Articles liés à The Junius Tracts ...
Présentation de l'éditeur
I ts position. IT was a singular one in history perfectly so in the annals of this country. The Government had been for a longtime in the hands of their political opponents, till a once prosperous nation had been reduced to an extremity of misfortune, and rose at last to demand a change in public policy. With a majority unparalleled, the Whigs came into power, and a suffering people looked to them for relief. It was fair They should, for it had been promised, though the expectations of immediate result were doubtless unreasonable. The first inauspicious blow. None can deny that the death of their Chieftain was an astounding event. It was striking the sun from the political heaven. The second blow. The constitutional successor was little known, altogether untried, and was never expected to be called to that place. Diffidence towards him was the first state of feeling; concern the next; which ended in utter and hopeless disappointment. All know how that turned out; and we need not dwell on the painful history. An unforeseen result. In the constitution of our Government, the Executive occupies a commanding position in relation to the other branches. It seems never to have been anticipated, that he could be opposed to the legislature appointed by the same constituency, nor would such an event occur, if good faith in these high relations could at all times be relied on. It is manifest, however, that an Executive, not acting in harmony with the legislative branch of the Government, but opposing it, is a derange ment of the machinery as to its intended operation. His power is sufficient to paralyze legislation, and to nullify any system of policy aimed to be established by legislative functions. A thing to be considered. Since it has been discovered, that the second on the Presidential ticket of 1840, who succeeded as principal by the death of the Chief, is not the
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.
