Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-07-05
ANOTHER VETO MESSAGE.

return to the House of Representatives.
in which it originated. the bill entitled An
United States MarlH ais and their General
Deputies. with the following objections to its
becoming a law: The bill appropriates the
sum of 5000 for the payment, during the
fiscal year endin1 June 80, 1850, OF United
States Marshals and their General Deputies.
The Officers thus a f9p tSs aae ags Tbev
were created and their powers and duties de-
fined by Congress. at its first session aiter
dietary act, which was approved september
"a, 1883. Their general duties, as defined In
the act which originally established them,
were substantially the same as those pre-
scribed in the statutes now in force. The
principal provision on the subject in the Re-
vised Statutes as follows:
"Sec 7s7. 1t shall be the duty of the Mar
shal of each district to attend the District
and Circuit Courts, when sitting therein, and
to execute throughout the district all lawful
precepts directed to him and issued under
the authority of the United States, and he
assistance In the execution of his duty"
The original att was amended February 49,
1195, and the amendment is now found In the
Revised Statutes in the following form:
"Sec. 7sS. Marshals and their deputies shall
have in each State the same powers in ex-
ecuttng the laws of the United States as
Sheriffs and their deputies in such State may
have by law in executing the laws thereof"
By subsequent statutes additional datfes
Marshals and their deputies, the due
and regular performance OF which Is
required for the efficiency Of almost
every branch of the public service. With
out these officers there would be no means
of executing warrants, DEGREES or other pro.
cess OF the courts ana m fv tae
criminal Jurisdiction OF the S1us.s S, oi Ill .,Ie
United Stats Is y@es @ sr;, ,prs6e,oo af
the United States are all cognizable only in
courts of the United States, while crimes
Operations of the Government such as forg.
ing or counterfeittng money or securities of
the United States; crimes against the postal
laws; offenses against the elective franchise,
against the civil rights of citizens, and
against the existence of the Government; ;
crimes against the internal revenue laws
the laws for the protection of Indians
and the public lands-all of these crimes
under the United States laws, the laws
which, taken together, constitute the body OF
that jurisprudence which Is vital 70 the wei.
fare of the whole country, and which can be
enforced only by means of the Marshals and
Deputy Marshais of the United States. In
the District of Columbia all of the process OF
the courts is executed by the officers in quesi
ton. In short the execution of the criminal
laws of the United States, the service of all
civil process in cases in which the Unfted
States is party, and the execution of the
revenue laws, the neutrality laws and many
the mainte nance Of MarshaIs and their depu-
ties. They are in effect only the police OF the
United States Government. Ohhcers with
fonnd i1 every state Of the Union and n
every country which has a Jurisprudence
worthy of the name. To deprive the Nation.
al Government of these officers would be as
disastrous to society as to abolish the Sher-
ifs, Constables and police officers in the sew
eral States. Il would be denial to the Unit, :,
denial of al authority which requires the
| use of civil force. The law entities these Of
ficers to be paid, and the funds needed for
| the purposes have been collected from the
people and are now in the Treasury. No OBJ
| lection is therefore made to that part OF the
the support of Marshals and Deputy Mar
| shals OF the United States. The bill contains
| however, other provisions, which are tden.
second section of the bnl entitled
IAN act making appropriations foi
| of the present month, was returned to the
House of Representatives with my objection
| to its approval The provisions referred tc
"Sec q That the sums appropriated IN
| this act, for persons in the public service EN-
peasens m and tbe pSbIic service for the fisca
| year ending June 80 lSS0, and no department
| or officer of the Government shall. during
sala hsGa abeY for the any fgtare payment
| money under any of the provisions OF Titl'
26 (mentioned in the section of this act), un
contract or pay such liability shall have frs
been made by law"
| resentatives of the bill which contained
| these provisions, it lacked the constitutions
| majority, and therefore failed to become
| law. In order to secure its enactment th'
| same measure Is again presented for my ap
| proval, coupled in the bill before me will
appropriations for the support of Marshae
and their deputies during the next fisca
year. The object manifestly, is to place be
fore the Executive this alternative: either Z
allow the necessary functions of the publf
service to be crippled or suspended for wan
of the appropriations required to keep then
in operation, or to approve the Legislation
| which in official communications to Congress
he has declared would be a violation of IN
constitutional duty. Thus in this hill tn
principle is clearly embodied that by vtrtu
of the provision of the Constitution whicl
requires that all bills for raising revenu
| should originate in the House of Representa-
tives, a bare majority of the House of Repre-
| sentatives has a right to withhold an appro
| priation for the support of the Government
| unless the Executive consents to approve an
| legislation which may be attached to the ap
| preparation bills.
| respectfully refer to the communication
| on this subject which have sent to Congress
| during its present session, for n statement Q
| the grounds of my conclusions, and desir
| here merely to repeat that, In my Judgment
to establish the principle of this bill Is .
| make a radical, dangerous and unconstitu
tional change in the character of our inst
tutions.
| ISignedl RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
EXECUTIVE MANSION. June 80, 1872.