Washington telegraph., 1849-06-20
THE PRESIDENTS LEGISLATIVE
6 POWERS.
-I,;or ,,,,o tI,eoe o,IestjonS

The Union outs these questions;
.H,snot q. IN. TAYLOR repu3iated the LEGiS-
LATIVE FUNCTIONS of the PRESIDENT! mas
he not, in subst If not IN terms fepuoIateo the
VETO IN. orea, instrument by which the President
rr.re;s,s HIS LEGISLATIVE POWERf Was
it not proclaimed by every press from Maine 10
Georga in the canvassl was not the repuola'''n
of legislative power alleged I" be one OF the great
,er,rns which Gen. Taylor was TO Introduce II ne
49,, .Isc,ed IL six short months after these
,,-drss ,yrr. made, will the organs of the party
,h., m ade them deny Them, snd thus insult the
,r.morv as we'll as the intelligence OF the people!
..T'hen in respect t1 appointments to ofhce, mas
mn. Gaueral TAYLOR repudiated the functions oi the
President? Does he receive applications tor ohce
Does he not refer everything Of that klnd to ms
Sncrptarirs7 Do not the Secretaries select all
persons appointed 10 ofiice2 Does not each mem
her of the cabinet have an equal vote win the
President, at the council Board: Is not denefat
Tavlor often voted dawn by his own Cablneiif
The oleeislntive functions" the "legistofiuc
,,,rsr, If the President Is not this INDUSTRIOUS
doctrius to be proclaimed by an American, ana
espsciaIIy bv the organ nf party which pronoun.
crs itself THE DEMOCRACY? The Cons,itu-
,;o, ex,l;citlv declare, that"ALL LEGISLA-
TIVE POWERS herein granted shall be vested
in a Compress CT the United States. which shall
consist OF Senate and House OF Representatives.
Yet here we find the great Democratic organ,
not only claiming legislative power for an Amer.
Can President, hui absolutely denouncing General
'rayIor for not beginning his administration by
trampiing OH the very FIRST article OF the Const-
,pfion. in assuming power which It has, in the
most explicit terms, vested in the Senate and
House Of Representatives, and in them alone!
v. confess that to US it seems alarming, TO find
such mouarchiaI principles broached by the organ
ofa great and influential party in our coun'ry.--
Let Federalism come with It's own ancient frank
ness aud andaci;v; let kingcraiL assah us IN ITS
own undisgui<,G shape, aud We fear It not But
we do fear such sentiments as these wht clad IN
the robes of democracy. Give that name to any
set of principles, and however odlons, 1t surrounds
them at once in the eyes OF the people with halo
of aliuring Ight bet them beware OF these dis
guisrS. Il ever they lose their liberties, ii will be
hy no open foe for hy saci tbey are uncouquera-
bic; it will De hv no candid proclamation OF mo-
narrhiai princ PIES for then they Will be startled
iulo resistance, it will be by bitter things wrapped
up in sweet names: by anti-republcan doctrines
christened with poprar ttle by the Wolf OF
Federalism arraysd in the Sleeps clothing OF De-
mocracy.
And so Gen TIylor refuses to assume LegiS'a
tive Power Aud not only lhis bat permits his
Secretaries TO make al The appointments TO ONCE
And not only this. but allows himstlf 20 be voted
down bv his own Cabinet. Yet did vou not pre-
diet that a great military leader would carry the
tyrancal habits of the camp into the state, and
make everything bend TO bis own iron Wilt
What are yonr predictions worth! Ana dld you
not hut few days ago declare that Taylor pras
srrte7tlesS dc9pptI' What are your charges,
wor,h!--Richm0nd Republican.