Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-08-11
County Mass Convention.

County Mass Convention.
The attention of our country friends is
earnestly invited to the call in our col
umns for County Convention at Dut-
toms. 1t will be borne in mind that this
new party formed to resist the agrees
sions of Slavery, is entirely without or.
ganizatiOn. The main purpose of this
proposed county meeting is to organize
and in that respect it is highly important
We hope to see every town in the coun-
ty represented. The call makes no dis
tinction of heretofore parties. Every per-
SOD who sympathiSes with the objects set
forth, and is disposed TO act accordingly
is cordially invited to be present. We
hope aud expect to see all heretofore am
billions. rivairies, and prejudiees laid aside
and union formed which ghaiI hold all
things else subseryient to the great end
in view. 1t only needs union and cordi-
atty to enable us to carry the whole state
for correct principles.
Veto of the River andEHarbOr Bill.
Our doubts are resolved by the appear
ancc in our exchanges Of Pierce's veto of
the River and Harbor bill. Itappears he
had il all prepared, and as soon as the
bill was presented for his signature, the
veto was returned to Congress. The veto
message is brief. and the substance of it
is contained in the following extract:
On such an examination Of this bill as
ii has been in my power to make, re
c0gnlze in it certain provisions, national
in their character, and which if they stood
alone. it would be compatible with my
convictions of public duty to assent to +;
at the same time 1t embraces Others which
are merely local. and not in my judgement
warranted hv any safe or true conStruc-
ton Of the Constitution.
We feel disposed to be patriotic. We
love the Constitution and Union, and if
we thought for one moment, that the for
mcr was violated or the latter endangcr-
ed 10y this bill, we should acquiescc cheer
fully with the veto, even though the
$4,000 appropriated to this place was
lost to our own pocket, insteal of the
pockets of this community. But it is all
an abstraction-all humbu@ Certain
works are assumed to be constitutional.
and certain others are assumed to he I'M
constitutional--and no man can discover
the last difference between them i'll any
point of view. just such things as this
belong to just such politicians as Frank
Pierce. He is of that school and the
people might have known it, and we pre-
sumo did know it, when they voted for
and elected him. We hope our own cit
liens will contain themselves. A refer
ence to our vote shows that he got plu-
rality in our city. What right have we
to complain? Certain men who sought
it have got Offices and we have got our
Harbor bill vetoed, and chance to tax
ourselves SIS 900 to complete our Har-
Dor works. Shall we not stick to this
great Democratic party, which year after
year is working out such glorious results
for us
1t is certainly outrageous. There can
not be a good measure preached, which
is not at once pronounced unconstitu-
tional. 1t was sought to give some of
our public lands for the benefit of the in
dgcnt insane; but no, it could not be
done, it was unconstitutional and almost
with the same pen. before the ink was dry,
the President put his signature to bill
giving any quantity of land to a Rail Road
monopoly, expressing at the same time
his willingness to give it all, if Congress
should so decree. Congress could not
pass the Homestead bill because the
President was known to deem it uncon-
Shtutional, and hence were compelled to
change it 70 a graduation bill. And all
this time Congress has been appropria-
''S '''''''0 va HiVttN iot al SpElS "a uodUl-
tUI objects, Lands are purchased from
Mexico, Creditors IN Texas are en- lowed
with fortunes, Mail Steamers are loaded
with gold, Fugitive Slaves are paid for,
and thousands on thousands expended to
enforce the law for catching runaway
negroes-but for the protection of com
mece-to shelter vessels from storms
TO save human liveS-to save valuable
property-not one cent 1t is abomina
ble-it is outrageous-language fails t.
properly stigmatize it.
The whole amount of the matter is
we have soc very weak and a very
wicked President The Constitution il
h'S hands is simply Sd instrument tc
manifest his own weakness and wicked
ness. We are bound to sutieF while the
SoyeFnment remains in bis E2ads, or in
the isn4S o. the peculiar party he repse-
sentS.
~ Viii the 4filpqukee Sentinel