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ment, and become a despot under the title of Protector! It was because Napoleon was popular, that he became First Consul, and afterwards Emperor-and had Washington been of the same stamp, he would have per- petuated monarchy in this free country If any man becomes so popular, that the people will not scrutinize his acts, our liberty Is i'll danger--it lies in the power of that mans hand. If he is virtuous, we may still pre- scrvc z he i | man like ordinary men, we are lost forever. Above all, we are in danger when the people choose to believe more in one man than in their united repre- sentatives-when that one man-Governor- President--or Dictator, can oppose the will of those representatives, and be still support ed by the people. There is one power, therefore, which should never be conferred upon an Executive officer.-It is the VETo power. That good may arise at times from its exercise, there IS no doubt-butit 1t is doing evil that good may come. It is letting loose an unconquerable fire, which may at first warm, and afterward devour us. The Veto power is essentially anti-republican. It is monarchical. It is saying, in effect, that one single man IS more capable Of judging for and governing the people, than the whole body of representation. In some instances 1t may be so, but the principle is slavish, in-

 

 iurious, and abominable. The same argu- ments by which we defend the Veto power, would be used by the serfs of Russia to show why they should obey the Autocrat. We should uever put sword into the hand of any man, wherewith our life, and what Is dearer still, our liberty, may be endangered. We are staves, as soon as the will of our repre- SC natives is set at nought--we are no longer free-our boasted republicanism Is dream. Better--far better suffer some wrong at the hands of our representatives, than be righted by any one man. Have we not all read the fable of the horse who was at war with the stag! He permitted a man to mount him, for the sake of taking vengeance-his ven- geance was gratified, and he was enslaved for life. So we may be bridled and saddled -and at first we may derive some benefit from it-but depend upon 1t, at the end we shall be ridden down as slaves.