giiimate, who wasitbel administering priest
to the tinhallowed rites? It is objected to
this bill that it is both a revenue and an
ceived froni,,,..the Senate and imtnediately
taken up the question being on concurrence
51.?
ture, which could only result» from the
overflowing happiness of an innocent heart.
constituted, was laid low in death. The As the period approached, when the so
President. who had called the meeting of called compromise rarifl‘ was to be consum-
Congress was no longerthe President \\ hen mated. leaving the Government without, any
The Post Route bill from the Hon
ordered to a third reading.
The Senate at half past three too
kit re-
Her unworldliness of character seemed to with the Svnate’s amendments. _ , y _ _ , _ _
shed an almost infantine charm around her Mr Clifford moved to lay the bill on the ccss of two hours, when they reasserilpled the Congress ‘met. A successor ofthe other revenue. tariff sanctioned by law, the pru- appropriation bill. What then ? Is not the
and inspired an ;,,,,,,j,,,,,,.,,,.,, respect for the table, negntived._yeas 65, nays I20; nearly and were engaged in Executive sessiorto a had assumed the title, with totally differ: ni .'lenceofCongress, without precipitatiugtbeir act ofSeptembcr 4, ]84l,approved andsigned
l Principles. though professing the same at his ‘lecision upon the permanent system which by the President himself. both a revenue and
purity ._which- knows no evil, and suspec.ts_no
guile. But such traits. lovely and feminine
as they may be, are rarely combined with
strength of mind. Helen was all that men
seek in the idol of their earnest youth——all
that women might ever be. if She 00“
hedged round by d
guard her from disappointment and treachery
and sorrow. But alas! in a world like this
where freshness of feeling. like thcdew upon
the flower. is exhaled in the morning Of'.llft.‘
or, if still retained, must be hidden front view
like the honey drop in the blossoms perfum-
ed chalice, something more IS red_"‘_”’d ‘Tl
woman than mere gentleness and timid reli-
am;e_ Vvitboot some latent strength ofchar-
gore;-, veiled by sweetness and tenderness,
woman is but a plaything. 3 t0Y- 3 P”PP"‘ '0
amuse the idle hour of listlessness. but utter-
ly useless in the days of uarkess and despoti-
dency. "How beautiful it is to love_with the
Item! and with the mind ."’ exclaimed the
gifted Madame de Stael; and only those
who have felt the power of such a love, can
fully appreciate the enthusiasm which
prompted the remark. Helen Hazlehurst
was not calculated to inspire such aflisction.
she possessed all the qualities which are‘
most lovely in childhood, or even in early
maidenhood, but which unless connected
with some loftier traits, are apt to degenerate
into common place feelings in latter life.
For two years Harry Eustace 000310“?
to fill the station which alone could afford a
competent knowledge of his fu_tu re profession-
His Cl'.lyS were devoted to business, his eve-
nings to the society of Helen, and as there
were many kinds of gossips ready to spread
abroad the tidings of their engagement. It
was soon understood that she was to be left
to the exclusive attentions of her lover, The
error so prevalent in society, which induces
a girl, as soon as she becomes affianced. to
seem utterly irreproachable to all others than
her future husband-—an error which tends
to narrow her mind, and deprive her of one
ofthe most effectual sources of intellectual
improvement-—-was practiced to the fullest
extent in this case. Every body knew that
Helen was engaged and therefore it became
necessary for every body to treat her in a
manner differing as much fromthe familiari-
ty which might be permitted if she, were
married, as from the attentive politeness
which was her due previous to her betrothal.
The young lover immersed in business from
morning ‘till night, felt no disposition to
mingle in thegaieties of society, and Helen
happy in the few hours which she daily
spent with him, cared little for the pleasures
which had formerly attracted her. The. life
of both had become only a quiet round of
riionotonous duties and gentle affections,when
an event occurred which disturbed the calm-
ness of their feelings, just in time, perhaps to
prevent utter stagnation.
Eustace was not without friends who were
both able and willing to assist him in his
claims upon fortune; for it is the way of the
world to cheer on man in the pursuit of
wealth. although many a stumbling block
would be thrown in his path if he were
seeking the unreal gift of fame. An advan-
tageous offer was made him. which seemed
to ofier every prospect of success, but it in-
volved the necessity of banishment from his
native land. The agency of a factory, and
certain facilities for private speculation,
atvaite-J him in China, while only the slow
accumulations of industry and economy
seemed promised him at home. Trueto his
sense of honor and dirty Eustace referred the
decision to Helen, and frankly stated all the
advantages ofa temporary separation, while
he. described the small chance which was
now afforded him of rapid success. He
meant not to influence her decision, but in
his attempt at impartial argument, he evinc-
ed so plainly his own wishes. that the timid
and selfdistrusting girl, accustomed to rely
implicitly on his judgement, decided against
herself. With tears such as never before
dimmed her bright eyes, she conjured him
to do whatever was most to his advantage,
and Eustace impressed with the belief that
he should be thus enabled to claim his bride.
