Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, April 1, 1842
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Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, April 1, 1842
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Date:1842-04-01
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Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, April 1, 1842
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sender:
Alvah Worden
Person
Name: Alvah Worden
Birth: 1797-03-06
Death: 1856-02-16
Person
location:
Canandaigua NY
Place
Name: City: Canandaigua
County: Ontario
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16
Death: 1872-10-10
Person
location:
Albany NY
Place
Name: City: Albany
County: Albany
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: mah
revision: ekk 2016-02-09
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Page 1
Canandaigua April 1. 1842
My Dear Gov
I have no disposition to make “april fools day” of this letter: but that
you may take this communication in a Pickwickian sense I try to refer you
to the 1st Article. S 12 of the constitution, which says every bill which shall
shall have passed the Senate and assembly shall be presented to the Gov
if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it with his objection” &c
Have you considered the import of the word “approve”, or the obligation of the
constitution if you do not approve: Can you consistently approve a bill every
provision of which you disapprove?— and is there any deference to the popular
will supposed to be manifested through the legislature, or to the opinions of the
fiscal officers of the government which demands of the Executive to sign a bill
which he does not approve: The boys in the office have made this criticism
on constitutional law, and I submit ^to^ your Excellency the solution of the question
There is no use holding back on the slavery question
We can if we are decently helped at Albany bring up our Majority to 1200 or
1300 in this county, yet you must not be surprised if a Majority of loco foco
Supervisors are elected at the county Town Meetings
Very Truly
A Worden
Page 2
His Excellency
Gov Seward
Albany
CANANDAIGUA N.Y. APR 1
Type: postmark
Name: Samuel Blatchford
Birth: 1820-03-09
Death: 1893-07-07
A Worden
April 1842.
Canandaigua April 1. 1842
My Dear Gov
I have no disposition to make “april fools day” of this letter: but that
you may take this communication in a Pickwickian sense I try to refer you
to the 1st Article. S 12 of the constitution, which says every bill which shall
shall have passed the Senate and assembly shall be presented to the Gov
if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it with his objection” &c
Have you considered the import of the word “approve”, or the obligation of the
constitution if you do not approve: Can you consistently approve a bill every
provision of which you disapprove?— and is there any deference to the popular
will supposed to be manifested through the legislature, or to the opinions of the
fiscal officers of the government which demands of the Executive to sign a bill
which he does not approve: The boys in the office have made this criticism
on constitutional law, and I submit ^to^ your Excellency the solution of the question
There is no use holding back on the slavery question
We can if we are decently helped at Albany bring up our Majority to 1200 or
1300 in this county, yet you must not be surprised if a Majority of loco foco
Supervisors are elected at the county Town Meetings
Very Truly
A Worden
His Excellency
Gov Seward
Albany
CANANDAIGUA N.Y. APR 1
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Person
April 1842.
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Friday, April 1, 1842
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