ANOTHER VETO.
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This power, reserved by the Constitu-
ton for emergencies, and designed by
that sacred instrument only TO be used In
extreme cases and under circumstances
of prejudiccd excitement, has been again
coolly exercised by the President IN
plain case of general interest 10 the country,
in a matter acted on by the representatives
OF the nation without any evidence OF that
undue excitement and prejudice against
which the Constitution in granting this
power aimed to guard. The River and
Harbor Bill, making appropriations for our
rivers and harbors-a bill whose passage
was hailed by the west as an indication
of a more enlightened and liberal policy
towards her. after having passed both
Houses of Congress by an overwhelming
majority, has been Vetoed by the Presi-
dent,


We pronounce this act of the President
TO be alike dangerous, unpatrioiic and un-
lust Il is dangerous because II is an



tended by the Constitution only for times
of iminent peril--dangerous, because the
veto power if made common and every
day prerogative of the President would
make his power equal to that Of king,
and render the expression of the peoples
will through their representatives nuiliiy
and a mere mockery of freedom-daDger-
Gus, because the republican principle of a
ruling majority is made 10 give way to the
opinion and diclaiion of one man.


II is unpatrio,ic, because the bill vetoed
proposed improvements which would have
benefited the country generally, and added
to the wealth and prosperity Of our people,
and to the strength and security Of the
because the welfare
Of the trh5le country demanded the passage
OF the bill--unpalrioiic, because ii SUCCESS,
without any of the causes intended by the
Constitution, an opinion surer than that
of the peoples representatives, and evinces
n preference which monarchs may well
be pleased 10 see exhibited in the Executive
of free nation.


1t is unjust, especially to the west, from
whose enierprising sons the government
has received millions OF dollars in exchange
for her lands, and whose interests, usually
too much overlooked and disregarded in
Congress. were well looked to in this bill
and would have been, by its passage. very
materially promoted. 1t is unjust, because
a government which has no power but
what it derives from the people-whose
heart only thro5s through their veins
hereby denies them the assistance which
not only the interests Of different sections
locally and separately demand, but which,
from its bearing upon the national welfare,
it becomes not only constitutional but the
imperious duty$of the government TO af
ford.