decided to accept the proffered good. Full
of hope, and exulting in the prospect of a
speedy return, he repressed his sorrowful
emotions, and soothed the griefof the devoted
Helen. His friend. Frank Hargrave, re.-
ceived the last grasp of his hand ere the ship
gave her sails to the wind, as he stood upon
deck, straining his eyes to behold the faint
outline of the companion ofhis early studies.
while the remembrance of a gentle &. tearful
face rose before his mental vision, even the
eager‘ gold seeker felt that wealth might be
too dearly bought.
To be Continued.
Congressional.
p~—_r
Correspondence of the N. York Tribune.
Moivnxv, Aug. 29.
In Senate to day. the House. bill to repeal
the twenty per cent clause of the distribution
bill, wastaken up and without debate read a
third time and passed—yeas 23, nays I9, as
follows:
Yeas—'.\Iessrs.. Barrow. Bayard, Choate,
Clayton, Conrad. Crafts Chittendeo, Dayton.
Evens, Graham. Huntington. Mangum, Miller,
Morehead, Phelps. Porter, Simmons. Smith of
Ia..Sprague Tallmage. White and Woodbridge,
Nays—Messrs., Allen. Bagby, Benton. Bitc-
hanan, Calhoun, Cuthheri, Fulton. Henderson,
King, Linn. Preston, Rives. Sevier. Sturgeon,
Tappan, Walker, Woodbur_y,Wrigbt. Young.
The resolution from the House depriving
members of Congress of their pay when
voluntarily absent from their seats was final-
ly disposed of by reference to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
On motion of Mr Whiteithe vote by which
the bill to regulate the taking of testimony
in cases ofcontested elections , was referred
to the committee on the Judiciary was recon-
sidered and the bill was passed, yeas '25,
nays 19. , ._
The resolution for adjournment was taken
up, and alga being modified to fix the day
at ‘Wednesday thifsi week, at two o’clock, was
agreed to. _
The rarrrfinder .of.the._day to a late hour
tvaiir consumed in Executive Session.
In the Houfihe Revenue bill, was re
"9-V‘ ..
. - -2-
ld be
efence on all sides, to
two to one in a reasonably full house.
fthe Senate were con-
Thc amendments o _
d with one
curred in without a division an
exception, on mzzsse.
and thus the Revenue bill is finally passed.
The bill limiting the sale of the loan ‘at
par, and authorising in case it is iiotnegotia-
ted the issue of treasury notes for the immedi-
ate wants of Government in lieu of so tnuch
ofthe loan as was taken up in Committee of
the whole on the Union, a resolution having
been adopted to terminate debate in two hours
Mr Fillmore briefly explained its necessity
to prevent the sale of Government stock below
par, and stated the present demands of the
Treasury to be about $4,000,000 to meet
which there was not one cent provided.
Mr Arnold expresssed dissatisfaction with
the bill and with the Whigs for passing it
prescribing as the proper remedy ‘to bring
John Tyler and his office-holders to their
senses’ that recommended in Scripture of
‘fasting and praying’ for two years; and
went for withholding supplies teinporarily.
Debate now ceased Mr Bates moved an
amendment to strike out that part authori-
zing the issue of Treasury notes, and one
prohibiting the issue of certificates except on
bona._/ialeloans—-both of which were rejected.
The bill -was then reported to the House,
where after a speech from Mr Stanly, the
amendment of Mr Botts relative to the cer-
d tificates of loan was adopted——yeas I02, noes
46, and the bill was passed——yr-as ll5, noes
38. and sent to the Senate.
The resolution for adjourn~i'ent was re-
ceivcd front the Senate and concurred in.
The bill regulating the testimony in cases
of contested election was taken up the ques-
tion being on concurrence in the Senate’s
amendments. Messrs Wise and W W Ir
win severally moved to lay the hill on the
table; rejected.
The amendment providing that this or the
apportionment act shall not apply to the
28th Congress in States elected by general
ticket was non concurred in; yeus 66; pays
92. Another amendment was non t'.Ol'l(‘.lJl'l‘t'(l
in, and several were agreed to. The bill
was then returned to the Senate, and the
House adjourned.
Tut-zsn.-iv. August 30.
in the House, the bill to reorganize the
Navy Department was taken up in Com
mittee ofthe Whole on the Union.
