The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-05-29
THg PRESIDENT AND THR WINGS
OF THE SENATE.


Win lheIr usuaI sscl and cunning. n.
Democracy are rndezsosinx 10 csra,. I,
vide bsrsrh between The President. ana
crrszin Wig s,ssesmen o( Congress. n
10 an nls stage ihzs /. IN szin Il The ne,
spread in the sifhi Of any birl.' W.
are reriain ihat none bun birds who Ar.
blind ran be taken 10 by This latest Demo.
cratic net.
What are The grounds npon which I'M.
alleged rstrsng~meni is established
Why. simply that the President has re-.
commended one plan for the selIlrmen, If
existing questions. and that sesefsl dis,ip.
guished Wing Senators are in favor Of
sn..hsr plan. varying in ils details from
TIA; recommended ny The President. and
hooking 10 an immediate adjustment Of al
the questions in dispute. ia view Of The
existing excitement which has greatly in.
erased since the period when The Presi.
dept's plan was Submitted.
II is not. howerer. wonderful that The
Dcusc. ary should fall into the enor or
snrpasins fisai a difference of opinlon be-
tween The Executive and other members
Of his party in another branch Of the Co.
vernmewI. ss'epld constitute proof Of a Sc
rious rapture and Q. iInPisrahle mutual
hostility. II has i'een The practice Of The
incumbent Of the Executive chair as an
infallibie decree. not 10 be questioned by
any Of the faithful under the penalty of
heresy. With them the Executive is yir.
tually the fountain Of law, of power. Of
opinion ssd ef psirassc. Hinder their
theory, ne should make known his views
before legislation and employ his veto
after il, when Legislation does not suit his
fancy.
Wing theory, however. is GA entirely
different thing. Iiregauls Congress as The
and exclusive law-makiag power.
and il eppnses The exercise of sLe Execu-
live vetn except To arrest rash and uncon.
legislation. Gen. Taylor gaze,
in all his letters before his election. espe.
rial prominence TO this Wig doctrine. de.
claring with great emphasis in his first
letter To Capt. Allison: . The personal
,piuions of the individual who NAV han.
pen 10 occupy the Executive Chair, ought
not 10 control the action Of Congress upon
questions Of domestic policy" Ills ri.
lculous. therefore, 10 suppose that The
author Of this sentiment now objects 10
he announcement Of views By Whir men,
,es Of Congress ghirh di1es from his
,wn. or that Wings. whose own belief
hat sen,iuent 80 lnrcibly enbodies, ran
We justly arcussd of hostility 10 the Ex.
'cniive in exercising The right for which
Wings have always coniended. of think
ng fur themselves. without reference 10
be views Of The President.
And sin detieves lila the course of
hessrs. Clay, Webster. Bell, Berrirn, and
,lhers. is intended 10 be unlriendly 10 the
Can we not CONCEIVE /, nos.
shle that lherc is such Thing as in,lenen.
icni, honest, maniy. patriotic thought II
he greatest men Of The country are capa.
Ne. at snci an hour as this, when tlisin,c.
csietlness and srlEsacrliice are absolute.
y necessary FOR the salvation OF The conn.
~, Of adopting course dictated BY pure.
y personal Feelings. well mag ne despair
y the Republic. We caneni think 50
'norly Of ABmsn salure. We cannot ga
" give up all The hope Of the Union and
! free government itself. as 10 believe
hat public virtue has ceased 10 exist in
W eou"fs' Rich. RpuJ.
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OVERFLOW OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
One ofihe Editors Of The New OrIaa,s