Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-04-08

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From the National Journal.l
Monday, Fe6. Is.
MIR. Van Buren, submitted the follow
ing resolutions
Reaoiued, That upon the question,
whether the United States shall be rep.
resented in the Congress Of Panama, the
Senate ought TO &C, win open doors /;
unless it shall appear that the publlca-
ton of documents necessary to be refer
red to in debate will be prejudicial to
existing negotiations.
Resolved, That the President be re-
specially requested to inform the SEN
ate whether sucn objection exists to the
publication of the documents communi-
Gated by the Executive, or any portion
of them and II so, to specify the parts
the publication of which would, Tor
that reason, be Objectionable. Agreed
,o-Yeas IS, Nays 20.
Wednesday, FEB. %.
The Senate resumed the consideration
of the motion submitted by Mr.. Rowan,
on the 2olh inst. and the same having
been modified, at the instance OF Mr..
Woodbury., as follows:
RESOLVED, That it is the unques,iona.
BILE right of the Senate, 10 call, in re-
spectful terms, upon the President OF
the United States, for such information
as may be in his possession, and which
the Senate deem necessary to the faith
ful discharge of the duties imposed upon
it by the constitution and, more espe-
cially, the duties resulting from matters
which the constitution makes il the duty
of the President to submit to the Senate,
for its advice and consent.
RESOLVED, That the two following re-
solutions, of the 5th inst. viz +" ReSotv-
ed, That. upon the question whether the
United States shall be represented in the
Congress OF Panama, the Senate ough,
to act with open doors: unless it shall
appear that the publication OF documents,
necessary to be referred to in debate,
will be prejudicial TO existing negolia-
TONS" 4" Resolved, That the President
be respectfully requested to inform the
Senate whether such objection exists to
the publication of the documents COM
municated by the executive, or any por-
ton OF them; and, if so, to specify the
parts the publication of which would,
for that reason, be Objectionable :" re-
quested Information in the possession OF
the Executive, and in his possession on
ly, which the Senate deem important to
guide its decision, on subject within
the scope OF its advising powers, and
deeply interesting to the states and to
the people of this Union.
RESOLVED, That the message Of the
President, in the following words, viz !:
" In answer TO the two resolutions of the
Senate, of the 18th inst. m -rked (Execu.
tive and which | have received, state,
respectfully, that all the communications
from me to the Senate, relating to the
Congress at Panama, have been made,
like all other communications upon Exc
cutivc business, 10 con fdence, and most
OF them in compliance with resolution
Of the Senate requesting then cohiden-
tally. Believing that the established
usage of free confidential communca-
tons, between the Executive and the
Senate, ought, for the public interest, to
be preserved unimpaired, deem it my
indispensable duty to leave to the Senate
itselfthe decision Of a question involving
departure, hitherto, SO far as am IN
formed, without example, from thai
usage, and upon the motives for which,
no. being informed Of them, do not
feel myself competent to decide :" does
not give to the Senate the Information
requested, "whether the publication OF
the documents" or " any of them"
communicated by tho Executive, as to
the mission 10 Panama. "would be pre-
judicial to existing negotiations.
RESOLVED, That the Senate has the
sole right, in all cases, to determine
what shall be the "rulcs Of its proceed
ings )" and that the President cannot in
terfere with the same, without violating
the constitutional privileges Of the Sem
ate.
Resotved, That the Senate has the
sole right to determine what are its cx-
listing "rules Of proceeding" whether