Mr King 0fGa. (a member of the Naval
Committee) spoke an hour in explnnatiori
and advocacy of the provisions of the bill.——
Debate then ceased. Several amendments
offered by Mr Wise, from the committee on
Naval Afiiiirs, tendfngto redtictions from the
Senate ball were adopted, and- the bill was
reported to the House, where it was passed:
yeas ll7, nays 36--an amendment of Mr
Adams prohibiting the transfer of appropria-
tions having been agreed to.
The Revenue bill was returned with the
signature of the President, and a Iffcssage in
writing was also received. Said inessage
was, on motion of N1!‘ Bolts. taken up nrid
read by the clerk, and proved to be rt protest
against Mr Adam’s report on the Veto, on
the ground that it was an ex parlc trial and
condemnation of him for having conscien-
tiously performed his duty in objecting to
a bill; that it was an infringement of his
rights as an individual, and through him on
the Executive Department of Government,
&c. &c.
The reception and reading ofthe message
caused considerable interest and excitement
in the House. After the reading was con
cluded, Mr Adams briefly stated that he still
maintained the doctrines of the report. and
that it having been adopted by the House,
the protest was against the action of the
House, and it would be for the House to dis-
pose of it.
Mr Bo_t_ts, in few and pungent remarks.
declared the absurdity of this crowning act
of the Presideni’s weakness Gr. vacillation, re-
peated his convictions that they should in
good faith proceed to impeach the President,
articles for which he should present next
session, and proceeded to read from Mr
Webster’s speech of 1834 on Jackson's pro-
test applying with great force to Mr Tyler.
He concluded by moving fotir resolutions,
three of which were adopted at that time by
the Senate. '
The previous question was moved and
carried, and after further difficulty for want
of a quorum and the rejection of a motion to
adjourn, the ‘resolutions were adopted, except
the last—the fi-rst by yeas 87, nays 46; the
second, yeas 86, nays 43; third yeas 8l.
nays 53; the fourth was rejected-—ye.'-is 5'2,
nays 69. The resolutions are as follows;
Resolved. That while this House is and ever
will be ready to receive from the President all
such messages and coinmunir.-alinns, as the cuti-
stituiion and laws and the usual course of pub
lic business authorize him to transmit to it, yet.
cannot recognize in him any right. to make; a
formal protest against vo‘es and proceedings of
this House. declaring such votes and proceetlings
to be illegal and unconstitutional and request-
ing the House to enter such a protest on its jour
nals.
Resolved. That the aforesaid protest is a breach
of privilege of the House, and that it. be not on-
tered on the journals.
Resolved. That the President of the United
States has no right to send a protest ioiliis House
against any ofiis proceedings.
Resolved, That the Clerk of this House be
directed to return the Message and protest to its
author.
The report of the committee of conference
on the bill relative to contested elections was
agreed to.
In Senate. the bill appropriating for the
Execution of the treaty with the Wyandot
Indians were passed.
The Fortification bill, from the House,
was taken up and; after brief consideration,
was passed with amendments, and returned
tothe House. The bill for the payrrgent of
Florida volunteers in 1838 and 1839 was
passed.
The report oftheCommittee of Conference.
on the bill relative to contested elections was
concurred in, (having been "by the House)
the bill only awaits the signature of the
President to become a law.
The amendments of the House to the bill
to reorganize the Navy Department were
concurred in, except one, and a committee of
conference was appointed.
late hour.
’ VVEDNESDAY, Aug. #4
To day at two o'clock P. M.—the dc-l°‘~
nated hoiir-—was terminated the Second . -
sion ofthe Twenty-Seventh Congress. at r
a continuance of thirty-eig ht and a half wees
and alter efli-ciiug all (within the power if
Congress) for the promotion of the publc
good and prosperity. ,‘
Numerous bills were disposed of and tle
machinery of le_r__:is-lation was kept in -raid
iriotiori for the last few hours. . l
ln Senate, the bill from the House lir(t-
ing the sale of the public Stock to par. ad
authorising the issue. ofthe 'l‘reasurv Nois
in lieu of $6,000,000thereol, ifnot negatiiitl
was passed, yeas 19, nays 9, as follows: '
Yea.~‘—Messrs' Bagby, Bates. Bayard. Ber.
rien, Choate. Conrail. Cniliberl. Evans, Fiiion
King. Linn, Phelps. Porter, Rims, Sr-ii.-r,
Strligli, of 1a.. Tallinatlge, Woodbury. Young,
Nays—Messrs. Allen. Benton Clay\on,.
Criitenden. Mangum, Preston, Toppan White,
Woodbrid_ge—-9.
Mr B:I_\'tlr(l submitted his resolutions tr
expunge the Expungiug R- solutions, and as
they were about to adjourn. he desired that
they lie over until the next Session,
l
same as was offered atthe extra session) tlllflil
they were all ordered to be printed and en-
tered on the Jouric~al.
