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It will be a s iurc of congratulation to oar friend to hear, ss it is of great pride and pleasure with ourselves to KUte that the Masjiolu, like it noble namesake, ha'ing triumphed over the first discouraging cir cumstmiceet under whice it was planted, ha taken permanent root, and is no in a condition of tiger and promise, which justifies the hope that it will bring forth goodliest fruit, and attain all the green honor of a hardy growth, a long life, and a peren nial freshness to the Ut. It subscriber are in creasing daily, it typographical garment will soon be a flowing and beautiful a the beat among ita contemporaries; and among the fine intellects a- semhled and secured to maintaia its inUtoal char acter, rray be enumerated many of the most, ac- eompnaned pame of which the South ran boast. 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The u tual size lor Newspipej i: 23x33, bet if a different size be wanted, it mutt be mentioned in the order All kinda of Paper for printing Pamphlets, and Colored Paper for covering the same, constantly kept on handi MANNASAH SATER. SPEECH OF MR. RAYNER, of North Carolina, On the veto of the Revenue Bill by the acting Pres ident, and on tba proposition to so amend the Constitution as to reatrict ths veto power of Lb Executive. Delivered in the House of Representatives, United States, August 18, 1842. (COICLVBSB.) tn neither of the four bills which have bern met with the Executive veto, wltiih- In the last twelve months, neither the act ing President nor any of hit advocates, have pretended that Congress haiattemp ed to 'strip ol hit authorities,' or invade (he rights' of the Executive and that he resorted to the veto for the purpose of 'de fending himself.' I need not, therefore, argue that point. I admit that Mr. Ham ilton, in the number of 'the Federalist' to which I have referred, does so further, and says: 'But tbe power in question has a further use. It not only served as a shield to the Executive, but it furnished an additional securty sgainst the enaction of improper laws. It established a sa'uta ry check upon the legislative body, calcu lated ta guard the community against the efforts of taction, precipitancy, or of any impulse unfriendly to the public good, which jnay happen to influence a, -majority of that body.' I hnv heard this relied on by the advocates of the indiscriminate ve to, upon grounds of mere expediency and Executive discretion, as an authority in their favor. Rut, sir, mark the language: the author does not say that one of the ob- jecli, in conferring the veto, was 'to guard the community against the carets ol mo tion, precipitancy, or of any impulse un friendly to the public good but mention! this result as 'a further use' of the powerj meaning, of course, when constitutionally exercised by the Executive for the pur pose or 'defending himself against the de predations of the Legislature.' Of course this veto can be obly constitutionally and rightfully exerted for ths purpose of an swering 'the primary inducement' for con ferring it, That primary inducement, Mr. Hamilton tells us, was 'to enable the Ex ecutive to defend himself.' And when he tells us, in the next line that the 'seconda ry' inducement 'it to increase the chances in favor of the community against the pass in"; of bad laws, through haste, inadvert ences or design,' what can he mean, ac cording to the rales of fair interpretation, but that these benefits are the rttulti, that will ner.fsarilyy follow an exercise of the pnwer, in accordance with the purpose of conferring it. These 'incidental chances in favor of the community,' mutt of course . . , ia physical resources the land of our sires, and the WEDNESDAY,. OCT. 5, 1812. be subordinate to 'the primary inducement' fur granting the power from which they necessarily follow. And the truth is, we can hardly suppose a case of flagrant usur pation by the Legislature, on the rights of the f.xecutive, that would not be the oR spring 'of faction,' precipitancy, or some impulse unfriendly to the public good.' uive this language, however, the most broad and liberal construction admit for the argument's take that the Executive, may, at his discretion, veto a bill, the pas sage of which is (lie result of 'faction, pre cipitancy, or an impulse unvetoed, was the result of oiiher ol those causes! Was it tbe effect of faction?' So far from it. it is a measure, of all others, free from the charge uf faction) a measure for the sup port of the Government a measure, pass ed mainly by a Whig majority, for (lie sub sistence of an Administration opposed to' them. And, as to the insertion id the twenty-seventh section, which provides for permanent distribution of the land pro ceeds, it is well known that this, for years has been a great and leading principle of that party who elevated John lyler to ol fke, and whom he has so basely betrayed. Was the passage of this last revenue bill Ihe effect of 'precipitancy?' So far from it, it had, for months, undergone the most laborious research and deliberation, both in committee and in the House and the Committee of Ways and Means and the Whig majority have been frequently taunt eil by the 'peculiar friends' of John Tyler, for the tardiness and delay with which they bi