Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-12-22
MINISTERS TO P.a.N.gns &. g.

we commiserde Mr.. Miles, wlieiit yer he mounts
his . freedoms Chuir." There is desre. Of
afectaiion IN the thing itself, which is utterly rdi
culous and we sure to see something more
than usually swelling, ' bald aud disioin; ed ;, The
last esion from the aforesaid freedoms CHAIR
Is II least equal TO ans OF its predecessors In cant
ana III doSnlatisfn. IL ridicules the ESSAYS in Nh.
Enquirer lashes Mr.. Giles sneers at Mr. Ran
doiphs qualifications for the Senate; eulo .izes %
IN duty bound the late " real business MESSAGE
oil Nj Adams republican in its principles, and
PLAN, distinct and INTELLIGENT III its Suggestion. -,
aiis most hercely upon the Enquirer Tor the doc
rines which 1t dares to hold in relation 10 the mis-
sion 10 Panama, &c. SC. and concludes bv de-
handing hotc MIR. king has lately sinned the
Repubiican party, and tchy his nomination should
be rejected
we have no inclination to scan this singular
DHelange so oracuary delivered from freedoms
ChaIr." (Ieaven deliver Us from The ex,ravaean-
cieS which are 20 frequently pracsed in the name
81 freedomD-b we shall par icularly wait for
MI. N :. answer to the interrogaiories yybicb we
pat To him last week. Ii this be no :. cri.is,, in
the constitution OF this country, we should like to
Know, what can make crisis. Ii this message be
republican, we should wish 10 know what is fe-
isfai, or even ultra federal; Tor we have seen some
honorable, high minded federais,s who IiscIaim y,
as ultra Jsderm. II this message be republican
+" herein have the principles OF Alexander i4aml-
ton himself e. er exceeded it !? If it be so Main
and intelligent, how comes il TO pass that the
vat Intelligence should have stated the various
versions OF It's opponents (hov leebly il has iusti-
ned the message against the objections urged TO il ,
our respect tor its Editors forbids w 10 sly0-A nd
how comes ii about, that they should have found IT
necessary TO piece Mr. AS own la.ruaoe nv
turning has "orl" c0MmiSSioHtd' (ininsters) into
. nominated" and by supplying his omission of
the words "by and with the ,dvIce of The Senate ,,
we shall not lifl finger to screen AIessrs Giles
and Randolph or the Essays, or the course of the
Enquirer, from the lash of Mr. Miles, though aimed
Z" from freedoms Chair" That is the stroke OF
poor Priam, teiunt imbeHe sine ictu We shall
not expose his sophism abou Mr.. King. 1t is
worth. Of the cause in which IT is enlisted Bur
we would ask Mr.. Niles how he can Justify hi.
ignorance OF the fdcis, relating TO the power of
appoi 'tment, or how he can justify the language
OF the besSdge upon the very distinction which he
himself has drawn:
First as TO the facts. Mr.. Niles says. GAS
to the mission to Panama, we are Ignorant
wteEer IL is or is not the in, eliion of the pre.j
det 10 submit his nominations 10 the Senate: but
| If he should not, the senate will sc submit TO the
assumption" or take netc ground Commission
ers, or minister's Of the character have often
been appointed without consulting tie senate and
do no remember that any fault was found with
the procedure. Instance, the case of Aessrs. Rod
ney, Graham and Bland seat ~ national shin IN
BIenoS Ayres, and several like missions TO other
parts of South Ameica.''
''Neo GrOuad'---Why, does not Mr.. know
the t0cts which have TRANSFERRED IL the Senate of the
u. >. : Let us then recall some OF them to his re-
collection, by laying before him The following brief
summary from Sergeant's." Constitutional Lo,c''
p. 360---I.
6 In the year 1914, President Madison granted
commissions 10 ministers 10 negotiate The treat,
OF Gnent, IN the recess OF The Seuate. The princi-
pie acted upon In this case, hoy ever, was not ac-
guessed in, bur protested against, by The Senate
at their succeeding session. And on a suseouent
occasion, Aphl goth, 1922, during the tendency of
The bill Tor an appropriation defray the expences
oil Missions 10 the South American States it seem
ed distinctly understood TO be the sense OF the
Senate, that it is only in Offices that become vacant
during the recess, that the President is authorized
10 exercise the right of appointing 10 Office, and
that in original vacancies where here has not been
an incumbent Of the Office, such a polceT under
the Constitution does not attach to tie Erecutiye.
An amendment that had been proposed, providing
that the President should not appoint any minis
eT to the South American States, but with the adj
vice and consent OF the Senate, was therefore,
Withdrawn unnecessary, md in report of a
committee OF Senate, made the 25ih pril, 1922.
IL is declared, that the words " all yacsncles thai
may happen during the recess Of the Senate mean
vacancies occurring from death, resignation. pro-
motion, or removal. The word happen has
reference 10 some casualty not provided loi by law
Ii the Senate be in session when Offices are created
by law which we're not before filled, and nomina-
tons be not then made TO them by the President
the President cannot appoint after the adjournment
of the Senate, because IN such case, the vacancy
does not happen during the recess"
How thea comes Mr. n. TO say, that the Senate
must "take HetO ground" when they have al
ready protested against the " assumption" medi-
tsted by Mr. Adsmsl
But in the "a place, to Mr.. Niess own
ground. " The distinction between regular min
listers plenipoten,isry and special agents. is almost
as wide in its principle, that which exists be-
tween . secretary Of atstc and private secretar