Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-11-26

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1t " not uncommon to decaim against the
patronage in the hands of the Executive a.
too large TO make us sure of the purrtv o
our legislation. Yet there Is one source Of
which little notice has been taken, though i,
n one OF the most miscellaneous and most t.
b dreaded-we mean the power OF bestow
ing odices within the territories.
Look 1t the map Of the United States, and
zee over how large a region the territorial
eystem makes the President Of the United
States q Temporary sovereign Washington
ana oregon, with an industrious p pulation
vast sca-shcrc, mighty rivers and large
guile and lnvs, below Oregon the territory
Of utsh, with one populous city below
Utah the ancient province of New Mexico
thNay inhabited, but with settlements in
some parts that date back for ccnturi,s-
East Of this legion we have Nebraska. al
ready ripe for subdivision and Kansas. RAJ
IDLY becoming populous, and of the western,
part OF which it is expected to form new
territory. Besides these Is the region called
Arizona, lying south of y Mexico, already
expecting to be endowed with IA territorial
government to be soon bestowed on it hy
Congress. Here is broad belt of coun-
try extending from the frontier of the
British possessions on the north to the Mex
lean states on the south region large
enough for mighty empire, already sprink-
led with thriving settlements, and fttel by
its undeniable advantages of soil and climate
Do be the abode OF many million Of indus
trious and contented people. Over all this
group of provinces che Executive of our fed
eral goyernm mt possesses monarchical
thority. lie is the Sultan and they are the
pachaliks of his empire he appoints the
Governors and their secretaries, and calls
them at pleasure, to substitute inca more
eubservient the land offices are filled with
his creatures he places his tavoritcs in the
tribunals OF justice. appoints the marshals
who execute their decisions, and concen-
trates at his pleasure tie armed force of the
republic at the military stations within their
boundaries.
A President with so splendid a patronage
WAS certainly not contemplated by those who
framed our constitution They meant to
confer on the Chief Magistrate only such
powers as could be exercised within the linz
tied sphere OF the federal government, and
no more dreamed of placing under his domin-
non a vast colonial empire, the several PROV
inces of which he was to rule by his st raIs,
than giving king to their thirteen states.
Instead of u Chief Magistrate, we have now,
so far as the territories arc concerned, an
Emperor.
tits not to bc wondered at, therefore, that
the complaint should arise Of improper in
Auence employed to make Congress adopt
measures which are convenient to the Exc
cutive, and not the Legislative branch of
our government, too often makes the laws
the Presidents voice is heard in the ayes and
nays.
If General TAYLOR had lived. the Comprom-
Use measures, including the Fugitive Slave
law, would not have been enacted his
heart was fixed upon different method of
settling the slavery question. Almost i'm
mediatey after his death these measures
were carried through by a very close vote,
under the pressure of Executive influence
The Kansas and Nebraska bill was motor.
iously carried by purchased votes the meas
ure Of last session. which has b come infl-
nous under the name of the English bill, is
understood to have been forced Ibrouch the
House of REPRESENTATIVES bv the aid Of per-
suasions equally disbonorablc. We must
str;n the the Executive Of ibis mower 10 do
mischief as fast AS We can.
When our constitution was adontcd thirty
thousand inhabitants in n district If any
Of the states we're sufficient to entitle il to a
representative in CONGRESS- At present il
is proposed to keen Kansas ont of the Union
until she has ninety thousand Has any,
thin, occurred since tn, present country
came in, to make colony With thirty thou
eapd settlers less fit for self-royerpment than
II would have been fiftv vears since If we
90 hack to the precedent fixed bv tn, a,od
sense of our fathers after mature cousIder;,-
ton, We do not see how we can reuse to