ought this measure to its consumalion. And so far from the insertion of Ihe twenty-seventh section being the result of a hasty and precipitate impulse, it was strictly in accordance with what had been, for many long years of patient toil and de libera'e consideration, a cardinal print iple of the Whig party. Was the passage ol Urn last revenue bill the 'effect' of an 'im pulse unfriendly to the public good?' Mr. Tyler will not say this, and his advocates cannot say it lor him, alter his having, years since, recommended, in the Virgin ia Legislature, the distributiim jaf live pub lic! land proceeds, as 'the most just and e- quit able plan' of fulfilling those 'compact between the proprietor States and tlnsUo vernment,' which, he savs In hia message at (tie extra session, -cxpressiy guaranty to the States oil the benefits which may arise from the sales.' And, whether or not this idea of land distribution be the 'effect of an impulse unfriendly to the public good,' it is n qeslion which the people have tlect ded for themselves. For, no matter what may have been the different opinions en tertained, in different sections, on other subjects, by the great triumphant party ol 1840, yet the question ol land distribution was a great leading measure with that par ty in every State in the Unnion, with the exception perhaps of Georgia. Three fourths of the Legislatures of the Slates have deliberately pasted resolutions in la vor of the system. The people have leci ded this question, not on momentary tin pulse, but deliberately decided it, after yeara of discussion; and who shall dare to gainsay their behest r The enly grouud tlien.on which this last veto can be sustained is, that the bxecu live is to a co-ordinate branch of the legisla ture department of the Government; and that upon mere reason of expediency or dis cretion, he may annul the deliberate acts of the two Houses of Congress. Mr. Saunders here eaid that he wished to ask a question of his colleague. He had heard that his colleague had said, had he been present on the passage of the bill, he should have voted against it. He wished his colleague to say how he would iiave vo ted, hid he been here? Mr. Ray ner said he did not recognise the right of the gentleman to propound to him any such inquiry, and what he should rsay in repiy to nis question, ne saiu as a matter ot lavor to the gentleman and not as a matter of right Even il he had voted a gainst the bill, had he been present, yet it would not have altered his opinions of (he reason contained in the Veto message, lie considered that the acting Presiden in t4njf 4he bitt etv 4heTeasfl he had as signed, had exceeded the privileges confer- rru on mm oy me ionstiiuuoo. ne con sidered that the Executive had no right to veto aa act of Congress, unless upon Ihe ground that it was an unconstitutional ex ercise of power, and he much doubted even then whether he had the right to exercise the veto, unless Congress encroached en the constitutional priviledges of the Exe ctive.t The Itt section of the tst article ol Ihe Constitution, declares, that 'a legislative powers herein granted, shall be vetted in tVongrett of the United states, which shall consist of a Senatt and House of lupresentahves? How then can it be pre tended, that Ihe Executive is a component part ol the Legislature? How can any moderately liberal constructionist even, insist, that the pnwer of the veto was in tended to annul this first section of the Constitution, by giving to (he Executive, a portion of that, all ot which it herein 'vested io Congress?' And the exercise of the veto, upon mere expediency or discre tion, most unquestionably hat that rrtett The Congress here does net consist of the President, Senate, and Mouse olKepreien stives is the Parliament does ofRiag, Lords, and Commons but the Constitu tion expressly savs, it 'shall consist of a Senate and House of Representative!. " 1 No. 40. And the 8th section of Ui article of Ihe Constitution shjs, the Congress,' viz: the Senate ami House ol representative, shall have power tn lay and collect taxes, duties, imports, and excises, to nay the debts, ice. , of the United States. ' Of course then, the Senate and House of Represents lives must have the power to srlect such mode for laying duties, as they, in their discretion, may suppose will be most con ducive to the general welfare' provided they do not thereby infringe any other pro vision fr the Constitution. Have they nut then, the est Itisive right, in providing for paying the debts of the United States, in such a war as they may consider m st con ducive to the general welfare of the coun- try, to declare that they will provide lr the payment of the public debt by laying duties only; and that i':e lantl proceeds '' all (lie betielits' ol which, Mr- lyler loiu us, were 'expressly guarantied to the States, by compacts, shall be 'distributed in just proportion among all the htafesr II" therels any one power which the (ea rners of the Constitution Intended to en trust to Congress ulon, free from all oth er influence or control whatever, it was the money or taxing power. . Anil wen might they, for the history of all modern Governments taught them, that this power of taxation is the lever of despotism in mo dern timet. There is hardly anv country in Christendom, at