The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-06-25
Gen. SCOTS Platform.

The country is, OF course, yet in doubt which OF The
two published wing platforms General Sc,u will finally
elect to stand upon--whe,her il be the platform which
has been reported and published everywhere adopted
by the convention and which the General forthwith &C.
copied by telegraph, whether it be the subsequently
published official platform which he may hereafter &C.
cept by letter. But it fortunately happens that pending
this doubt General Scott has already published snut
little platform OF bis own, bis signature and
with the assurance given below that il nominated for The
presidency he must not be required o renounce any pn
cipe proiessed" in t-those principles" being soon
vicons."
Let us look at them and first cite from his elabo.
rate political letter addressed in October, ls4l, cs
tain anxious inquirers" after his platform, the follow
ing, beginning with
THE VETO POWER
sI hope, then, by eary amendment of the co~stitn
10 reduetor Of the Prestd~ts veto. The rcgulatoud
patronage would properly follow.
"There can be good why the should not
be By bare wajorfy in each house Of Cowsn
all the members elected TO say for the benefit o. rebe
on at the end OF days from the Of the bill
amendment this effect would leave the P,esdsnt-h
general representative of every State and duct-am'd
with The OF all the members absent the momen
from the respective houses; and there will AWAY, Be
some absent from both"
This is principle which the wings have not seen
to put in their platform; but they nominated Gensn
Scott for their candidate with his assurance before then
that he not be required TO tit being
conviction OF his To console the wing party Tor lbs|
compulsory Embodiment of this principle in their cand
date, beg leave TO point out to them h two emnen
original reasons, given al the close OF the ab,ve
tract, upon which General Scott hold, the "c,nvr|
ton" that the presidential VETO ought. By chang. I
the constitution, to be overcome by bare msoiy|
in each house Of Congress" The reasons given for
such change in the constitution are, first, thai
the President is the general representative OF ever
State and ds,ric" and, secondly that "some members oil
Congress always absent" How very conclusive
these for radically changing tina, organization
OF the public legislative authority which the peopi
have ordained in their fundamental awl They have Of
daned that they-ibe people-as represented in thrs
great and separate formsibat of the House on the bas
OF numbers that of the Senate the basis OF State
eregny; and that OF the electoral college, imbodyid
The elements oil the two Others and acting ihrous
the Presidents sgnaure-will, in each OF these forms
solemnly in the enactment OF every statute be
tsba be valid, in The single case where foo. Ata
vote in each house is given to override the Presdrr
recorded objections. But General SCOTS two reass
must carry all before them, particularly the two eco
ae facts which they set forth could not by any pos
bity be known, SO far iheybe true, TO the framerd
the constitution, or indeed anybody else bat the Gens
himself II il had only occurred to the men who rsns
the people OF the States who ratified the consiulO
that the President would be their general represent
i've" and that some members OF Congress woulda
ways be absent" might have had a constitution, r
haps, which in respect OF the veto would not require sd
wholesale alteration But the discovery and bearing
such facts, hid from Madison, and Jay, and washns'
was 10 up in General Scotfs letter of ls4i SL
we really cannot but think that with all the phosoPS
Of these two before them, the people, OF cu'
sections at least will think twice before they just nov
agree to abolish the veto.
We come now to General SCOTS platform as 10
obnoxious measures OF the extra session OF the VIII
Congress in 1871. They include the iand-diaribpSs
bui, he bankrupt bill, and "Me fiscal corporation
National Bank bin y and OF these General Scott make
platform as follows:
eli had had the honor OF vote the OCCASION II w"
have been given In favor OF he land -dsr bill,
bankrupt bill and the second blu Cor creating fiscal
poration-having long been under conviction that
peace in war, something efficient In the nature o.
Bank Of the United States, only necessary and prof
cr,' but indispensable the successful operation. Of
treasury, as well many Of tho Of CONNIE"
and currency"
We do not perceive that the wings have deemed Y"
vissble TO put any OF these principles into their ~
form-probably because they had them already in The
corded convictions OF their candidate. They fomp
now what we should call pretty heavy load %
presidential candidate to carry But General Scot,
in anticipation Of his nomination, and Of that very p