The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-17
Dut,.s of the President.

in the people, with whom 1t originates, and most properly belongs In the organization of our Union,
 the State and federal officers are invested only with the nutho.iiy conferred shu be exercised is pre- scrbed and limited by federal and State cOnsi- tutons, and any infringement of or departure from these provisions, is not only an unconstitutional set, but az abuse of the sacred trust cOnfided in such officer, and an open and avowed contempt of the wishes and the rights of the sovereign people. The exercise of this delegated power should be care fully and ealOusly observed, and most exactly re- quired; and every usurpatiOD, the part of these agents, should be instantly repfehended-fOr uPeo this depends the purity the safety, and the Perma- Bency of our republican institutions. If existing provisions gre unwise in themselves, there is mode provided in the constitution by which they may be 'Temedied; and it should not be permitted to those whose duties defined by this instrument to alter amend, or leave Hndone, one single act required Of them, except In the manner so directed.
 The refusal or omission to do what Is required duty, is often as criminal the doing what is forbidden; and in chief executive officer, whose privileges and duties are distinctly limited aud de- fined, h would be equally usurpation of authority, constituting first step 10 absolute tyranny. This assumption of power may, in the beginning, be in such small things to Dc scarcely considered i,n- portsnt, even worthy of noiice but, such Is the
 tendency ofpower to asrogate toitsef greater privi leges, that these frstngs of its usurpaton and solidatiOn-from the very Tact that they are un- noticed-are. in Truth the most consequential and da In mi servation of, and exact compliance with, every pro- vision of constitution, is important; every part, every fibre of the fabric of our republic Is neces- sary the existence of the whole and the destruc ton, with mpuniy, of one particle of this struc- ture, the unrestrained encroachment, how minute soever or inconsIderable in itself upon established rights, by those who appointed 10 discharge the functions of government, Is too apt to be but the beginning of the end, and may, in all probability,
 lead to a consolidation of power assuming 10 itself the right 10 disregard, entirely, all constitutional provisions-in fine, to despotism.
 The President of the United States is the direct representative of the sovereign power in an execu- tive capacit, and such has certain powers dele gated to, and duties enjoined upon him, and any maIieassnee or msfeasInce inihis ofice-the doing what he has no right to do, or the omission to fulfill his required duties, is equally reprehensbie as an
 injustice to the people whom he is to represent. 1t is not our intention unnecessarily to find fault with the present incumbent Of that office, but it is our tower," to observe and point out 10 our readers every inconsistency in the conduct of their agents, and every attack npen such rights and privileges as belong to us by an administration, that has, as it were, suIrepiiousiy crePt into power by hon-e com initial artifces. The federal constitution prescrbes, among the duties of the executive, that he shall nominate, and, with the advice and consent of the Senate appoint all the federal officers, whose ap- poin,lnents are not otherwise provided for. This provision evidently contemplated that the President should be The judge of the fitness, the merits and capacity oE the applicants for such offices.
 The present Executive, unwilling or unable to fulfill this ol his duties has denied 10 the appii- cants all access to their immediate representative, and delegated this portion of his duties to his eabi. net, composed oi zea!ous partizans who ale in no- wise directly responsible to the people,
 The constitution, also, as cheek upon tse legis-
 atve department of the government. requires cf the President. as the executive head of the repubfiS that he shall approve or disapprove of every act of Congress before il shall become law. Yet this " no party" President has already proclaimed that he will not exercise this duty, at the very time when the safety and quiet, perhaps the very exist enoe of the Unon may require that the power of the representative of the nation sh4! De isterposed Ito prevent hot t-headed majority. blinded with ianatica zeal, from perpetrating act unequsIed, in injustice and want ofpoiicy in all the annals of our country.
 This is the dawning Of the whig, but not ultra whig," administration. These are the first acts of an executive who was 10 be untramme led by the shackIes of party, yet he has assembled abound him his advisers, only the mos, virulent whig parti- gam. These the first fruits of the gulhbiIity of the people; the first attempts of party that has always affected despotic power, to encrcach upon the safeguard of the peoples Ights-,he Consii,u- iion. Nothing less, however. could have been expected from an administration avowedly governed by no principles, which has already laid 5y the mumnery of the campaign, and ptoven itself an old enemy in disguise.
 Cor. FREmoST's P4RTY.--The following gentle. men are of the party who accomoanied Cot Fra