The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-01-03

renting lie vii ~ ihe peup.e eunsiiiHlion
aHy expressed. Is mneh ~ HE Cangres
Thai passed il. No bill Is presumed 10 b
in nrcorisnee with the popular will unlil
shall hare passed ;..nugh I'll tie bra, che
oflhe government required hy he ronsii
inIian i, make il l.w. A TN Hhirh pas
srs the ilnuse ~ Representatives may h
Hjrrird by The Senate and "a bin pas
SD ~ the Senate u.ay De- rejected l,y III,
House. 10 Farhsasr The usprr,iIe hons
e. exfTri,e The lria puurr on the other.
Congtrss. and rsrh House Of tnngres.
/ hold. under HE constitution. cherk npnl
lie President. and lie. ny The power ofIh,
qualified VETO. check upon Congress
When the 'rcsis.cnl recommends mca
sures 10 Congress. he asOws. in The mos
salrmn f"nn. his opinions. gives his voice
IN ilieiI faEar. aud pledges himself in all
yaere Ia approve Item II passed by t'nn-
gress. II he acis ailllonl due cunsiders-
lion, OF has bten Influenced hy improper
or corrupt m.IiTrs: or il. from any ollrr
cause. i'angIsss. 81 q her honse Of Con-
gress, shall differ with him in opinion.
they earrclse Hsir rsiO upon his recon-
m.nda,ions. and rtjerl them; and lheie is
40 al,cai linm llrif decision. hnl 10 The
penpie 81 tie hai,al.hnS. These are pro-
per cllrcks upon the Exrrulise. wisely in
Ierpused hy The constitution. Mono will
lie fsund 10 object 10 lllrm. or 10 wish them
removed. II Is equally impor,an. that The
rnnsiiiu,i, nal checks 81 the Executive up
on the ltgisiaiiye branch should be pTeser-
we'd.
IL ], be said thai the representatives in
the popular branch of Congress are chn-
sen direcil, by the people. il i. answered.
The people elect the President. Ii both
houses represent Tie Stats and lhe-peo-
rlr. 50 ,lPs The President. The Presi-
dent represent, in the executive depart
ment llic whole people ofihm United States.
as each member of ne legislative, depart
menl represents portions Of them.
The doctrine of restriction upon lrgis.
laii,e and executive power, while well
settled public npininn is enabled within a
reasonable time To accomplish lid ends. has
made our county what il Is, and ha. open
ed 10 MS career of glory and happiness
10 which al other nations have been slran-
gers.
In the exrrrise ~ the power Of the We
10. Tie pTcsidrntr responsible moi only 10
m Enlightened pubic opinion. but 10 The
people Of the whole Union, who elrcied
him. as The representatives in the lrgisla-
tive branches. who differ with him in orin-
ion, are responsible Ia The people Of par
iirnIar States. or districts. who compose
their respective constituencies. To DENY
10 the President the exercise Of ibis pow
CT. would be To repeal that provision Of
The constitution which conlers il upon
him. To charge that lie EXCISE nndu'y
controls The legislative will, is 10 complain
of the constitution itself.
IL The president veto be objected 10
upon lie ground tia, il checks and lhwarIs
the public Will, npnn the same principle
Tire equality of representation II The States
IN The Senate should be stricken out Of
The con .li,niion. The vote Of a senator
fr,m Delaware has equal weight in deci-
ding upon the most important measures
with The rolc Of senator from New York;
and yer the one represents state contain
ing, 4, eni,:ing 10 the existing apporion-
meni nf representatives in the House of
Representatives, but nae ihrly.four,h p,rt
of,hr population Of the other. BY the
constitutional composition Of the Senate,
a majority Of that body from smaller States
represent less than one-four,h of the peo-
pie Of The Union. There are thirty States;
and. under the existing superintendent Of
representatives. there are two hundred and
thirty members in the House Of Rcprcscn-
taIives. Sixteen Of the smaller States are
represented in The House hv bui fifty
members; and We, lie senators from these
States constitute mai .rity Of the Senate.
So that the President may recommend a
measure 10 Congress, and il may receive
the sanction aud approval Of more than
three.lnnrihs Of lie House OF Representa-
tives. and ~ al! the senators from the large
States. containing more than ,hrec-fnur,hs
nf the whole population of the United
States. and vet the measure NAV be de-
fea,cd hv the votes Of the senators from
lhe smaller States. None, il is presumed.
can he found ready 10 change the organi-
za,inn ~ the Senate IN this account. or
tn strike that hndy practically out Of ex-
sience. by requiring that its action shall
be cnnlnrmed TO the will Of the more nu-
merous branch. Upon the same principle
thai The rctn of the President should he
practically abolished, The power OF the
Wee President TO give the casting vote
upon al equal division fine Senate should
be abolished also. The Vice President
exercises The veto power as eticcnalIy by
rejecting a bill by his casting vote. as the
President does hy refusing to approve and
sign il. This pnwer has been exercised
bv the Vice Presi,leu, in a few instances
the most important of which was the re-
irc;inu Of the NIL II recharter The bank o
The United States in 1911. Ii may hap
pn ,hyt bill may b. passed wv larry,
m jariy VI he House Of Representatives