Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-08-28
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misaivinas ID TO tho motives which inat
saaed me to write IL. Nov ii IL sttaDa
ttiat HE llotieFs VI nh EIe6tof Should 6
aHeite your selfsastesin, that you sbetla b
astehisliei NJ receiving 4 letter from Oh
whom You had heretofore recognized q
yeuf e,ital il association, aud rs 10 III
Hieiivt Which influenced Inc, | trust
shall carry IL 10 my grave. II may h
stunned ap In ills 10 defend The chs
taeter ef lbs man Wb6se blood was freel,
shed III defending the honor OF my sodii
tfg's flag, when | WIS III my mother
arms, Efeih tiis HVfast dsyetsi9hm Of on
whose education and associations stioul
itave aItnehisliea him ~ seek 6tIie
gteends ~ adeaHee tlia interests Of IN
PARTY f6f which he Is ai Ambassador, But
Hlf, | viii telleta y9tif safpflss before
nil d6tie With yen, by efeailhg The create
establishment IN your own mind NJ TN
eetfse yet, lavs So tlieugltlessly pursued
~ He opening Vt HE present. CANVASS 10
he Presidency. And first, | viii notice
lie proof YOU rely Upon 10 sustain you
charge against GET Scott, fstnofli ing
however, that as you hav8 So publicly lie.
elafea that you have "Heyef UNI Wheft
saiH that GsH. SsgX 7tas an ab0liii0u-
tsk," / am boittid ii receive your statement.
But, Sir, You very moiestly confess tl,at
v5tt di9 shy, That his settled convictions o.
the Constitution. and his Published poIiey,
favored lie views Of tbs Frsssoll or Ab6.
lltioh party. LII proof Of Which you reaJ
from his letter Of the g5lh October. 1871.
IN which he declared himself in favor OF
an amendment Of tie Constitution, SO 10
limit The veto power as 70 allow 1t 10 be
controlled by n mere majority. Now, Sir;
that there may be IL uulbbling ON tins part
Of your evidence, I wifi admit all tliat tile
most zsalotis advocates OF tie old federal
parry, Whose ~favofite tnsasafs this was.
ever eonisuded for "'tllat il Is II shield
thrown around the Pfes ideiit, In order first
to protect him III his Executive rights
I'd, to protect tie judiciary in It's delegat.
I'd fights,-5J, the Stntes In their reserved
r~iglis.~-4tb, 10 correct liesty, corrupt, or
ambitious legislation" You can but nd,
nit, that IL is II feature in our Constitution
That strongly inenleates the opinion that
the Federal Legislature may be ~aetnated
Ivy tile sains unlioly motives that once IN,
hneneed the legislature of Great Britain,
for YOU may perhaps kit5v that IL 10 n fen.
ture borrowed from n prstogatiye Of The
British Crown, aud | opine, That the first
tfue-bearted American Is yet 10 he found
who eau reconcile il 10 the genius Of our
Government. Tie people Of The several
States elect the President ti,sy also elect
tho members Of Congress. The latter 90
up fresh FROM The people, understanding
tlieir wants their interests are mutually
Identified, and they are animated by the
same love OF their common country. Their
fidelity to tie Constitution IL TO be aucs,
toned as little as that Of the President. IL
wisdom they nrc his superiors in their
knowledge OF Tie wants Of the people they
greatly In advance Of the Executive
Then Us Congress ID. in every particular.
the eqnal OF the President, and 10 many
respects yhstly his superior, IL would seem
to follow, that all the fears the old federal
party ever entertained, ami 0hzch nm
Seem 10 haze so fully fmbabed, AZ reg0rds
aetsoa Of tic people through Mcir re.
vanish into thin air, and
the delegated rights Of the coordinate
Of Government would be most
guarded. Indeed, from the death
Of The old federal party In 1901, until ito
resurrection by old Fogy in 1914, the old.
fashioned Democratic doctrine was tina. Of
Gen. Scott, that a majority Should rule !;
and ] still believe that every genuine re.
publican will say, that after o respectful
consideration, OH the part OF Congress, OF
the Presidents objections 10 a bill PASSED
by that body, If the same legislature shall
pass the bill b second time, that 1t shonld
a law. For we must not lose
sight Of the responsibility that rests upon
representatives; Of the great weight
President must necessarily have as a
branch Of the Government ; OF
The concentrated wisdom brought to his
aid by his constitutional advisers, enabling
him 10 set forth his reasons, AMI 10 offer
arguments against the passage Of a Bit,
which must arrest the attention and CON-
the respect of what is, and what we
hope ever will be, a deliberative body, fully |
endowed with wisdom. Indeed, TO say
that man shall override the will OIL
Congress, and stop all expression OF the
will Of the people, through their represcn-
fatives, unless ~two-thirds Of the members
shall decide against the onc man
poucv, Is trnly advocating the monarcfi.
cal doctrine of old F'ogy with a vengeance.
Gen. Scott, as You know, does no wish
10 alter the Constitution, so as to deprive
The Executive Of the power to veto q bill
passed by Congress. He simply proposes
10 change the Constitution, 50 that If a
majority of the members Of Congress, after
considering the objections urged by
The President against a bill, may. If they
lifer from him, pass the bill a second time,
and then II becomes a law. In the pro-
he here submits I o the American
Gen. Scott, like Generals Wash
pngton and Jackson, can have no motive
other than to promote his conutry's good.
For who is SO lost 10 a decent respect for
public opinion, as 10 doubt that the FIRST
Of his heart is lis arm, Iis natire
and. Here is embosomed his famiIy-
acre IS his fortnne-his hoDor-his very
existence. Here in defence OF his coan.
lry's honor. be has spent forty-fvc years
his life, and could | put a tongue in every
coNnd lie now bears on his manly aer
'on. received III his conntry's service, they