Virginia Free Press

Method of making the President supreme, absolute and safe in every transgression. Assume that the Senate is faction and the House of Representatives corrupt; of course whatever measure, adopted by either, does not suit the wishes and aims of the President, may be treated by him as null and void.—Assume, moreover, that he is at liberty to interpret the Constitution, independently of the decisions of the Supreme Court or those of Congress, and to refuse to execute any law which he may declare unconstitutional; of course it rests with him whether a law shall be, or not, a dead letter:—Assume that his intentions are uniformly excellent, whatever his proceedings; that all opposition to him is factious, and looks to the success of the worst possible candidates; that in any event, he must be defended and supported, and that the People will approve or overlook all he may do—With such a theory of his power and popularity, with a patronage so extensive, and causing so much avidity in so large a number of citizens, he must in fact possess more influence and prerogative, and be more sure of impunity on every occasion, than a monarch of Great Britain or France. [Nat. Gazette.