the present time, where the -persons of men are net free from vio lation still the power ot taxing them, ot depriving them of the fruits of their labor, has outlived the torture and the rack in most of the Governments of Europe. And so jealous were the framers of the Consti tution ot the abuse ol this power, that they not only confined it exclusively lo the Congress, but in the 7th section of the 1st article of the Constitution, they provided that all bills for raising revenue shall on innate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments, as on other Dins.' ionic immediate Representatives of the people only, is given the power to Qriginale reve nue bills; and to the Senate only is given the power to propose or concur w ith amend ments. All interference on the part of the Executive is her strictly guaHed anainst and yet the acting President ha dared to veto a bill, because it was not amended to suit him, because the odious 27th sec tion wat not stricken out; for to the rate of duties he offered no objection. In England the taxing power is even more stric'ly guarded than in our Consti tution. There the commons only, have the power to originate and pened revenue bills; the Lords cannot even amend them. If we examine the history ot this power in England, from the period immediately following the conquest, to the reign of Henry IV, we find that the granting atdt to the King, was the great instrument by which the Parliament grauuallv wrested from the Monarch, the arbitrary preroga tives, by which he had oppressed the na tioo. The warlike and energetic Edwards were compelled to purchase the subsidies lor carrying in their wars, by a surrender ot a portion ot their despotic prerogatives. And from the reign of Henry IV, when the commons inserted in their puruniary grants, that the King could not lawfully raise such aids, without the content of the Lords and Commons,' down to the pres ent time, this limit to the amount and sources of taxation, has been the great con servative principle of liberty to the r.n glish people. The right ol the people, through their representatives, to tax them selves in their own way, is the great bar and preventive to executive despotism as it existsin modern times, in Ihe civilized com modifies. If this princple is hallowed by by time, and canonized in the hearts of the English prole, as the great source and preservation of their freedom; shall we, who boast of much freer institutions than theirs, surrender without a struggle? Shall we allow the executive, either to amend or defeat a revenue bill, when, by the Constitution, the Senate only has the pow er to propose amendments? If the rigid exercise of this powrr over the revenue is neeesHiry 4o a rresf- Exetotfvesurpathm in England, why not equally so herv? It is the very nature of all power, to seek to enlarge ilself; its' possession is equally flattering, and its exercise equally tempt ing, in all governments. And when we see how alarming Executive power nas increas ed, how far beyond the most dwta,nt-fVars home of onr affections. of the framers of the Conslitution; buhtljfo. jjj fiot Intend to tie our institutions we not to ne aitrmeti at tne prospeci, mat this veto power is likely to strike from our hsnds this great weapon of free principles the taxing power, unfettered and uncon trolled? If the Executive, in addition to the other growing powers, ia to be quietly permitted to usurp what will our Govern ment be, but an elective despotism? ' Those who contend so strenuously for the unqualified veto, insist that the power in the Constitution to 'return' bills with thel'objections' of the Executive,' if he do not approve' them, give him unlimited discretion In regard to the matter. It not this reasoning in violation of every con servative' principle of the Constitution? Would not the wanton and faction, exer cise of this power, without control, lead either to the concentration of all ettential legislation in the Executive or, other- ... , . , . r i wise, arrest the wheels of Governmet y case the Legislature would refuse to yield? And can it be appposed. that the founders of the Constitution, iafended to confer on any department of Ihe nvernnieBt, iny discretionary powtr, whkh might be,n' tonly exercised fnrsqth a dftas'mus .ur foarf Suchan argument inrirly at a nam a with -what xnmiiitm "relsi.n tit suprov to have b en t hjre,! rbri'ei ting sui h a own a il the i onXi nccf which wiilild ii'eWlUy flow fiy in it, aht.vt , thai it would plant in the Constitution, the genu of its nun drMrur 'iuii, Ai d ill jui'g mg i f lite i x't iit to which thf veto ptwrf may be i'igh:fully un'tl, ou,ht .we not itv look tn the i-bjetls intended Jn be.tffec'fd by it. and the consequences likely to grow out of'iis unlimi'ed exorci ?Viie who contend that the Constitutiiiii, jjla' ea no limit to Executive tlixcretiun In ihe use nf the veto, must still admit, that ti e rulhoi of that instrument nrver imet dt d t rten Jsuspey.ted, that it would become of urli common, and almost daily, report by the Executive.ua we row witness still lens. (that it would be" made to subserve the gratification of w irked and malignant pas sion, . In the debate on lliis'subject in the Federal Convrntion, Mr. Wilson said: "He, thought there was no danger of the pow er beinjf too nmrh' exercised. He believed, tit "ttert did, that thi power would tcldum tt uted." Mr. Hamilton mentioned- "That the King? of Great Britain had not ex erted hie ne ffntive since the revolution." In the 73d number of ihe 'Federalist' we we find the following: "The iiipprior weight and influence oflhele jilajjya hndy tn a free gowernmrnt, and the I'azard lo the Executive, in a trial of strength with that body, afford a satisfactory security, that the native would generally be employed and with great caution; and that in its exorcise, there would oftener be room for a charge of ti midity than of rashness.' 