After altering once or twice in afew min-l
tiles frotn Legislative to Executive session,
and ‘vice -verso. business was further transac-
ted with open doors‘ .
Mr Linn asked to be discliarged from th-
further consideration of a half bushel of petl-
tions on the subject of the Oregon Territory.
He stated that a bill was reported ft'oiii the
Select comiriittee declaring the title of the
United States, but he had failed to press the
subject on accotintof the recentnegociation
with Lord Ashburton..
The Committee was discharged.
Mr. King submitted the following resolu-
tion which was agreed to viz-,~_
Resolvccl,unanimously.Tliat the ilianksofibe
Senate be presented in ilie Hon. \V. P. Man-
gniii. for the ability and impartiality with wiiit-Ir‘
lie ltas iliscliarged the duties of Presidentpro (cm
of the Senate.
At different periods ofthe day, a variety of
and a large nuuiber of‘ bills signed by the
presiding officers of the two hriuses respect-
ively, and the President of the United States
who, as usual at the closing hours of Si.-s
sions of Congress. was on the ground ready
to perform his duty in the sanctioning of
(expedient and constitutional) irieasures.
Among the bills they perfi-cted and enact-
ed iiito laws, were the Fortification bill; the
bill authorizing the construction of a depot
for charts. and instruments of the Navy ;
regulating the aypoititmt-rit and pay of ex-
penses of the American Legrition at Mexico
on account of the Santa Fe prisoners, &c.
trcility Act was, artir brief discussion, laid‘,
on the table.
Much difiicnlty was experienced through-
out the day from the want of a quorum.
A letter of Mr \Vebst>-r, in vindication of
himself with reference to the Sylvester case,
was presented by Mr Cashing, laid on tho
table. and ordered printed.
The bill relative to contested elections and
the New Distribution bill, were not atiiong
the many received from the President during
the day. After entercliangiug the usual
messages with each other and with the Presi-
dent, the two Houses adjourned.
lllr. Adams’ Report.
The Message is the last of a series ofEx-
ecutive iiir-asures, the result of which has
been to defeat and nullify the whole action of
the Legislative authority of this Union upoti
the most important interests of the nation.
At the accession of the late President Ha r-
rison, by election ofthe people, to the Exec-
utive chair, the finances, the revenue, and
the credit of the country, were found in a
condition so greatly disord-rt-d and languish-
ing. that the first act of his administratioti
was to call a special session of Congress to
provide a remedy for thedistempered state of
the great body politic. It was even then a
disease of no sudden occurrence and of no
ordinary malignity. Four years before, the
inirnediate predecessor‘ of Grn. Harrison had
been constrained to resort to the satne expo-
dient, a special session of Congress. the re-
sult of which had only proved the first of a
succession of palliatives, purchasing rnomeu-
tarv relief at the expense of deeper seated dis
ease and :.tggrav.ttt~d syiiiptonisgrowing daily
more intense through the whole four vi-ms
ofthat Adininistration. It had t‘XP(’.nd(-‘ll,
from year to year, from eight to ten millions
b.-yotid its income, absorbing in that period
nearly ten millions pledged for deposit:-s
within the States. eight riiillions of stock in
the bank of the United States, from five to
six millions of trust funds. and as iiitich
'1‘re‘asur_v notes: and was sinking under its
mvn weight of improvidt-nce and. incompe-
tency. ‘
The sentence of a suffering people had
commanded a changein the atlminisiyation,
and the contemporaneous elections through-
out the Union had placed in both houses of
Congress majorities the natural opponents of
the principles which it was the will of the
peoplc should be substituted in the adminis.
itration of their government. instead of those
which had brought the country to a condi-
tion ofsuch wretchedness atid shame. There
was perfect harmony of principle between
the chosen President of the People and this
majority. thus constituted in both houses of
Congress; and the first act of his adminis-
ration was to call a special session of Con-
gress for their deliberation and action upon
the measures indispensibly necessary for re.
lief ofthe public distress, and to retrieve the
prosperity of the great comiriuiiity of the
nation.
On the 31st day of May, 1841, it-;ih;,, 3
months after the inauguration of President
Harrison, the Congress assembled at his
call. But the reins of the Executivecar was
already in other bands. By an inscrutable
decree of Providence the chief of the Peo-
ple’s choice. in harmony with whose princi-
Mr Bentob submitted a substitute, (theilo him for his
tliency by the majority o
lTtt"357lQes were exchangi (l by the two houses '
In the House, the bill to revive the Ne-u-gr
election, which, for from harmonizing, lilte they fondly hoped to establish, provided and
those of his immediate predecessor, with thi sent to the President a temporary expedient,
majority of both houses of Congress, were limiting their operation to ‘the space ofone
soon disclosed in diametrical opposition to month, during which to avoid, as they
hem.
