Litchfield enquirer., 1850-01-03

r \ k.x to command ihsss intsrsts to your kind attention. As the National mstropO- llis. thscity of Washington must be q 0b- isct of general interest; and founded as tt
 wusundsr the auspices of him whose im-
 mortal name is hsars. its claims to the fOs- ssring care of Congress present themsslVes
 with additional strength. Whatever can contribute to its prosperity mnst enllst the
 feelinpsofi its Cons,itutional gnsrdians. and command their favorable considerations.
 Our Government is one of limited pow
 CTS, and its successful administration emi- nently depends on the confinement of each { of its coordinate branches within its own appropriate sphere. The first section of the Constitution ordains that all legisla- tive powers therein granted shall be vested in Congress ofthe United States. which shall consist of a Senate and House of Rep- Iresentatives." The Executive has authori- tv to recommend (not to dictate) measures to Congress. Havingperformed that duty the Executive Department of the govern ment cannot rightfully control the decision of Congress on any subject of legislation,
 until that decision shall have been officially submitted to the President for the ap- proval. The check provided by the
 Constitution, in the clause confering the
 qualified veto. will never be exercised by
 me except in the cases contemplated by the
 fathers of the Republic. view it as an
 extreme measure. to be restored to only in extraordinary cases--as where it may be- come necessary to defend the Executive against the encroachments of the legislative power, or to prevent nasty and inconside-
 rate or constitutional legislation.
 By cautiously con6nisg this remedy
 within the sphere prescribed to it in the
 cotemporaneous expositions of the framers
 ofthe Constitution, the will of the people
 legitimately expressed on all subject of
 legislation, through their constitutional
 organs, the Senators and Representatives
 of the U. States, will have its full effect
 As indispensable to the preservation of our
 system of selfgovernment, the indepen-
 dence of the Representatives ofthe States
 the people is guarrantied by the Constitu
 ton j; and they owe no responsibility toany
 human power but their constituents, By
 holdingthe Representative responsible only
 to the people. and exempting him from all
 other influences. we elevate the character
 of the constituent and quicken his sense of
 responsibility to his country. It is under
 these circumstances only that the elector can feel that, in the choice of the law-ma-
 ker, he is. himself. truly a. component part
 of thesoyerign power ofthe nation. With
 equal care we should, study to,defend the
 rights of the executive and judicial depart
 ments. Our Government can only be pre-
 served in its purity by the suppression and
 entire climation of every claim or tendency of one coordinate branch to encroachment
 upon another, With the strict observance
 ofthis,rule and the other injupctions of the ] Constitution-xwith seduIens incubation of that respect and love far the Union of
 the States, which our fathers cherished and
 eninoyed upon. their children, and with the
 aid of that oyerrnling Providence which
 has so long and sokindly guarded our liber-
 ties and institutions. we may reasonably expect to. transmit them with their innu- merabls blessings to the remotest posteri- ty.
 But attachment to. the union of the States should be habitually fostered in eve, ry American heart. For more than half century, during which kingdoms and em- pires have fallen, this Union has stood un- shaken. The pariots who formed it have long since descended to the grave yet still it remains, the proudest monument to their memory, and the abject of affection and ad- miration with every one worthy to bear the American name. In my judgementits dissolution would be the greatest of calami- ties. and to avert that should be the study of every Amenican. Upon its preservation must depend our own happiness and that of countless generations to come. What ever dangers may threaten it. shall stand by it and maintain it in its integrity. to the full extent oi the obligations imposed. and the power conferred upon me by the Con- stitution. z. TAYLOR.
 WASHINGTON. Dec. 4th, 1S49.