'If a magistrate ao powerful, and so well fortified, as a British Mon arch, would have scruples about the exercise of the power, under consideration, how much great er caution may be reasonably "expected hi a Pre sident of the United states, clothed for the shoit period of foor years, with ihe Executive authot My of a Government wholly and purely republi can! MM evident, that" there would ba great ianger of hi not using his power when rurei- tary, than of his tiding it loo often, or too much'' Ah, little dul ihe statesmen and sages who bequeathed to us ihe 'government u n -tier whii h we live, suppose, that in fifty years the Executive veto was not only to paralyze the legislative action of Congn s?) but that it was daily to be threatened here in advance, for the purpose of frightening from their duty Ihe assembled Represent atives of the nation! It must be admit ed by all, no matter what may be their opin ions as to the extent ot the use ot tins pow er, as conferred In the Constitution, that the authors of that instrument never con templated or su!pected,that the use ot this powej would become of such common oc currence, ss we now witness- It must be admitted, that it was intended to be exe- cuted rarely, and on eventful occasions" In the lapse of time, it has no turn ou that what was designed to balance the dif ferent departments of our tystem, now threatens to destroy thatequiiibrium, which it was intended tn preserve. What waa designed as the extreme medicine of the Constitution, to be administered in Ihe last resort, hat by wicked quacks been con verted into its daily bread. The object which the fathers of the Constitution had in view in conferring the power in ques tion, has been defeated. It no longer an swers the purposes which it was designed. It perverts the intent, and threatens to de stroy the intended operation, of Ihe very instrument which it was intended to pre serve. This is the evil under which we now suffer. The next question is, what is the remedy? This brings me to the consideration of the resolution reported by the committee, proposing such an amendment of the Con stitution, as will enable a majority of ihe whole number, ot the two Houses, to piss a bill, even after it has failed to receive the Executive approval. It listened attentive I v to the gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr. Marshall,) who spoke against this resolu tion; and eloquent and instructive, at he usually is, yet he failed to adduce any convincing argument sgainst it. He test ed his argument mainly, apon the ground of his ardent devotion to the Constitution, and his deep veneration for the memory ot the taget who 'framed it. He said 'tney had the whole ground before them, 1otli the past, and the time to come. I claim not to be behind the gentleman from Ken tucky, in respect ami veneration for the memory of those great and good men, but never yet, did I suppose, they were en dowed with the gift of prescience. How could they foreknew the difficulties of the future? How could their mortal ' Vision pierce the dim vista of coining aget, anil provide for all the conjunctures that were likely to arise under an untried and com plex system? Tia true they surveyed the history of the past, and what did that his tory ten memr it iota tnem mat, me great murceofthe destruction of the govern mentt of the world, that had gone Wore, wa, that they did not contain the conserv ative, self sustaining principle ot their own amendment, ami adaptation to the chang- ngipnii ii, me age out mat tney nan to be renmitplL 1 -V revolution anil Klnnd ' together "with a Gordian knot.which could only be ftjt by the sword. They dul not think themselves as infallible,' as the gen-' tlemati from Kentucky seems to consider them (a have been. They wisely profit-1; ed by the lessons of the experience, and provided in this , tame Constitution,' the means and this mode of amending if, when' time should prove its failure to answer any ' of the purpose designed by its creation. In the debate in the Federal Convention on thisclaute in the Conslitution. pmviil ing for fu'are amendments, Mr,' Gerrf taid: , ' ' ' -7 The novelty and difficulty of the experiment ' requite periodical revision. The prospect ef such a reviaioo would alto give intermedial) tability to ih Government - , - . . ,, Mr. Alason 'urged the necessity oftnch a pre vition Ihe pun now to be foimed ' will cer- isiuiy osj ueiecive.aa mo soineuerauoB ubs neen found on trial to be. . amendments, therefor, Vdl be necessary; aod It will b better to -pro. vide for them In an easy, regular, and eonsiiin- tional way, ihao to trust to chance end violence.'

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