The first developmentofthis new, and
most unfortunate. condition of the General they had suspended for th
Goveriirneiit was manifested by the failure, distt'ibution’of the proceeds of the salt s of the
once and again of the first great measure in-
tended by Congress to restore the CH'(
country, by the establishinerit ofa National
hauls’ a failure caused exclusively by the oper-
ation of the veto power by the President. In
the spirit of the Ct=n.=titution of the United
States, the Executive is not only separated
from the Lt-gislative power. but marl
pendent upon and responsible to ft.
lvery recrnily, it was sufficiently great to
impair the influence of any irieinber to he
sllSpi'(‘tt'(l of personal snbserviency to the
Exec.iilive;. and any rillusiori to his wislies
in debate iva< deemed a departure not
from decency than from order.
desire to avcoinniodate the action of Congress
to the opir
litoftlte
e de-
Until
less
An anxious
iion and wishes of Mr. Tyler, had
led to modifications ofthe first bill for thr-
estnblishiiient of:i National Bzink, presi:-nted
approval. ivitlely differing
trained of their expe
f both Houses of
Congress. but failed to obtain that approval
for the sake of wliich they had beet: re-
luctantly adopt-t‘l. A second attempt ensued
under a sense ofthe indispensible necessiti-
of 7] fiscal corporation to the revenues and
credit of the nation, to prepare an act, to
which an iufornial intercourse and commu
nication be-tween rt it-ember of the House
cliarged with the duty of preparing the l.ill
and the Pl‘I’Sltl£’nt of the Ulllll'(1 States him-
sclf, might secure by compliance with his
approval ofthe fill, when it should be pre
sented to him. That pledge was obtained.
The bill was presented to him in the very
terms which he had preset ibed as necessary to
from his opinions entc
obtain his sanction. and it iriet the same fate
with its preili-ct-ssors; and it is reniarltable
that the reasons assigned for his refus=l to
approve the second bill are in direct and im-
mediate. conflict with those lwhich had been
assigned forthe refusal to sign the first.
Thus the mP}1Slll't3.El'Sl.fllllt'lnQ'lhn5e tlcem
I
sibiy necessary
by the will of the people, invested
terrible pow;-r, as if prophetically descril;-ed
self- S!0\'t‘l'f|fllPl»i..
Lt-r_rislation was only to pr_osti'aI.e the, Legis
latiire itself, not to relieve the people from
,their' distress, to 1“e'ple-nish the exh.au,sted
fulfillment ofthe. national engagements, but
of the public Treasury, brought upon it by
the improvidetice of the preceding adminis-
tration, bearing upon the people with aggra-
vnteil pressure.
of t‘Xp"Y!(lli.l‘lfl':‘ beyond its income.
vears of its existence
of its fiscal operations had been a continued
tion.
intcrdict upon the two bills for establishing
:l National Bank, this legislation was pre-
vented. The excess ofexpenditures l;e_vonr.l
the revenue continued and increased.
-double reduction of revenue prescribed by
the compromise of lS33, was suffered totalre
its whole t‘fi::’(‘l.— no reduction of the expen-
ditures had been prescribe"-d; and in the
course of eightreri months, since the. inau
guration of President lflarrison. an addition
of at least fifteen millions to the enormous
deficit already existing in the Treasury at
the close of the last Administration is now
charged upon the prevailing party in Con-
gress, by those who had made it the lzni
while the exewise of the veto power alone
dis=ibled the Legislature itself from the
power ofupplying the only rcmi-dy which
it was within the competency of legislation
itself to provide. ’
The. great purpose for which the special
session of Congress had been called was thus
defeated by-the exercise of the Veto power.
At the meeting of Congress, at the regular
annual session, the majorities of both hous-
disappainted hope and bafii--ti energies, uri-
dertook the i'aisii'ig. by imposing duties, a
revenue adeqiinte to the necessities of the
Treasury, and to the fulfilment of the na-
tional obligations. -
By the assitluous and unremittinglabors
of the cotntnittees of both Hons-~s chargt.-d
with the duties of providing for The necessi-
ti« s of the Revenue, and for the ntaniilactur-
ing interests of the Northern, Central and
Wt-sterri States, which must be so deeply
affected by an adjustmc-tit ofthetariffto I‘-'tlSr.'
