The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-01-14
The Coming Administration.

So well does Gen Taylor keep his counsel, that
cuaon quite fault in reference TO the composition OF
his cabinets and indeed, the public mind satisfied thar
is to get information that point until the proper time
comes be well contented to watt under the be
lief that the President elect will in that matter as in
other matters, judiciousH and we'll
enough known OF the broad chsractestc eatureS
that will mark the administration OF General Taylor
enough give the of signal epoch In our po
history Particular measures, this or that 'o much OF
their special Importance, because Is known that eA-
reme measures of any kind cannot prevail The impress
which the ne administration make upon the country
will be derived from us consu lonal aspect Its moral Tone
its high patriotic spirit.
.We reoiced" says the Nashville Whis THAT the dis
tngushed patriot whose personal popularity andPufiy OIL
character had placed him favoaby before the country
the lists Tor the presidency would. if made President
COMBINE THE CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE. We reoiced that he had read the
constitution understood by the early Presidents
that he had regarded its vital and fundamental provisions
divide the great powers Of the nto three de-
partnents the legislative 10 make the laws the judicial
interpret them and the executive, to them faith
fully executed, We believed that he the necessity of
guarding the separate independence and responsibility OF
each of these departments OF the government"
The restoration of these great principles will be like re-
adoption of the constitution. What beautiful revolution
is this! The concentration Of power in the hands OF an
Executive already powerful is temptation hard TO be
sisted 1t is the natural tendency OF things under the
lence OF a vulgar ambition Water does not naturally
its level than does democracy in its extremes,
tend the of power through its passions-lhe
of power in the hands of its leader and
How noble, then, this spectacle of seabnegat'on
with which the individual honored by nations choice
prefers sink his personality, in order that the true
and ghtu sovereignty OF the may rise again
supreme challenge the love, the admation the
ence Of the people But. american.
We would be perfectly content, il the incoming ad-
mnistratoA would conlne itself TO the broad principle
OF carrying ont the constitutional functions of the presi-
Dental Office" But what are they! Is the Executive to
conne itself to the duty of seeing the laws faithfully
executed ?" Has it voice in legislation The consti-
tuition expressly eDions it upon the President to give
information, and recommend such measures he may
deem necessary and proper. Is General Taylor to
abandon this constitutional duty, and refrain from
recommending which he considers condu-
Give to the public good Are his messages to con-
tain information only stripped OF all suggestions OF
the proper which the public good requires All
bills, too, to be submitted to him before they can
become laws; and he does not approve them he is to
veto them Is he also TO abandon this part of his
situtional duty? Is he to shirk all responsibility on
those two points, his correspondence would seem 10
intimate, and the editors of the Wing and the Ameri-
can would to advise And is it thus that Gen.
Taylor is to "restore the age OF our fathersP' Why,
the Father of his country George Washington, pursued
no such course this He recommended measures for
the adoption Of Congress- and when he did not approve
their acts he vetoed them Twice did he exercise this
power; and is Gen. Taylor to surrender to Con
gress rather to his party Is he to surrender it in order
that they may have the power of establishing National
Bank, or exavagant system of internal Improvement
and assuming other powers which the President is to
ry OUT thus enlargng his patronage, and ntrane
more and more power his hands This doctrine is no
sound-t is not constitutional; and trust that Gen
Taylor will not degenerate into the register of the
| edics Of Congress.