The Trinity times., 1855-06-23

it to the payment of the lst claims against
the State, aud thus commence the system of
c lsh payments in all the transactions of the
States ! he veto message of the Governor
struggled to prevent this; for these moneys
were nearly all on deposit with his particular
friends, Palmer, Cook x Co. and le did not
| wish to deprive them Ot the benefit of specu-
| IalIng ON the moneys OF the State, and Of
! WELDING them to affect legislative action -
| The Legislature, on the contrary thought
| they were as much entitled to it us Palmer
Cock " &C, and SO passed the bill over his
veto.
The reasons for passing this bill were pre-
cisely the same rs those which actuated Gen.
Jackson in removing the deposits from The
Bank of the United States in 1893, viz, tint
fhey uere being ESed for poLtirai parv pur-
p,Ses ana toere, besideS, unsafe. The prac-
ice of deposltng the pubic moneys with
banks, was by that long and Tremendous
struggle which convulsed the nation from
cettre to circumference, from 1880 to 1910.
finally exploded, and the Democratic Inde.
| pendent Treasury established by the National
Government. The principle apples as well
to the States as To the General Government
| The overthrow of this practice was one Of
the greatest trumphs of the Democrat Z
parry, aud remains to this day l> landuH X
Of party distinction 1t is noN, hoNry. r..
sought To be revived by the Exeruti,e t of ms
! State, and he even rcsoris To the cAtraordi-
nary veto power to enable stuck ipbbcrs and
! banking houses to speculate upon the public
moneys and use them 10 build up their own
peculiar political interests.
Is it at ali surprising that a man in posses.
! sion of such Il mOnled power, should BE- found
capable OF declaring himself cand date for
the guternatori chair for the third term
Is it at all surprising that ke should pr, srme
on such rowrr to carry his end, ? There
s no doubt Of TIE fact that money is ell pow
erfc, hut tr"st it Is neither too prcsunplu.
ous ror 700 late to ASK, if the time has arrived
III this country, so early in its history, when
the ter"hlic Belongs to the highest bidder
when principles ard honor and virtue aud
patriotism are to BE weighed in the balance
against gold | know that history informs
us there was a time IN the grandest and treest
of the ancient republics, when such vas the
case: but it was not rntil that great republic
had withstood the shocks, the tenpesls ad
and storms Of seven centuries Of existence
t%e, as yet, have little more than numbered
our two-thrds Of one century as an indcpen-
dent people.
Veto No >, February TO-
, IN Act to provide for the payment Of the
salary Of the County Judge Of Sacramento
County,
This was n mere local bill, was favored hy
the representatives Of Sacramento county. aud
~ was a gross abuse Of the veto power thos
to prevent the passage of bill called for BY
the people Of the comfy, and which coufd
oRlyopcrate on llrem who called for it. The
veto OF this bill appears worse from the fact
that Judge Heard and Governor Bgler are
known to be personally unlricndly.
1ho Governor preteirds to lind conS,o-
lonal objection, on the ground that tire bill
proposes to increase lhe salary of the Judge
| The idea lhat the mere redemption of the
warrants Of the county should be- construed
into an increase o.. the salary is simply rdI-
cuiuus.
F,io No. 9, Narch 7.
An net TO create "A Board Of Supervisors
for the County Of Contra Costa, &cn
This also was mere local bill, which
shJnld have been left to the repi piesentatves
of the county. The veto, however, Processes
to fad a constitutional objection. On the
ground that the Legislature cannot name
the members Of the l3D;rrd in the law. He
quotes the 5th section Of the llth article Of
the Constitutions, as follows The Iegsh.
trre shall have power to provide for the cleo
ton Of 4 Board cf Supervisors 'i each coun-
ty, =" and contends that this clause rcauiros
that they should be elected by the people.
wouid simply ask if the Legislature world
rot have had ihls power whether the Const.
tuition had specially given it or not2 Most
certainly they would have had the power to
have created Boards Of Supervisors in the
corBtcs then the const tutuna provision is
altogether surpIusage, and the Legislature
can create Boards Of Supervisors IN any
manner they may see proper, not Inconsistent
with tire principles OF the Constitution as cs-
tab,lsh,d in some other provision than the
one referred to il the veto.
The till was called for by pecu ar cmer-
gency. 1t was not that there was any objcc-
ton to having the pc ope elect the Supcrv-
sors, but the time was short before the cx-
pira,ion Of The terms Of the Board then net
rnI that an election could not be hdd, aud
this law vas ouiy intended To- supply tempo
rary Board entIi an election could be propclly is
heId BY The peore.
Ven No /, March 81.
an Act pfdulli Abfaid'h VI hns'N
tie ulnt to construct u tod bridge ACROSS The
American River AZ Negro I'r"ui'Wo uei u
created Il cop RI ion ~ pea. act, amt was
consequently uur. institutional.
We are informed bv The iugh'st legal "n
t'urJty that 90 order :" constitute c"fP"I"-
tou There are .G,e iactd ntt, as i"."">;
lsl. Prnc,ud succ' s-l'u ~. !" sue
or BE- sued, rupcai or be implcai q g'a"t
or receive 10y us cHpor.He nGufe. ana q" "lI
other ac,s ~ a natural prrson. 81. !" phr-
chase lands and hu 4 them tor the benefit Il
themselves and their successors. An. 10
have common seal. 9th 10 mike bye
laws or private sta' utrs for the government Of
the corporation. These five powers are in
separably iJcident 10 every corp ration role
as well as eggregote.' See Black. Com.
4C7.
That must indeed be fcr,id Imagination
F hat could Gpd AN these powers and rights 10
/ the simple privilege Of building toll bridge.
Bot the % section Of article 4th Of the Com
.titulon is referred TO as bringing II within
/ the meaning Of the term coIPofainn. sad
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