exclusive revenue adequate to the necessary
exigencies ofthe Government fortn duties on
not wholly sufficient for the purpose, was
elaborated and amply discussed through‘ a
long series of weeks in both branches of the
Legislature. The process of gestation
through which alone such a cornplicati.-d
system could be organized, necessarily con
siimed many months of time; nor were
the committees nortbe House exempted from
severe reproach, which the purchased presses
of the Executive chief are even yet casting
upon Congress without rebuke. or restraint
from him. The delays were occasioned by
the patient and unwtaried investigation. (it
the whole subject by the appropriate com-
ples the majorities of both houses had been
mittees.
ed by the Legislature of the Union indispen-
for the salvation of its highest
interests, and for the restoration of its credit,
its honor, its prosperity, was prostratetl, de-
feated, annulled, by the weak and wnverin_:_r
obstinacy of one titan, accidentally, and not
with that
by one of hisown chosen ministers, at this
day, as "the, right to deprive the People of
The first consequence of this Executive
ii‘.-;(-ns,itry. and cal-l--forth the resniirves of
the country, to redeem the public faith to the
to leave all the burdens and eirtbarrasssnients
The fatal error of the pre-
ceding administraiion had been an excess
That
excess had been an average of eight millions
of dollars :1 year, at least during the four
The practical system
increase of expenditiiri-s and diuiinu‘.ioii of
revt--nues. and it left as a bequest to its stic-
ccssor. no effective reduction of revenue. to
the amount of millions. to occtir, ofcourse.
by the mere lapse of time, unless avertt-d
within fifteen months, by subsvquerit legisla-
Bv the double exercise of the Presidential
The
es, not yielding to the discouragement of
l.'ltpO|'l.S, a tariff bill believed to be nearly if
thought, the possibility of a collision with
the apprehended nntipathir-s oftl‘.ePresident,
public lands, which, by a previous law, was
to take effect the day afir-i"'tl‘te expiration of
the compromise. Not otily “as this most
i'0l'1Clll:ll0l‘_\’ measure cortterriptuously rejected
but, in tot~il disregard ofthe avowed opinions
of his own Secretary of the Treasury, con-
curring with those, nearly unanimous, ofall
the. most eirzini-rit lawyers ofthe land, in sol-
itary reliance uprn the l‘€Slltilll-g’ opinion
of the Attorney General, he has undertaken.
not only to levey taxes to the amount of
millions upon the people, btit to prescribe
regnl:ttiot'is for its coll: ction. and for ascer-
taining the value of imported int-i'chnn-.lize,
which the la w had in express terms reserved
for the ltirzislative action of Congress.
And now, to t.‘l‘0\\'l'l the system of comin-
ual and unrt.-la--nting exercise of Executive
S
an appropriation bill ? Does it not rnacttbat
in the event of an insufficiency of impost
duties not excerding 20 per cent. ad valorcm
‘.0 defray
mint, the proceeds of the sales of
the current expi nses ofthe Govern
the lands
l-iall be levied as a part of the same revenue
e same niont'n the and appropriated to the same purposes?
The appropriation of the proceeds of the
sales of the public lands to defray the ordina
nary expi-i.ditures of the Govt-riinient is te-
levied to be a system of fiscal iiianagemi-nl»
unwise, imr-olitic and unjust; and it is pre
cisely for that reason that the bill now before
the House provides that they shall not be so
appropri:ited.. The public ‘lands are the
noble ar.d inappreciable inht ritance of the
\\ hole nation. The sale of them to rridivid
uals is not a tax upon the purchaser, but on
t-xchongc of equivalents scarcely more buy
(it nsonie to the grantee than if he should
t't’(‘t'l\‘i- it as a gratuitous donation. 'l‘o
:ippi‘opi‘iate the pi'oei-«(ls to dnfroy the mdi
nary expenses of the Government is to waste
and destroy the property. This property is-
held by Congress in trust. Mr, ']‘{-leg
speaks of ‘the tzistribution as if it was giving
legislation by the alternate gross abuse of
constitutional power never vested in him by
any law, we come to the veto rnessage refer-
red by the House to this Committee.
A comp:1i'ative review of the four several
vetoes which. in the course of fifteen it-ontlis
have suspcnvled the legislation of this Union
corribined with that ltm[=llll:lOllS pl'()tlll(‘.lll‘n,
the reasons for approving and signiiig a bill
which at the same time strilting by judicial
constructir-n, at its most important Pnactmrnt
illustrated by C()nlt‘tY-]1t'll'=tl".t’tl]S effusions of
temper and of sentintent fli\'lllg'r*(l at convivi-
til festivals, and obtrudc-d upon the public
e_ye by the fatal friendship of S_V(‘Opl'lllflll(_‘
private correspondents, and stripped to its
naked nature by repeated and daring assump-
tions lzoth of legislative and judicial power,
would present anomalies of character and
conduct rarely seen upon earth. Such an
investigation, though strictly within the scope
of the instructions ernbruced in reference to
this coinniittee, would require a voluminous
report, which the scantiness of the time will
not allow, and which may be necessary for
iiiaturingthejudgement of the House upon
the document now before them.
