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Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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A letter from London dated August 22, 1832, criticizes the US President's refusal to assent to a bill passed by Congress, comparing it to the British King's potential veto and labeling the US as a despotism despite its republican claims.
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Extract of a letter to a gentleman in this City, dated
London, 22d Aug. 1832.
"Let me endeavor to enliven you, if it is only by rousing you to defend your "American Patrite"-if you can now boast of your independence, after the conduct of your President. Would our King dare to refuse his assent to any bill which has received the consent of both Houses of Parliament? He certainly has the power to do so-but what would be the consequence, were he to act thus?. It would immediately be asked, "what Minister had given this advice to the King?" and woe to the man that had acted so rashly Truly has Pope said-
"For forms of government let fools contest. That which is best administered is best."
Under the name of a republic and independence, you are ruled by a Despot. Well. do the Americans submit to such despotism and after that, call themselves independent?"
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London
Event Date
22d Aug. 1832
Event Details
A British correspondent questions American independence following the President's refusal to assent to a bill approved by both houses of Congress, contrasting it with the British King's reluctance to veto parliamentary bills due to ministerial accountability, and quotes Alexander Pope on government administration while accusing the US of despotism under a republican guise.