Delaware journal., 1828-02-19

;haye an unlimited power to enter, examine ana IN
aure We are not obliged to trust what any one
tnay tell US, nor adopt the representation OF any
Head of Department. ! acknowledgement II
the Administration were to be changed to morrow,
| would make the same acknowledgements do ac-
knowledge that concession ought, In my opinion,
to be made-a very humble concession, indeed, to a
coordinate branch of the Government, and to the
elevated character of the who fill those elevated
-places-the concession that we may rely upon the
truth of what they tell US, in matters OF fact As to
opinion, we can form it for ourselves. Less than
this cannot be supposed or concealed.
There were other reasons, he said, why he had
not voted to lay the resolution upon the table, and
would not do so. Such vote might be interpreted
into evidence of disposition to prevent inquiry
Especially, he could not consent to such vote.
when the motion was accompanied with a remark,
often since repeated the ground OF it, that tins was
not the time for inquiry, retrenchment or reform.
What does this argument amount to! What does II
mean? 1t means, suppose, as others have said, that
this is not propltlous moment that we cannot eX
pect " cordial cooperation on the part OF the tx
ecutive. 1t is pointed, therefore, directly at the
present Executive it is charge OF a serious ma
ture, calculated to prejudice the Executive IN the
estimation of the people, and TO bear upon the pend
ing election of President to the injury of,one of the
candidates. He could not give it his sanction, be-
cause he knew nothing to warrant it. If reform or
retrenchment were proper and necessary, he be-
lieved the present Executive would give his aid
asFheerully and as effectually any couldh
The gentlemen from South Carolina Mr. Hamil-
ton, has very frankly given another version to the
suggestion that this is not the time. He would be
willing now to collect materials for reform and
trenchment. And why Because he did not wish to
give the merit ofsuch work to the present Admin
stration, but to it for future Admlnistra
tion. This is candid, undoubtedly, but it is un-
sound doctrine. The gentleman from South Caro-
ollna will be obliged, upon reflection, to abandon it.
Is it consistent with the duty owe to the people
to postpone the reform of abuses, if really be.
lieve it necessary, in order that we may strip one
Administration of the merit, and bestow the grace
it upon another Is it not first duty to do wha
is required for promoting the public welfare, and tc
do it at thetlme when is required? Can we justify
ourselves in delaying it for any consideration what
ever much less for such an one as that has been sta
ted He thought not Ii would he entirely at yari
with every notion he had of the proper unc
tions Of Congress He would therefore say, that 50
far as the motion to lay upon the table was cacula
iedto do injury to the present Administration, he
was opposed to il upon that ground. And with this
declaration, he was sure the gentleman from Soutl
Carolina was too candid to find any fault So far
such motion calculated TO prevent or to retart
inquiry or reform, or had the appearance of being
so calculated, he was opposed to it, because hs
would not willingly place any obstruction in the way
To concluded.