The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-06-29

president OF the ". States, he has approved
your dmnistration--.hc has aided it with
all the resources in his power--and under
the favor of Providence he will yet cent?
nue. to support you, SO long as you should
persevere in. the codrse, which you have
marked out for Yourself
| But though he is your friend, he is still
more the TREND Of his Country Piafo ami
cns, Sed maSis anfca Hatrfa.-He approves
| OF your administrator, but he is no para
site OF power. Besides, it is not always the
ohice OF friend to bc silent. Truth is
sometimes the most valuable of all dispen
saiions. He, VINO strives, in the honest zeal of
generous spirit, TO convince me OF any mis-
takes, will deserve any other appellation
than that of an enemy. Princes. presidents
with regal powers. men invested with lis
tinguished offices. are generally the last to
wish tor advice. though they are the first to
want it. The atmosphere, which they
breathe, is saturated with incense and am.
brosia. The voice OF truth cannot always
pierce 1t. They have not always the MAG,
nanimity 10 hear OF their own mistakes and
their ears are therefore emgrossed by set
OF political earwigs, who glide into the ave
nues OF confidence, only to abuse it.
Sir, shalt not scan the ACTS OF Your adj
ministration, in the search of faults But
there are two appointments which you nave
made. against which my principles are in
arms. These appointments are stated in
the following terms
Buckner Ihurston. of Kentucky, an assis-
taDt judge of the circuit court OF The district
OF Coun,bia.
Benjam Howard, of kentucky, governor
ct the Territory of Louisiana.
Now. SIR, il is not my wish TO censure
these appointments. on account OF the men,
whom you nave appointed Jheir qualliica
tons may be, in every respect suitable to
The powers, which they execute. The
hands OF Mr. Howard may b. flied to WELD
the sceptre' o. Governor over the wi!ds of
Lcuisiana-and the mind Of Mr. Thurston
may he commensurate TO the tax Of unseaing
the fountains of justice to the district of Co
ip'nbia --i1nt against the fsrincihie of these
appointments, 1 must enter my protest /
| lay it down as a rule. SIR. that il is wrong for
the President of the u S. to draw any man
'roni MS seat, III either house OF Congress, by
the prNfer ut any appointment within his
git The same rule extends to the Heads
of Departments. Not, that there are not
some members ofC,ngress, who are fl for
Executive Offices and nothing else not
that such man, as Matthew Lyon, is in anv
respect disqualified for a contractor or a
tide waiter--hut, that so long as he is invested
with the legislative character. it is the duty
oil the President to leave it around him.
The Executive and Legislative depart
ments have, each of them, their peculiar
spheres OF action--eaci of chem should play
Ireeiy withIn those respective spheres
In tht making OF Laws, it is for the member )
| Oh congress to have simple eye to the in
terests OF their country. 1t is for them to de-
ciae upon the merits of every question that
comes before them, without either hope or
lear, without compulsion or reward From
tiIe moment that they are led astrav by such
inducements. fl wing from the Executive
branch ct the government. they are shorn of
thelr Representative Character-they cease
20 be the agents OF the people, to become the
Tools of the Executive
| What onid you think of body of Leeis
'ators, who should pass their laws under the
very beard @f a body of troops Would Won
expect them to be independent in their
sentiments and patriotic in Their legislation ?
mere might be some one individual among
hem. who would defy the frowns and the
swords of the soidery----but doubtless the
MAJ prity would shape their course according
10 he will of the despot.
! Hope has the same effects as Apprehen-
SION. he sword, OF the soldiers mavinti.
mldate brbes and pensions, and appoint.
uents may Corrupt the judgment. In both
cases the legislator becomes the NEE in
strument OF him, who WELD. the steel or ad
ministers the gold.
dow ct the Court. Nor is it wonder.i The
French government principally rules by the
sword; but the fear of punishment as well
as the nope OF distinction conspirc to give
| the most unbounded effect to the wishes of
| the Emperor
! How is it in England ?-There are no
troops to irown the House of Commons into
SubniSson----aod yet now proyerbial is the
ascendancy of the Crown! The causes are
| well known. Their system of representa-
ton is unsound from the bottom; the people
| are IN the first instance trcked ont of their
rights by the aid OF rotten boroughs Their
| representatives enter the walls of s.. ) e.
| phen's ChGpei. where they are at once enc;r-
| c'cdo by the ministers OF the crown with brides
and pensions ard Offices sparkling in their
| hand Unless they have souls. that soar
| above temptation. adieu TO virtue, to indie
! pendence, to al! love OF country!
! II has been truly said Of England, that
she can be "only ruined through her par
Lament" AID the meaning of the maxim
! is, that so soon as the purity of parliament is
gone, and its members become the mere
tools Ct the court. every vcstige o. liberty
! VIII be swept away intO the abyss Of despo
tlsrn. Butln the same proportion in which
they approach this degeneracy of pafiia
ment, IN the same degree viii the ruin of
the nation be achieved. Ihe history of the
few last years proves the fact
Sir, IL ever the Executive branch, in this
country. acquires an undue ascendancy over