OILY Question then % 81 determined By the Pes
den. Is, after calmly and CONSIDERABLY exam',-
as III, bill in all lis hearings does he ap:rovt
ia II - It i, his duty 10 sign il, aud II not 10
exercise lie veto.
Ard here, permit m, 10 say, unequivocally,
tina, tnc President al the United States who ap-
penas his Signature OF approval 10 an aci o. Con
gross, which in his Judgment s either in Cot H.:
with the Constitution al Infringement ot ihs
!i.h.s Of ths minorig or calculated in is tcid,n.
c!cs o favor one section Ut ihr Union at The ex.
psasc II The cher, commits as Wl!llul ana cor
fupi pc' Try As h. ShI goes deliberately INTO
ccur Il it's ice and Gepuscs TO salsehoud IN the
,riai OF cause. Bot suppose mat the viii 81 the
people ought in ell cases ~ govern, is lha! VIII
always % he inieued tom The acton ot Z nsttssf
| Ulqlc.'i anatly ru'. 40 proposition was cVei
more rid'culous or absuEi. Yne allca ana sei!'
iion laws were passed hy Congress. but me PEG
pie in consequence OF 'hci! passage aGt.6d rec
| raii>m from power. Bark distribution, aud III.
| tnal improvement bits, have all been passed
BY Congress, vetoed repeatedly by Inc EXECUTIVE,
and, in every instance, upon a 4 appeal 10 The pco-
| pic, they haze shown that hsif viii was not ex-
pressed by Congress, by sustaining the u.to OF
| The executive. Tn. reason al this, apparently
i:dc.ory stalc ~ thing, is easy II exp'aaa-
| licn. The members oi The House OF RcpTeseE-
latives, iar example, are elected by districts.
maj riy OF The Congressional districts may cicc;
mcmaefs favorable to a particular measure,
,housh each district may be nearly equally
divided as 10 lis rropIsiy. tn" remaining
districts may b. unanimous or rea!!y
in opposition 10 the particular measure; s'iil
they scId 10 Congress minority oil the
Representatives Pr. the alm's! unanimous
F., vote in the last mentioned 3iiric'S, WIN
The voc upon the same SIDE in the o;h.r di'tr!cs
| together. and yen have an oVet"h '!miag liza
! loriy al the nsople a.ainsi Inc proposed MA
/ surr while IN jori'y OF he representatives cleo.
ted are in aver OF il. Fake The Nilmoi Pfov!-
: (ut irs,n Upon ,iat subj'ct the Southern
p pl. az unanimous. Il is tree, that when "
| had tnc subject before Us last winter, VIC had
bakers d,=eu III our mds! who advocated The
Cune,,lu.ionai power OF Congress 20 pass that
flovisn, ard il may be thaI another bakers do
2 !. coul. b. uuH,! - vote FOR the pfovso '.sel;.
,ha NoFln shere is I decided 'najrFity 10 favor
Il H. 3li! ;helc 10 4 Sfna5 and p0@eria! E!iho.:-
,y cp2yse, 10 1t, waica, AIDED 10 lie oon!nefa
to.:, woaiJ, in any CONES; wne:c ;ae "i'l u .e
whcic people coGii he heard, e;.e dsc!dci
MAORI; against this olloas aIi unjust mcaslEe
| En-, Nj. Speaker toi> cry oi Inc one man pew.
er," IKE everything Csc IN lac aants vi Wing
gefy vii live It's day, the5 bc numbered among
lie things hat wee, to give place 10 some . arr
Ingenious device, uumpe! up 10 .aisicad and
deceive ,hs people. IL lact il mas well nigh i've
lis day already Tne people have even no. de-
tcced me animal under his a'se aic, an u
course lie must son exchange il Tor some oiner
a ew wlT,is how as IL The question b3ioia ne
House and an done. VIVA; is ~ Why, sim
py an amgniircn, giving 10 ID. Go:cra9F lie
power 10 appoint certain inspectors, "s:ead Of
.he CONS. This Is s@li 10 IT. an iDnoga ion upon
/. .hr Ell. Jag laws, winch Is &C AMY ,rn", and
no more 81 than that lGa ii i caa,c rem Tic
re?i.uis, IS also IA iLnoYai uP,r ne cx's;ias
laws. ~ he law now is tie Governor apP"'".s
The inspector Of lumber, ard tie o'her inspectors
| a,p .r;,uiu,ei hy lie County Courts. The Ecvl-