Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-15
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iteS0Utd, lh1t the report OF the select COM |
nitlec appointed to enquire respecting certain
loans of lead and gam powder, by the Ord |
nance Department, TO certain Individuals made
10 this House, on the 9TH February, 1921, be
referred to the committee on Military Affairs.
EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN DEPARTMENT.
The resolution submitted by Dir. Plumer oil
New Hampshire, respecting the expenditures
of the Indian Department., was called Up.
The consideration of this resolve gave rise
to some discussion, in which Mir. Piumtr, Of
\. IL. Mr.. Hol,royth, MIR. hhtr, and Mr..
Giimer took part; it was however finally u
d"pteti with an amendment so rs 10 embrace
an account of the expenditures OF the iudian
Department, for 1890.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES..
Mr. NoGdsoa submitted The following joint
resolution fur consideration:
Reso'red ba The SeHie aid House Of Representatives
Of the Uinet StHies IF .iser, ia Congress assembled,
tirS az beth hOaSsS co,cvrYp Tia, tlie tol owing
tmcmlmcnt TO the constitution OF the United States, I've
proposed 10 The legislatures NJ the several s. atcs
which, when ratified Ivy The legislatures of three
tourts of The states shall he valid 10 M nicmis anil
purposes, as part OF said constitution NO person
shall he eligible the office OF President of the Uni
ted States, from aud after the fourth ,iav of March
| 1876 who shall or may have held, o. cNcrcised ANY
ether office I'll honor, profit, trust, under the 20
verumcnt o the United States 81 l.,N Ot drpn,t-
menls, al any time within the four Ncar>, pre-
ceding his election unless he s.lii have attained
| 10 the age of forty five Years.
| This resolve was ordered 10 lie one day OH
| the table.
| Tro'n ths Nrtioari Inteili5en,er.l
On he Till making pariiat appropriations for
Tie Military Service ofHe year G22.
AIR. RANDOLPH remarked that, in opposing
the appropriation now before the mousse him
sell, and those who acted with him, had per-
maps shcwn more of gaiantry than discretion
Ii was, perhaps, proper Tor him 10 vndcate
the Administrations with which he had the no.
nor-inr an honor IL was, not indeed in the
sen Sc in which ihat term is banded in this
house-to act. He regretted that so much
personality had been introduced, not only IN
relation 10 the officers of the government hue
to the members of this mouse. There were
two questions which the committee had to de-
eide, that, in ms opinion had not been met,
Ipr0bably because they had been rniscnncciv-
ed The first and most important question
was, where does The supreme authority Of this
government rest Does IL reside in agents,
Or Ia sub agents, shall find ii i'm tie sub
Ordinates of subordinatcs He Mr. r.
would not consent tn admit that the War
| Department was co ordinate or cn-rcatvc
branch OF this house. Should il be said that
the Executive was such u branch, he would
not deny it but whcn we approach the Exc
cutvc or Senate for information. il is in the
| WI 49, VI request h'l'sli VIC li'stN
To suhalterns of the Executive, we order and
dIrect-in language, civil if you please, hut
mandatory. The doctrine of these depart
mcnts being coordinate branches of the 10
vernmcnt was therefore nnsouud--it would
not hold water moment. And who is Ia be
the judge, and what the measure OF iudgment?
What is then power? Ii is derivatiyc they are.
the breath Of the Executive nostrils. Mr.. Il.
here advcrted to the situation and Limitation of
the powers of former Secretaries, and was dis
| posed TO do more justice To the present Sc
crctary of War than rs friends seemed to
have done. The old Spanish provcrh, " Save
ne from my friends, &c. REQUIRED 20 his mind {;
and he would not take the Secretary where
he had been placed, and for the reason that
he had not placed himself there. The Com
mittee uf Ways and Means had hard measures
dealt out TO them on both sides. they had
tried 10 husband the public resources, and for
kSe fhi tie 'T 6y cH55itrssG taf credit They had
""J",S; ''''o' az U"uid defy the ingenuity of
gentlemen to limit the expenditure orthc In.
dian department in any other manner than nv
limiting heapprOpTiatons. The same course
was required as when You would teach fru
Ganty 10 child at school. As YOU could not
uelne every item of expense, the only and
proper way would he, TO limit by precise
sum the amount OF his expenditure. beyond
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mode OF rctrenchment where the expenditure
was contingent. This deficit said Mr. r.
comes before us IN most questionable shape.
Last year The Secretary made his estimate
az 5 10000. Only 100000 were appropri-
atcd, and now he comes in for the exact ba
rance. instead therefore, of an appropriation.
the application should rather be for tbe mas,
sage of bill of indemnity to protect him
from the consequences of having transcribed
the powers confded TO him by the represen-
tatiVeS OF the people. Such an act as was re-
sorted TO by Lord Chatham, in relation TO
his usurpations on the subject of the cxnor.
tatIon oil corn. Even that great man who fills
80 large space ID the page of history, and
whose name VIII be rcvcrenccd when those
VINO now figure upon the scene of action shall
be sunk, deeper than the plumme: ever sound
ca, IN the unfnthomable abyss of oblivion, was
Obliged to seek shelter under a PROTECTING,
act, Tor having been guilty of what hc confess
cd TO he thirty days tyranny. The gentle.
man from Pennsylvania (Mr. Buchanan had
referred to the day, even the day when h.. Mr..
R.) was Il member of the Committee of w ave
and Means, TO shew from tile history of that
period that then, even then, there was a neces
sIiy to supply the deficits ofpast appropriations.
Tut, that gentleman would remember, if is
one thing to know for What appropriations are
maui, anu announcer lhlnS to grant them with
out knowIedsc-in the dark. There was but
one llnaccounted deficit supplied, within his
recollection, at the period alluded to, and that
was 'or the naval expenditure, which, from
The nature of the service, was most uncertain.
But another prodigious discovery had been
made by his colleague (AIr. Smyfh) that
100000 dollars had been granted for the civil
list. But, though the appropriation was not
specific or the face Of the act, yet it was ne
cessarIly so in the progress Of ihe disburse-
ment. The salaries of the President, Of the
Judges, and Of the various officers of the 20
vernment, were limited aud defined. There