Flag of the Union. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1850-18??, 1853-02-11
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week, lakiSaiSg oflis hais insptr, 10 NJ /,
hehasst the peares aad the wei .srs 81 tlss coantry
- Tue ftsl of hese. she. pas e by una nlna.s,
: kotss. IN solh Hossss q Eaagtt IS Of 4 eoncul
steni ResoIuticH q caFy apt 81 ahs Con
a aaenaal Sen g, ssD s. had lai
\ Equestrien Statue. Of GeofgN gashinaiop' ~
; Father ofsthe Repasie, sse have sJre.gcs motto
sed with Suitable congsSlaIalion u48n m, even
"a SO giongass 81 eng ~ :, and Sc honorable !,
thai sense q jus WI .shoesla Il had siea
50 long, i,as shss haalls redeemed Ibis sacre,
national pleasaA :
> Theses1 aapar,aps natures Aowsser, u III.
= week he eessiea. and jnslssz &C ihes ,rbir
esrs1r~sadr rengesss. is, In our essi.ss,io. ~.
! vote i ihe Hopse 81 REPRESENTATIVES mon ,bt
9ppaslaegle place. al ike diser3san Of The Ex.
eeatlse led millions Of pllses Is meet sneb ex.
igetcies as say present then. es. ..from bou,
toxhonf, > IN The sfsi gn nsaifopsSof his eoun.
Try; and t.s. ! lshicl & ksgs AID 90
ing q, Y Ass SENSE snseasfng qaesta sog-
,naie IL The sete IN - House of Repre-.
sen.aives only ear be ..6uSidered conclusive.
The dsbaR iaIba. Senats beihssyet II progress =
But tlias-soes Of one hundred alsl ffly r1ssnaers
to wents.siY, yetusiBg To- enteriain .,hs Aoriep-
tous preP6sis On. ref. fred TO- atbsefe rea.s.f as
aasptAo1sio the hope Of . peaceiaf ssa eona.
vatINc adfninissEasiea OF sthe Cows. hs.aayr for
soms iene % esule. That nstfnay. indeed De
- disSpPoinNs but tais vote lsasess room for
%l,epe, for sisich hardly room R.,uid have b,ss
lsf had tbs prslssisa. saer arirs rn s.an
oeen reetised win FAVOR. 6y The Represen.
tatives of the people.
I In chaTaeierlzng this as a dangerous PROPOSE.
ton, no reflection is inteded upon the mover. or
upon those Who sustained it by their votes. Win
their known opinions of the proper policy of this
Government IN IT'S foreign intercourse, and of
the primary objects of good government gener.
ally, The proposition Is a perfectly natural one
for them TO have brought forward
To US, who entertain very different views 40
well OF The constitutional powers of COMPRESS
aud The President ct the United States as of
The proper employment of those powers. the
movement appears To be not unnatural merely
but entirely foreign to the spirit Of the Consii-
tuition.
In the first place, its adoption would have
constituted an anomaly in Legislation. of which
no example is to be found in The history If this
Government, the one or two cases of snnnosoJ
precedent differing from il in the very material
TACT that they were based on eri,iine exioenc;es
and not ION such exi geneies as MAY arises ont
OF the relations of this country with the Powers
OF the earth. and which are no more ELelv .,
arise now than they have been during the last
four years, within which not only no sncb ex.
trivagant appropriations have been deemed No.
cesSary by Cong ess, but the requisite apprnpri.
alions fof the support even of the Peaee EsioB.
iish1ne'H OF the country have in many instances
been hatty refused, or reduced far below The art
ual wants of the public service.
in Inc next place, as is most aptIy remarked
by one OF our contemporaries, (the Boston Jour
nai') The "C0nStlftffon has thrown around the |
public purse the most careful and ieaIous de- |
fences, 10 guard it from the discretionary nse |
OF oihcTai men; and last of all should The |
President, who IS an executive officer havino |
nothing 10 do with the disbursement of The nub. |
lie moneys except the ssnctinnine of apnronr;a.
ton bills, as he does all other laws. be allowed |
TO hold IN his own hands any discretionary fnnd
The Constitution says no money shall be drawn
i'oil the treasury ont 10 consequence of Gppro-
Priations made by law; and enumera,es the mar.
tlcular duties of Congress, by authority of which
sueh appropriations are 10 be made Ip voting
money out oil the treasury, specific purpose is
designated IN the law; and nothing but an iner;
Edhe and stringent necessity will or ought to per
NIT any departure from the established custom.
No other reason can be assigned for this extra
ordinary measure Just now than such as has ex-
listed since the foundation of our Goyeroment
and such will continue to exis, Will The
world siahds-jeaiousy of foreign Powers. the
iumnrs oil uncertain wars, territorial acquisitions,
or governmental InteFierences, &c. which any |
haiioh, strong IN It's own integrity and confident
In lis own strength, would allow to pass bv like
the idle Winds ~ I
aus circumstances under which the pfOposi- -
non L9t ms grant of money was presented 10
ihe House OF Representatives were well calcu.
lated to excite dlsrust and alarm in all reason {
ing OF rejecting minds. On the a3d Of last Il
lhonth occurred In The Senate brief but memo
oraoie debate which we had occasion TO note al >
the time, In which Messrs. Mason, Cass. Un-
der" ood and others took part. upon the relations
oi Inc spanish territory of Cuba 10 the United :.
o.d'es; which debate was made the subject of r
- 70
once OF The Democratic Review, (published AZ
New ork,) in which the opinions advanced in o
me debate that the United States is content that
= uoa should Tor the present remain COLONY of :.
SPd'n' and That we viii not interfere with il nm. .
ieSS other Governments attempt 10 grasp or buy &c
It, or nn Il has achieved its own independence a.
are Ildculed as 'stale and WORKOUT doctrines:"
whhss tsays the reviewer,) ''the tphoIe race of y
statesmen Uh0 hare thus far been IL, Dzee nre bot
70 disappear before the food of progress and i'm. 10
proVement which they do not understand and u u
eannot resist;" winding up this wholesale de- "
nuncIation and prescription of political wisdom r. ~
ihd experience In It's own party with this very !.
hteiilgl6le proposition: sour people suant Cuba o'
IHa piH Aare o. and it is idle for politicians to ~
lame The eases in which they will give their % %
consent to IFS acquisition" This is, in brief III
ne iogie OF the modern Democracy, and the y, y.
way IN which it deals with every thing that Is "
most respectable in its own ranks. And. mr. OF
suing for several pages strain of reasoning to "a
sustain this demonstration, the article of the %
feVlew arrives at the following conclusions, re- =,
narkabiy consistent in their substance, with the % %
opposition defeated in the House on Monday y. VI
asst: @-z-'-1. pP
SAN around thu horizon the tempest lowers 81
'Ver The United States. and not least amonr the
egaeies of The outgoing Executive to the in- r
oining Presidents he sequel Of Ibis Cuban diff ~
Hhy: II behooyes Us all to be prepared for en- =,
'e1a'ffes The principal are to follow Crom- ~ :.
'eii,!h praynsGod and keeping our powder dry az
The slnews of Var should not only be forth. az az
omiRg, but in hand; and we have bestowed on pr pr
pc question of finances long and careful alten- g.,
I'VE are in favor of credit Of several millions ="
s'ng opened al the Treasury for Tie use Of he -, ,,s
ea President in case Of need. Il is not much -.
inference whether The amount placed at his Or I'VE
er be five millions or ten millions: and ont Of We
he abundant surplus on hand over the es1ima in