Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1813-12-11

i,apaTti, bat strengthened hy fsri'irr
reelection. Besides. when the repabh
cans wsre end.6~prins 10 scst III
TeieraiisS. from power, uea TO SussiI-
tuIe tar srselves in ii eir stead, dit they
tkeo tell the psople hat, if through
the:.- favor, they should hecame passes
Ell Of pnwev, they would then caate The
very federal errors, for wniee ,hSir
authors were denounced before the
people By them, to justly their own
condaet Did the republicans thea
i.ll the people, that they would even
transcend federal presidents That
they weuid resort to forced sonstruc-
tiVas % the constitution, and thu laws,
to eject eavorite objects, through the
agency OF fayorite Individuals Or
the contrary, did they not u,ost :Ranfas,y
pledge themselves 10 the people, TO
adm ulster the government. III the true,
sophisticated spirit Of tie eons:itu-
ton and Ok the laws That these
pledges were given, Is must truc--and
noS to resort co the most manifest and
i!.;;isputale Of the federal errors to
Justification, is TO ne. mnst strange.
sach precedent, suroiy can hare no
chtrc,s Cor republican orthodoxy. 1t
certainty GU have sone FOR are, who
have been Bod, ar aseat, and vi.sess
to Al: .hess scenes. 1'e ne, it is
ci-eumstance of heartfelt consolation
tn sno,o, thar ig a coarse sc mor. thaa
twenty years public ssrvies, MY con
duet has Invariably bcrna evidence ef
the sincerity Of uny professions.
That have mover On aay occasion.
yielded ny political principles 10 the
farce CT circumstances, nor to the
deiirium Of ,,artv spirit, nsrto PARTIAL
ties foy men. This piea 81 the force
ut circumstances is oftsR visionary
seldom rea!--ahl neYermore visionary.
than OR the present oceasiaa. Bot the
ease Of Mr. Jay is hot precisely
Analogous 70 TIE present one. Gao
great objection to that case was, its
tendency to subject the ias;eisl depart
ment to al nndHe iuhuesae fram the
executive. In that repeat it vas
worsc in my judgment, than the pre-
seat case. Rot ths iHeem 9atibiiity
was not so palpabie IN that, as 10 the
present case nor attended with sach
serious consequences. There wers o.
ther judges. who, in the absence OF The
Chief Justice, might perror.E all the
necessary Judicial functions. Besides,
portion of tia year, and tho absence Of
the Chief Justise might not lie longer.
than the interval between the csHrts.
In that case, the dutiss of the two
Offices might be performed BY the sane
person. i mention these circumstances,
merely to shew, the difference in the
two eases :not because I approve of
the proceedings in either for in fse
case of SIR. Jay, DO ttiaa, the duties
OF the two e;i ,es, ca incon,patibls, as
to render the appointment extremely
objectionable. But tho duties o; the
Secretary Of he Treasury and OF cnray
extraordinary TO fareiss power, are
palpa5iy and absolutely Incompatible,
nor 90 believe, that any person can
be legally, aad eensti;pfiosaiiy APP
pointed. TO perform the duties Of tke
Secretary Of the Treasury in his vo-
luniary absence beyoad the limits Of
'ne United S:aies. This raY he
presura TO nave been he opinion Of
GaDsr.t Washington, when he noEinat-
sd MIR. Jay Scseuso it was believed
AZ thai tine, tAat Mr.. Namii,aA, then
SECRETARY OF the Treasury, was pre-
fer.ed By aim as we'll as by the whols
feieral party, FOR thst mission and
that Mr.. Hamilton himself was very
DESTROYS ofthe appointment bat upos
examining the constitution, & tke laws,
II was determined not - exceed the
powers ofthe Executive, azd from that
cause the srisina! intention was
Tc'uctsn,ly abandoned. have lately |
received assurances from respectable |!
sources, 'hat ,Hsn was the eass. To
ascertain ths ffst point, / beg to intro
ducs the provisions ef The law aesigna-
fin5 soE,s of tie duties of tbs Secretary
Of the Treasury, frona which it will
appear that they must be executed in |
the city Il Washington. and TO where
else, aEd at all periods Of the year.
They are in the foilori4g words.
4" That it shall be the dufy of the |
Secretary OF the Treasury to Gigeet ard
;F''epa'-e f'9ssJD'- tie Improvement nnd
management ~ tfs ''sueass, and for the
support O. tbs pubic craiil ito prepare
and report e5iimates of tho psblie |
r'Vense and ths public expenditure 4;
10 siperin'egG The colieciion Of tie
Tsre1ne to decide OF the forms Of |
Keeping and - sting accouuls aud max
ing rs:urnE, ard fo grant yuder the /,