The reasons assigned by the President for
rettiining to the House of Represciiiatives.
with his objections the bill to provide rove-
nue from imports, and to change and modify
existing laws imposing duties and for otliet‘
[)'ll‘p0Se$.f1l'C [)l't3Ct‘(lL‘.l by a brief dissertation
upon the painful sensations which .7.ni/ imli
oirlrml lI]Vt‘Slt’(l with vi-to poii er must feel in
exercising it iipou important acts of the Log
isltiture. The prtragrapl'i is worded iviih
extreine caution, and with obvioiis int: rit to
avoid the asst-i'tion, iriatle in such broad and
nnqualifit-d terms in the litter read at the
Pliiladelphia Intlependence day dinner party,
that Congress can enact no [arc without the
COI‘lClll'l‘t‘l‘l(‘.(‘. of the Executive. There is in
this paper a studious effort to save, any indi-
tsirlital from the imputation of asserting the
unqualified independence of the. Executive
upon the Logislatiire and the, inipott-rice of
Congress to enact arty law without hitn. The
assertion. tirade in so explicit and unqualified
terirts in the Philadelphia letter. is here vir
tually disclainitd and disavowetl. The ex-
ercise of some indept nth rice of jtidgetzii-nt in
regard to to all acts of I_.egisl;iI.ion, by any
indivitltiul invested with the Vt"l.0 power, is
here cnrlailt,-tl and iiai'ro\ved down to the
more privilege of not yin-lcling his well con-
sidered. tiiost deeply fixed and iepi--:tiedl,v
declared opinions on matters of great public
conccrument, to those of :1 co ordinate depart-
ment, without ri-questing that department,
seriously to re examine the subject of their
difference.
The co-ordinate department to the L°gis-
thc Legislature. The power of COl'lg'l‘t’S to
enact a law without the co-operation of any
individual Executive is conceded. not nierely
b_\'Ul'lll\'Oltllll)lt‘ infi-rence; for the closing
paragrapli of the iitessage, recurring again
to the same il'0Ul)lt‘S(Jlllt‘. l't‘l')’lll'llSCL'flCl‘s ob
serves that, after all, the effect of u liat he
does is SllliSlfll'tllall_V to call on Congress to
7'CC07t-S2.-(.ft,'I' tliesubject. If on such reconsitl-
t-ration, a majority of two thirds of both
Houses should le in favor of this irit-asiit'e, it
will become a law, riotwitbstantlitig his ob-
jections. The truism of this remark may
perhaps be accounted for by the surmise that
it was a new discovery, made since the wri-
ting ofthe Philadelphia dinner party letter;
uni the nlOtl('Sl presumption ascribed to the
constitution that the Executive can commit no
error of opinion unless two thirds of both
branches of the Lev_jisl:ttnre are in conflict
with him, is ti-nipt-red by the amiable assu-
i'-aiice that in that event he will cheerfully
acquiesce in a result which would be pre-
cisely the same whether he should acqui-
esce in it or not. The aptitude ofthis hypo-
thetical position may be estimated by the cal-
culation of the chances that the contingency
which it supposes is within the verge cif
possibility.
The reasons assigned by the President
for his objections to this bill are further pre-
ceded by a nariativ'e of his antecedent o,,j,,.
ions and coiiimiinications on the =ul.ie.~t of
distributing the procetds ot the snltsiof thi-
public lands. He admits thatat the opening
ofthe extra session he recorrinieiidetl such
tiistribution. btit he avers that this recurri-
inundation was ext-ressly coupled with the
condition that the duties on imports should
not exceed the rate of 20,per cent. provided
by the compromise act of I833.
Who could imagine that,alter this most
emphatic coupling of the revenue front duties
of iinposts with revenue from the proceeds of
the sales of the public lands. the first and
paramount objection of the President to this
bill should be that it unites two subjects,
which, so far from having any affinity to one
another, are wholly incongruous in their
character—which two subjects are identically
the same with those which he had coupled
together in his recommendation to Congress
at the extra session .7 [fthere was no affii ity
between the parties, why did he join them
together in his recommendation to Congress
at the extra session .7 If the Union was ille
l
lature is no longer the co ordinate branch of
a.-ra_7/ the property. It is precisely the,-
reverse. It is restoring ilto tlic oivnei‘. To
tipproprizite the proceeds to defray the current
expenditures is to give it up to dilapidation
and \\ aste. ’
lt is in politic-il economy precisely the
sonic as if an imliviiliiiil lnntlliolder should
sell off, year after year, parcels of his estate,
and voizsuinu its proceeds in the paymi-m,
of his hoii.'<el'iold f?.\'j)t'llf.llilll'l-‘S. The first
principle of political econoiriy necessary for
a nation is to raise by lnzralfnn within the
year the whole sum required for the expcn
tlituies ofthat year. Every departure from
this principle is a step in the path ofnalionul
bankruptcy and rain. The daily demands
ofthe Treasury must be supplied by the
income derived from tax:ition by the year,
and not by the disposition cf the common
property.
