Speech Of The Hon Wc Preston Of South Carolina On The Veto Power And In Reply To Mr Clay Of Kentucky

Author : William Campbell Preston
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331474312
Total Pages : 20 pages
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Download or read book Speech of the Hon. W. C. Preston, of So. Carolina, on the Veto Power, and in Reply to Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, Delivered in the Senate of the U. S., Apr written by William Campbell Preston and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Speech of the Hon. W. C. Preston, of So. Carolina, on the Veto Power, and in Reply to Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, Delivered in the Senate of the U. S., April 1842 The prophetic dread of' Mr. Henry was the union of the purse and sworr in the hands of this whole Government The Constitution does' not give them _to the P1esident, or endow him with any prerogative by which he may assume them. He may usurp them. He may t1a1'uple on the Constitution, 01 overleap it, to seize upon them, but he does so not by Virtue, but in Spite of the instrument; and if you have a daring and neckless President, backed by asupple Congress; a bit of paper more or less, will not stand in his way. It is not be, but his majorities, 'that constitute the danger, 'or rathei his power to make majorities and, when it comes to this, the only safety 15 where we have just now found it the appeal which the Constitution gives us every four years to the people; If that fail, vain are amendments taxthe Cons'titut'ion - fthe very foundation esf your institutions is rottenness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.