The second reason ofthe President for
objecting to the passage of his bill is not
more ponderous than the first. It is the
destitute and einbarrtissed state ofthe Treas-
uryandthe irnpolicy ifnot nncortstitution:-ility
of giving away afrnitlul source of revenue,
which if rettinel may be seized by the Gov-
ernment and applied to meet its daily uants.
But the President had just told us that this
it tiitfnl source ofrcvonue was a subject whol-
ly dissimi‘.ar in its character from that of
revriiue l'i1iSl‘i'l by duties on impost—so dis-
similar that the union of them formed in his
mind an lllSlll'll|OllDlt’.)blL‘ olujvction to the
passage of the bill.
‘I most respectfully submit (says the mes-
sagi) whetherthis is a time to give away
the proct-eds ofthe lnntl salts, when the poli-
lic lands constitute a fund which ofall others
may be inade uiost useful in sustaining the
public ci‘t-dit.’ And how could it be made
tl‘iu§"risefitl? Precisely by giving them
nuay. By givingthtm away forevg-rt_.
For if the principle be once established tl.at
lltt‘ proceeds of the sales of the. public funds
shall be substituted in the place of revi-nnc
by taxzition to tl«fr:ty the ordinary annual
exp. nses ol the National Government, never
more will the people of any State in this
Union liave the benefit of one dollar from
this ricl‘.:est of mines of iuexbaustiblo»wealth
bestowed upon them bytheir bountifulCreator
for the iinproveriient of their own condition,
But git-t'72. away-—yes to the last cont, given
away, forever, to pamper the recklessness
of a G-)\'t‘l‘nlll€nlfUl‘e\’t’l‘ preaching retrench-
ment and iconomy, and forever heaping
million upon uiiliion of annual expenditures
‘to S'lL‘l(lt’ armies and dry-nurse the land.’
The committee submit to the House their
unhesitating opinion that the approprirition
of any part of the proceeds of the sales ofthe
public lands to the ordinary annual expen-
ditures would be the only effectual and
irretrieveable giving away; ofthat great and
inestimable iniieritonce of the American
People. That, it once that groiving and
inexhaustible fund shall be doomed to form
the whole or any part of the ways and means
for the annual estitnates ofthe receipts and
expenditures of the Ntiliorial Government
the People may bid fareiveil, a long f:i;i=ett-ell
to every hope of ever receiving a d'cillar’s
use-fnl improvernent from the gift of God to
them, thus cruelly and perfidiously wrested
from their hands.
Nineteen of the States of this Union in
the ardent, perhaps, in some cases, inconsid-
erately ardent pu rsuit oftbis improvement of
their own condition, have become involved
some of them heavily involved, in debt.-
The greatest portion of this debt, has been
contracted for the accomplishment of stupen-
dous worl-.s to expeiliteand facilitate the
intercoiirsc oftravel and trade between the
reiriotest extreines of this great Republic,
swarming from year to year. with redoub.-
ling millions of population. It is no ex-
travagant estimate ofthe value ofthese works
to say, that the saving of time, of labor, and
of expense to individual citizens ofthe Union
enjtrylrig the benefits ofthese public works,
more than repays in every single year, the
whole cost of their consiriiction.
But while these immense benefits have been
thus secured to the people, as a conirnunity
of individuals, the Sl.-’tl(.'S which authorised
them have coi'iti':icted ll burden of liabilities
heavier than they were able to bear. They
ni-‘Ml the assistance of a frenrlly and power-
liil hand. and where shall tlieyfind it but in
the s_vn‘ip.:thii-s ofthe National Government .7
in their fidelity to the trust conimitted to
their charge in this itnnieuse and almost
boundless public domain .7 The application
ofthe proceeds of public lands to alleviate“
the burde,n of these debts pressing on . the
people of zrlinoast all the States, is if not the
oulythe most unexceptionable mode of extend
ing the mighty arm of the Union to relieve
the People of the State_s from the pressure of
the burden bearing upon the-m—a relief con-.
sisting only of the distribution among them
of their own property-—a relief furnishing
them the means of paying to the United
States themselves no inconsiderable portion
ofthe debts due from the States to them; so
that by one and the sonic opperation the
People of the States will be relieved from
the intolerable pressure of their debt, and the
Norwalk Chronicler